Taps isn't a complicated song, just 24 notes total. The melody was written by US civil war general who didn't like the old Lights Out bugle call. He wrote Taps 150 years ago. And in order to commemorate that anniversary, nearly 200 buglers and trumpe

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(68) / 评论(0) 分类 CNN2012年(五)月

by Jason Marshall We use a lot of math words in our day-to-day lives without really understanding what they mean or where they come from. For example, prefixes like mega, giga, and tera that we use to describe computer hard drive sizes (think megabyt

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(57) / 评论(0) 分类 数学英语

by Jason Marshall A few weeks ago, we began talking about the meaning of prefixes in math. In particular, we talked about the prefixes used in the metric system to represent lengths smaller than one meter. Today, were going to continue this topic by

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(57) / 评论(0) 分类 数学英语

阅读提示: Q-telecom(无线移动网络代码:202-09)希腊第四大电信商。它是电信市场最新的一个竞争者,运营始于2002年的6月。该公司提供同套电信解决方案

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(79) / 评论(0) 分类 新概念英语第一册Flash第2版

Grab Onto Phrasal Verbs Welcome back to Everyday Grammar from VOA Learning English. Today we look at a very common verb form in English phrasal verbs. There are over 5,000 verbs that fall in this category. Do you know how to use them? In this episode

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(65) / 评论(0) 分类 2016年VOA慢速英语(八)月

1. similarity /ˌsɪməˈlrɪti:/ -- likeness; resemblance The two pills are alike in color and shape, but there the similarity ends. 这两颗药丸的颜色和形状都很相像,但相似处也仅限于此。 2. simile /ˈsɪməli:/ -- comparison

发表于:2018-12-18 / 阅读(102) / 评论(0) 分类 突破英文词汇

一个英语单词可分为三部分:前缀(prefix)词根(root)后缀(suffix)。位于词根前面的部分就是前缀。前缀,可以改变单词的意思。 be-, 使 behalf = be + half(一半) 变成两份,一人一半 大家一

发表于:2018-12-19 / 阅读(69) / 评论(0) 分类 英语PK台

一个英语单词可分为三部分:前缀(prefix)词根(root)后缀(suffix)。位于词根前面的部分就是前缀。前缀,可以改变单词的意思。 ob-, op-① 表示否,非,反 object = ob + ject(扔) 逆着扔,反

发表于:2018-12-19 / 阅读(60) / 评论(0) 分类 英语PK台

第一部分 一个英语单词可分为三部分:前缀(prefix)词根(root)后缀(suffix)。位于词根前面的部分就是前缀。前缀,可以改变单词的意思。 a- ① 表示处于状态下的 ahead = a + head(前端)

发表于:2018-12-19 / 阅读(42) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年VOA慢速英语(三)月

本单元是关于母女聊天的对话 Michal: Helen, this place is enormous! Helen: It's just a house, don't get so overexcited by it. And promise me you won't treat me differently after this visit. Mum: Hello! Just drop your bags anywhere dears. Michal, wil

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Pre-Listening Vocabulary post (prefix): after; later postscript: after the writing addendum: additional information series: more than one in a row PPS: post postscript correspondence: communication by letters PPS Stands For Post Postscript When you w

发表于:2018-12-28 / 阅读(78) / 评论(0) 分类 趣谈英语

Pronouns and Their Antecedents Today were going to talk about pronouns that don't clearly match up with the nouns they are supposed to replace. Readers become unhappy when they have to guess what noun a writer is talking about, or readers may even ch

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(96) / 评论(0) 分类 英语语法 Grammar Girl

Grammar Girl here. Today, guest writer Bonnie Trenga is going to tell us why were never gruntled, sheveled, or in whack, but why we are often disgruntled, disheveled, and out of whack. Bonnie says, Thanks to an interesting question from Glenn, well b

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(116) / 评论(0) 分类 英语语法 Grammar Girl

Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is the word xeriscape. This is kind of a self-indulgent podcast for me. I've been house hunting lately, and I swear if one more real estate agent tells me about a property's wonderful zeroscape, I'm going to rent for

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(102) / 评论(0) 分类 英语语法 Grammar Girl

图片1 Photo courtesy of Laura Herman, Tampa, Florida Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is the word xeriscape. This is kind of a self-indulgent podcast for me. I've been house hunting lately, and I swear if one more real estate agent tells me about a

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(120) / 评论(0) 分类 英语语法 Grammar Girl

Trump and Putin to Meet in Helsinki American President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold their first summit July 16 in Helsinki, Finland. 美国总统川普和俄罗斯总统普京将于7月16日在芬兰赫尔辛基举行他们

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(50) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年VOA慢速英语(六)月

Abused Chimpanzees Find Home in Sierra Leone Wildlife Refuge For more than 20 years, the Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary has cared for abused chimpanzees and chimps whose mothers have died. Victims of the illegal wildlife trade, the animals often arriv

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(74) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年VOA慢速英语(四)月

1. Stocks close sharply lower as investors worry that the economy is poised to weaken even as frozen credit markets slowly start to show signs of recovery. The Dow Jones Industrials ended down 515 points after being down nearly 700 points in the fin

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(114) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2008年(十)月

Todd: So, Layla, we're talking about being an au pair. What is the daily routine of an au pair? Like, what do you do everyday? Layla: So, every day I wake in the morning at seven and I take care of the kids, and get them dressed. I drop them at schoo

发表于:2019-01-25 / 阅读(72) / 评论(0) 分类 英语趣味课堂

谈到尺寸,你肯定知道big和small。但是你是否也只知道big, small; very big, very small? 今天就跟Jenny, Spencer学学除了这两个词,还有什么词能用? 关键词: Big Words #1.Giant/Gigantic Giant could be a noun or a

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