94 money words credit card cash loan borrow cheque/check banknote/bill coin cashless society tax(rate) pension fare purchase interest in the black in the red account (bank)statement receipt currency exchange rate invest(ment) bargin refund salary wag

发表于:2018-11-27 / 阅读(162) / 评论(0) 分类 情景英语口语100主题

Words and Their Stories: Easy as Falling Off a Log 词汇典故:易如反掌 Now, the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. 这里是美国之音慢速英语词汇典故节目。 Every people has its own way of saying things, its own

发表于:2019-01-12 / 阅读(70) / 评论(0) 分类 2012年VOA慢速英语(二)月

我们今天要学的习惯用语有一个共同的词: hand。这个词大家都熟,解释手。我们要学的第一个习惯用语是: hand in glove。 Glove是手套。手套一般都制做得很合手,套在手上伏伏贴贴,手套和手紧

发表于:2019-01-16 / 阅读(99) / 评论(0) 分类 美国习惯用语

He hears a sound from outside. He looks out his window. The newspaper has arrived! He loves the newspaper. It's just so interesting. He reads the cover story. It is about a homeless man who won the lottery. Then, he looks at the cartoons. They are so

发表于:2019-01-24 / 阅读(52) / 评论(0) 分类 英语第2级听力-English Level 2

Nick: Obviously from Seattle, there's many famous people. Cheryl: Ah, yes, from Seattle. We have Jimmy Hendrix. Nick: Jimmy Hendrix. Wow! I love Jimmy Hendrix. Cheryl: Yeah, he is a very famous musician, and we have his statues on the street in Seatt

发表于:2019-01-25 / 阅读(78) / 评论(0) 分类 英语趣味课堂

Newlyweds have vowed to stay together despite the bride discovering her new husband is actually her grandfather. 新婚夫妇宣誓不离不弃--尽管新娘发现新郎官竟然是自己的祖父。 The couple made the shocking discovery three month

发表于:2019-02-01 / 阅读(52) / 评论(0) 分类 趣味英语

今天我们要学的词是on a whim。 On a whim意思是突发奇想,心血来潮。He saw the deal on the Internet and booked the vacation on a whim, 他在网上看到一个很划算的价格,心血来潮,马上定票,准备出去渡假。

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(94) / 评论(0) 分类 英语单词荟萃

This is AP News Minute. A big winter snowstorm with blizzard conditions and fierce winds is moving across the Northeastern US. Snowfall could reach as high as 2 feet in New York City. Thousands of flights were canceled. The Congressional Budget Offic

发表于:2019-02-11 / 阅读(118) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2017(三)月

Yet Another Millionaire 又是一个百万富翁 The latest winners of the UK National Lottery Euromillions jackpot are Joan and Brian Caswell. The retired and now very wealthy couple from Bolton claim they wont let the £25 million (around 275 mill

发表于:2019-02-13 / 阅读(46) / 评论(0) 分类 英语听力精选进阶版

介绍: bad hair day 诸事不顺的一天 A day on which everything seems to go wrong I knew it was going to be a bad hair day when I couldn't find my keys in the morning. 当早上找不到钥匙的时候,我就知道这将是诸事不顺的一天。

发表于:2019-02-13 / 阅读(48) / 评论(0) 分类 英语俚语天天说

介绍: ① Youre thinking too much. ② Don't put too much thought into it. ③ It's all in your head! 举例: 场景一 Emma:I think he likes me. Every time I see him, hell smile to me. Emma:我感觉他喜欢我。每次看到他他都会冲着我

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A search resumes today for three men missing in Melbournes Port Phillip Bay. Their upturned boat was found one and half kilometres off Altona in Melbournes west late yesterday. An air-and-sea search failed to find any trace of the men, all aged in th

发表于:2019-02-14 / 阅读(48) / 评论(0) 分类 澳洲ABC新闻快递2015年

Todd: So, Alexandra you were talking about a hurricane. What hurricane were you talking about? Alex: I was talking about Hurricane Andrew, and as I said before, it was a category 5 hurricane. I was not in the city when it came through, however I did

发表于:2019-02-16 / 阅读(46) / 评论(0) 分类 英语趣味课堂

Broadcast on COAST TO COAST: July 31, 2003 AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on WORDMASTER -- we talk with grammarian Patricia O'Conner. She's out with a second edition of Woe Is I: The Grammarphobe's Guide to Better English in

发表于:2019-02-16 / 阅读(62) / 评论(0) 分类 词汇大师(Wordmaster)

将近一百五十年前有人在美国加州的一条河里发现了光灿灿的金块。这条消息立即传向四面八方,掀起了一股淘金热。发财梦促使八万多人跋山涉水争先恐后地涌到加州的旧金山。 这段被称作

发表于:2019-02-19 / 阅读(95) / 评论(0) 分类 美国习惯用语

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Fannie Drumwright Davis Robinson was an esteemed civic figure in Detroit. She was married to her teenage sweetheart, came up from the segregated South, lived in a fine red-brick colonial house where she cared and cared well for the

发表于:2019-03-04 / 阅读(282) / 评论(0) 分类 2019年NPR美国国家公共电台1月

Topic1-Government Budget Report Hard to Comprehend Is the notion The government budget report is so hard to understand true? Some officials claim financial budgeting is a very specialized and professional process, which requires expertise to understa

发表于:2019-03-05 / 阅读(95) / 评论(0) 分类 英语角-圆桌会议

Topic 1-State Council demands toilet seat upgrades Electronic toilet seats are among those items Chinese fancy to purchase overseas. The State Council has issued a plan to improve the quality of China-made products including air filters, rice cookers

发表于:2019-03-05 / 阅读(118) / 评论(0) 分类 英语角-圆桌会议

famine That was so important for Europe, during the famine in Europe. A 'famine' is when there is little or no food for a population. A famine can happen when there is a problem growing or producing food or when a group of people can't receive availa

发表于:2019-03-06 / 阅读(111) / 评论(0) 分类 英语趣味课堂

From NPR News in Washington, Im Lakshmi Singh. The White House is hosting major players in gun policy including the National Rifle Association. Its gathering proposals for gun control initiatives weeks after the mass shooting at a Connecticut element

发表于:2019-03-15 / 阅读(236) / 评论(0) 分类 2013年NPR美国国家公共电台1月