Directed and co-written by Andy Tennant (Hitch), the sunken-treasure romance-adventure flick Fool's Gold revolves around a quest for the fabled Queen's Dowry: a boatload of gold and jewels meant to seal a royal marriage deal, that sank in the Caribbe

发表于:2018-12-11 / 阅读(62) / 评论(0) 分类 小麦英语课堂

She still has jet lag. 她仍然有(坐飞机后因时差产生的)疲劳烦躁感。 jet指喷气式飞机,lag有时间滞后的意思,jet lag指坐飞机后因时差引起的不舒适感觉。jet lag 是不可数名词。

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Thousands mourned on April 4 the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King 40 years ago, but embraced a recommitment to his dream of equality. We are here because destiny has drawn us here, his youngest daughter, Reverend Bernice King s

发表于:2018-12-27 / 阅读(50) / 评论(0) 分类 英语时差8,16

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发表于:2018-12-30 / 阅读(98) / 评论(0) 分类 开动右脑记单词--四级

Flight attendant: What's the matter, sir? You look pale. Benjamin: I feel dizzy and weak. And I'm having this pain in my ear. I think I am sick. Flight attendant: Are you often traveling by plane? Benjamin: No, this is the second time. Flight attenda

发表于:2018-12-31 / 阅读(115) / 评论(0) 分类 英语大赢家下册

California faces an almost certain risk of being rocked by a strong earthquake by 2037, scientists said last month in the first statewide temblor forecast. New calculations reveal there is a 99.7 percent chance a magnitude-6.7 quake or larger will st

发表于:2019-01-22 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 英语时差8,16

Paying people a compliment appears to activate the same reward center in the brain as paying them cash, Japanese researchers said on April 23. They said the study offers scientific support for the long-held assumption that people get a psychological

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Magician David Blaine set a new world record last month for breath-holding: 17 minutes and 4 seconds. The feat was broadcast live during The Oprah Winfrey Show, and the studio audience cheered as divers pulled Blaine from a water-filled sphere. He lo

发表于:2019-01-22 / 阅读(353) / 评论(0) 分类 英语时差8,16

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is the summer's most anticipated film, the latest in a beloved series that stars Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones, everyone's favorite intrepid archaeologist. The film boasts supporting players ranging

发表于:2019-01-22 / 阅读(44) / 评论(0) 分类 英语时差8,16

Where else would the world's biggest dinosaur live, but in the world's trendiest town? Live may be stretching it a bit. Brachiosaurus brancai has been dead for 150 million years, but he remains impressive, towering more than 13 meters over visitors t

发表于:2019-01-22 / 阅读(42) / 评论(0) 分类 英语时差8,16

Dear Annie: My daughter, Lara, just finished her junior year in college, and she has been steadily gaining weight. The summer before college, Lara dropped some pounds and seemed determined not to gain them back. Her self-esteem went up and she was ha

发表于:2019-02-15 / 阅读(45) / 评论(0) 分类 英语时差8,16

Two young adventurers completed an epic paddle of more than 3,300 kilometers on Jan. 13 to become the first people to travel from Australia to New Zealand by kayak. Australians James Castrission, 25, and Justin Jones, 24, spent 62 days crossing the T

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Dear Annie: My wife has been having an affair and I have filed for divorce. Our children do not know about the infidelity yet, but I'm sure it will come out. I am the husband who cooks, cleans and cares for our children. I massaged her feet. I sent f

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A Dutch museum has begun restoring three antique musical clocks from the imperial collection of the Palace Museum in the Forbidden City in Beijing. The three clocks are part of the largest collection of musical clocks worldwide and were made by Weste

发表于:2019-02-23 / 阅读(49) / 评论(0) 分类 英语时差8,16

The world's wetlands, threatened by development, dehydration and climate change, could release a planet-warming carbon bomb if they are destroyed, ecological scientists said. Wetlands contain 771 billion tons of greenhouse gases, one-fifth of all the

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A Russian mini-submarine reached the bottom of Lake Baikal, setting a record for the deepest dive in a lake. The Mir-2 has reached the bottom of Lake Baikal at a depth of 1,680 meters (5,512 feet), ITAR-TASS reported from the barge where the submarin

发表于:2019-02-23 / 阅读(53) / 评论(0) 分类 英语时差8,16

Handsome is as handsome doesn't in The Dark Knight. Of the three male lookers who dominate it, who would have guessed that the one with his face hidden behind twisted clown makeup, whose perfect features and fair brow are not glimpsed even once, woul

发表于:2019-02-23 / 阅读(45) / 评论(0) 分类 英语时差8,16

Dear Annie: My wife and I play gin rummy, often when traveling. We are both competitive, and although I can get a bit emotional, I do play by the rules. During a recent trip, my wife and I played a few games in a public place. We were at a crucial po

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Jean: Hmm, didn't work, eh? Why don't you try a different girl? She looks nice. Diarmuid: Ok, wait here... Hi, I'm Diarmuid. You know when they invented the alphabet they should have put U and I together. Can I get you a drink? Girl 2: No thanks. I'l

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Ya?l: Mmm, Look at these delicious berries, I can't wait to eat them. Don: Ya?l, are you sure they're berries and not parasite-infested ants? Y: Eww, Don! Why would you ask that? D: Scientists working in Panama discovered a parasitic worm that infect

发表于:2019-03-06 / 阅读(103) / 评论(0) 分类 英语时差8,16