LOS ANGELES, March 3 (Xinhua) -- More and more American adults are suffering from a decline in overall sleep duration(持续时间), the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (疾病防治中心) said on Thursday. It's recommended tha

发表于:2019-02-01 / 阅读(89) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

今天我们要学的词是food stamp。 大家都知道,food是食物,stamp是邮票的意思。两个字加在一起food stamp可不是食物邮票的意思,而是美国政府发给穷人的食品券。 More than 29 million Americans received

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今天我们要学的词是guarded。 Guarded, 谨慎的。最新民调显示,Most Americans expressed guarded optimism on President Obama's ability to come up with a successful strategy for Afghanistan, 大多数美国人对奥巴马找到策略,成

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What are the biggest ways that Americans and Chinese misunderstand each other? 美国人和中国人互相之间最深的误解是什么? 获得19好评的答案@Irene Colthurst Chinese don't understand the internal logic of American individuality,

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Its no surprise that employees today want flexible hours. What is surprising, though, is that so few employers offer a flexible work schedule. All the while, millions of Americans choose to work part-time jobs so they can have more control over their

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The contrasting English and American patterns have some remarkable implications, particularly if we assume that man, like other animals, has a built-in need to shut himself off from others from time to time. An English student in one of my seminars t

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Do Americans have any morals?That's a good question.Many people insist that ideas about right and wrong are merely personal opinions.Some voices,though,are calling Americans back to traditional moral values.William J.Bennett,former U.S.Secretary of E

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Chinese people are, quite rightly, proud of their food. However, when foreigners like Britons and Americans think of Chinese food, their impression of it is different to what you might think. 中餐理所当然一直是中国人的骄傲。然而,当

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WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama announced Thursday that his administration is committing an addition 50 million U.S. dollars in funding for domestic HIV/AIDS treatment and care. Obama also set a new target of helping six mi

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A decade after Islamic terrorists hijacked four passenger planes and turned them into weapons to claim nearly 3,000 lives, people in the United States on Sunday somberly marked the September 11 anniversary with memorials at the scenes of the attacks.

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写作参考范文:人人都有赚大钱的本事吗? Most people have dreams of one day becoming rich. But does the average person have the ability to make a lot of money? Think about this question. Then write about 250 words describing your tho

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要求: 1。一定要控制自己不看原文直接选择答案的冲动! 2。写出每一个题目里面的错误类型,。 下面的各篇文章题目对我们以上讲过的干扰选项的所有情形包含在内了。要小心应付。 Pass

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1. Investigators in California have packed up a 28-foot section of a ruptured natural gas pipeline and shipped it off to Washington DC for analysis. The pipeline was blown out of the ground and hurled 100 feet during last week's explosion that killed

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How to Use the Word 'Ever' Have you ever noticed the number of times that a native English speaker uses the word ever? Ever is an adverb that we Americans say a lot. Heres todays question, from Zanoni in Venezuela: Question: Hello. I would like to ge

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American spies in Germany 美国间谍在德国 Up pops anotherand another 一个一个冒出来 The Americans are snooping even on Germany's anti-snooping committee 美国人竟挑衅德国反监听委员会 IF THE tawdry tale is confirmed, the Amer

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WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 (Xinhua) -- Nearly a fifth of all Americans 12 years or older have hearing loss so severe that it may make communication difficult, according to a new study led by Johns Hopkins University researchers and published Monday in the A

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A majority of the country thinks it's time for Donald Trump to log off, and never tweet - at least not from his personal Twitter account. 美国多数民众认为是时候让特朗普注销推特账号,别再发帖了--至少不在其私人账号上发

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In remarks in Washington on Tuesday, President Barack Obama denounced a $3.5-trillion Republican budget plan, saying it would harm middle class Americans and set back the nation's economic recovery. Mr. Obama's speech sharpened his message to voters

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TAKE a sticker, urges the woman from Ambush Firearms. We are giving away two free guns every day to people wearing them. What your correspondent would do with an semi-automatic rifle, let alone one that also comes in pink, was not obvious. Welcome to

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WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama is seeing a surge in support among voters, with poll numbers released Tuesday suggesting his approval rating is nearing the 50 percent mark. According to a national survey done by CNN/ORC In

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