Professor: Today Robert is going over to Liz and Doug's apartment for dinner party, but he is about to find out that his tastes in food are very different from theirs. [Doorbell, door opening] Robert: Hey Doug! Hey Liz! Thank you so much for inviting

发表于:2018-12-25 / 阅读(95) / 评论(0) 分类 美语三级跳

A:Have you had enough time to look over the menu? B:Yes, we are almost ready to order. A:Let me remind you of the specials of the day, which are posted on the board. B: Oh, that all sounds so good! Can we get the sauce on the side? A: Yes, we would b

发表于:2018-12-26 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 食物-Food

二、具体化 具体化(specification)是指采用明确具体的方式来翻译原文中较为概略化的表达。英语原文中有不少词语乃至整个句子的字面意义非常抽象、笼统、概括和空泛,如对等译成汉语,不

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(50) / 评论(0) 分类 北外翻译笔记

A: Would you like to order now? B: This all looks good! I think we know what we want. A: Please let me point out the chef's special, which is blackened catfish. B: I am dieting, so could the chef prepare the food with no extra sauce? A: We are always

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(57) / 评论(0) 分类 英语情景对话-餐厅

A: Have you had enough time to look over the menu? B: Yes, we are almost ready to order. A: Let me remind you of the specials of the day, which are posted on the board. B: Oh, that all sounds so good! Can we get the sauce on the side? A: Yes, we woul

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 英语情景对话-餐厅

Museum Serves Up Native American-Inspired Feast This Thursday, most Americans will gather with loved ones to celebrate Thanksgiving, an annual holiday inspired by a harvest feast held in 1621 in Massachusetts when English colonists and members of the

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DAVID GREENE, HOST: Sinclair Broadcast Group is based in Maryland. This is a conservative company that owns more local TV stations than any other company in the country. And Sinclair is about to get bigger with a $3.9 billion deal with Tribune Media.

发表于:2019-01-17 / 阅读(71) / 评论(0) 分类 2017年NPR美国国家公共电台5月

英语学习笔记: bellybutton n. 肚脐 rudely adv. 粗暴的,无理的 Crab Rangoon 炸蟹角 entree n. 主菜 sneezing n. / v. 打喷嚏 proper response 得体的回复/回话 What is the proper response to 对xxx事情的得体回复/回话 第

发表于:2019-01-24 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 早安英文

I was staying at a nice resort hotel in Arizona on a short vacation. I had been out on the golf course playing a round of golf. When I got back into the room, I was feeling pretty hungry. I was meeting some friends for a late dinner around 8:30. I wa

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DAVID GREENE, HOST: Call this the freezing out of frozen food - you know, TV dinners, which were a novelty when they first showed up in national supermarkets back in the 1950s. (SOUNDBITE OF AD) UNIDENTIFIED VOICE ACTOR: It's the first and only three

发表于:2019-02-13 / 阅读(92) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年NPR美国国家公共电台5月

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Former pro football player Tim Green was a well-known voice on this program in the '90s. He offered commentaries on a violent sport. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED BROADCAST) TIM GREEN: My parents told me when I was a boy, if I was going

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