中国家庭并不常用电话答录机(Answering Machine),但在北美家庭,几乎家家都用。外来电话拨入时,若该电话号码的主人不在,就会让拨入者听到一段留言,这叫Answer。绝大多数的Answer都是千篇一

发表于:2019-02-04 / 阅读(46) / 评论(0) 分类 实用英语

This cheeky critter had other ideas when Greenpeace USA came to film a spectacular time-lapse video. 美国绿色和平组织在进行一次延时摄影时被这个捣蛋鬼搞了破坏。 Hours after environmentalists left a GoPro camera filming in

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(53) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Beatles 'shark' Klein dies at 77 Music entrepreneur Allen Klein, blamed by many for contributing to the demise of The Beatles, has died in New York at 77 after suffering from Alzheimer's. In a career spanning five decades, Klein earned a reputation

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(111) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

broadcast, broadcasting 播送,播放,广播 live broadcast 直接广播,直播 rebroadcast 重播 recorded broadcast, recorded transmission 录音后广播 broadcasting station, transmitter 电台 aerial 天线 indoor aerial 室内天线 network 广播网,电视广播网 wave length

发表于:2019-02-09 / 阅读(53) / 评论(0) 分类 英文语法词汇

1. President Barack Obama privately honored the US forces killed in the costliest attack of the Afghanistan war. The President visited Dover Air Force Base in Delaware where fallen troops come home. 2. Polygamist leader Warren Jeffs has been sentence

发表于:2019-02-11 / 阅读(122) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2011(八月)

WILLIAM BRANGHAM:Good evening and thank you for joining us. Donald Trump's presidential campaign is in full throttle damage control mode following yesterday's release of an 11-year-old videotape showing him making vulgar, sexual, remarks demeaning to

发表于:2019-02-13 / 阅读(68) / 评论(0) 分类 PBS访谈社会系列

A small man in his wheelchair gently nudges his way into the packed Line 2 subway. People make way for him; he stakes out his space at the end of the car. He pulls out what looks like a slightly undersized car battery, and clumsily wraps the copper w

发表于:2019-02-14 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 中英双语新闻

Language Points 1)Dial 9-1-1. 第一步:拨打911 2)Stay calm. 第二步:保持冷静 3)Know the location of the emergency and the number you arecalling from. 第三步:知道发生紧急情况的位置,和你正在使用的电话号码

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【原文】 It is widely believed that every word has a correct meaning, that we learn these meanings mainly from teachers and grammarians, and that dictionaries and grammars are the supreme authority in matters of meaning and usage. Few people ask

发表于:2019-02-16 / 阅读(34) / 评论(0) 分类 英语听力广播—Listening

The United States called on Monday for the immediate release of an American contractor jailed for the past four years in Cuba, saying his continued captivity was gravely disappointing. Tomorrow, development worker Alan Gross will begin a fifth year o

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Pricing energy 能源定价 Remote controls 远程控制 Smart meters promise another reason to resent energy firms 智能电表成为人们抱怨能源公司的又一理由 The midnight oil 午夜石油乐队 GOOD neighbours avoid doing laundry in t

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Bjork Gumundsdottir was born and raised in Reykjavik, capital of Iceland. She is one of her countrys biggest exports. She sings, writes songs, and acts. This multi-talented artist is best known for her powerfuland emotional singing style, her on-stag

发表于:2019-02-19 / 阅读(92) / 评论(0) 分类 世界名人简介

I am recording the podcast today outdoors, that means outside, in my garden. So do not be surprised if you hear the sound of traffic, or birds singing, or children playing. And todays podcast is about the outdoors the hills and the open countryside,

发表于:2019-02-19 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 听播客学英语

It is September. The summer holidays are over. People have gone back to work. The children have gone back to school. And, when we meet people, often they ask us, What sort of summer did you have? Did you go anywhere nice? How do we reply? Perhaps we

发表于:2019-02-19 / 阅读(145) / 评论(0) 分类 听播客学英语

音乐咖啡厅:Jessica Mauboy - Inescapable 相关介绍 :Jessica Mauboy出生于澳大利亚达尔文市,生日1989年8月4日,具有印度尼西亚血统。2006年Jessica Mauboy参加了第4季《澳洲偶像》并夺得亚军,之后立刻签

发表于:2019-02-21 / 阅读(136) / 评论(0) 分类 音乐咖啡厅

John Rico is a self-quantifier and he says being one has improved his life. 约翰?里科是位自我量化主义者,用他的话就是做一个让自己生活更美好的人。 Every one of us wants to live a better life, but what is a self-quanti

发表于:2019-02-21 / 阅读(78) / 评论(0) 分类 中英双语新闻

The Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has accused her deputy of plotting her down for and has branded him a traitor. Ms. Rousseff, who faces impeachment vote onSunday, said vice president Michel Temer was conspiring with the speaker of the Lower Hou

发表于:2019-02-21 / 阅读(178) / 评论(0) 分类 中英双语新闻

Lesson 5 eReport 第五课 英文札记 July 10 7月10日 Song Time! 欢唱时间! Welcome to the recording studio at Studio Classroom! 欢迎来到《空中英语教室》的录音室! We record many of our Song Times here. 我们的〈欢唱时间

发表于:2019-02-23 / 阅读(72) / 评论(0) 分类 大家说英语

TOKYO, March 9 (Xinhua) -- Japan's core machinery(机械) orders rose 4.2 percent in January from the previous month, marking the second rise in five months, the Cabinet Office said in a report on Wednesday. According to the government data, orders i

发表于:2019-02-25 / 阅读(99) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

DAVID GREENE, HOST: And on this last Friday of 2012, it is time for Storycorps, recording conversations about the most important moments in our lives. Today, we hear from John Cruitt and his third grade teacher, Cecile Doyle. John tracked down Mrs. D

发表于:2019-02-27 / 阅读(108) / 评论(0) 分类 英语语言学习