tend to, Oliver: 当英国人用 tend to 的时候,表示通常是什么样子或者通常做什么事情。 British people tend to be 他们本来的样子。 Jo: To blow your own trumpet. Oliver: 这可是一个非常有用的成语。字面上讲是

发表于:2018-11-29 / 阅读(133) / 评论(0) 分类 英美文化

I: what a nice uniform! K: thanks; do you like it? I: not really. I was being sarcastic. Does it come with the job? K: yes, everyone on the sales floor has to wear one. They're supposed to make us look more professional. I: they're not actually that

发表于:2018-11-30 / 阅读(119) / 评论(0) 分类 生活英语情景口语

Is he taking the mickey out of you? Jo: You're listening to Real English from BBC Learning English. I'm Jo. Lily: And I'm Lily. 两分钟的地道英语专门向大家介绍英国当代流行语, 其中很多都是在书本上或字典里查不到的。 Jo, 今天学什么新词语? Jo: Today's e

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(74) / 评论(0) 分类 地道英语在线听

台湾籍旅美老师今天交给我们的句子是: A situation is only ironic if what happens is the exact opposite of what was expected. 唯有在发生的事和预料的完全相反的情况才叫讽刺

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You know what I'm going to do? I am going to sit here and just let them stew. 你知道我要做什么?我要坐在这就让他们受煎熬。 No,no,no. You know,they have suffered enough. Everybody's suffered enough. 不不不,你知道,他

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How ironic it is when the people say you should be good are not doing so You have to be with your words Remember, You cannot give what you don't have. 这会多么具有讽刺意味啊: 如果一个人劝你向善 自己却不身体力行 一个人必

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How ironic it is when the people say you should be good are not doing so You have to be with your words Remember, You cannot give what you don't have. 这会多么具有讽刺意味啊: 如果一个人劝你向善 自己却不身体力行 一个人必

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词条 含义 近义 rumble v. 发出低沉的隆隆声 roar, growl n. 隆隆声,辘辘行驶声 rupture n./v. 断裂,断绝 rural adj. 农村的,乡下的,田园的 country , rustic urban adj

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A recent eHarmony study found that a sense of humor is the number one Must Have that both men and women are looking for in a partner。 在线交友网站电子和谐最新的一项调查发现,人们在找对象时第一要求就是对方必须有幽

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剧码: 黑手党的女儿 Acheng:Thank you so much. [to Sophia] I can't take this. Sophia: She will insist. It's a rosary. She has millions of them. Take it. Acheng:What did she mean just now about raising pigs? Sophia: Oh! My grandmother used to

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I stood carefully, and I was still fine. He held the door for me, his smile polite but his eyes mocking. 我小心翼翼地站起来,感觉还算良好。他为我撑着门,彬彬有礼地微笑着,眼里却写着嘲弄。 I walked out into the

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For a long time the Big Bang theory had one gaping hole that troubled a lot of peoplenamely that it couldn't begin to explain how we got here. Although 98 percent of all the matter that exists was created with the Big Bang, that matter consisted excl

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Dont let people tell you that sarcasm is the lowest form of wit, because people who employ it by saying the opposite of the truth to get a laugh or make a point are actually brighter and more creative. 不要允许别人对你说,挖苦是低级别的

发表于:2019-02-01 / 阅读(69) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

Chapter 32 第三十二章 I did not see Strickland for several weeks. 我有好几个星期没有见到思特里克兰德。 I was disgusted with him, and if I had had an opportunity should have been glad to tell him so, but I saw no object in seeki

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You haven't asked me the most important question yet. 你还没问我那个最重要的问题。 His voice was hard now, and when he looked at me again his eyes were cold. 现在他的声音又生硬起来了,当他再次看向我时,他的眼睛冷

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都说西方人思维直截了当,有话直说,接触英国人后发现他们才是拐弯抹角的一把好手,今天的节目就要和大家分享英国人的说话之道。 01.Are you being sarcastic? 同是英语国家,英国人和美国人

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如果某天出现一位帅哥或一位美女突然对你说,Hey, I really dig you. 你可千万不要误以为他或她是想从你身上挖走一些什么值钱的宝贝,例如你的银行卡或个人二维码。而实际上他或她也许正在光

发表于:2019-02-20 / 阅读(94) / 评论(0) 分类 托福英语

今天分享的是一个感人的故事。 重点词汇 Great Depression 美大萧条 sarcastically adv.讽刺地,挖苦地 retort n.反驳,回嘴;反驳的回答 recall vt.使想起,回想; pride n.骄傲;自尊 PENNIES FOR CANDLES by Jean,New

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It was 8 a.m. It was the first day of training. The trainer, Earl, introduced himself to everyone. Will thought Earl seemed nice enough, at first. As time passed, however, Will's opinion changed. Earl did not like many of Will's questions. He said Wi

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By the mid-1990s Jobs was finding some pleasure in his new family life and his astonishing triumph in the movie business, 到20世纪90年代中期,乔布斯在他新的家庭生活和在电影产业的惊人成功中找到了一些快乐, but he

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