Topics: Famous Americans-Elizabeth Blackwell; The Metropolitan Museum of Art; to delay versus to put off versus to procrastinate; during versus while; sheer Words: poverty to earn a living to be rejected to harass to contract blind to incorporate imp

发表于:2018-12-26 / 阅读(52) / 评论(0) 分类 美语听力 English Cafe

Reporter: You may have noticed attention on Disney the last few days and the idea of Disney and Hulu and the short-form deal they did with Google and YouTube. How does that fit in with what youre trying to do with TV everywhere and how does that chal

发表于:2018-12-28 / 阅读(85) / 评论(0) 分类 世界500强CEO访谈

Apple tops the list of World's 500 Most Influential Brands for 2016, compiled by New York-based World Brand Lab and released last Monday. 总部位于纽约的世界品牌实验室编纂并于上周一发布了《2016世界品牌500强》榜单,苹果

发表于:2019-01-07 / 阅读(75) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

双语:《财富》500强HR总监教你写简历 Millennials looking for work have many advantages. Most are proficient with multiple technologies and, in comparison to graduates in my day, they generally have a wealth of valuable, non-career experie

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(58) / 评论(0) 分类 求职英语

AS IT IS 2016-04-22 Up to 500 Refugees Feared Dead After Boat Sinks 一艘难民船在地中海沉没 多达500人死亡 The United Nations says that 500 people may have died when their boat sank in the Mediterranean Sea. On Monday, witnesses and sur

发表于:2019-01-12 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 2016年VOA慢速英语(四)月

She was walking fast. It was 9:20 p.m. She was hoping to catch the B train. It usually arrived at the station at 9:28. The Brooklyn sidewalk was hazardous at night. It was poorly lighted. Also, spreading tree roots had made sections of it rise abrupt

发表于:2019-01-22 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 英文短篇故事(纽约)

Google has invested in taxi firms, smart thermostats and even artificial intelligence but it is also setting its sights on immortality - or at least increasing our lives five-fold. 谷歌的投资项目不但囊括出租车公司、智能恒温器甚至

发表于:2019-02-01 / 阅读(74) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

Nearly 54 years after Marilyn Monroe tragically passed away, fans are still clamoring to own a piece of the screen icon. 在荧幕偶像玛丽莲?梦露不幸去世近54年后,粉丝们仍然争相拥有她生前用过的物品。 In November, a co

发表于:2019-02-01 / 阅读(96) / 评论(0) 分类 实用英语

今天要讲的几个习惯说法都是用来描述由于某种原因而情况进展不妙的。第一个是: slapdash。 实际上是个合成词,显然由slap和dash两部分组成。 Slap最常用的意思是巴掌拍击,这当然是即刻间进

发表于:2019-02-04 / 阅读(112) / 评论(0) 分类 美国习惯用语

Reality always look better in slow motion. Even the most humdrum events can seem like the most dramatic moment of an action film. 慢镜头中的世界总会显得更加精彩,即使是最无聊的事也可能变得像是动作片的精彩镜头。

发表于:2019-02-04 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 英语万花筒

NEW YORK, March 16 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. stocks fell on Wednesday on Japan's nuclear disaster and lower-than-expectation economic reports, with the Standard Poor's 500 Index and the Nasdaq erasing their gains for the year. All three major indexes ende

发表于:2019-02-07 / 阅读(52) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

英国500年皇家邮政将启动IPO The most ambitious government privatization in a generation.After 500 years in business, shares in the Royal Mail could be in the hands of investors within weeks. And the company is suddenly worth 3 billion pounds

发表于:2019-02-07 / 阅读(50) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

500 Miles - 美国乡村音乐 If you miss the rain Im on如果你错过了我坐的那辆火车 You will know that I am gong you can hear the whistle blow你将知道我已经走了,你能听见汽笛声 A hundred miles, a hundred miles, a hundred miles 100里,100里,100里 A hundre

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(173) / 评论(0) 分类 美国乡村音乐

criticize 批评 Mike does nothing but criticize and complain all the time. 迈克什么也不干,只是一味指责和抱怨。 My teacher criticized me for not finishing the homework on time. 老师批评我没有按时完成作业。 A:Home at l

发表于:2019-02-12 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 跟艾米莉一起学口语

Some animals absolutely prospered including, a little surprisingly, the turtles once again. 有的动物再次一片兴旺的景象包括鳖,真有点儿令人感到意外。 As Flannery notes, the period immediately after the dinosaur extinction c

发表于:2019-02-13 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 万物简史

In this first-of-its-kind list from the worlds leading travel authority, Lonely Planets globetrotting community of staff and writers have ranked the 500 best places to see on the planet. 作为世界领先的旅行指南权威,《孤独星球》此次

发表于:2019-02-17 / 阅读(48) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

Q:Can you sell yourself in two minutes? Go for it. (你能在两分钟內自我推荐吗?大胆试试吧!) A:With my qualifications and experience, I feel I am hardworking, responsible and diligent in any project I undertake. Your organizat

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(93) / 评论(0) 分类 实用英语

本期内容: Tesla has appointed Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison and Walgreens Boots Alliance executive Kathleen Wilson-Thompson to its board. The move further strengthens the board as pledged by founder Elon Musk to the Securities and Exchanges C

发表于:2019-02-20 / 阅读(56) / 评论(0) 分类 夏说英语新闻晨读

Listen to July 13th 2011 to hear about the first stage of the inquiry. The second stage of the inquiry into the Pike River mine explosion began yesterday and will continue for three weeks. This stage will examine the Search and Rescue after the explo

发表于:2019-02-25 / 阅读(107) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

讲解文本: snowball 雪球,像滚雪球般增大 Our business really snowballed last year. 我们的生意去年真的发展了很多。 I can't believe things can snowball so fast. 事情居然发展这么快,让我无法相信。

发表于:2019-03-06 / 阅读(124) / 评论(0) 分类 愉悦口语