【食物】点心-Ordering Dessert

A: Did you enjoy your meal? B: Yes, we really enjoyed it. A: May I interest you in some dessert? B: Yes, that sounds great. A: We have chocolate mousse cake, and a spicy rum apple crisp for our specials. B: The apple crisp sounds great. A: Since ther

【轻松英文阅读】巧克力的益处

We love chocolate. We love it so much we eat five kilograms of it a year. But how did it get so popular? Chocolate was first introduced to Europe about 400 years ago. But it was quite different from the chocolate of the Aztecs in Mexico who first pro

听一分钟英文：Heaven-天堂

I wonder if heaven exists. I guess if heaven is real, then hell must be real too. I think heaven must be a great place if its better than Earth. Its difficult to believe that heaven is a place that looks like paradise. Pretty much every religion in t

简单慢速英语阅读:The Birthday Cake

It was Jennys fourth birthday. She was four years old. Her mom baked a cake for her. Her mom baked a chocolate cake for her. The cake had two layers. Her mom put vanilla frosting on the bottom layer. Her mom put vanilla frosting on the top layer. Her

英语语法：161 Begs the Question

Grammar Girl here. Today I'm going to beg the question. Ellen at Swarthmore said she would appreciate it if I talk about the misuse of the phrase begs the question. I keep seeing it as a way to say The question begs to be asked or The question that s

英语语法：181 How to Write Percents

Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is part II of the series on numbers: percentages and decimal points. Percent Versus Percentage First let's get our terminology right. In some cases percent and percentage can be interchangeable (1), but the easiest wa

英语语法：130 Serial Comma

Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is the serial comma. Here's a listener: Hi, Grammar Girl. This is Patti from Houston... Patti and her friends are debating about the serial commathe comma that comes before the final conjunction in a list. Here's a se

商务礼节美语第61期:减压(3)

Claire最近工作上压力很大，同事Jim和Tina给她出主意，如何减压。Tina说， T:You really have to make an effort to relax, and each person is different. My husband swears by classical music. He goes and sits in his room, turns on h

儿童故事集：Bertie’s Easter Egg Hunt

A story about Bertie the Frog Bertie looked longingly at the lovely Princess Beatrice, remembering how he used to stroll with her down to the edge of the pond, and how she would always bring some bread for the Sadie the beautiful black swan and for a

玩转商务英语900句 第242期:相约酒吧(2)

Whisky and soda water, please. 请给我来一杯威士忌加苏打水。 Whisky and soda water, please. 请给我来一杯威士忌加苏打水。 Make it two, please. 请给我也来一杯。 I'll have the same. 我也要这个。 A glass of seltze

英语听力 暮光之城•暮色 第183期:第十一章 复杂(12)

Such as the time he asked my favorite gemstone, and I blurted out topaz before thinking. 比方说，他问我最喜欢的珠宝的那次，我红着脸不假思索地说出了黄水晶。 He'd been flinging questions at me with such speed 他用这样

英文短篇故事（纽约）231 A Big, Fat NYC Cookie

She brought home a small white bag. Surprise! she said. He asked, What's in the bag? She said, You'll never know until you open it. He said, I was joking. I already know what's in it. I recognize that white bag. You were at Levain's on 74th Street. T

【一起闲话英语】垃圾食品-Junk Food

Anita, Taiwan speaker What junk foods do I eat? I like potato chips, chocolates, candy bars but these days because of diets though I don't usually eat a lot, but of course during the party with my friends we always buy lots and lots of junk food and

【英语2级听力】弄糟-Messing Up

He pours a glass of soda for himself. He accidentally spills some on his shirt. Oh no! His mom will get mad. His shirt is very expensive. He tries to clean it up. He pours water on it. He uses a stain remover. He takes the shirt to a dry cleaner's. N

【英语3级听力】胃疼-Stomachache

He had a stomachache. He did not know why. Was it something he ate? He wondered. He remembered what he ate that day. He ate eggs in the morning. He also had toast and milk. Later he had a snack. The snack was a cookie. It was a chocolate chip cookie.

【英语趣味课堂】体育馆-The Gym

Todd: OK, Yoko. We're gonna talk about exercise. Yoko: Exercise! Todd: Now, you go to a gym? Yoko: Maybe three times a week. Todd: OK. Yoko: Yeah. If I can. Todd: OK. Yoko: Cause I have to. Todd: Why? What do you mean? Why do you have to? Yoko: When

英语语法：62 How to Write Percents

Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is part II of the series on numbers: percentages and decimal points. Percent Versus Percentage First let's get our terminology right. In some cases percent and percentage can be interchangeable (1), but the easiest wa

每日一词【510】scoop：独家新闻，内部消息

今天我们要学的词是scoop。 Scoop, 有独家新闻，内部消息的意思。 The newspaper got a major scoop and broke the corruption scandal before the general election, 报社得到了重要的内部消息，在大选前将这一腐败丑闻

原版英语对话1000个:435 Fast Food

Adrienne: So, Mike, you don't eat fast food, huh? Mike: No, no. I find fast food not very healthy and I try to eat healthy and try to live a healthy kind of lifestyle. Adrienne: How do you do that? Mike: Well, I'm going to the gym, not smoking, just

美国俚语:prefill在很渴的情况下先喝一杯

prefill的意思是在很渴的情况下先喝一杯。 用法解释： When, in cases of extreme thirst, a person using a soft-drink fountain fills the beverage container, chugs it, and then fills it again before sitting down to eat. A: Hey man, why