This Memorial Day weekend, Americans will gather on lawns and porches, fire up the grill, and enjoy the company of family, friends, and neighbors. But this is not only a time for celebration, it is also a time to reflect on what this holiday is all

发表于:2018-12-05 / 阅读(53) / 评论(0) 分类 美国总统电台演说

Who is the smartest one in the Bernstein Family? Me! me! There is a debate between 10-year-old Madi and 8-year-old Zack. But I'm older, so I've had, I've had 2 more years than him (I don't care!) to be alive and to learn. Sorry Zack. Madi may be rig

发表于:2018-12-11 / 阅读(47) / 评论(0) 分类 万花筒2007年

Experts in China are suggesting a looser population policy is unlikely to create a surge of new births. The suggestion is being made amid potential plans by the government to loosen up this country's family-planning rules this year. CRI's Lucy Du has

发表于:2018-12-19 / 阅读(48) / 评论(0) 分类 世界各地新闻集锦

The survival strategies of some species can seem counter-intuitive to us until we examine them in detail. Let's take the example of bees, which die after stinging once, because the stinger tears out their insides. How can this self-destructive trait

发表于:2018-12-27 / 阅读(30) / 评论(0) 分类 英语时差8,16

1. The man smokes _______ packs of cigarettes a day. A. one B. two C. three 2. The man and woman are _____________. A. siblings B. husband and wife C. coworkers 3. According to the conversation, where does the man probably smoke at home? A. in the ba

发表于:2018-12-28 / 阅读(90) / 评论(0) 分类 听英文对话做选择

1. What is one effect of Dave's alcoholism? A. He is in danger of losing his job. B. He gets his friends drunk. C. He might lose his girlfriend. 2. Lisa thinks that Dave's friends __________. A. are buying him alcohol illegally B. are driving while d

发表于:2018-12-28 / 阅读(48) / 评论(0) 分类 听英文对话做选择

情景对话: Brenda: We haven't had sex in 14 months. We were married 20 years. Mitch: Well, that's a nice, round number. Yeah. 知识点讲解: 1、天气 ① It's a beautiful day today. 今天天气不错。 ② It's really cold tonight. 今晚真

发表于:2018-12-28 / 阅读(45) / 评论(0) 分类 每天三分钟学英语

Peter: So Sarah you told me earlier that you've been home-schooled, it sounds really interesting, I've never met somebody who's been home-schooled, so could you tell me a little bit more about your experience with it? Sarah: Yes, absolutely. Well I'm

发表于:2018-12-29 / 阅读(57) / 评论(0) 分类 英语趣味课堂

The space shuttle Discovery, mission STS-128, is in orbit right now. With some fascinating people on board. Pilot Kevin Ford became interested in flying when he was a kid and read the book Carrying the Fire, by Michael Collins, command module pilot

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(75) / 评论(0) 分类 60秒科学

Initially, as a one-year-old and a three-year-old, we were worthless and weak. Disorganized, lazy. 最初呢,我们俩一个1岁,一个3岁,没什么用,不但软弱,而且行为随便、懒惰。 We would just as soon spit up on ourselves

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(53) / 评论(0) 分类 向前一步

Child Victims of Asia's Devastating Tsunami Cope with Trauma 亚洲海啸受难的儿童逐渐从痛苦中恢复 The December earthquake and tsunami that hit a dozen Indian Ocean countries and killed

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(78) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA2005(上)--海啸灾难纪实

The Spiderwick Chronicles, based on a best-selling novel for young people, has no doubt been eagerly awaited by the book's fans, which will most likely be pleased by the filmmakers' visualization of the story's many goblins, fairies, sprites and othe

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(50) / 评论(0) 分类 英语时差8,16

中国梦 Chinas Dream; the Chinese Dream 中国精神 Chinas Spirit; the Spirit of China; Chinas character; Chinas soul 把权力关进制度的笼子 keep power in the cage of systemic checks; Power should be placed under close oversight/checks. 要给

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(71) / 评论(0) 分类 英语笔译

Easy street Out on the street 各位听众,今天我们要讲的两个习惯用语都和「街道」这个字有关。「街道」这个字在英文里就是:Street. Street is spelled s-t-r-e-e-t. Str

发表于:2019-01-09 / 阅读(102) / 评论(0) 分类 美国习惯用语

Refugees in Kenya Vie to Compete in Rio Olympics 在肯尼亚的难民将参加里约奥运会 NGONG, KENYA In Kenya, refugees from other African nations are training at a special camp and competing for a limited number of slots in this year's Rio Ol

发表于:2019-01-14 / 阅读(153) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2016年(二月)

Stephanie left her keys in the car. She has another set of keys at home. She called her brother. Hey, are you busy? she asked. Yes, I'm watching TV, he said. Well, too bad. I need you to drive to my school, she said. He complained. He didn't want to

发表于:2019-01-24 / 阅读(51) / 评论(0) 分类 英语第5级听力-English Level 5

A 67-year-old man has been unable to claim inheritance of his grandparents' apartment because he can't prove they're dead. 近日,一名67岁的老汉无法继承其祖父母的房产,因为他无法证明他们已经死亡。 Xu Yiqing said the

发表于:2019-01-27 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 趣味英语

Every time one of my siblings insulted another sibling, or told them to shut up, we would have to pay them 50 cents. 每当我和兄弟姐妹互相对呛,或叫对方闭嘴,我们都必须付对方五十美分。 学习重点: 1.sibling 兄弟姊

发表于:2019-02-14 / 阅读(46) / 评论(0) 分类 留美老师带你每日说英文

It's a good one Some others are listening, learning, and collaboration. 这个问题很好还有一些包括 倾听 学习 协作 I was once at a conference with some of the smartest people in the world. 我曾经参加过一个会议与会者都是全

发表于:2019-02-16 / 阅读(45) / 评论(0) 分类 公众人物毕业演讲

When I read a book from my mothers shelves, its not unusual to come across a gap in the text. A paragraph, or maybe just a sentence, has been sliced out, leaving a window in its place, with words from the next page peeping through. The chopped up pag

发表于:2019-02-25 / 阅读(65) / 评论(0) 分类 双语有声阅读