Topics: Movies - Singin in the Rain; Famous Authors Clare Booth Luce; to exchange versus to change versus to switch; to walk off; margin Words: subtitles talkie film studio rumor chorus girl technical problem to abandon private school to abuse corres

发表于:2018-11-30 / 阅读(103) / 评论(0) 分类 美语听力 English Cafe

Topics: American Authors J.D. Salinger; Comedy in Print Mad Magazine and The Onion; scanty versus inadequate versus deficient; inquiry versus investigation versus research; so-called Words: to be drafted stress first person slang phony recluse seclus

发表于:2018-11-30 / 阅读(102) / 评论(0) 分类 美语听力 English Cafe

(1) Over at our fellow WSJ blog, The Wallet, there's a provocative Q A with the authors of a new book called smart Girl Marry Money, a satirical self-help book which has a serious mission: to get women and men to talk more about marriage and finances

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(140) / 评论(0) 分类 四六级必读美文系列

Google is a technology company,but applies technology to media. 谷歌是一个致力于将技术应用于传媒的技术公司。 What led to Googles decision to use Linux? When did that start? 是什么让谷歌决定采用Linux的?是何时开始

发表于:2018-12-03 / 阅读(84) / 评论(0) 分类 创业成功人士访谈录

Topics: American Authors-Alex Haley; American Bandstand; continuous versus contiguous; let alone and to kick the bucket; the birds and bees talk Words: journalism freelance autobiography genealogy to capture slavery descendant fictional to air segmen

发表于:2018-12-14 / 阅读(67) / 评论(0) 分类 美语听力 English Cafe

Topics: American Authors-Walt Whitman; The Supremes; abbreviated versus concise versus succinct; to withdraw versus to retreat; to stretch Words: printer to observe poetry taboo edition revision indecent immoral supreme signature sophisticated solo a

发表于:2018-12-14 / 阅读(55) / 评论(0) 分类 空中美语初级

Topics: The Boston Tea Party; American Authors-Edna St. Vincent Millay; biological parent versus birth parent versus real parent; existing versus existent; That's going to do it for today Words: harbor colonist to take revenge tax to be represented p

发表于:2018-12-14 / 阅读(49) / 评论(0) 分类 空中美语初级

THIS IS AMERICA - Letterboxing: A Modern-Day Treasure Hunt BOB DOUGHTY: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. Im Bob Doughty. SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: And Im Shirley Griffith. This week on our program, we explore letterboxing. And later, we loo

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(60) / 评论(0) 分类 2011年VOA慢速英语(十)月

Topics:American Authors Philip K. Dick; on purpose versus deliberately versus intentionally; moderately versus sparingly; understatement of the century Words: alien science fiction lottery solar prolific alternate universe android wholesale mental il

发表于:2018-12-26 / 阅读(55) / 评论(0) 分类 美语听力 English Cafe

Topics: American Authors Kurt Vonnegut; Famous Songs When You Wish Upon a Star; to knock up versus to knock down versus to knock over versus to knock off; new versus brand new; give and take Words: to capture to bomb journalist technology science fic

发表于:2018-12-26 / 阅读(54) / 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(50) / 评论(0) 分类 世界节假日博览

And indeed, in the handful of places that the Bible talks about homosexuality, it's almost always in the context of a discussion of idolatry because homosexuality was very much associated with certain pagan practices. 而且事实上,在圣经寥寥几

发表于:2018-12-30 / 阅读(121) / 评论(0) 分类 欧美名人演讲

Last weekend, a Writers Festival was held in Christchurch. The earthquakes of 2010 meant that the festival was cancelled that year so people have waited a long time for this event. The various sessions were held in the Geo Dome in Hagley Park and the

发表于:2018-12-31 / 阅读(113) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

Todays topic is the use of feminine nouns such as actress and comedienne. These days, people often see such terms as sexist, but it's also common to hear at least some of them. So what exactly are the modern rules for using such terms? Actually, this

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(57) / 评论(0) 分类 英语语法 Grammar Girl

it's midnight and I give up I'm tired of lying for you I will not hold your hands and pretend I'm your lover you must admit the turn offs have all been less than grand there's no more police escorts or the high school welcome bands I'm no lie detecto

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 金属

We have writers who aren't working, writers who are suffering from poverty, writers without social security, Ben Hassine Lassaad A newly-formed writers' syndicate in Tunisia is calling for the government there to provide more benefits for its members

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(65) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2010年(八)月

Topics: Famous Authors - E.B. White; Name change after marriage; appliance versus utensil; to jibe (with) versus to be at odds with; Im here versus Im in here Words: contributing prose poetry essay concise maiden name convention feminist movement pol

发表于:2019-01-22 / 阅读(69) / 评论(0) 分类 美语听力 English Cafe

Topics: American Authors - Erle Stanley Gardner and the Perry Mason TV Series; Boys Girls Clubs of America; who versus which versus that; It aint over till the fat lady sings; to go/be all in Words: detective self-taught pseudonym pulp magazine case

发表于:2019-02-15 / 阅读(65) / 评论(0) 分类 美语听力 English Cafe

Professor Daniel Sessler from the Cleveland Clinic in the United States is one of the authors of the study. He says the research is a considerable scientific breakthrough. Red hair is the first phenotype of anaesthetic requirement in humans. And what

发表于:2019-02-15 / 阅读(56) / 评论(0) 分类 英语时差8,16

Topic 1-More Than 200 Copycat Social Organizations Exposed China's Ministry of Civil Affairs has disclosed a blacklist of 203 unlicensed social organizations. It is said that these organizations attempt to make money with titles resembling officially

发表于:2019-03-05 / 阅读(144) / 评论(0) 分类 英语角-圆桌会议