【NPR边听边练】致力于提供新鲜有趣、饶有意味的时讯资料,致力于通过精听的方式促进听力提高,致力于不断开阔眼界和深入了解美国观点。 精听建议: 先完整地把一条新闻听一到三遍,争

发表于:2018-12-03 / 阅读(53) / 评论(0) 分类 NPR边听边练

SCENE ③ C 电话响起 【灵验了吗?】 Zina: Hi, Dave. This is Zina. 吉娜: 嗨,戴夫。我是吉娜。 Dave: Zina? Zina the Snake? 戴夫: 吉娜?诈包吉娜? Zina: I got your e-

发表于:2018-12-05 / 阅读(57) / 评论(0) 分类 职场社交

SCENE④ A 电话响起 戴夫与吉娜继续说话 【你别欲擒故纵了】 Zina: No, Dave. I haven't wrecked my jeep. I'm calling to 1) offer you a job. 吉娜: 不,戴夫。我的吉普没有撞

发表于:2018-12-05 / 阅读(65) / 评论(0) 分类 职场社交

One of the clearest places to find good metaphors is in poems. 诗歌是最容易出现好隐喻的地方。 Take this haiku by the 18th century Japanese poet Issa. On a branch floating downriver, a cricket singing. 以18世纪日本诗人小林一茶的

发表于:2018-12-18 / 阅读(53) / 评论(0) 分类 TED演讲教育篇

1. When was Ana Maria Cavazos born? A. June 7, 1908 B. June 8, 1908 C. June 9, 1908 2. Where was she born? A. Mexico B. Texas C. New Mexico 3. How many brothers and sisters did she have, not including herself? A. eleven B. twelve C. thirteen 4. Where

发表于:2018-12-28 / 阅读(69) / 评论(0) 分类 听英文对话做选择

1. Where did the car accident take place? A. in front of the house B. in the parking lot at the store C. at the post office 2. Which factor did NOT contribute to the accident? A. excessive speed B. a faulty car mechanism C. some obstructions in the c

发表于:2018-12-28 / 阅读(167) / 评论(0) 分类 听英文对话做选择

只有这样才能让他高兴啊 It was the only way to make him happy. 可是你干嘛非要让他高兴呢 Well,why'd you have to make him happy? 因为他不高兴的时候 我们都想杀了他 Because when he wasn't happy, we wanted to kill him

发表于:2019-01-01 / 阅读(102) / 评论(0) 分类 生活大爆炸第三季

E J Scovell (1907 - 1999) I would if I could choose Age and die outwards as a tulip does; Not as this iris drawing in, in-coiling Its complex strange taut inflorescence, willing Itself a bud again - though all achieved is No more than a clenched sad

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(196) / 评论(0) 分类 英语诗歌

Rob: Hi and welcome to 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English, Im Rob and with me in the studio today is Chris. Chris: Hello there. In this programme we take a story from the news and pick out some interesting vocabulary that you may not have hea

发表于:2019-01-07 / 阅读(128) / 评论(0) 分类 六分钟英语

black tide 黑潮 英文释义 Ocean pollution (especially used for petroleum spilled from a wrecked ship carrying oil) 例句 When the huge oil tanker hit the reef, the disaster caused a black tide that harmed most of the nearby seacoast and ruined

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(57) / 评论(0) 分类 每日商务英语

台风摧毁菲律宾中部 One of the fiercest typhoons ever recorded has devastated the central Philippines, leaving entire cities and towns in ruins and as many as 10,000 people dead. After gashing six provinces, Typhoon Haiyan veered to the north

发表于:2019-02-02 / 阅读(187) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

The president of Sierra Leone has ordered the entire country to stay at home for three days in a bid to stop the spread of Ebola. 塞拉利昂总统已下令要求全国民众闭门不出三天,以期阻止埃博拉病毒的传播。 Ernest Koroma

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(47) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

1. Iranian state radio reports that an Arizona-born former marine has been sentenced to death in Iran after being convicted of working for the CIA. His parents say he was visiting his grandmother. 2. Gabrielle Giffords took part in a ceremony remembe

发表于:2019-02-11 / 阅读(133) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2012(一月)

Finance and Economics 财经 Free exchange 自由交流 Negative justice 负公平 Sub-zero interest rates are neither unfair nor unnatural. 负利率既非不公平也非不自然。 Denmark's Maritime Museum in Elsinore includes one particularly un

发表于:2019-02-17 / 阅读(71) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人财经系列

Japan fell silent Sunday in a solemn minute of prayer and reflection marking six months since the massive earthquake and tsunami that left 20,000 people dead or missing and sparked a nuclear crisis. Sirens wailed at 2:46 in the afternoon as tens of t

发表于:2019-02-17 / 阅读(105) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

My body shivers In the cold sweat Underneath the darkness How could I forget? Illness inside my brain Driving me insane Like a hurricane Like a hurricane Woooho, like a hurricane Woooho, like a hurricane Like a hurricane Breathing in me brain There's

发表于:2019-02-17 / 阅读(134) / 评论(0) 分类 音乐咖啡厅

一艘客轮在海上遇到暴风雨而翻覆,只有两个人游泳到一个荒凉的小岛上。在无计可施的情况下,这两个人都认为只有向上帝祷告才是唯一之道。但是为了看谁的祷告比较有效,他们协议把小

发表于:2019-02-19 / 阅读(47) / 评论(0) 分类 英语美文

Is it unrealistic for them to hope or think that that child loves them, as some might, as most, wish? 对于家长来说,他们希望或者认为自己的孩子也许能够爱他们,这是不是比较不现实? Well let me tell you, that child

发表于:2019-03-04 / 阅读(94) / 评论(0) 分类 TED演讲教育篇

一提到take off,大家可能想到的最多的意思是(飞机)起飞,脱下等等,但是它还有很多其他非常常用的意思,比如:出发。 We were just about to take off and see a movie. 我们正要出发去看电影。 现在

发表于:2019-03-04 / 阅读(162) / 评论(0) 分类 英语口语

socket n.插座 The light was not on because I forgot to put the plug into the socket. 这盏灯不亮,因为我忘了把插头插入插座。 alcohol n.酒;酒精 I never drink alcohol because I get drunk easily. 我从不喝酒因为我很容易醉

发表于:2019-03-17 / 阅读(320) / 评论(0) 分类 赖世雄进阶英语词汇3500