Media Blackout

Dan: This is 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English. I'm Dan Walker Smithand today I'm joined by Alice. Hello Alice! Alice: Hi Dan. Dan: Alice, you've got some news about a media blackout in an English town, right? Alice: That's right; a media bl

Kenyan Shatters London Marathon Record

Emmanuel Mutai set the course record at the London Marathon Sunday, as Kenyan compatriot Mary Keitany won in her debut in the British capital. Mutai ran the 42.2 kilometer race in 2 hours, 4 minutes, 40 seconds. The 26-year-old Kenyan broke compatrio

三十个好习惯提高你的生活质量

习惯无处不在左右着我们的思想和行为。在这些习惯中，有好习惯也有坏习惯，有老习惯也有新习惯。好习惯可以使你功成名就，坏习惯能够让你身败名裂。下面就为大家介绍一些生活中的好

双语美文：锁定目标

Keep Your Goals in Sight 锁定目标 When she looked ahead, Florence Chadwick saw nothing but a solid wall of fog. Her body was numb. She had been swimming for nearly sixteen hours. Already she was the first woman to swim the English Channel in both

积极看待每一天

If your life feels like it is lacking the power that you want and the motivation that you need, sometimes all you have to do is shift your point of view. 如果你觉得心有余力不足，觉得缺乏前进的动力，有时候你只需要改变思维

宾馆用语：客房服务（一）

Sentences Housekeeping. May I come in? 我是客房服务部的，可以进来吗？ When would you like me to do your room, sir? 先生，您希望我什么时间来给您打扫房间呢？ You can do it now if you like. 如果你愿意，现在就可

英文歌曲:Far From Here

Far From Here Alissa Moreno Fight hard on a night like this Look for a star and wish You could get out of it Bite down and then pray, pray, pray You'll make it through this to sing and say You hold life dear Moments turn to hours which become years..

Housekeeping 客房服务

Key Sentences（重点句子） 99．Housekeeping．May I come in？ 我是客房的，可以进来吗？ 100．When would you like me to do your room，sir？ 您要我什么时间来给你打扫房间呢，先生？ 101．You can do it now if you l

人到四十 全职工作竟然会影响大脑?

Don't do an IQ test after a full week's work if you are 40 years or older. You could be disappointed. 如果你已经40岁了或者更大，那么工作一整周之后不要做智商测试，因为结果可能会令你大失所望。 If you're over 4

英语歌曲:The Piano Song--Meiko

The Piano Song--Meiko Every little thing I do, I do for you With every little thing, I think a thought of you And I try so hard not to notice I try so hard not to care I try so hard not to know that you're not here But I'm counting down the hours And

网游也可以当研究工具

Many online social networking tools have fulfilled uses their creators had never dreamed of. Twitter started as a way to tell others what you were doing, and then surprisingly, turned into a tool to find gas during the Atlanta gas crunch last year. N

Five Ways to Combat Loneliness When You’re Jobless

Five Ways to Combat Loneliness When Youre Jobless Sit in front of laptop. Lie on couch. Eat pickles for lunch. Back to laptop. Feel sorry for self. Feel sick of self. Tear hair out in frustration. And back to couch. If this is your 9-to-5 routine, yo

我们每天到底工作了几个小时

You arrive late to work. (Just a few minutes) 你上班的时候就已经迟到了（也许只是几分钟...） You then get your coffee. And then socialize with others about their weekend. 然后再泡杯咖啡。还要和同事交流一下周末的情

男性会对自己工作量撒谎

Men Lie About How Much They Work in Order to Have Work-Life Balance 男性会对自己工作量撒谎 When we think about work-life balance, it's easy to default to imagining a working mother trying to balance the demands of home and family with her

限时饮食可以预防甚至逆转肥胖

Scientists, like mothers, have long suspected that midnight snacking is inadvisable. But until a few years ago, there was little in the way of science behind those suspicions. Now, a new study shows that mice prevented from eating at all hours avoide

如何获得双倍成功机会

If you shoot for the stars, youll at least hit the moon. Want to reach your goals for next month? Heres the best way to do it. Lets say you want to lose 4lbs next month. Instead of putting together a workout routine where youll lose 4lbs, put togethe

Italy adds new HIV infection every 3 hours

MILAN, Italy, Dec. 1 (Xinhua) -- Italy has a new HIV infection every three hours on average, the national department of health said in a statement during the World AIDS Day commemoration Thursday. According to the statement, there were about 3,000 ne

Working too much may increase risk of depression

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- The odds of a major depressive episode are more than double for those working 11 or more hours a day compared to those working seven to eight hours a day, according to a report published Wednesday in the online journal

第71期:俏皮可爱的英语歌曲-The Show

今天我们学一首俏皮可爱的英语歌曲。 I'm just a little bit caught in the middle 我只是有点不知所措 Life is a maze and love is a riddle 生活是一个迷宫，爱情是其中的一个谜 I don't know where to go, can't do it a

Real Madrid confirms Modric signing

MADRID, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- Real Madrid this Monday announced the signing of Croatian midfielder Luka Modric on a five year contact. Modric joins for Tottenham Hotspurs on a deal thought to be in the region of 35 million Euros, ending a long running