ESL露西的一天 第39期:发型服饰讲解(2)

When I was in high school, back in the 1950s, it was very popular for high school students to have gel - a type of gel in their hair. 上世纪50年代，我中学的时候，中学生很喜欢用凝胶，一种发胶。 Maybe one of the more famous

2011年ESL之商务英语 01 Working on Commission

01 Working on Commission GLOSSARY sales the field and profession of persuading people to buy something * Melissa makes 10-20 sales calls per week, but usually only one or two peoplewant to hear about the products shes selling. to make a bundle to ear

2012年ESL之商务英语 23 Translating a Document

Translating a Document Francine: Do you know the word in Mcquish for partnership? Aziz: No, I dont speak Mcquish. What are you doing? Francine: Jim gave me this letter and this document to translate into Mcquish because I speak a little of it, but ev

2012年ESL之日常生活 31 Reading an Obituary

Reading an Obituary Ivy: This is so sad! Stephan: What is? Ivy: Im reading the obituary for one of my favorite actors as a child, Mr. McBoo. He had quite a life. Stephan: Oh, yeah? Ivy: Yeah, and this article has really done him justice. Its a nice t

2010年ESL之就医和人际交往 20 Sharing With Others

20 Sharing With Others GLOSSARY to share to let someone else use or have part of what one has * I accidentally left my lunch at home today. Would you please share your lunchwith me? to divvy up to divide items into two or more groups; to decide how s

2010年ESL之商务英语 06 Working in a Laboratory

06 Working in a Laboratory lab laboratory; a place where scientists and engineers work, conductingexperiments and tests* Students have to wear protective eyeglasses whenever they go into the lab. colleague co-worker; a person whom one works with, usu

2010年ESL之商务英语 09 Using Unfair Influence

09Using Unfair Influence GLOSSARY contract a legal agreement between two or more parties who agree to providea product or service in exchange for money or something else* We have an appointment at 3:00 today to sign the new rental contract. to bid to

ESL之日常生活 16 Being Under Stress

15 Being Under Stress GLOSSARY to act up for a part of ones body to not work correctly or to feel pain; forsomething to be wrong with a part of ones body* Bills knee started acting up, so he had to stop playing soccer before the matchended. stress th

ESL之日常生活 18 Getting Caught in the Rain

18Getting Caught in the Rain GLOSSARY drenched soaked; very wet* Youre drenched! What did you do, jump into a lake? weather report forecast; information about what the weather will probably be like later in the day or in the near future* According to

ESL之人际交往 18 A Mid-Life Crisis

18A Mid-Life Crisis GLOSSARY mid-life crisis a period in a mans life when he becomes unhappy that he is growing older and does strange things to try to feel younger* When Brett went through his mid-life crisis, he bought a red Ferrari and tried todat

ESL之人际交往 16 A Traditional Wedding

16A Traditional Wedding GLOSSARY wedding a ceremony that creates a marriage; a ceremony that makes twopeople married* They had a beautiful and very large wedding, with almost 300 guests. civil ceremony a wedding ceremony that is not religious; a wedd

2008年ESL之商务英语 25 Using the Copier

25 Using the Copier GLOSSARY copier a photocopy machine; a copy machine; a machine that makes a copy of the text or image on a piece of paper so that it appears on another piece of paper * Can your copier make color copies or only black and white cop

2008年ESL之商务英语 07 Surfing the Internet

07Surfing the Internet GLOSSARY to surf the web to browse or navigate the internet; to spend time visitingwebsites* How many hours do you spend surfing the web each day? Big Brother the idea that the government, large companies, or individuals arewat

2014年ESL之日常生活 23 Being Rescued

Being Rescued Irma: Do you really think well be rescued? Its been six hours and Im losing hope. Bert: Its hard to say. Im sure search and rescue teams are looking for us as we speak. Irma: But what if they dont come in time? We didnt bring any provis

2014年ESL之商务英语 24 A Product Recall

A Product Recall Melissa: This is a disaster! If we have to recall 100,000 units, well take a huge loss this year. Lee: We have no choice. The product defect poses a safety hazard. If we dont act quickly, well have a huge liability issue on our hands

ESL露西的一天 第15期:梳洗化妆讲解(4)

Hairdryers and tampons are two things that I do not use as a man. 电吹风和卫生棉条这两样东西，我一个男人用不上。 A hairdryer, hairdryer, (one word) is a machine that you use to, you can guess, dry your hair. 电吹风（hairdry

ESL露西的一天 第4期:起床讲解(3)

There's an expression if you snooze, you lose. 有这样一个表达起得晚，输得惨。 If you snooze, you lose, which means if you fall asleep - if you are not awake, you may miss something important. 如果你贪睡，你就会输，这意味着

ESL露西的一天 第5期:起床讲解(4)

There's an expression in English, the early bird gets the worm. 英语里有句话，早起的鸟儿有虫吃。 The early bird gets the worm, worm. 早起的鸟儿才能找到虫子（worm）。 A worm, worm, is a little animal that birds eat. The w

ESL露西的一天 第6期:起床讲解(5)

Lucy says that she has matching sheets and pillowcases. 露西说她有配套的床单和枕套。 The sheet, sheet, is what goes over the bed - what covers the bed so that the bed does not get dirty. 床单（sheet）铺满整个床，盖在床上，床

ESL露西的一天 第8期:起床讲解(7)

Lucy says that when she gets up, the first thing she does is to put on her robe. 露西说她每天起床第一件事就是穿上睡袍。 To put on her robe, robe. A robe, which is sometimes called a bathrobe, is a large piece of clothing that you w