Lesson 16 The modern city 现代城市 First listen and then answer the following question. 听录音,然后回答以下问题。 What is the author's main argument about the modern city? In the organization of industrial life the influence of the f

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By Mona Ghuneim New York 31 October 2007 Vincent van Gogh painted some of the most recognizable and most valuable paintings in the history of art, and he is often remembered in the context of being a poor and mentally ill eccentric. But a current exh

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Yvonne: Hello, I'm Yvonne Archer and Rob has joined me for today's 6 Minute English. Now Rob, put your romantic hat on and tell us, have you ever sent or receiveda love letter? Rob: Mm both actually. I have sent one and I've received one as well. Yvo

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Glossary affluent a. 丰富的, 富裕的n. 支流, 富人 axe n. 斧, 斧头vt. 削减(人员、经费、计划、机构等) banal a. 平凡的, 陈腐的 battered 弄垮的 beam n. 光线 ray or stream of light behead vt. 斩首, 砍头 boast 吹牛

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artificial 人工的 banal 平常的、乏味的 ceaselessly 不停地 civilized 文明的 consideration 考虑 deprive 剥夺 decendent 子孙,后代 dimension (空间的)任何一种量度(宽度、长度、厚度、高度等) dwelling 住所

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Lesson 12 The Language of Hollywood 好莱坞的语言 What characterizes almost all Hollywood pictures is their inner emptiness. This is compensated for by an outer impressiveness. Such impressiveness usually takes the form of truly grandiose realis

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你写过情书吗,你收到过情书吗?小小的一封信,包含了多少情义在里面? Yvonne: Hello, I'm Yvonne Archer and Rob has joined me for today's 6 Minute English. Now Rob, put your romantic hat on and tell us, have you ever sent

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Chapter 9 Betrayal. Thats the first thing I feel, which is ludicrous. For there to be betrayal, there would have had to been trust first. Between Peeta and me. And trust has not been part of the agreement. Were tributes. But the boy who risked a beat

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banal, [bə'nɑ:l] adj 平凡的,陈腐的,老套的(特点是可预见的)=dull=stale=hackneyed=commonplace=insipid=trite=insipid=vapid=jejune 【记】ban禁止,all所有-所有陈腐的都应该禁止banana容易banal

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Lesson 20 Voting Day in San Rico 圣黎各的投票日 bald adj. 秃头的,光秃的 bald eagle 秃头鹰(美国国鸟) balk vi. 阻碍;犹豫,不愿做 ballot n. 选票 ban vt. 禁止;查禁 banal adj. 陈腐的 band n. 乐队;队;(光或颜色的)带;vi. 联合,集合 bandanna n. 大

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The Flatulence Taxby John O'Neill A flatulence tax on cattle and sheep, Another rip-off to make us all weep. Preserving the ozone at any expense, It's all propaganda that doesn't make sense. Abandon the flock and abolish the herd, When it comes to su

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Exercise 11-10: Practical ApplicationU.S./Japan Trade Friction CD 4 Track47 Listen to the following excerpt, and compare the two versions. Forty years after the end of World War II, Japan and the U.S. are again engaged in conflict.Trade frictions, wh

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1.Convert your anxiety into action 将你的焦虑转化为行动 Too much anxiety can paralyze you. Too little can make you lethargic. Psychologists have identified the sweet spot which is somewhere in between. Practice identifying your fears and ta

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My name is Salmon, like the fish first name, Susie. I was 14 years old when I was murdered on December 6, 1973. Susie Salmon seems like a typical teenager on the brink of a life filled with so many experiences like the blush of first love. But fate h

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小心老板浏览你的私人信息 My mom always used to caution me to never put in writing something I didn't want the world to see. That was back when an electric typewriter seemed high-tech. Now in the age of Facebook and Twitter when our every

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Any visitors to Earth from afar would almost certainly, at the very least, be bemused to find us living in an atmosphere composed of nitrogen, 任何光临地球的远方客人几乎肯定都会觉得好笑,发现我们生活在一种由氮和氧组成

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It is a long time since we had any poetry on these podcasts. My friend Margaret has just written a light-hearted poem about, well, about how she wants a simple life without the things that make the modern world so stressful. Before I read the poem, I

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