Not long ago those turned off by the greed and grim solemnity of prosports could turn to extreme sports like snowboarding and speed climbing. But now, many of the extremists, propped up by huge sponsorship contracts, are just as dollar-driven and tak

发表于:2018-11-29 / 阅读(120) / 评论(0) 分类 四级晨读英语美文

[00:04.02]Wow, you're the... 你就是那个 [00:05.94]- Can I get you something to drink, Mr... - No, I'm fine, thank you. 要不要来杯饮料 不用,谢了 [00:12.30]So, tell me about her. 谈谈她的事吧 [00:14.66]Have you ever met someone.

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(110) / 评论(0) 分类 听电影学英语—全民情敌

Toyota is in damage control after it was forced to recall more than 400,000 Hybrid cars because of braking problems. The global recall includes 2,500 Prius vehicles in Australia. And the Japanese carmaker is facing another investigation in the US wit

发表于:2018-12-11 / 阅读(105) / 评论(0) 分类 澳洲ABC新闻快递2010年

A 22-year-old woman will face court today charged with the manslaughter of the former Socceroo Ian Gray. The 46-year-old former Australian soccer player was found in his Sydney apartment on Monday night. Investigators arrested a 22-year-old at a King

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A lesbian couple in Utah will retain custody of their nine-month-old foster daughter at least for now. As WE of a member station of KUER in Salt Lake City tells us, a judge previously had ordered the baby girl to be removed from the couple's home. Ut

发表于:2018-12-18 / 阅读(74) / 评论(0) 分类 2015年NPR美国国家公共电台11月

However, my parents, both of whom came from impoverished backgrounds and neither of whom had been to college, took the view that my overactive imagination was an amusing personal quirk that would never pay a mortgage, or secure a pension. 然而, 我

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The European Union's executive arm has proposed far-reaching financial reforms to help prevent future financial crises, like the one now pummelling Europe and the rest of the world. European officials hope to put the reforms in place next year. 欧洲联

发表于:2018-12-19 / 阅读(90) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA双语新闻 2009年5月

Unit 52 Travel with diet-friendly food Unit 52 旅游时携带有利节食的食物 You're on the road when your stomach tells you it's time to eat.That's when you discover that your choices are limited to cheeseburgers,fried chicken or ice cream,the

发表于:2018-12-26 / 阅读(45) / 评论(0) 分类 减肥瘦身英语口语话题

Sheepdogs and Wolves If you ever see a sheepdog at work, you might be amazed at how well suited its actions are to the very human concern of keeping a flock of sheep together. Whats more amazing, much of a sheepdogs behavior doesnt have to be trained

发表于:2018-12-27 / 阅读(65) / 评论(0) 分类 英语时差8,16

When you sail for London you have to set your watch ahead each night when you go to bed, 如果你乘船去伦敦,每天晚上睡觉前你必须把手表调快一点, so that when you reach London your watch will be five hours ahead of the time y

发表于:2018-12-28 / 阅读(56) / 评论(0) 分类 美国学生世界地理教材

Bill parked his car on the residential street. The street used to be safe, but now there were frequent reports in the weekly paper about break-ins. He put The Club on his steering wheel and made sure that nothing of valuenot even a pair of cheap sung

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Listening While Driving Is, What'd Ya Say? A study in the journal Psychonomic Bulletin and Review finds that not only does talking interfere with driving skills, the act of driving makes listening a much harder task. Karen Hopkin reports We all know

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(148) / 评论(0) 分类 60秒科学

Peter Heinlein U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan has fired his security chief over last August's bombing of the U.N. offices in Baghdad. Mr. Annan took disciplinary action against several other employ

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(88) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA2004(上)--各类新闻

Google Self-Driving Car Heading to Public Streets 谷歌无人驾驶汽车正式上公共街道测试 This summer, the latest version of Google's self-driving car will make its first appearance on public roads. The two-seat vehicle does not need a ga

发表于:2019-01-12 / 阅读(49) / 评论(0) 分类 2015年VOA慢速英语(五)月

Top 5 Wacky Warning Labels Identified Each year, a group called the Center for America, which is critical of frivolous lawsits, selects the years top five Wacky Warning Labels. For instance, it once found a stern advisory on a package of rat poison:

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2012年(八月)

无人驾驶汽车?美好的明天指日可待! In 2004 U.S. military research agency DARPA challenged automotive engineers to try to build a self-driving car. 2004年,美国军事研究机构美国国防部高级研究计划局(DARPA)为汽车工

发表于:2019-01-14 / 阅读(133) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2016年(二月)

模仿句子 'Let's take back control of our country.' That was a slogan of the campaign calling for Britain to leave the European Union, but who exactly is steering the UK economy and markets through the choppy waters of Brexit?

发表于:2019-01-23 / 阅读(52) / 评论(0) 分类 英音模仿秀

Dialogue 1 Mark: Woo hoo! I heard it's gonna snow today. I'm so excited! 马克:哎呀呀!听说今天会下雪。我太激动了! Jingjing: Yeah, me too! Look outside! It's starting to flurry already. 京晶:是啊,我也是!嘿,看外面

发表于:2019-02-23 / 阅读(45) / 评论(0) 分类 英语PK台

今天我们要学的词是dangling。Dangling形容词,意思是悬挂的、摇摆的。Dozens of people were left dangling high above the Rhine River when the wheels of a cable car came off their guiding line in Cologne, Germany. 在德国科隆,

发表于:2019-02-24 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 英语单词荟萃

If you don't mind, professor, Captain Nemo told me, we'll determine our exact position and fix the starting point of our voyage. It's fifteen minutes before noon. I'm going to rise to the surface of the water. 教授,尼摩船长对我说,如果您

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