Remembering Earl Scruggs Before Earl Scruggs, most banjo players used a two- fingered picking style. But all that changed after the 21-year-old North Carolina native joined Bill Monroes Bluegrass Boys in 1945, and brought his three- fingered rolls to

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(47) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2012年(三月)

Remembering Davy Jones Most of his fans first heard of Davy Jones in 1966, when the Monkees television program invaded living rooms worldwide. In reality, the then 21-year-old actor and singer from Manchester in the United Kingdom was a show business

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(53) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2012年(二月)

'Freedom Riders' Remembered 50 Years Later The American South was a segregated society 50 years ago. In 1960, the U.S. Supreme Court outlawed racial segregation in restaurants and bus terminals serving interstate travel, but African-Americans who tri

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(77) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2011年(五月)

介绍: Blue in the face 释义 Do something till you are blue in the face. 徒劳做某事,最终没有结果 举例 You can walk around till you are blue in the face, but you won`t find a shop selling shoes as cheap as these! 你可以到处走走看

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Chet and Eliot had been running around all day. It had been hot. They were unshaved, and wearing shorts, T-shirts, and flip-flops. At about 6 p.m., they felt like eating something. They were on south Lake, which had several restaurants. Eliot suggest

发表于:2018-12-31 / 阅读(73) / 评论(0) 分类 365个英语简短小故事

By Mignon Fogarty Today's topic is although versus while. I often have to tell people that their pet peeves aren't actually hard-and-fast grammar rules. I have to tell people that it's OK to split infinitives, and that in some cases it's fine to end

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By Mignon Fogarty Today's topic is bad versus badly, and to make it fun we have a celebrity smack down. On this week's Celebrity Apprentice, Donald Trump corrected Cyndi Lauper. Here's a clip. [audio clip] Not only is Donald Trump not very nice, but

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AMERICAN MOSAIC - Remembering Don Cornelius and his Soul Train JUNE SIMMS: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) Im June Simms. Today, we remember Don Cornelius, the creator of the influential American television show, Soul Train

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Remembering Hazel Dickens Trailblazing bluegrass and folk singer-songwriter Hazel Dickens recently died at the age of 76. Dickens was a performer whose childhood in a West Virginia coal mining town led her to become a labor activist and inspired a li

发表于:2019-01-14 / 阅读(62) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2011年(四月)

情景对话: Walter: Listen, that is just not going to work for me. I'm not interested in that at all... 知识点讲解: 1、That is just not going to work for me. 这不行。 【例句一】 A: You and Tina should do this together. 你和Tina应

发表于:2019-01-24 / 阅读(57) / 评论(0) 分类 每天三分钟学英语

During a visit to an isolated desert settlement outside Yemen's capital Sanaa, VOA's Heather Murdock reports on the despair of some of the thousands of people who have fled their homes since the war in northern Yemen began in 2004 Heather Murdock | S

发表于:2019-02-03 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2010年(二月)

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 4 (Xinhua) -- Writers of films including Zero Dark Thirty, Lincoln and Argo were named as nominees in contention for top honors to be bestowed by the Writers Guild of America (WGA), the WGA, West and WGA, East announced on Friday. Z

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介绍: veteran /?ve.t??.?n/ 经验丰富的人,老手 ①a person who has had a lot of experience of a particular activity He's really a veteran of picking up girls. 他真的是把妹届的老司机。 ②someone who has been in the armed forces

发表于:2019-02-13 / 阅读(51) / 评论(0) 分类 英语俚语天天说

Randal: Hurry up. Rob will be here any minute. Marjorie: I cant remember the combination to this lock. Randal: I thought you knew it by heart. Marjorie: Its on the tip of my tongue, but I cant seem to remember the last two digits. Its 73 or 63 or 38.

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you wont find him drinking at the tables rolling dice and staying out til 3 you wont ever find him being [w]unfaithful [/w]you will find him, youll find him next to me you wont find him trying to chase the devil for money, fame, for power, out of gri

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【俚语】 On top of that 除此之外 Additionally 除此之外 furthermore 除此之外 【例句】 The unemployment rate is rising, and on top of that, factory orders are down. 失业率正在上升,除此之外,工厂订单也在减少。

发表于:2019-02-21 / 阅读(67) / 评论(0) 分类 英语俚语天天说

介绍: Busybody 好事者 He spreads rumers like it is his profession. He is really a busybody. 他到处传播流言蜚语,就好像这是他的职业一样。他真是个好事者。 A lot on ones plate 很忙 I just have a lot on my plate tod

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【俚语】 Greenadj. 没有经验的 【例句】 IwasverygreenwhenIstartedworkingthere. 我刚开始在那儿工作的时候还是个生手。 Begreenwithenvy非常嫉妒,眼红 【例句】 WhenIwasakid,Ithrewmybrother'sbirthdaycakeonthefloorbe

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【俚语】 Bad-mouthv. 诽谤,说坏话 【例句】 Divorcedparentsshouldn'tbad-moutheachotherinfrontofthekids. 离异的父母不应该在孩子们面前说彼此的坏话。 leaveabadtasteinsb'smouth 给某人留下不愉快的记忆 【例句】

发表于:2019-02-21 / 阅读(65) / 评论(0) 分类 英语俚语天天说

【俚语】 Has /have gone to Someone has gone to a place but has not yet returned. 指某人去了某地,但是还没有回来 【例句】 He's gone to the bank. He should be back soon. 他去银行了。应该快回来了。 She's gone to Mosco

发表于:2019-02-21 / 阅读(58) / 评论(0) 分类 英语俚语天天说