我打了个哈欠,实在对不起,不过这和今天我们要讲的美国习惯用语倒有点关系,这个习惯用语是:burn the candle at both ends. Burn是烧的意思,candle是蜡烛的意思,一只蜡烛两头烧,可想而知,很

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(100) / 评论(0) 分类 美国习惯用语

被大自然本身的神奇设计所鼓舞,休赫尔正在研制新一代的仿生臂和机器假臂。在30年前的一次登山事故中赫尔失去了双腿;现在,他是麻省理工学院医学实验室生物医学部的负责人,在这个与

发表于:2018-12-18 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 TED演讲集:2014创意的一年

Unit 126:Make age no barrier 第126单元:年龄不是障碍 Sharon Lear learned to downhill ski,a sport which had previously terrified her,in Colorado at the age of 38. 科罗拉多州的雪伦李尔在她三十八岁时学会了先前令她恐惧

发表于:2018-12-26 / 阅读(41) / 评论(0) 分类 减肥瘦身英语口语话题

ENGLISH MARATHON Host: Jeffery have ants in one's pants: When the man who had promised to bring the money at lunch time hadn't appeared by one-thirty, we all had ants in our pants. get pants in one's pants wear the pants in the family: Most men make

发表于:2018-12-26 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 英语口语轻松学

ENGLISH MARATHON Host: Jeffery have a bone to pick with someone Ive got a bone to pick with you. How come you didnt come to my party last night? be (as) dry as a bone After four months with no rain, even the riverbed became as dry as bone. Lets stop

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ENGLISH MARATHON Host: Jeffery He was so hard on me last night. Have a hard time with someone: I have a hard time with my girlfriend. You will have a hard time getting a ticket. Why do you have such a hard time admitting it? take sth. Hard Henrys wif

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ENGLISH MARATHON Host: Jeffery 叶茼荞 Go check if the door is still open. 1. Check out: He has checked out of the hotel. take a look。Hey, Kathy, come here and check his out. Check this off. 2. Check out my figures. 3. Just checking.

发表于:2018-12-26 / 阅读(62) / 评论(0) 分类 英语口语轻松学

ENGLISH MARATHON Host: Jeffery To feel it in one's bones The proposal looks okay but I just feel something's not right with it. I can feel it in my bones. I think we need to take a deeper look at the proposal and make double sure it's as good as they

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Im full of admiration for people who run marathons. I couldnt do it. I love running and have done a few half-marathons, but I always found a full marathon to be too much. Marathon runners are special. I dont think I have the stamina to do it. Not pro

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You will change the world 你们将能改变世界 Let that sink in 记住这一点 You will change the world 你们将能改变世界 I want you to take the craziest dream you've ever had 我要你们勇敢去做最疯狂的梦 that dream that you'r

发表于:2018-12-30 / 阅读(43) / 评论(0) 分类 公众人物毕业演讲

For a lot of people, the distance between their dreams and their reality is intimidating 在很多人看来 梦想和现实之间的差距太吓人 and they get stuck they get paralyzed 他们因此变得无力 不敢往前 just like I was in that ma

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Walking in London 漫步伦敦 Footfalls 足音 Urban pedestrians buck a national trend 伦敦步行者打破全国性趋势 LONDON is a city made for walking.Unlike, for instance, Los Angeles its centre is easily accessible on foot.Outer boroughs ar

发表于:2018-12-31 / 阅读(96) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人文艺系列

Cliff BurgessThe Marathon Man 克里夫伯吉斯马拉松赛场上的老者 In 1993, Cliff Burgess was 55 years old. He was tired of his potbelly and vowed to start walking. Cliff hits the pavement in his suburban Texas town. A walk around the block

发表于:2018-12-31 / 阅读(49) / 评论(0) 分类 华尔街的赚钱经

Im full of admiration for people who run marathons. I couldnt do it. I love running and have done a few half-marathons, but I always found a full marathon to be too much. Marathon runners are special. I dont think I have the stamina to do it. Not pro

发表于:2019-01-21 / 阅读(53) / 评论(0) 分类 纯正英语一分钟

Bettys doctor told her to exercise more. So she began running. She enjoys running. She runs almost every day. She runs two miles a day. On the weekend she runs five miles. She runs up hills. She runs down hills. She runs in the street and on the side

发表于:2019-01-30 / 阅读(150) / 评论(0) 分类 超级简单英语阅读

As a worker in the City of London for 20 years first in a lowly role at the Bank of England, then in a mid-ranking position at the now defunct Association for Payment Services Theresa May would not have imagined her current quandary. 特里萨?梅(Th

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(47) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Michael decided to banish that darkness with light. Michael and his brother Harris created mikeysrun.com to raise one million dollars for other amputees. 迈克尔决定用自己的光亮驱散那片黑暗迈克尔与自己的兄弟哈里斯创建了

发表于:2019-02-16 / 阅读(47) / 评论(0) 分类 公众人物毕业演讲

92-year-old Harriette Thompson completed the Rock 'n' Roll Marathon in San Diego on Sunday, becoming the oldest woman to finish a marathon. She finished the 42.1-kilometer race in 7 hours, 24 minutes and 36 seconds. On this course my son was with me

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(122) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

释义: have to do with 与相关 have to do with 表示与某事相关,也可以说成 have something to do with。相反,如果没有任何关系的话就可以说成 have nothing to do with。 例句: I think it has to do with your kids. G

发表于:2019-02-26 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 老外最常用的英文短语

Cycling in London 骑行在伦敦 Wheel ambition 车轮上的野心 Gradually, the capital is becoming a better place for cyclists 渐渐地,首都变成了一个更适宜骑行的地方 TWO things are commonly seen atop the head of Boris Johnson,

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