Are you going to play this week? I need your $2, said John. Joe said, I think I'll pass this week. John said, Are you sure? This might be our week. I've got a feeling. Joe said, You've had 'a feeling' every week for the last year. They both laughed.

发表于:2018-12-26 / 阅读(62) / 评论(0) 分类 英文短篇故事(纽约)

How do you do this every day? he asked. Real estate is such a dog eat dog business. All of you agents are competing with one another. A client is like a bone. All the dogs go after the bone. If they have to bite other dogs, so be it. The bone is all

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At 4:05 p.m., Lonny checked the news. Linked-In had closed at $94. I can't believe it! We doubled our money! We bought the right stock at the right time! he exclaimed to his wife. They hugged and kissed. They went to a fancy steak house and celebrate

发表于:2018-12-26 / 阅读(34) / 评论(0) 分类 英文短篇故事(纽约)

Tony was in line for the elevator at Macy's. Two men walked up. They went to the front of the line. They were very tall and very big. They looked like father and son. A Macy's employee spoke up. Sir, he said, you have to go to the back of the line. Y

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It was 10:55 a.m. Nick was standing on Fifth Avenue. He was outside the library with about 50 others. At 11 a.m., the library doors opened. Once past the first door, people formed into a loose double line. A woman was to Nick's right. All of a sudden

发表于:2018-12-26 / 阅读(70) / 评论(0) 分类 英文短篇故事(纽约)

Paige was bicycling by the United Nations building. About 100 people were standing outside in the hot sun. They were holding signs that said, Free the people of Wadiya and Down with Aladeen. Paige did not recognize the names. She had never heard of W

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Ben and Randy were in Central Park. Ben said, I just bought a new bike. I'm going to ride around Manhattan this summer. Randy said, I bought an 18-speed bike a year ago myself. I rode it almost every day last summer after work. You're going to enjoy

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2009年一月,当机号1549 飞机迫降纽约哈德逊河,Ric Elias 正坐在第一排。在坠机的当下,他的心中在想什么? 在 TED,他第一次在公开场合说出他的故事。

发表于:2019-01-05 / 阅读(76) / 评论(0) 分类 TED公开课:(不只是)男人经

TV Production Booming in New York 纽约电视剧业蓬勃发展 BROOKLYN, NEW YORK The number of television series produced in New York City is going through the roof. They now contribute $8.7 billion to the local New York economy, an increase of 21

发表于:2019-01-14 / 阅读(175) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2015年(十一月)

I'm going to read a few strips. 我马上会朗读的一些连环漫画。 These are, most of these are from a monthly page I do in and architecture and design magazine called Metropolis. 它们中的很多都选自我每月刊登在一本关于建筑设

发表于:2019-01-18 / 阅读(40) / 评论(0) 分类 TED演讲商业篇

Remarks by President Obama at the 2012 Alfred E. Smith Dinner Waldorf Towers New York, New York October 18, 2012 奥巴马总统在2012年艾尔弗雷德史密斯晚宴上的讲话 纽约州 纽约市 2012年10月18日 Thank you. Thank you. Thank you

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He was watching TV. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw something. It was a shadow. It seemed to be on the floor. He turned his head to get a better look. Whatever it was, it wasn't there anymore. Over the next few months, he saw the shadow several

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Maury said, A 33-year-old Brooklyn woman has been eating pizza since she was two years old. Diane asked, What's so unusual about that? Everyone loves pizza. I've been eating pizza for almost 25 years myself. Maury asked, Do you eat anything else? Dia

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He was watching a TV talk show. The talk show host introduced a guest. The two men warmly hugged each other. Vance asked his wife, Since when did men start doing that? She asked, Doing what? He said, Hugging. Since when did men start hugging each oth

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芝加哥的别名:多风城 来,先看段新闻:Tom Cruise loves to make a big splash in Windy City. And there the actor hopped on a couch during Oprah Winfrey's show to declare his love for Katie Holmes.(影星汤姆克鲁斯喜欢在多风城搞

发表于:2019-02-02 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 英语口语

一名猎人在纽约一所恐怖的大厦里狩猎时被杀害了,Castle和Beckett开始调查此案。他们对此案进行了深层次的调查,Castle认为肯定是存在一股超自然的力量杀人,而Beckett则认为没有超自然力量存

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(43) / 评论(0) 分类 灵书妙探 第四季

在2008年度的EG大会上,艺术家Miru Kim讲述了自己的作品。Kim搜寻纽约地下的工业废墟作为拍摄地点,自己裸体出镜将这些巨大、危险、隐秘的空间带入了一个明亮的视界。

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(68) / 评论(0) 分类 TED公开课:艺术与幻觉

美国是两党制国家,所以也有专为这两个政党服务的报刊。与英国稍有不同的是,美国的报纸有些是属于所谓中立派的,而且这些报纸通常都具有颇大的影响力。 先谈支持政府的报纸。美国的

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(42) / 评论(0) 分类 英美文化

New York City Buddhist leaders are sounding the alarm to tourists: Beware the fake monks. 纽约的佛教领袖们向游客发出警告:小心假僧人。 Men in orange robes claiming to be Buddhist monks are approaching visitors to some of the cit

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(47) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

NEW YORK - New York City subway riders got a surprise on Wednesday when a dead shark was discovered on a Queens-bound subway train, authorities said. A supervisor found the four-foot-long carcass shortly after midnight, moved the passengers onto anot

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(48) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻