Getting the Most From Online Shopping 大家e起来上网购物 Even the most enthusiastic shopper has a bad day sometimes: You can't find what you want, every second person in the crowd seems intent on bumping into you, and your legs are aching from

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 双语有声阅读

The BBC adapted Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice for television Even though she lived more than 200 years ago, the famous English novelist Jane Austen has been in the news a lot recently. The only known portrait of Jane Austen is to be sold by auct

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(72) / 评论(0) 分类 Take Away English

How much is a pizza worth? Are you hungry? How about a pizza? Just be careful if you go to Bella Napoli, an Italian restaurant in the Scottish city of Glasgow. If you order a pizza there, it could cost you more than 2,000 (or 30,000 Yuan). Chef Dom

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 Take Away English

This is Whats Trending Today A Leonardo da Vinci painting of Jesus Christ that recently sold for a record $450 million is heading to the Louvre Abu Dhabi. The newly opened museum made the announcement this week. The 500-year-old painting is called Sa

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(63) / 评论(0) 分类 2017年VOA慢速英语(十二)月

One late night in May, Philip Mead was looking for historical objects from the American Revolution. He noticed a painting being offered for sale on the internet. Suddenly, he felt his heartbeat speeding up. Mead is the chief historian at the Museum o

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英语新闻视频:蝙蝠侠中原车售价420万美元 ' Want to own your very own Batmobile? Be ready to dish out some serious cash. The original car from the Batman television series has been auctioned off on Saturday, for a cool 4.2 million dol

发表于:2019-01-05 / 阅读(70) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻视频

1. Shoppers have returned to the Westroads Mall in Omaha, Nebraska. It re-opened this morning, three days after a shooting rampage. The Von Maur department store where six employees and two customers were killed remains closed. 2. Former Vice Presid

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(121) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2007

1. An armed man involved in an overnight standoff with police outside the Showboat Casino in Atlantic City has surrendered peacefully. Police were called after security reported a man on a shuttle bus with a gun. Three people were briefly held hostag

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The dress worn by Marilyn Monroe as she sang Happy Birthday Mr President to John F Kennedy has been sold at auction for $4.8m (3.9m pounds). 玛丽莲梦露为约翰肯尼迪总统献唱总统生日快乐一曲时穿过的连衣裙,近日以480万美

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(55) / 评论(0) 分类 轻松英语

This is AP News Minute. Members of the Iranian Parliament set fire to a paper US flag and a copy of the Iran nuclear deal. They were reacting to President Trump's decision to pull the US out of the agreement. West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Mo

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(145) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2018(五)月

Trev:How do you know? I thought Taiwanese people didn't have garage sales. Wei:You're right. We're not really into used stuff. Trev:Well, I've grown to like second-hand things. I wouldn't have gotten through university without them! Wei:There aren't

发表于:2019-01-21 / 阅读(60) / 评论(0) 分类 Eztalk美语会话

以下段落是摘自新闻里的一些重要信息,并不是一个段落的听写。空内信息可在本新闻中全部找到,大家可以根据这些信息复述新闻。 一、泛听建议: 1、完整听一遍,掌握大意。 2、继续听,特

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Agent: I'm sorry I'm late. Have you been waiting long? Customer: No, I've only just arrived. Agent: Oh, good. Now, here are the keys. Let's go in. There are two apartments. The one for rent is upstairs. Customer: Is there a garden? Agent: Yes, you'll

发表于:2019-01-23 / 阅读(58) / 评论(0) 分类 英语学习乐园

Yesterday morning a crowd in Christchurch watched from a safe distance as a 14 storey building was demolished in just 10 seconds by implosion. It fell sideways a little then collapsed into a heap of rubble, with a large cloud of dust. A 6-year old bo

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Remember, my son, you have to work. Whether you handle a pick or a pen, a wheel-barrow or a set of books, digging ditches or editing a paper, ringing an auction bell or writing funny things, you must work. If you look around you will see the men who

发表于:2019-01-30 / 阅读(52) / 评论(0) 分类 双语有声阅读

Enterprising entrepreneurs looking to take advantage of the plastic bag 'chaos' are now selling the 'rare' items on eBay. 有点经营头脑、想趁塑料袋骚乱捞上一笔的创业者,现在都纷纷在eBay上贩卖稀有塑料袋。 Several p

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Tianjin authorities announced tough new restrictions on driving, and on new car buyers in the hope of easing the citys air pollution. The city has abruptly stopped issuing licence plates until January and said that in March most cars will not be allo

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The Mandela Family usually gets involved in these initiatives, and this year his eldest granddaughter, Ndileka Mandela, decided to put some of her grandfather's memorabilia up for auction. From kitsch chess-pieces to salt n pepper shakers. A rare lea

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(91) / 评论(0) 分类 CCTV9英语新闻2014年07月

He is known for having a horde of die-hard fans. 本尼迪克特康伯巴奇有一群死忠粉人尽皆知。 But followers of TV actor Benedict Cumberbatch have surpassed themselves by entering into an online bidding war for a copy of a free in-flig

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

Microsoft Corp executives are in talks with private equity firms considering bids for Yahoo Inc saying the company might be willing to lend significant financing to their efforts, reported technews site Recode. 近日,据科技新闻网站Recode报道

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(60) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻