Don: Oh, Yael, I just read the most beautiful poem. No wonder our ancestors developed writing--they probably wanted to treasure poetry for posterity. Yael: Actually Don, writing was developed to keep track of more mundane things, like money. For exam

发表于:2019-01-22 / 阅读(185) / 评论(0) 分类 英语时差8,16

Fans of classic movies will remember the famous dueling banjos scene in Deliverance, the story of four city friends who take an ill-fated boating trip down a backwoods Georgia river. As the friends set out, one of the friends challenges a local boy w

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Yael: Y'know, I've always wondered what you were like as a kid, Don . . . I bet you were a nice, sweet little boy. Don: Actually, Yael, just the opposite. At least that's what I'm told. Evidently I could be pretty difficult as a toddler. Y: Really? B

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Tick-tock, tick-tock. Is that your biological clock? And if it is, are you female? Most people think biological clocks are strictly female phenomena, with infertility and the risk of certain diseases going up with a mother's age. But the biological c

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Not getting enough sleep can affect you in more ways than you might expect, as Yael and Don discuss in this Moment of Science. Y: Today, on a Moment of Science, we're conducting an experiment on sleep deprivation. On my right, we have my friend Bob,

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我们已经连续两次讲了美国青少年中流行的习惯说法。今天我们再来讲两个。生活在当今世界上的人们一般生活节奏都相当快,好多人都是日理万机的,正当壮年的人当然更得如此,然而也不

发表于:2019-02-03 / 阅读(97) / 评论(0) 分类 美国习惯用语

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi is due to begin a week-long visit to Latin America this weekend. His trip takes in Venezuela, Argentina and Brazil. His first stop is Cuba, which has just passed a new law aimed at attracting foreign investment. Every

发表于:2019-02-04 / 阅读(78) / 评论(0) 分类 CCTV9英语新闻2014年04月

第一、迷你对话 A: Mary, I heard you moved again. 玛丽,我听说你又搬家了。 B: Yeah. I could not stand living here. There is always much noise in the neighborhood. 是呀,我再也受不住住在那里了,那里总是有那么大的

发表于:2019-02-15 / 阅读(99) / 评论(0) 分类 迷你对话学地道口语

Amoment of crime scene investigation Ya?l: Hi Don, what are you... Don: Shh! I'm watching my favorite TV police drama: Crime Lab! Y: Oh, cool. Hey, what's that guy doing? D: Y'know Ya?l, you do have the right to remain silent... Y: Why is he spraying

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Don: I have the weirdest looking mole under my arm. Yael: Hold it. Put that arm back down. I don't want to see your weird mole. Why don't you just tell me what's weird about it? D: Well, it's not a round dot like my other moles, but more like a flesh

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Nobody likes being lonely. As it turns out, loneliness can be unhealthy as well. The study was done by psychologist John Cacioppo at the University of Chicago. He had thirty three male college students and twenty one female students spend five nights

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Welcome to another Moment of Science. Once again we're going to talk about some everyday scientific wisdom that may or may not be true. For example, here's a common belief about exercise. If you work out in the morning and want to lose more calories,

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It takes one to know one, in this Moment of Science. Yael: Don, what are you doing with all that candy? Don: Oh great--now I'm going to have to find someplace else to hide my stash of goodies. You just can't trust anyone these days. Y: Now if that is

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Angels are found in various and sundry ways at Christmas-from garishly blinking figures made of plastic to biblically-inspired images dressed in classic garments. Those who opt for such items as gifts or decorations quickly find themselves dealing

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In a famous public service announcement aimed at discouraging littering, people were shown littering along US roadways, followed by the image of a tearful Native American chief witnessing this neglect of the environment. According to psychologist Rob

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Dialogue 1 Jingjing: So, Xiao Gao, what are you gonna do for the weekend? 京晶:小高,你这周末打算做什么? Xiao Gao: I haven't decided yet, it's still up in the air as to whether I'll go camping with my friends or go bike riding throu

发表于:2019-02-16 / 阅读(53) / 评论(0) 分类 英语PK台

今天我们要学的词是wreak havoc。 Wreak, 动词,在这里是造成的意思,havoc, 指混乱破坏,连在一起,to wreak havoc, 意思是造成严重破坏。美国东岸很多地区周末遭遇暴风雪天气。 The blizzard conditio

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Subject:Working on the weekend is the pits. 迷你对话 A: This job is high-paying. Why do you want to quit? 这份工作待遇丰厚,你为什么要辞职? B: I cannot bear it any more. Working on the weekend is the pits. 我再也受不了了。

发表于:2019-02-22 / 阅读(89) / 评论(0) 分类 迷你对话学地道口语

We keep pumping carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and the earth keeps warming. Climate scientists have predicted that the consequences of unchecked warming could result in everything from catastrophic flooding to larger and more deadly hurricanes. S

发表于:2019-02-23 / 阅读(82) / 评论(0) 分类 英语时差8,16

最近音乐类的节目,深受大家欢迎,所以我们以后会常做音乐类节目和会员课程,给大家不断带来多元化的好内容。今天,Jenny, Adam挑了几首特别适合周末收听的英语歌。除了好听,歌词很实用

发表于:2019-03-05 / 阅读(162) / 评论(0) 分类 美国文化脱口秀