1. A man opened fire on a Las Vegas casino early this morning, wounding four people before being tackled by off-duty military reservists. 2. With excessive heat warning still up for much of Idaho, Nevada, Utah, Oregon and Washington State, authoritie

发表于:2018-12-01 / 阅读(132) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2007

P: Hey, Yang Chen, Can I borrow a few bucks? Y: Borrow money? 当然没问题。But why? P: I put all my money down on the horse race, but the horse I bet on didn't win. Y: Betting on horse racing, 赌马? Hey, young man, you really shouldn't gamble.

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(121) / 评论(0) 分类 体育美语

[00:06.06]You must be a good dancer, huh? 你跳舞一定跳得很好 嗯? [00:08.66]Oh, no. My wife's a good dancer. 噢 不是 我太太跳得很好 [00:12.14]I just try to keep up. 我只是尽量配合 [00:14.06]She loves all those Latin dances. 她

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(108) / 评论(0) 分类 听电影学英语-好运之人

One of the fastest growing activities in America is playing poker, often for money online. Now a new law targets Internet casinos and the cash they pay out, as CBS news correspondent Jim Acosta tells

发表于:2018-12-11 / 阅读(74) / 评论(0) 分类 万花筒2006年

The Big Easy and Sin City Now, the VOA Special English program Words and Their Stories. Many cities have interesting nicknames. Nicknames can help establish the identity of a city. They can also spread pride among its citizens. New Orleans, Louisiana

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 2013年VOA慢速英语(九)月

President Obama will be talking about jobs and the economy during several speeches this week including at a Labor Day rally tomorrow in Milwaukee. Chuck Quirmbach of Wisconsin Public Radio has more on what the president will cover. The president will

发表于:2018-12-17 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 2010年NPR美国国家公共电台9月

A judge in Cairo today ordered that Hosni Mubarak spent the rest of his life in prison. For his part in the deaths of hundreds of protestors, during the uprising that drove him from power last year. The former president sat stoneface and frowning as

发表于:2018-12-17 / 阅读(65) / 评论(0) 分类 2012年NPR美国国家公共电台6月

Welcome back to Business English Pod for the second episode of our two-part series on English gambling idioms. 欢迎收听2节商务英语播客的第2节课,将要学习有关赌博的习语。 Any time we take a risk with money, were gambling. W

发表于:2019-01-18 / 阅读(73) / 评论(0) 分类 原汁原味商务英语播客

Oliver, there was a strong market reaction when Microsoft announced it was buying aQuantive, what's behind this deal? Well, I think Microsoft knows it needs to get into the advertising business. For years, it's basically made money one way, which is

发表于:2019-01-26 / 阅读(78) / 评论(0) 分类 商业报道2007年

LAST week the state of Washington began auctioning the licences to 167 of the liquor stores it runs. By June 1st Washington will be out of the liquor business altogether, freeing private businesses to sell spirits in the state for the first time sinc

发表于:2019-01-26 / 阅读(56) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人综合

SkyCity is the casino in Auckland. It is situated in the Sky Tower in the centre of the city. Auckland wants a new convention centre and SkyCity has offered to build it, opposite SkyCity with an overhead walkway between the two buildings. It will sea

发表于:2019-01-27 / 阅读(67) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

今天我们要学的词是addiction。 Addiction, 上瘾。Alcohol addiction, 喝酒上瘾,gambling addiction, 赌博上瘾。现在有很多人上网玩游戏上瘾。The first in-patient treatment center for Internet addiction has opened in Wash

发表于:2019-02-02 / 阅读(65) / 评论(0) 分类 英语每日一词

今天Larry和李华在学校的书店里买书。李华会学到两个常用语:racket和That does it! (Bookstore SFX) LH: Hey, Larry, 你不是想买下学期的课本吗?那还不趁我们在书店

发表于:2019-02-04 / 阅读(49) / 评论(0) 分类 美国之音《流行美语》

Uruguay striker Luis Suarez could once again be in trouble after appearing to bite an Italian opponent Tuesday in a key World Cup qualifying game. 乌拉圭前锋路易斯苏亚雷斯可能再次陷入麻烦,他在周二进行的一场关系到世界

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(65) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

近期,南非世界杯的激战的同时,网络赌球案却也在暗处轮番上演。7月8日,公安部通报:截至7月5日,各地公安机关在世界杯足球赛期间共打掉网络赌球团伙600余个。随着一批大案、要案的侦

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(86) / 评论(0) 分类 实用英语

阿里巴巴成功上市了。都说一个成功的男人背后一定有一个默默支持他的女人。而马云的背后有千千万万个败家子。 刚刚过去的双十一,你是不是又败了一次呢? 那么,败家子怎么说呢? s

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(337) / 评论(0) 分类 英语口语

DALI, Yunnan, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- A group of 13 children drew widespread attention in China last week by helping their parents claim wages held in arrears. The children, the youngest of whom was five, stood in a line in downtown Dali, a major tourist

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(92) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

See the man in the picture with the falcon on his glove A famous gambler, they say he never knew defeat Lucky at cards, oh he was lucky in love He gave his heart to the lovely Marguerite See the woman beside him whispering in his ear She was a famous

发表于:2019-02-19 / 阅读(65) / 评论(0) 分类 美国乡村音乐

Malcolm X, a.k.a. El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, was a black American activist who had a lasting impact on race relations in America. His speeches and political work helped bring to the worlds attention the evil of racism in the USA. He led an extraordina

发表于:2019-02-19 / 阅读(51) / 评论(0) 分类 世界名人简介

When we look at the universities, 当我们环顾大学, 60 percent of baccalaureate degrees are going to women now, which is a significant shift. 目前女性占60%的本科学历的人数,这是个巨大的转变。 And in fact, university admi

发表于:2019-02-21 / 阅读(60) / 评论(0) 分类 TED演讲教育篇