Look like a million -- without breaking the bank! Sure, celebrities like Jennifer Aniston and Uma Thurman always look chic and stylish -- they also have unlimited clothing budgets that put the latest looks at their fingertips! But you can still look

发表于:2018-11-29 / 阅读(105) / 评论(0) 分类 四级晨读英语美文

5. Look Like a Million Without Breaking the Bank Sure, celebrities like Jennifer Aniston and Uma Thurman always look chic and stylish -- they also have unlimited clothing budgets that put the latest looks at their fingertips! But you can still look a

发表于:2018-11-30 / 阅读(98) / 评论(0) 分类 听美文故事记6级单词

AZUZ: If NASA were to track American shopping habits through the seasons, it'd be expecting the whole country to light up in the days ahead. The traditional holiday shopping season used to start with Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, and cont

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(71) / 评论(0) 分类 CNN美国有线新闻2017年11月

[00:03.68]CONVERSATION 1 [00:08.72]HOW DO YOU LIKE THE CITY? [00:13.37]Marta: So, what do you think? How do you like New York? [00:19.83]Paul: I'm having a great time. I love it. I'm glad we came. [00:25.99]Marta: Yeah. I really like the stores and t

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(133) / 评论(0) 分类 新英语交谈注释版

Types of Shopping Areas Sarah: Come on! We only have two more hours before the stores close and I want to make it to the outlet stores. Aidan: I thought that when you asked if I wanted to spend the day together, you meant wed go somewhere for lunch,

发表于:2018-12-03 / 阅读(76) / 评论(0) 分类 2013年ESL之旅行交通购物

By June Soh Washington, DC 26 January 2006 watch Asian Grocery report Asian food markets in the U.S. are thriving, as they serve a growing number of diverse customers. This report is narrated by Cryst

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(102) / 评论(0) 分类 2006年VOA标准英语(一月)

Luxury Retail a Bright Spot in Drab Global Economy As slow economic growth and high unemployment continue to stress the United States and other parts of the world, economists say many of the worlds wealthy are continuing to shop at designer stores, m

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2011年(九月)

A: Have you ever shopped at Whole Foods market? B: Nope. How's the food there? A: It's very good, and it's fresh too. B: I do my shopping at Vons. A: I shopped there before too, but the food is better at Whole Foods. B: What's wrong with Vons? A: The

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(43) / 评论(0) 分类 英语情景对话-食物

[00:03.40]CONVERSATION 2 [00:08.15]WHICH CITY DID YOU LIKE BETTER? [00:13.19]Dana: Oh, hi Pam. When did you get back from Canada?How was it? [00:20.85]Pam: The day before yesterday. I only visited Montreal and Ottawa, [00:26.91]but I had a great time

发表于:2018-12-25 / 阅读(134) / 评论(0) 分类 新英语交谈注释版

Heres another Catch Word episode! This one focuses on expressions with the word scratch . We look at to start from scratch , to scratch the surface , and to make something from scratch . Scratch in these expressions talks about starting at the beginn

发表于:2019-01-01 / 阅读(40) / 评论(0) 分类 英语博客-北美风情

Wal-Mart Faces Legal Battles Over Labor Practices (Part 3) 沃尔玛在员工劳动惯例方面面临法律争端(三) Wal-Mart is the world's largest retailer, employing more than 1.5 million peo

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(107) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA2005(上)--全球经济要闻

HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. On today's program, we tell about an artist who uses everyday objects to make sculptures Answer a question about the store Wal-Mart And hear banjo music by Steve Mart

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(129) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA慢速英语2009年(七)月

Small Businesses Pay Price for Harlem's Success Locals often refer to Harlem as The Capital of Black America. But until recently, huge swathes of the area were rundown and depressed and it was difficult for businesses to thrive. That's been changing.

发表于:2019-01-14 / 阅读(62) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2013年(二月)

Woman-Owned Hardware Business Thrives in US Capital Area Gina Schaefer never expected to get into the hardware business. But when she and her husband bought an apartment that needed to be fixed up and there were no local hardware stores, she decided

发表于:2019-01-14 / 阅读(71) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2014年(七月)

A Ten-Cent Idea When young F. W. Woolworth was a store clerk, he tried to convince his boss to have a ten-cent sale to reduce inventory. The boss agreed, and the idea was a resounding success. This inspired Woolworth to open his own store and price

发表于:2019-01-17 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 白领英语晨读

About nine years ago, I had some incredible luck in a local charity shop. It was coming up to Christmas, and I had gone to Goodwill to look around at all the second hand decorations, ornaments, and housewares. As I wandered up and down the aisle, tak

发表于:2019-01-20 / 阅读(41) / 评论(0) 分类 英语博客 A cup of English

Do you like to shop? I actually do not like to at all. I always find that I am in a hurry, I don't enjoy looking through aisles and aisles of clothes for just one piece that I like, and I get impatient when I have to wait in line. But, one thing make

发表于:2019-01-27 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 英语博客 A cup of English

Topics: Convenience stores, eating and drinking noises, colleague versus associate versus fellow, to sign in versus to sign off versus to sign on versus to sign up Words: slushees bulletproof glass armed robbery taboo to chomp to crunch to smack to w

发表于:2019-02-15 / 阅读(69) / 评论(0) 分类 美语听力 English Cafe

今天我们要学的词是big-box store。Big-box store超级商场,一般是连锁店,比如沃尔玛。Compared to big-box stores, Amazon's prices are cheaper because of lower overhead. 跟超级商场相比,亚马逊网站商品的价格更低

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 英语单词荟萃

Topics: Medical/dental tourism; warehouse club stores; yell versus shout; to be depended on; to last; kind versus kindly Words: health insurance to give rise to to be treated regulated inferior warehouse to pass the savings on to afford to carry in b

发表于:2019-02-23 / 阅读(39) / 评论(0) 分类 美语听力 English Cafe