Confusing accents and odd public transport habits have beenlisted among the biggest culture shocks for people moving tothe UK. 难懂的口音和奇怪的公共交通习惯双双跻身外国人到英国后感受到的最大文化冲击之列。 Users

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(63) / 评论(0) 分类 英美文化

1、barmy eccentric or foolish. Also: balmy 古怪或傻的。也用作:balmy He used to say I was barmy, and that really got to me. 他过去经常说我傻,这真的很让我介意。 This policy is absolutely barmy. 这项政策傻透了。 2、

发表于:2018-12-18 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 《学会英语发音》初阶英语拼读系列 第六册

1. alcohol,含酒精饮料,酒。 eg:He decided to keep off alcohol after the accident.发生那次事故后,他决定不再饮酒。 2. other than,除了。 eg:There's nobody here other than me. 这儿除了我没有别人。

发表于:2018-12-18 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 蒋健棠教你听英语广播

Hong: Where are you from, Paul? Hong: Paul, 你是哪国人? Paul: Im from England. Where are you from Liu Hong? Paul: 我是英国人. 你呢, 刘红? Hong: Im from China. Hong: 我是中国人.

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Hong: Where do you come from, Jane? Hong: Jane, 你家在哪里? Jane: Im from the UK. Im British. What about you? Jane: 我家在英国,我是英国人.你呢? Hong: Im from China. Im Chinese. Hong: 我来自中国,我是中国人.

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How Great Is Great Wall to a Briton “If you haven’t been to the Great Wall, you aren’t a real man,” Mao Zedong once said. Indeed, so many real men, and women, are visiting the wall that the mo

发表于:2018-12-30 / 阅读(240) / 评论(0) 分类 英语沙龙2004全年合辑下

Lift An American visiting England walked into a hotel lobby and pushed a button for elevator service.The lift will be down presently,said a nearby clerk. The lift?said the American.Oh,you mean the elevator. No,I mean the lift,replie

发表于:2019-01-01 / 阅读(70) / 评论(0) 分类 英语沙龙

Travelling through airport security can be a draining experience, with most travellers at one time or another forgetting that they have packed a bottle of water, fork or hand cream that subjects them to the wrath of the guards. 过机场安检也许是

发表于:2019-01-16 / 阅读(105) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

英语和美语在读音上的差异主要反映在元音字母a,o和辅音字母r的不同读音上。 1。在ask,cant,dance,fast,half,path这一类的单词中,英国人将字母a读作,而美国人则读作,所以这些词在美国

发表于:2019-01-17 / 阅读(47) / 评论(0) 分类 实用英语

The History of English in Ten Minutes. Chapter six. English and Empire or the sun never set on the English language. 十分钟了解英语历史。第六章,英语和帝国或英语的太阳永不落。 With English making its name as the language

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星级典句: 第一句:Here we are at the entrance of the British Museum. 现在我们来到大英博物馆的门口了。 A: Here we are at the entrance of the British Museum. 现在我们来到大英博物馆的门口了。 B: It's such a huge

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英国人抱怨最多的是什么,是交通啊 Feifei: Hello! Im Feifei and this is 6 Minute English, with me is Neil. How are you Neil? Neil: Ah tell you what, Im going to write a very strong letter to the train company it took 4 hours to get to w

发表于:2019-01-23 / 阅读(52) / 评论(0) 分类 一起听英语

Tit for Tat针锋相对An American lady traveling in England some years ago, got into an compartment of a smoking carriage where an Englishman was smoking a pipe. For a short time she sat quietly expecting that the Englishman would stop smoking. But

发表于:2019-01-28 / 阅读(93) / 评论(0) 分类 英语小达人

British English may have come first, but around the world, the American way of spelling is now far more popular. 英式英语出现的较早,但从全球看,现今美式英语的拼写方式却更受欢迎。 A recent examination of these two var

发表于:2019-02-02 / 阅读(57) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Video was taken by an UK traveller, showing the boarding procedure, stations, business class lounge, scenery and each of the seating classes on the train. 一名英国游客拍下了这段视频。视频里展示了其乘坐高铁的过程,候车大厅

发表于:2019-02-03 / 阅读(144) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

说是进行国际交往的重要手段。要与外国人联系,就得先练说。因此,说是英语学习的目的之一。 说在五会中也是巩固其它四会的一种手段。说为写、读、译打下重要的基础。 说是五会中最难

发表于:2019-02-09 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 英语口语

本期内容: MandarinlearninghasgrowninpopularityintheUnitedKingdominthewakeoftheBritishgovernmentacknowledgingtheimportanceofChinaasakeypartnerafterthenationleavestheEuropeanUnion. Earlierthismonth,theForeignOfficehostedaspecialcelebrationMandari

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Money worries are keeping more than a third of us awake at night, according to a poll. 根据一项民意测验,有超过三分之一的英国人因为担忧自己的财政状况而在半夜惊醒。 Financial woes are more disturbing than concerns

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(90) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

今日短语 在驾驶时,U-turn 就是来一个180度的大转弯或调头。在现实生活中,这个短语的意思是形容对某事的态度或观点来了一个180度的大转弯,彻底改变。 例句 Im afraid your father has done a U-t

发表于:2019-02-19 / 阅读(53) / 评论(0) 分类 英语口语

The European Commission 欧盟委员会 Friends in the right places 处在正确位置的朋友 The British are down, the Germans and east Europeans are up 英国势力不在,德国和东欧的势力崛起 I AM French, I am deeply French, but here

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