If you've ever driven up to a mountain pass, you know that the higher you climb, the colder it gets. But on clear, calm days, it can actually (be) colder in the valleys. That's because under high-pressure systems, cold air slides down mountain slopes

发表于:2018-12-24 / 阅读(71) / 评论(0) 分类 Scientific American(四)月

Topics: Famous Americans-James Fenimore Cooper; The Farmer's Almanac; in favor of versus in (one's) favor; feat of strength, raw human strength, and to be forced against table's edge; to multitask Words: frontier pioneer to be expelled from prank to

发表于:2018-12-26 / 阅读(47) / 评论(0) 分类 美语听力 English Cafe

How would you describe yourself as a kid? 你怎样来描述自己小时候的样子? I was actually interested in gadgets, little electronic gadgets. 实际上,我对小装置很感兴趣,小的电子装置。 Whether it was calculators一actu

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Seismologists scientists who study earthquakes know that they cannot predict earthquakes. They know areas which have more possibility of earthquakes. They can use computers to look at patterns of earthquakes around the world. For example, after the 7

发表于:2018-12-31 / 阅读(80) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

Todd: OK, Kerri, I'm going to ask you about the news. Do you follow the news everyday? Kerri: Sometimes. Todd: How do you follow the news? Kerri: Well, in Japan mostly the radio or the internet. Todd: Oh, really. OK. What radio station? Kerri: NPR, b

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 英语访谈对话

Since the invention of computer, the world has come to the information stage. Today, people can do almost all the things through the Internet. They work and shop and communicate by this convenient way. As the information can be received from all kind

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 英语作文

Part 12 - Business socialising This programme was first broadcast in 2001. This is not an accurate word-for-word transcript of the programme. In this programme we join Carmela and business English expert David Evans, for the last in theseries of Bus

发表于:2019-01-07 / 阅读(475) / 评论(0) 分类 英语讨论

Its probably happened to you: a friend says, I know this place like the back of my hand, and then proceeds to get you hopelessly lost. Well, it could be that they really did know it like the back of their hand. Because researchers have found that peo

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(80) / 评论(0) 分类 Scientific American(六)月

1. Anna Nicole Smith has died after collapsing at a Florida hotel. The former Playboy playmate grabbed recent headlines when her 20-year-old son died suddenly in the Bahamas. 2. The White House is defending House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. This's after R

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Tell me about yourself: How to answer this difficult question 面试 时最令人哑口无言的问题 - 请你 自我介绍 一下 The basic answer about where to start is with preparation. You'll have a better chance of impressing the interviewer i

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Todd: OK, Kerri, I'm going to ask you about the news. Do you follow the news everyday? 好,克里,我来问你些关于新闻的事。你每天都听新闻吗? Kerri: Sometimes. 有时听。 Todd: How do you follow the news? 你都用什么听新

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A: What do you think the asking price of my home should be? B: There are many things to take into consideration when pricing a home. A: What is involved in figuring out an asking price? B: We need to combine many factors regarding your home to come u

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面试时最令人哑口无言的问题 Tell me about yourself: How to answer this difficult question 面试时最令人哑口无言的问题 - 请你自我介绍一下 A common interview question that can leave people speechless is Tell me about you

发表于:2019-01-17 / 阅读(119) / 评论(0) 分类 实用英语

This is the first in a two-part Business English lesson on talking about your job and company. 这是2节商务播客中的第一节,会涉及到谈论工作和公司。 The way you talk about your job gives clues to what youre like as an employee

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Millions of what? 几百万什么? The businessman suddenly realized that there was no hope of being left in peace until he answered this question. 这位实业家知道要想安宁是无望的了,就说道: Millions of those little objects, he

发表于:2019-01-29 / 阅读(73) / 评论(0) 分类 小王子

You can see rivers, bodies of water, trees and parks, the stations were all crammed together at the center of the map, and out in the periphery, there were some that couldn't even fit on the map. So the map was geographically accurate, but maybe not

发表于:2019-02-13 / 阅读(73) / 评论(0) 分类 留美老师带你每日说英文

1. 制造惊喜 Phil Schiller: (苹果全球市场副总裁) We've got a great camera in iPhone 6 S ad 6 S Plus. It's a 12 megapixel isight camera. These were taken in Iceland. One of the things you see as our goal was: fantastic color. The skin tone

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The standard way to envision this is to imagine yourself at the center of a large carousel and tossing a ball to someone positioned on the edge. By the time the ball gets to the perimeter, the target person has moved on and the ball passes behind him

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Todd: OK, Kerri, I'm going to ask you about the news. Do you follow the news every day? Kerri: Sometimes. Todd: How do you follow the news? Kerri: Well, in Japan mostly the radio or the internet. Todd: Oh, really. OK. What radio station? Kerri: NPR,

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maid n.侍女 Having a butler, three maids, and two gardeners to take care of his needs, the millionaire leads a luxurious life. 这个百万富翁有1个管家,3个女仆及两个园丁来照顾他的需求,过着奢侈的生活。 resist vt. vi.抗

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