Fun fact Although old wives tales are almost always false, some have turned out to be true! For example, one very common old wives tale is that eating carrots can improve your eyesight. Carrots are actually rich in beta-carotene, which your body turn

发表于:2018-12-03 / 阅读(62) / 评论(0) 分类 话匣子英语

Do you mind 的意思是你介意吗?结合具体的情境,巧用这个短语,我们可以用它表达很多意思哦。 1. 用Do you mind 告诉别人:不好意思,你打扰到我了。 在工作中你的同事不断地用笔敲桌子,让你

发表于:2018-12-04 / 阅读(45) / 评论(0) 分类 每天三分钟学英语

贾米勒阿布瓦德通过组建中东邪恶轴心喜剧团,开创推动了阿拉伯的喜剧世界,他们把喜剧和欢笑带给中东的观众们。他认为,只要能避免3个禁忌话题(性话题,信仰和政治敏感话题),邪恶

发表于:2018-12-09 / 阅读(68) / 评论(0) 分类 TED公开课:会心一笑

旅游英语情境对话:预定机票 Making a Plane Reservation 预定机票 Key Sentences(重点句子) 804. Leisure Travel Agency. May I help you? 这里是休闲旅行社。要我帮忙吗? 805. I'd like to make a plane reservation to S

发表于:2018-12-12 / 阅读(60) / 评论(0) 分类 旅游英语

crosstalk n. 相声 variety show n. 综艺节目 genre n. 流派 by far 迄今为止 butt of the joke 笑柄 tongue in cheek 轻松搞笑的 pat down 轻轻拍打 stamp v. 跺脚 Bugs Bunny 兔八哥 In China, when people talk about comedy, they thin

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New Comedy In Good Company Highlights Workplace Generation Struggle 最新喜剧《优势合作》突出工薪一族的奋斗 (Movie Snippet) Dan Foreman is a veteran sales manager at a national sport

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(107) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA2005(上)--体育娱乐看台

1. We're not watching this. 我们不看这个。 2. Could you stop flipping the channels? 你能不能不要一直转台啊? 3. I'd appreciate it if you could turn it down. 如果你能把音量关小一点的话,我会很感激。 4. I heard th

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(61) / 评论(0) 分类 英语日常口语

#1.America 一说起美国,大家最熟悉的就是这个词: America: 美国 这个词是指通常意义上,美国作为一个国家的概念(general idea),用在文艺作品里,显得很有情怀。 America, the greatest country in th

发表于:2019-01-18 / 阅读(65) / 评论(0) 分类 美国文化脱口秀

In Nikki's room Nikki:Wanna chill out and watch cable? [turns on the TV] Wen:[A few minutes later] Wow! Besides The Cosby Show, I've never seen a black sitcom. What's this program? Nikki:It's a drama called Soul Food. This channel is BET-Black Entert

发表于:2019-01-21 / 阅读(63) / 评论(0) 分类 Eztalk美语会话

Books and Arts; Book Review;New French film; Friends united;An unlikely comic hit; 文艺;书评;新法国电影;朋友一心;一部不大可能成为大片的喜剧; French film-makers are good at turning out silly comedies that foreigners

发表于:2019-01-27 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人文艺系列

每一次沟通的行为都是一次翻译的行为。在TEDxRainier的讲台上,作家Chris Bliss深思了这样一个问题:伟大的喜剧能够像公众翻译深刻的事实。

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(137) / 评论(0) 分类 TED公开课:会心一笑

IT TOOK a month or so, but the killing of Trayvon Martin, a teenager who was shot in Florida in late February, has developed into a predictable political circus. Barack Obama has opined on it, as have the Republicans hoping to wrest the presidency fr

发表于:2019-02-07 / 阅读(73) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人综合

1. We're not watching this。 我们不看这个。 2. Could you stop flipping the channels? 你能不能不要一直转台啊? 看电视常说的十句话 3. I'd appreciate it if you could turn it down。 如果你能把音量关小一点的话,我

发表于:2019-02-12 / 阅读(94) / 评论(0) 分类 实用英语

看电视的时候,大家会说起的话题无非就是哪个台在播什么,或是某个电视剧最新的剧情发展等等。老外讨论的也就是这些,今天咱们就把他们讨论这些话题时常用的句子总结一下,希望有机

发表于:2019-02-12 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 实用英语

日常交流中不可避免地会有一些需要拒绝别人的情况,但如果只用 No, thanks 或者直白地No way来回答对方,不免有些生硬而且会比较伤害他人的感情。今天来看看我们如何委婉地用英语拒绝对方

发表于:2019-02-13 / 阅读(55) / 评论(0) 分类 卡卡课堂早餐英语

But,but it still doesn't help,because it gets in every cavity.Yeah. 但是 但是还是不管用 因为水从哪都能进去 对 Well,and your character doesn't seem to mind, 不过你的角色好像不怎么介意 you just spit the water out.yeah,sp

发表于:2019-02-13 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 艾伦脱口秀

Women are more likely to tolerate bad behaviour in handsome men, psychologists claim. 心理学家发现,女性往往对颜值高的男性更为宽容,更愿意原谅他们的过失。 The first impression created by physical appearance deeply in

发表于:2019-02-17 / 阅读(270) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

BEIJING, March 25 (Xinhua) -- The comedy Finding Mr. Right starring acclaimed actress Tang Wei, who shot to fame in Ang Lee's 2007 spy thriller Lust, Caution, raked in 70 million yuan (11.3 million U.S. dollars) during its weekend debut. Producer Jia

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

亲密关系不仅存在于家人、朋友之间,陌生人之间也可能会因为处于相同境地而产生短时的亲密感,这种亲密就叫情境式亲密。 Situational intimacy refers to intimate feelings that are generated by proximity

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(48) / 评论(0) 分类 英语口译

fax Can you fax this to Mr. Chen by 9 o' clock? 你可以在9点前把这份文件传真给陈先生吗? set up Hello, can you make a phone call to Mr. Brown and set up the meeting time? 你好,你可以打电话给布朗先生并定下会议时间吗

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