Cross Words: Dare to Contest with Me? The crossword puzzle was an early 20th century invention. A 1) craze like the 2) Charleston that quickly invaded the popular culture. But even newspaper editors t

发表于:2018-11-28 / 阅读(158) / 评论(0) 分类 疯狂英语2003年

I was in Congo in February, 二月份的时候我在刚果, dancing and celebrating with women who've survived the destruction of their selves in literally unthinkable ways 与那些自我曾遭受难以想象的毁灭的女人们一起跳舞庆祝,

发表于:2018-12-05 / 阅读(60) / 评论(0) 分类 TED演讲娱乐篇

This would put a pipeline to take natural gas 将设置天然气运输管线 from the Beaufort Sea through the heart 从波弗特海穿越 of the third largest watershed basin in the world, 世上第三大水域中心 and the only one which is 95 per

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(89) / 评论(0) 分类 TED演讲娱乐篇

Linguistics 语言学 Argot bargy 方言来袭 Why urban teenagers speak the way they do 城里的年轻人为什么那样说话 Nov 2nd 2013 |From the print edition You think my accents bonkers. Your kids speak like me 你觉得我的口音弱爆了。

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More unusual addictions 更多不常见的上瘾 Addictions are persistent, obsessive behaviors and sufferers will feel anxious if they cant do them, regardless of any negative consequences. But while most people imagine addictions to be related to d

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(114) / 评论(0) 分类 实用英语

Caught Twittering or on Facebook at work? It'll make you a better employee, according to an Australian study that shows surfing the Internet for fun during office hours increases productivity. 上班时上Twitter或Facebook网被撞见?这会让你成

发表于:2019-01-15 / 阅读(65) / 评论(0) 分类 实用英语

双语美文欣赏 I grew up very poor anaaad with a single mom in the throws of addiction. Often there was no money for food, and I was hungry a lot. 我从小家境贫寒,只有一个吸毒成瘾的妈妈。我们经常没钱买吃的,我总是饥

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And yet there's a proposal, of course, to build a pipeline to take huge tankers, 10 times the size of the Exxon Valdez, 然而,其中一项提案是-当然-建造输油管供应比Exxon Valdez大10倍的巨型油轮装载原油, through some

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慢 我的笔记本还没拿 Wait,my laptop. 这也太白痴了 一点也没意义了 You know,there's a point no when this becomes idiotic. 刚我们这样开车的时候你咋不说 And it wasn't when we were driving like this? 我好心建议你们三

发表于:2019-01-28 / 阅读(74) / 评论(0) 分类 生活大爆炸第三季

You know how it goes: youre trying to talk to your grandchildren, but theyre constantly checking their beeping phones. Im listening . . . they insist. Except you know only too well theyre not. At home, over dinner, you want to catch up with your husb

发表于:2019-02-07 / 阅读(101) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

8 Ways Youre Wasting Your Life One of the hardest challenges we face in life is to simply live in our own skin to just be right here, right now, regardless of where we are. Too often we needlessly distract ourselves with anything and everything: food

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Are you an avid selfie-taker? You are at risk of developing selfie elbow which is slowly becoming a real medical condition. Like tennis elbow or golfer's elbow, an addiction to selfie-taking can cause a pain in your primary pic-snapping elbow, accord

发表于:2019-02-09 / 阅读(43) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

Essay Topic: Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Smoking tobacco like other dangerous drugs should be made illegal. Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your knowledge or experience. Example Writing:

发表于:2019-02-09 / 阅读(109) / 评论(0) 分类 雅思英语

If anyone proves you should never judge a book by its cover, it's Philani Dladla. 永远不要以封皮外表评判一本书如果有人向你证明这一真理,那么这个人一定是流浪汉Philani Dladla。 Spoting a flat-bill baseball hat, a

发表于:2019-02-14 / 阅读(72) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

问问你自己:我幸福吗?我认为幸福的本质是什么?它跟痛苦,付出有关系吗?如果娱乐和快乐等同于幸福的话,那么痛苦必然等同于不幸福。可事实正相反:导致幸福的一切常常蕴含着些许痛苦

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(44) / 评论(0) 分类 英语美文

LOS ANGELES, May 27 (Xinhua) -- U.S. actor Jeff Conaway, best known for his roles in the 1970s hit television series Taxi and blockbuster film Grease, died on Friday morning at age 60, local celebrity websites reported. The former child star, who beg

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Steps Towards a More Sustainable Life of Less When my grandparents were young, none of the appliances (let alone hi-tech gadgets) in our homes were in common use not the refrigerator, electric stove, dishwasher, washing machine, dryer, toaster, telev

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

I live in Hollywood. You may think people in such a glamorous, fun-filled place are happier than others. If so, you have some mistaken ideas about the nature of happiness. 我住在好莱坞。你可能认为住在这样一个魅力四射、充满欢笑

发表于:2019-02-19 / 阅读(48) / 评论(0) 分类 英语美文

Betty Ford A First Lady Like No Other 贝蒂福特 独一无二的第一夫人 In the '70s, she broke the rules by speaking about her own breast cancer, addiction and alcoholism. A new bio reveals how modern she really was 在70年代,她打破常规

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Rough sleeping 露宿街头 One home at a time 房子的救赎 How to cut the number of street dwellersand save money, too 减少倒卧,节约开支 HANDING a homeless alcoholic the keys to a free furnished flat may seem foolish, unfair or both. Th

发表于:2019-02-24 / 阅读(78) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人文艺系列