Are you less than successful at online dating? Chances are youre not a fundamentally broken person, destined for a life of lonely misery. Youre probably just not very good at dating. This is good and bad news. On the one hand, its good to know that t

发表于:2019-01-01 / 阅读(179) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

WORDS AND THEIR STORIES - More Money: Money Can Make People Do Strange ThingsBy Jill Moss Broadcast: Sunday, September 24, 2006 Now, the VOA Special English program, Words and Their Stories. Many peop

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 2006年慢速英语(九)月

eyes pop out not even bat an eye 人们在碰到突然的、出乎意料之外的事的时候往往会睁大了眼睛表示惊奇。美国人在形容这种情景时经常说: Somebody's eyes pop out.其

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1. Lebanon's Cabinet is expected to vote on a UN resolution that would end the fighting between Hezbollah and Israel, this after the UN Security Council adopted the resolution to end the war, authoriz

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1、Two doctors and an HMO manager die and line up together at the Pearly Gates. One doctor steps forward and tells St. Peter,

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Not wanting to take the chance of causing unrest, Lady Gaga has decided to push back plans to perform in the city of Paris, France over the upcoming weekend. Making the switch due to ongoing strikes in the region, a statement on the Poker Face singer

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The Outcasts of Poker Flat by Bret Harte 《扑克滩的遗弃人》 by 布雷特哈特 We present The Outcasts of Poker Flat by Bret Harte. Here is Jim Tedder. John Oakhurst was a gambler. He had lived in the small western town of Poker Flat for onl

发表于:2019-01-12 / 阅读(63) / 评论(0) 分类 2016年VOA慢速英语(四)月

李华陪Larry一起去看房子。今天我们要学两个常用语:tip your hand和poker face. LH: Larry, 这间公寓简直太理想了。两个卧室,一个大厨房,后面居然还有个小院子。我看就是它吧! LL: Yeah, I know. A

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Ross: Look, Rachel, this is poker. I play to win, alright? In order for me to win,other people have to lose. So if you're gonna play poker with me, don't expect me to be a nice guy, OK? Cause once those cards are dealt... (claps hands three times) Jo

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ECONOMICS REPORT - Congress Acts to Limit Internet Gambling by AmericansBy Mario Ritter Broadcast: Friday, October 06, 2006 This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Congress has voted to ban

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Action English 36 Movie Dictionary Biographical Movie 传记片 Biography 传记 American Slang What a rush!真带劲,好过瘾啊! rush: n 带来快感的强烈的刺激。 例句 I get a rush from snowboarding. Driving my car very fast really gives me a rush. Classic Fi

发表于:2019-02-01 / 阅读(76) / 评论(0) 分类 动感英语

Does the world need yet another drama about Queen Elizabeth II? British actress Helen Mirren famously played the tough *monarch in her Oscar-winning turn in The Queen (2006). 世界上还需要多一部关于英国女王伊丽莎白二世的戏吗?在

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How Helping Others Helps You Lift Depression Want to boost your mood without diet, exercise, or pills? Perhaps, you should consider volunteering. In his article, Its Good to Be Good: Science Says Its So, Dr Stephen Post sites numerous scientific stud

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1. President Barack Obama is congratulating the Iraqi people on their election turnout. Millions went to the polls Sunday despite several deadly attacks by insurgents. The results of that vote expected in the coming days. 2. Just hours after he was f

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My friend's appearance suggested that he was now in the same predicament, and I prepared myself to cultivate an agreeable acquaintance. 从我这位朋友的仪表来看,今天他的境遇一点也不比那时好;我决定同他交个朋友。 Th

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GWEN IFILL: Have you ever worried you might lose your job to a robot? I have. Hari Sreenivasan finds it could well happen with advances in artificial intelligence, or A.I., transforming the work force. Thats the latest report in our series on inventi

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How About My Stone? 我的石头怎么样? Sometime after Paul died, his widow, Lily, was finally able to speak about what a thoughtful and wonderful man her late husband had been. 在丈夫保罗去世一段时间之后,莉莉终于能对朋友们

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对奥兹?奥斯伯恩和雪伦?奥斯伯恩这对夫妻来说,婚姻是一种坚持。对吉米?卡特和罗莎琳?卡特这对夫妻来说,美满婚姻意味着在工作上互不干涉。对多尔?布朗森和路易丝?布朗森这对夫妻来说

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美国习惯用语:尽其所能 今天要学的两个习习用语都为二十一世纪第一次大选的报道增添了色彩,而且这两个习习用语包含一个配合的词:kitchen。巨匠都知道kitchen是厨房。我们要学的第一个

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这里有一群经常使用的日常短语,它们的来源却会惊得你虎躯一震~到底是那些妖孽短语?快快来收了它们吧! 1.Pass the buck----shift the responsibility to someone else 推卸责任 We all know that buck is informal A

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