Barbies fate ‵Barbie, beware. The ‵iconic plastic doll|is ‵often mutilated|at the ‵hands of young girls, according to research published|by British academics. The ‵girls we survey|see Barbie torture|as a ‵legitimate play activit

发表于:2018-11-29 / 阅读(101) / 评论(0) 分类 四级晨读英语美文

Topics: The Great Smoky Mountains National Park; Famous Songs: Oh! Susanna; whichever versus whatever; tar-and-feather; mutually exclusive Words: smoke old-growth forest salamander settler log cabin banjo true love still nonsensical dialect from memo

发表于:2018-12-03 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 美语听力 English Cafe

Get ready to run. In the thriller Live Free or Die Hard, Bruce Willis takes on an Internet-based terrorist organization, trying to shut down the United States, starting with traffic signals. It's a scenario that the US military worries someday may b

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Where is the Cosmetics Department? Shopping around is really a must. Could I have a look at it? Can you come down a little bit? Can you give me a discount? I'll take it. Do you take credit cards? Can I get it gift-wrapped? Can you deliver it for me?

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Jana: Peter, you're from South Africa, right? Peter: That's right, yeah. Jana: I heard there's a lot of beautiful mountains that are famous for hikes. Is that true? Peter: That's true, yeah. Actually, I've been hiking since I was in elementary school

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SAMPLE DIALOG A: Its time the government took stricter standards control on cosmetic products. The low quality cosmetics have caused various skin diseases among users. B: Yeah, the producers use harmful ingredients to lower costs and add profits. A:

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Rising seas and severe storms are the most talked-about threats of climate change, but here's another, no more coffee. Because rising temperatures may cripple wild populations of / coffee, the most cultivated species in the world. So says a study in

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 Scientific American(十一)月

1996年,诗人北岛从Los Angeles 飞到New York找好友,艺术家艾未未。在艾未未的引荐下,他见到了同为诗人的垮掉一代作家Allen Ginsberg(艾伦 金斯堡)。才见面,北岛先生就迫不及待地问了一个我

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Auto experts say electric vehicles are a practical alternative to gasoline-powered cars, at least for some drivers. The biggest challenge for the auto industry is expanding the infrastructure for recharging the vehicles. With last year's release of t

发表于:2019-01-14 / 阅读(99) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2011年(三月)

A: Hi, I think I was supposed to call for my test results today. B: If you go onto our website and put in your password, you can access your test results. A: Are you saying that there werent any problems? B: I will always have you come in for a discu

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AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Doctors have become increasingly vocal in addressing gun violence as a public health crisis. That posture has drawn the wrath of the NRA, which tweeted recently, someone should tell self-important anti-gun doctors to stay in thei

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The Nine Entertainment Company will launch its two-billion-dollar float on the stock exchange at mid-day. The re-capitalisation will put the company in a much stronger position after facing bankraptcy just a year ago. Shares are in highly-anticipated

发表于:2019-01-19 / 阅读(55) / 评论(0) 分类 澳洲ABC新闻快递2013年

Today's topics: Spam, Valentine's Day, the Winter Olympics, In terms of, Must vs. have vs. got to, Possessives, To raise vs. to rise Words: scam fraud card jewelry pendant fabric stuffed animals figure skating Michelle Kwan Bode Miller to party downh

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Topics: American houses, what Americans think they need, using the before a countrys name, either vs. neither Words: natural disaster tornado brick cement foundation frame basement to crawl to come out to be unable to live without microwave oven just

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But for B, theres only one possible place to go. B is for bomb range. I know, big shocker. And this is a true Mythbusters home away from home. We have had over 750 explosions and a quarter of them have been done right here. Today were going to give y

发表于:2019-01-23 / 阅读(48) / 评论(0) 分类 探索与发现2013年

Thank you very much, Mr. President. 非常感谢您,总统先生。 We, in fact, did have a candid, thoughtful and thorough conversation on a whole range of bilateral and international issues. 实际上,我们在一系列的双边和国际问题上确实

发表于:2019-01-26 / 阅读(36) / 评论(0) 分类 奥巴马每周电视讲话

Have you heard of skeet shooting, or perhaps clay pigeon shooting? Well, we are beginning to do it. Having been inspired by his grandfather in Scotland, my son Cass caught the bug. Doing it once when we went to stay with my father last summer just wa

发表于:2019-01-28 / 阅读(39) / 评论(0) 分类 英语博客 A cup of English

North Korea has told international agencies it will conduct its planned launch of what Pyongyang says is a satellite in early April. 北韩通知国际机构说,它准备在4月上旬按计划发射卫星。 North Korea's launch of a long-range roc

发表于:2019-02-14 / 阅读(50) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA双语新闻 2009年3月

Topics: becoming a lawyer in the U.S., famous lines from American movies, proper versus appropriate Words: attorney state bar admission bar exam to hurt (someones) feelings to beg frankly black market to refuse to have class contender bum to be uncon

发表于:2019-02-15 / 阅读(51) / 评论(0) 分类 美语听力 English Cafe

Topics: U.S. government reparations; TV home shopping networks/shows; neither do I versus so do I versus either I; to talk with versus to talk to; to put the cart before the horse (to put the horse before the cart) Words: reparations to make up for (

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