Her son was upset. He hadn't gotten a bicycle for his birthday. His mom said, We'll give you one next year, I promise. Next year you'll be bigger, stronger, and smarter. All of those things will help you be a better bike rider. And you'll be safer to

发表于:2019-01-22 / 阅读(76) / 评论(0) 分类 英文短篇故事(纽约)

The red, metal box was half the size of a red brick. The box was attached to the wall near the principal's desk. A thin, glass rod was attached, horizontally, to the front of the box. Embossed red letters on the top of the box said, Fire Alarm. Embos

发表于:2019-01-22 / 阅读(63) / 评论(0) 分类 英文短篇故事(纽约)

He said, Maybe someday we'll have a big house and a big yard. Then maybe we can have some pets, too. She said, I don't want any pets. He asked, Why not? She said, When I was four, I had a beautiful white kitten. It got into bed with me one night. I h

发表于:2019-01-22 / 阅读(55) / 评论(0) 分类 英文短篇故事(纽约)

A man broke into Homer's house. Homer called the police. The police arrested the man. A year later, the man broke into Homer's house again. Homer called the police. The police arrested the man. A year later, the man broke into Homer's house again. Ho

发表于:2019-01-22 / 阅读(51) / 评论(0) 分类 英文短篇故事(纽约)

Lorna's sister wanted to move to America. She lived in China. Lorna had moved to America many years earlier. Lorna talked to May, an immigration lawyer in Manhattan. May said, The paperwork will cost $1,000. Lorna said, Can her husband move here with

发表于:2019-01-22 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 英文短篇故事(纽约)

Chad was returning to his car. He was returning from a walk in the woods. He heard a lion roar. That's crazy, he thought. No lions live in these woods. He heard the lion roar again. He got scared. The roar was between him and his car. It was getting

发表于:2019-01-22 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 英文短篇故事(纽约)

He put his mini-umbrella into a trash can. Two other umbrellas were in the trash can. His umbrella had lasted two years. That was pretty good. New York City weather can destroy umbrellas quickly. He went to JC Penney to buy a new umbrella. Mini-umbre

发表于:2019-01-22 / 阅读(60) / 评论(0) 分类 英文短篇故事(纽约)

He took the subway to Strand Book Store. The one-way subway fare was $2.25. He needed a vocabulary book. He found Word Menu. The book lists words according to subject matter. For example, listed under Clothing are types of clothing, such as Sweaters.

发表于:2019-01-22 / 阅读(61) / 评论(0) 分类 英文短篇故事(纽约)

Britain is a second-rate power which has been in decline for a century yet London remains the most influential city in the world. Those are the startling findings of a list of the globe's most necessary cities, compiled by the business magazine Forbe

发表于:2019-01-31 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

Like many designers at New York Fashion Week, Mayhem expertly posed for photos, showed off her creations and took interviews. Unlike most designers, however, she is only four years old. 和纽约时装周上许多其他的设计师一样,梅赫姆拍

发表于:2019-02-04 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Beckett经历了大面积的切除手术,她需要三个月的恢复时间才能回纽约警察局和Castle共事,但是苏醒的Beckett却记不起来自己被射击的事情了。Castle拒绝Beckett和自己一起调查,他希望自己能全身

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(57) / 评论(0) 分类 灵书妙探 第四季

Castle和Beckett 遇到了一桩奇怪的案子,案发现场只有一大水坑的血液,但是没有受害者,这让他们很是疑惑。与此同时,Alexis收到了来自纽约斯坦福大学的消息她没有被录取,为此她感到很是不

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(65) / 评论(0) 分类 灵书妙探 第四季

每隔7年,设计师斯特凡(Stefan Sagmeister)关闭他在纽约的工作室一年去休假,以恢复他的创作灵感。他解释了常被忽略的休假的价值,并展示了他在巴厘岛休假时受启发而创造的作品。

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(55) / 评论(0) 分类 TED演讲视频集

这则动人演讲选自TED锦集,是漫画家Ben Kachor从他的连环漫画中选出来朗读的。这些独具风韵的超现实小故事,在电灯开关、标记牌这些小物件上找到了历史(和现代纽约)残留其中的殷切希望

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 TED公开课:艺术与幻觉

CBA star Stephon Marbury is to star in a movie about his life in China. The 38-year-old American is a former New York Knicks player. 中职篮明星史蒂芬马布里将要主演一部关于他自己在中国生活的电影。这位38岁的美国人是

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(130) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

A hair stylist from New York is smartening up the city's homeless by giving them haircuts on his day off. 一名纽约发型师利用自己的休息时间为无家可归的流浪汉理发,他的这一善行为纽约市增色不少。 Mark Bustos, 3

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(69) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

纽约市长又收两封恐吓信 内含蓖麻毒素 NEW YORK, May 29 (Xinhua) -- Threatening letters addressed to New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg in both New York and Washington, D.C., have been found preliminarily containing ricin, police said on

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(39) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

双语全文: 非常荣幸,从来没想到会有这多人来听我的演讲。 Im so honored. I never expect there are so many people coming here to listen to my talk. 我站在这里的时候,感觉自己如此重要,如此责任重大。谢谢

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(137) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Speaking at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, President Barack Obama on Friday mentioned this recent encounter. He attendees his credit card had recently been declined at a restaurant, forcing the First Lady to pick up the tab. Rich, I should

发表于:2019-02-09 / 阅读(49) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

They got on the plane. He said, Don't be so nervous. Air travel is 200 times safer than car travel. She said, I dont care if it is 200 times. It only takes one time. Besides, we're flying over the Pacific. I can't swim. He said, Swim? Ha! One, if we

发表于:2019-02-15 / 阅读(46) / 评论(0) 分类 英文短篇故事(纽约)