Oil prices hit 100 dollars a barrel today as violence escalated in Libya, one of the world's leading oil producers, and that's sending stocks tumbling for a second day in the US. At last check, the Dow was down more than 110 points or nearly 1% at 12

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(65) / 评论(0) 分类 2011年NPR美国国家公共电台2月

[00:18.22]The Cemetery Mimic [00:26.06]墓地模仿者 [00:38.08]There's a defiled cemetery [00:40.31]in the outskirts of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, [00:44.52]the city I was born in. [00:47.23]People who can't afford to pay funerary services [00:50.39]often b

发表于:2018-12-11 / 阅读(74) / 评论(0) 分类 英语灵异故事

[00:22.38]Spooky Pursuing Motorists [00:32.43]追赶我的开车幽灵 [00:43.40]Over the next half hour, there were four more 'close- calls', [00:47.80]but I think that I managed to remain hidden well [00:51.38]enough behind trees and bushes [00:54.06]and b

发表于:2018-12-11 / 阅读(69) / 评论(0) 分类 英语灵异故事

AS IT IS 2015-04-01 A Day for Fools 愚人节 We have recently received several comments from listeners that we speak too slowly. So starting today, April 1, the VOA Learning English staff will read all articles much more quickly. Like this. We hope

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(50) / 评论(0) 分类 2015年VOA慢速英语(四)月

Bridge of Sighs 难道桥也会叹息 Bridge of Sighs in Cambridge is a covered bridge belonging to St Johns College of Cambridge University. It was built in 1831 and crosses the River. Cam between the colleges Third Court and New Court. The architec

发表于:2018-12-18 / 阅读(70) / 评论(0) 分类 走进剑桥大学

So while the thought of paying taxes can make some of us groan, it's unavoidable, and an integral part of being an American. This is part of being a member of this society. You have an obligation -- it's a price you're paying for living in this socie

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The next day, I called my mom. Do you remember me walking into the pond and grandpa rescuing me? My God! Who told you about that? You mean, it really happened? Yes, but your father and I never told you about it because grandma swore us to silence. Ev

发表于:2018-12-31 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 365个英语简短小故事

Mr. Matthews, I trust you are not forgetting our 3:30 meeting. Come on, Mr. Feeny, it was just a little prank. Don't you think you are maybe taking it too seriously? Ah, you think I'm acting like a weenie, Mr. Matthews. Am I acting like a weenie? You

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绝非儿戏:研究人员表示,我们与切身的、现实生活的恶作剧渐行渐远,正走进充斥着媒体炒作的笑话和网络无聊蠢事的世界。这是否意味着我们所熟知的愚人节的消亡呢? 尽管很多国家的恶

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(60) / 评论(0) 分类 节日英语

Dont Be Fooled 不要被愚弄了 And that brings us to the end of another Words and Their Stories from VOA Learning English. Just kidding! To kid. To tease. To joke and fool around. They all mean about the same thing. If you kid, you make fun in a p

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Jobs had formed a club at Homestead High to put on music-and-light shows and also play pranks. (They once glued a gold-painted toilet seat onto a flower planter.) 乔布斯在家园高中的时候曾经组织过一个俱乐部,进行音乐灯光表演

发表于:2019-01-22 / 阅读(56) / 评论(0) 分类 乔布斯传

My mom is nodding. 我老妈在点头同意。 How many of you remember your first lecture here at Harvard? 你们当中有多少人还记得在哈佛上的第一节课? Mine was Computer Science 121 with the incredible Harry Lewis. Harry. 我上的是

发表于:2019-01-25 / 阅读(55) / 评论(0) 分类 公众人物毕业演讲

美国侯任总统特朗普正面临当选以来最大规模的批评声浪,当地时间2日他与台湾地区领导人蔡英文通电话引来国内外的抨击、质疑和嘲讽。特朗普在推特上强调电话是蔡英文打给他的,且主要

发表于:2019-02-01 / 阅读(83) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

Prank video destroying new Apple smartphone receives 10m views, with some seemingly tricked into making 3.5mm hole in the bottom of their devices. 这则破坏新款苹果手机的恶搞视频浏览量高达1000万,有些人甚至还真的上当,在

发表于:2019-02-04 / 阅读(74) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

Raf's perfect girlfriend' beach kissing illusion 海滩亲吻的错觉:Raf的完美女朋友 The set-up looks just right, a beachfront, ahh! the perfect place for romance, so everybody say awwwww! as this perfect couple snuggle up to each other for

发表于:2019-02-04 / 阅读(74) / 评论(0) 分类 名人演讲视频

When I was in elementary school, in the 1980's teacher's used to use film projectors so they would put the, they'd put the film reals on the projector and it always took them a long time. It seems like there were always technical difficulties, just l

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(57) / 评论(0) 分类 原版英语对话1000个

New Words: trailer n. 预告片; Antarctica n. 南极洲 penguins n. 企鹅; intrepid adj. 无畏的; spectacle n. 景象;场面;奇观; Flying Penguins 会飞的企鹅 It's a BBC prank, this one was a trailer for a nature documentary exp

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When I was in elementary school, in the 1980's teacher's used to use film projectors so they would put the, they'd put the film reals on the projector and it always took them a long time. It seems like there were always technical difficulties, just l

发表于:2019-02-17 / 阅读(61) / 评论(0) 分类 英语访谈对话

愚人节:April-Fool Day/April Fools Day 1. play jokes on sb. 玩耍,闹着玩,开(玩笑) April Fools Day is a day to play jokes on people. 愚人节是一个开人们玩笑的日子。 He likes playing jokes on others but he is very sensi

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(55) / 评论(0) 分类 听歌学英语

9月不觉来临,又即将悄然逝去,他终于收到了另一封熟悉的来信。无疑是她的笔迹。邮戳标明寄自另一个遥远的城市。他撕开信封,最初还以为里面空无一物,随后才发现有一根从信封中飘落

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