Speaking of Olympic trivia, the Sochi Olympics are already breaking many records. Probably the most surprising is the cost of the games. According to some estimates, this will be the most expensive Olympic Games ever, summer or winter. In fact, at 51

发表于:2018-12-03 / 阅读(124) / 评论(0) 分类 轻松英文阅读

(WA) Well, in answer to your question, several women actively participated in the Civil War. The one that comes immediately to mind is Mary Walker. She's important because she's the only woman ever to be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. As

发表于:2018-12-05 / 阅读(75) / 评论(0) 分类 托福听力短文

VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Barbara Klein. VOICE TWO: And I'm Mario Ritter. Every society has its heroes. This week on our program, we present several stories of heroism in action. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: We start in

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(63) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA慢速英语2007年(一)月

By Parke Brewer Lee Lai Shan competes in women's windsurfing, or Mistral, competition. Her first Olympics was in 1992 in Barcelona, where she placed 11th. But she won the gold four years later in Atla

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(91) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA2004(下)--雅典奥运

By Parke Brewer The men's 800-meter run is expected to be one of the most hotly contested races at the Athens Olympics. Most of the favorites are from Africa. The 800 meters is two laps around the tra

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(83) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA2004(下)--雅典奥运

Voice 1 Welcome to Spotlight. Im Robin Basselin. Voice 2 And Im Ryan Geertsma. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live. Voice 1 Have you ever been on a bus

发表于:2018-12-19 / 阅读(73) / 评论(0) 分类 环球英语 Spotlight

[00:01.47]The Medal of Life生命的奖牌 [00:03.75]After giving a talk at a high school, [00:07.49]I was asked to pay a visit to a special student. [00:10.32]An illness had kept the boy home, [00:12.41]but he had expressed an interest in meeting me, [0

发表于:2019-01-01 / 阅读(96) / 评论(0) 分类 语言的力量

中国飞人中国人的骄傲 刘翔 Chinese Flying man Liu Xiang is surely the pride of all Chinese. His gold medal is the first one that Chinese men’s athlete has ever won from the track and fiel

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(82) / 评论(0) 分类 奥运英语

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发表于:2019-01-09 / 阅读(75) / 评论(0) 分类 新课标小学英语阅读100篇

1. An army staff sergeant has been given a Medal of Honor. President Barack Obama awarded the medal to Salvatore Giunta, the first living service member from Iraq or Afghanistan wars to be so honored. 2. Congressman Charles Rangel of New York is deno

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(156) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2010(十一月)

AS IT IS 2016-08-16 Usain Bolt Wins Third 100-Meter Gold Medal 博尔特获得第三块百米金牌 This is Whats Trending Today. 这里是《正在发生》节目。 The world stopped and watched Usain Bolt on Sunday night for less than 10 seconds. 周

发表于:2019-01-12 / 阅读(52) / 评论(0) 分类 2016年VOA慢速英语(八)月

AS IT IS 2016-08-12 China's Fu Yuanhui: The Happiest Olympian? 中国运动员傅园慧::本届奥运最可爱选手 This is Whats Trending Today Fu Yuanhui is an Olympic swimmer. She is 20 years old and from the Chinese city of Hangzhou. She compete

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Everybody loves a winner. Across the world, countries are greeting their Olympic gold medallists with joy and acclaim. In Singapore, Joseph Schooling, the city-states first ever gold medallist, has become a national hero and was greeted with a standi

发表于:2019-01-22 / 阅读(77) / 评论(0) 分类 趣味英语

MOSCOW, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- The 30th Rhythmic Gymnastics(艺术体操) World Championships concluded here on Sunday as the host Russia grabbed the last two gold medals in group finals. China's group was not qualified for Sunday's finals as they

发表于:2019-01-27 / 阅读(78) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is verbification. Last week police used a Taser on University of Florida student Andrew Meyer as they struggled to remove him from an auditorium where Senator John Kerry was speaking. The Web has been filled with deba

发表于:2019-01-30 / 阅读(138) / 评论(0) 分类 英语语法 Grammar Girl

概述 非谓语动词用法精讲 在大学英语四六级考试的 词汇 和语法部分中,年年必考的一项语法就是非谓语动词(Non-finite Verb)。 非谓语动词分为三类:不定式(infinitive)、动名词(gerund)和

发表于:2019-02-03 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

今天我们要学的词是flawless。 Flawless, 意思是完美无缺的,无懈可击的。 The actor adopted a flawless British accent for the role, 这个演员在电影中使用了标准的英国口音。 Critics say Obama's team has run a near

发表于:2019-02-04 / 阅读(58) / 评论(0) 分类 英语每日一词

Years of hard work and sacrifice will pay off as Olympic athletes climb the podium to receive their medals in London. But exactly how are those medals made? The raw materials are mined in the Utah desert in the USA, but thats just the start of a long

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(63) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻视频

Uladzislau Hancharou of Belarus grabs men's trampoline gold at the Rio Olympic Games on Saturday. 白俄罗斯选手乌拉季斯化罗汉沙罗摘得里约奥运会男子蹦床冠军。 The 20-year-old Hancharou led the squad of eight finalists in 61

发表于:2019-02-07 / 阅读(50) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

英国人讨厌的美式英语(2) 英式英语和美式英语本就是萝卜白菜各有所爱,英式英语注重语法严谨,而美国人就很随意,还会不断创造出流行词。这正是两国文化的不同,英国人喜欢遵守传统

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