An evergreen tree is a Christmas tradition in many American homes. The tree is usually a pine or fir dressed with lights and other colorful decorations. Families might buy a cut tree or go to a tree farm and cut one down themselves. Some people bring

发表于:2018-12-01 / 阅读(77) / 评论(0) 分类 2010年VOA慢速英语(十二)月

Hollywood Studios Are Hot Customers 2 Crunch time When crunch time came with the production of Shrek 2 , DreamWorks tapped all of its 1,000 computers. But that wasn’t enough. So it plugged into HP’

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(94) / 评论(0) 分类 2016年NPR美国国家公共电台11月

It was a hot day. The sun was shining brightly. There were no clouds in the sky. He walked along the street. He was going home. He was hot and tired. He could not wait to get home. He was almost there. It was nearly one hundred degrees. There was not

发表于:2018-12-04 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 英语第3级听力-English Level 3

An older man approached. His glasses were perched on the top of his head. Under his arm was a large brown envelope. Is he a reporter? Jessie asked. Thats Hollis McKnight, Sky answered. Hes the owner and editor of The Landing Times, the local newspape

发表于:2018-12-06 / 阅读(68) / 评论(0) 分类 47 The Mystery of the Hot Air

Skys jaw dropped. We never canceled the ad, she told Hollis. Well, someone did, Hollis said. When? Matt asked. Last night. My assistant took the phone message. The Aldens exchanged glances. Each of them was remembering what Benny had overheard: Drop

发表于:2018-12-06 / 阅读(124) / 评论(0) 分类 47 The Mystery of the Hot Air

Pete arrived and crossed the field to the oak tree. I left the back of the station wagon open, he told the Aldens. Just put the picnic basket inside when youre finished. Squinting toward the station wagon, Henry asked, Did Barbara come back with you?

发表于:2018-12-06 / 阅读(174) / 评论(0) 分类 47 The Mystery of the Hot Air

Benny was dreaming he was floating above Lloyds Landing in a balloon. Suddenly, everything began to shake. Benny, wake up, Henry urged him. Benny rolled over. I have to land first, he mumbled. Its time to go out to the port, Henry said. Benny opened

发表于:2018-12-06 / 阅读(70) / 评论(0) 分类 47 The Mystery of the Hot Air

The next day was calm at the zoo. Maybe, Jessie thought, the strange things happening to the animals had stopped. On the afternoon of the second peaceful day, Benny said, Lets read our books. That would be fun, Violet said. Im almost finished reading

发表于:2018-12-06 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 26 The Mystery of the Mixed-Up

in hot water to throw cold water on something 英语里有好些习惯用语都和

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(139) / 评论(0) 分类 美国习惯用语

今天要讲的三个习惯用语都具有相同的意思;都表示生气或者是愤怒。我们先来讲第一个:hot under the collar。Hot就是热;collar就是衣服的领子。要是一个人很生气,他会觉得他的脖子很热,被衣

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(106) / 评论(0) 分类 美国习惯用语

Billy: It's Chinese New Year! That means it's time to eat hot pot! Jennifer: Let's eat the kind that has both spicy and mild broth in one pot. Billy: You mean half-and-half? Jennifer: Yep. That way I can satisfy my craving for spicy food and you can

发表于:2018-12-25 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 Eztalk美语会话

情景对话: A: You don't look so hot. Are you sick? 你看起来不太好。你生病了吗? B: I feel a little warm. I might have a fever. 我觉得有点发热。我可能发烧了。 A: Then you should go home and get some rest. 那你应该回

发表于:2018-12-28 / 阅读(51) / 评论(0) 分类 每天三分钟学英语

Benny sighed. Theres nothing to do, he said. Benny was six years old, and he liked to keep busy. No one answered him. At the kitchen table, Violet was drawing, Jessie was reading a book on the history of flight, and Henry was looking through cookbook

发表于:2018-12-31 / 阅读(103) / 评论(0) 分类 47 The Mystery of the Hot Air

The man delivers the pizza. Her dad pays the man. He gives the man a tip. The man leaves. Dad takes the pizza to the living room. He puts it on the coffee table. He opens the box. Everybody grabs a slice of pizza. Her dad bites into his pizza. He bur

发表于:2018-12-31 / 阅读(77) / 评论(0) 分类 儿童英语小故事

Donna got dressed. It was cold outside. She put on a warm jacket. She put on a warm hat. She put on some warm gloves. She walked outside. It was cold. She could see her breath. She could see everyones breath. She walked to the corner. She went to the

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(65) / 评论(0) 分类 简单慢速英语阅读

It's been a really really messed up week Seven days of torture, seven days of bitter And my girlfriend went and cheated on me She's a California dime but it's time for me to quit her La la la, whatever, la la la, it doesn't matter, la la la, oh well,

发表于:2019-01-10 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 英文好歌推荐-百听不厌的英文歌曲

Hot Potatoes, Hotshots and Hotheads含有hot的三个词的词义掌故 Now, the VOA Special English program Words and Their Stories. 现在播放的是美国之音英语特别节目 词汇掌故。(音乐) Hot is a simple, easily understood word

发表于:2019-01-12 / 阅读(106) / 评论(0) 分类 2013年VOA慢速英语(八)月

今天要学的习惯用语有一个共同的关键词: handle。 Handle当动词的时候有触摸、处置、操作、管理的意思。我们要学的第一个习惯用语是: too hot to handle。 Too hot to handle要是直译就是烫得碰一下都

发表于:2019-02-02 / 阅读(91) / 评论(0) 分类 美国习惯用语

Voice 1 Welcome to Spotlight! I'm Liz Waid. Voice 2 And I'm Nick Page. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live. Voice 1 Storms. Floods. Mudslides. Tsunamis

发表于:2019-02-14 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 环球英语 Spotlight

Lisa: Montreal in the summer is beautiful temperature. It's about 25 to 32 degrees. Not very humid. The days are warm. The nights are cooler and it is a wonderful place. You can go to Old Montreal which is very European. You can go to downtown Montre

发表于:2019-03-06 / 阅读(118) / 评论(0) 分类 英语趣味课堂