Romance Writers are Passionate about Their Work 浪漫主义作家激情四射 You can't mistake a romance novel, with its richly illustrated cover -- usually depicting a beautiful woman and a handsom

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(90) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA2005(下)--文化教育动态

Topics: American Authors-Jack London; Our Gang and The Little Rascals; gruesome versus horrible versus disgusting; son of a gun; to lash out Words: adventure natural selection genes socialism to be disciplined sled series gang short film cast to impr

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Topics: American Authors-Edith Wharton; American Songs-My Country Tis of Thee; to matriculate versus to enroll versus to register; to bid versus to tender; period versus dot Words: high society debut mirth values appropriate reverend national anthem

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Topics: American Authors James Baldwin; Famous Songs High Hopes; homeless versus destitute; odd versus odds; I'm not a has-been. I am a will-be. Words: preacher strict to base something on sexual orientation civil rights high hopes discouraged ant ca

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Topics: American Authors-Tom Wolfe; Aerosmith; to convince versus to compel; latter versus last; ultimate Words: journalist to research drama flashy streamline to hallucinate fiction bonfire unique soloist to dedicate (oneself) to be inducted to conv

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Topics: Movies-Die Hard; American Authors-Emma Lazarus; in front of versus ahead of versus before; as if versus as though versus as for; to take stock Words: to be separated to give (something) another try to freshen up hostage safe cowboy to be desc

发表于:2018-12-26 / 阅读(56) / 评论(0) 分类 美语听力 English Cafe

Topics: American Authors-Willa Cather; the basics of hockey; oblivious versus forgetfulness; carnivore versus predator; equal versus identical Words: frontier Great Plains trilogy spirit remote to edit intellectual property puck jersey intermission t

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

World Book and Copyright Day is on the 23rd of April every year. It is also called International Day of the Book or World Book Days. UNESCO started it in 1995 to promote reading, publishing and to raise awareness of and protect copyright. There are s

发表于:2018-12-29 / 阅读(53) / 评论(0) 分类 英语课程学习计划和讲义

Excited, I took the book home that night and opened it before dinner,那天晚上,我很兴奋,把这本书抱回了家,晚饭之前就把书打开--我想,an action that I expect prompted my mother to feel my forehead and ask if I was all ri

发表于:2019-01-01 / 阅读(79) / 评论(0) 分类 万物简史

This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science. Im Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. We expect scientists and doctors to be upfront about whether papers they publish may line their purses. But according to a recent study in the Archives o

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(70) / 评论(0) 分类 Scientific American(九)月

Moody people are often baffling to those of us with steadier emotions. 喜怒无常的人常常令情绪稳定的人感到困惑。 But scientists argue that changing moods as seen in sulking teenagers, grumpy spouses, or bad-tempered parents - serve

发表于:2019-01-16 / 阅读(58) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

A new row about the IPCC 政府间气候变化专门委员会的新争吵 A climate of conflict 气候之争 The worlds climate experts must work harder to avoid conflicts of interest 全球的气候专家们必须要竭尽全力以避免利益之争

发表于:2019-01-17 / 阅读(76) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人综合

Topics: American Authors Dorothy Parker; how to become a nurse; athlete versus player; hazard versus risk; to quit versus to call it a day Words: witty review to be published to be blacklisted prolific to proclaim compilations harsh healthcare certif

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Topics: American Authors Rachel Carson; the board game Monopoly; gas guzzler and other car descriptors; money order; way to establish or way to establishing Words: conservationist environmental movement pesticide to eradicate compelling indiscriminat

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Topics: American Authors - Ayn Rand; Adirondack Park; to get versus to gain versus to obtain; to have (someone) do (something) versus to get (someone) to do (something); giving an apple to a teacher Words: screenplay fountainhead triumph collectivism

发表于:2019-01-22 / 阅读(75) / 评论(0) 分类 美语听力 English Cafe

If you ever feel vaguely guilty about the vast amounts of television you watch, might I suggest you cling to the findings of this study, published last week in Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts. In it, the authors claim that watching

发表于:2019-02-03 / 阅读(74) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

在《华尔街日报》网上博客The Wallet中,新书《聪明女孩嫁给钱》(Smart Girls Marry Money)的两位作者与读者之间进行了颇有争议的问答。这是一本讽刺性自助书籍,它的一个重大使命就是:让女人和

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(49) / 评论(0) 分类 英语美文

Topics: American Authors - Emily Post; American Cities - Branson, Missouri; either versus both; to do a special on (someone/something) versus to do a segment on (someone/something); to towel off Words: finishing school/charm school debutante ball boa

发表于:2019-02-15 / 阅读(167) / 评论(0) 分类 美语听力 English Cafe

Still, the paper contains essential insights which should frame discussion of data's role in the economy. 尽管如此,这篇论文仍然包含一些深刻的见解,它们应当成为数据在经济中的角色之讨论的框架。 One concerns t

发表于:2019-02-17 / 阅读(58) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人财经系列

It is an inconvenient truth that some book fans will be quick to deny. 尽管一些书迷会迅速否决,但这是一个难以忽视的事实。 But according to a new survey, most people in Britain prefer to read books by writers of their own gend

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