New studies show that attractive women who date less attractive men have better relationships. This is because most men stress the importance of beauty while most women stress being treated well. In general, such couples are more supportive1 of each

发表于:2018-11-30 / 阅读(116) / 评论(0) 分类 常春藤生活英语

Tom's father got transferred and his family had to move to a new city. Tom was not happy at all. He was worried and scared because the next day would be his first day at his new school. He did not know any of the kids or teachers and wondered if anyo

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House Hunting 购屋大作战 Dialogue A Zoe and Burt are looking for a new house. Zoe:Look! I found some great houses in the newspaper we can visit. Burt:OK. I'll look at them later. Zoe:You agreed that we would move to a bigger house, but it seems

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by Mignon Fogarty This week in the United States we celebrate Veterans Day, a holiday to remember the end of World War I in 1918, but the name of the holiday brings up a common question: Do we need an apostrophe in the word Veterans? The short answer

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1.3 Narrator: Exercise 1.3. Radio Item 1: RADIO This week's controversial topic is.. . 'violent video games'. Are they responsible for a rise in the number of attacks ITEM by children in the schoolyard?' Some social commentators say yes. Worse, it ha

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Learning English is like building a house. Laying a strong foundation is the first and most important step. In other words, you should read and speak English every day. Memorizing new words and phrase

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Teleconferencing: Using Diplomatic Language 远程会议:使用谈判的语言 In this Business English Podcast were going to listen to a teleconference between the head office management of a US guitar manufacturer and the manager of their new Latin

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05 Using a Guidebook GLOSSARY to buy out to buy everything in a store so that nothing is left * If she had more money, she would have bought out the store. She really lovesthat clothing designer! guidebook a book that is written for tourists and cont

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Two-Word Phrases Descriptive Phrases CD Track 36 N ouns are heavier than adjectives; they carry the weight of the new information. An adjective and anoun combination is called a descriptive phrase, and in the absence of contrast or other secondarycha

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Exercise 1-37: Descriptions and Set PhrasesGoldilocks Read the story and stress the indicated words. Notice if they are a description, a set phrase or contrast. For the next level of this topic, go to page 111. Repeat after me. There is a little girl

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208. The Republicans. 208.共和党人 Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Albert Gallatin, and their friends entirely disagreed with the Federalists on all of these points. They called themselves Republicans. 托马斯o杰佛逊、詹姆斯o麦迪逊、

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Helen: Hello, this is Real English from BBC Learning English, Im Helen. Zo: 还有我,刘佳。欢迎收听地道英语。 Helen: In Real English, we look at words and phrases that you might not find in your dictionary. Zo: 英语也和中文一样,会不断产生一些新用法

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Helen: This is Real English from BBC Learning English. Im Helen. Zoe: Hello,我是刘佳。 Helen: Today were going to look at words and phrases that have recently become part of the English language. Zoe: 在今天的地道英语中,我们来学一些时下英语中最流行

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Grammar Girl here. I'm so glad to be back. Today's topic is wordiness. I've heard from a lot of you who have pet peeves about different wordy phrases, and it's a lot of fun to hear what gets under people's skin and why. Here's one example from Lara i

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How to Talk About Preferences Imagine that you are at a restaurant for breakfast. You want something to drink, but you are not sure what. When the server walks over to your table, he says: Let me help. Do you prefer coffee or tea? You answer: I prefe

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Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah 耶耶耶耶耶 Uh 嗯 Ask you once ask you twice now 问过你一次 现在再问你一次 There's lipstick on your collar 你衣领上的口红印 You say she's just a friend now 你说她只是朋友 Then why don't we call

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Where do I get the train? 我在哪里上火车? A I think perhaps I will go to Shanghai by train. A 我想也许我将乘火车去上海。 B I can help you buy your ticket. B 我可以帮你买火车

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歌手简介:他是四届格莱美奖得主,是RB音乐教父级人物;他拥有超过两千万张的唱片销售记录,被他魔力嗓音征服的听众数以亿计;他就是Luther Vandross,美国最伟大的黑人男歌手之一。 我听之我见: 随着前奏缓缓响起,一些很原始的情感也会开始慢慢地涌动。返璞归真的歌

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Observational selection, on this Moment of Science. D: Grubs, on today's moment of science. Grubs are really cool because if you squish 'em . . . oh, I give up. I can't read this. Y: Why not? D: I'm sorry, Ya?l, I'm just discouraged. You see, for yea

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Todd: Hello Michael. Michael: Hello Todd. Todd: We're going to talk about Australia. Or your going to talk about Australia. So first of all how many people live in Australia? Michael: Australia? Oh, there's about 20 million people in Australia right

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