April Fool's Day While popular in the U.S., the April Fool's Day tradition is even more prevalent in European countries, such as France and Great Britain. Although the roots of the traditional trickings are unclear, the French and the British both ha

发表于:2018-11-29 / 阅读(141) / 评论(0) 分类 四级晨读英语美文

外国人听到中式英语时会嘲笑我们吗?当我们说得不标准很土时,他们心里是什么反应?今天Jenny和Adam帮你快速纠正,分享实用tips! 中式英语用英语怎么说? Chinglish(Chinese + English):中式英

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Nowadays, most early education centers are crowded with parents. Some early education centers in Beijing say they have professional teachers with international backgrounds. What's for sure is that what's behind such advantages is a high price tag. On

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Guy Fawkes Night is a very British celebration. It celebrates a failed attempt to blow up the Houses of Parliament (thats where Big Ben is) in London. This was probably one of the first examples of terrorism, only it didnt work. It all happened on No

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Memory Fails You after Severe Stress People are woefully 1 bad at recalling details of their own traumatic 2 experiences. When military personnel were subjected 3 to threatening behaviour during mock

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169 布什对导弹防御试验结果感到满意 Bush Pleased With Missile Test Results Paula Wolfson Washington 15 Jul 2001 19:08 UTC President Bush's hopes for a missile defense system got a big 1)

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AS IT IS 2016-02-20 Candidates Mimic Animals on Campaign Trail During a campaign visit in Nevada earlier this week, Hillary Clinton told a story about her husband, Bill. Bill, or William J. Clinton, was the U.S. president for eight years, starting in

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Vietnam Removes Law Book with 'Justice' on the Cover 越南出版社撤销争议法律书 A state-owned book publisher in Vietnam has withdrawn hundreds of law books because of the protest over the books cover. The Labor and Social Affairs Publishing

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AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster -- surviving a job interview! RS: Here's the first bit of advice from human resources consultant Sharon Armstrong: It's not just words you have to think about, but also how you exp

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AA: Im Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster -- surviving a job interview! RS: Heres the first bit of advice from human resources consultant Sharon Armstrong: Its not just words you have to think about, but also how you expres

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Topics: In the News: pretexting, stay the course, The Daily Show and The Colbert Report, if thats anything to go by, color vs. hue, contribute vs. attribute, the die is cast Words: pretextting stay the course to mock satire parody political pundit lo

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Victoria Switzer and her husband, Jim, are building what they hoped would be their retirement home in the rural hamlet of Dimock, Pennsylvania, in the eastern U.S. When Cabot Oil Gas offered a lease for the natural gas under their land a few years ag

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This is the VOA Special English Development Report. This Saturday night at eight thirty, all the lights will be shut off at the Tokyo Tower in Japan. The Brandenburg Gate in Berlin and the Eiffel Tower in Paris are also expected to go dark. So is the

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She always leaned to watch for us . Anxious if we were late , In winter by the window , In summer by the gate ; And though we mocked her tenderly , Who had such foonich care , The long way home would seem more safe , Because she waited there . Her th

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Edith: Three times in one week! I might have to write you back into my will. Whats wrong? Mike: Plavix stuck in my head, so I looked it up. Something that you take when you have a heart problem? Edith: Michael, Im 82 years old. I have an everything

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经典译文 The Watcher 守望中的妈妈 She always leaned to watch for us 。 Anxious if we were late , In winter by the window , In summer by the gate ; And though we mocked her tenderly , Who had such foonich care , The long way home wo

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Juan Manuel Santos, candidate(候选人) for the ruling Social Party of National Unity, was elected Sunday new president of Colombia for the term 2010-2014. Santos, the candidate of the ruling Social Party of National Unity (U) defeated his rival can

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本期内容: Donald Trump clinched the Republican nomination at the partys convention in Cleveland, amid plaudits from family members and raucous attacks on his Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton. After a mock trial conducted by Chris Christie, the

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Pre-Listening Vocabulary mock/ridicule: to make fun of; to make someone feel ridiculous, bad, or stupid sarcastic: not literal; meaning the opposite of what one says intention: purpose Sarcasm Means To Tear Flesh Sarcasm is a remark that is used to m

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