From NPR News in Washington, Im Barbara Klein. In southern Afghanistan, NATO troops are slowly clearing streets of home-made bombs and mines in the second day of a major offensive in the town of Marjah. U.S. marines are spearheading the effort to tak

发表于:2018-12-17 / 阅读(72) / 评论(0) 分类 2010年NPR美国国家公共电台2月

我们之前的节目说了桌游,今天我们要来谈谈纸牌游戏。你会用英语打牌吗?你最喜欢的纸牌游戏是什么呢?赶快留言告诉我们吧! 听力提示: 1. Some of these are famous gambling games, and some of the

发表于:2018-12-26 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 美国文化脱口秀

今天学的词是gamble。 Gamble就是赌博。但是,gamble不一定就是去赌场,打麻将或打扑克。Gamble是各式各样的。北韩进行地下核试验。媒体说,这是北韩在政治和经济方面的赌博 -- North Korea's pol

发表于:2018-12-30 / 阅读(48) / 评论(0) 分类 英语每日一词

Linguistics 语言学 Argot bargy 方言来袭 Why urban teenagers speak the way they do 城里的年轻人为什么那样说话 Nov 2nd 2013 |From the print edition You think my accents bonkers. Your kids speak like me 你觉得我的口音弱爆了。

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今天给2017考研的同学们总结了常考的熟词辟义,希望能够对大家的复习有所帮助。 一、Benefit(25次) 【熟义熟性】n. 好处,利益 【真题例句】 Either way, one benefit of a national organization would be to

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1. Walking up and down the stairs would beat any exercise machine. 上下楼梯可比什么健身器都要好。 2. Had it not been for the alarm clock she wouldn't have been late. 如果不是因为闹

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Im particularly fond of affix characters in Chinese, and what more vibrant an example than 鬼 guǐ (ghost; devil)? 魔鬼 mguǐ (evil devil) demon 懒鬼 lǎnguǐ (lazy devil) lazybones 酒鬼 jiǔguǐ (alcohol ghost) alcoholic; drunkard 醉鬼 zuguǐ

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Business. 商业。 Gambling in Spain. 在西班牙赌博。 Place your bets on Euro Vegas. 来欧洲的维加斯下注吧。 Madrid and Barcelona seek a jobs jackpot from a giant gambling resort. 马德里和巴塞罗那从赌场巨头寻求工作大奖

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Books and arts 文艺 New fiction 最新小说 Comfort food 温馨食物 COOKING is a sensual experience. 烹饪是一种感官体验。 It has the power to comfort, unite and anchor a family in tradition. 传统上认为,它具有安逸、粘合和支

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今天我们要学的词是cold turkey。 星期四是感恩节,我们也来说火鸡。不过,cold turkey, 可不是冷火鸡的意思,而是指突然停止某些已经成瘾的坏习惯。He quit heavy drinking cold turkey, 他没靠任何帮助

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The world's first self-destructing novel is being offered by James Patterson. 世界上第一部自毁小说问世,作者是美国作家詹姆斯帕特森(James Patterson)。 For ?200,000 one fan will get 24 hours to read his latest book before

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BEIJING, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- The disciplinary watchdog of the Communist Party of China (CPC), as well as the government's supervisory authority, have called for efforts to halt extravagance during the upcoming holiday season. The use of public funds

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Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic Buying Lottery Tickets. You should write at least 150 words and you should base your composition on the outline given below: 1. 有些人赞成买彩票 2. 有些

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(60) / 评论(0) 分类 英语作文

I love choices. 我爱选择。 I love to walk around in bookstores-not because I can buy all the books, 我喜欢在书店里徜徉,不是因为我能买下所有的书, but because I could buy one book, and I have so many to choose from. 而是因

发表于:2019-02-09 / 阅读(69) / 评论(0) 分类 英语美文

1. President Barack Obama is announcing a wide-ranging education policy that embraces merit pay for teachers and a longer school day and year. He also wants to end limits on charter schools. 2. Police in Northern Ireland say they have two suspects i

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Finance and Economics 财经 Free exchange: Manias, panics and ICOs 自由交流:疯狂,恐慌和ICO Crypto-coin mania illustrates the crazy and not-so-crazy sides of bubbles. 加密货币狂热诠释了泡沫的疯狂一面和不那么疯狂的一

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According to the new rules, travel agencies have the right to report ill-mannered tourists who will then be blacklisted for 2 years if the reports are deemed true. These uncivilized behaviors include acting antisocially on public transport, damaging

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What would induce a software developer to quit a good job in Silicon Valley and trade California's sunshine for Toronto's wintry skies? 什么可以吸引一名软件开发者放弃硅谷的好工作,用加利福尼亚的阳光换得多伦多的冷冬

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college n.大学;学院 Harry studies at an art college in Los Angeles. 哈利在洛杉矶的一家艺术学院就读。 university n.大学 He was admitted to the university of his choice. 他获准进入他理想中的大学。 probable a.很可能

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口语:付诸东流,浪费掉 成语付诸东流的意思大家都知道啦,它比喻希望落空,成果丧失,前功尽弃,好象随着流水冲走了一样。这么形象的表达方式可不只我们中国人能想到的,英语中也有

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