Born in the small town of Odense, Denmark in 1805, Hans Christian Andersen's life was not easy. His father was a sickly man and his mother washed clothing for a living. His mother wasn't highly educated, but because she was superstitious, she introdu

发表于:2018-11-30 / 阅读(114) / 评论(0) 分类 常春藤生活英语

Hallowe'en Hallowe'en is a popular festival in many countries all over the world, and every year it seems to get bigger. It's getting dark earlier and it's starting to get cold. Christmas is still a long way away. We need something to cheer us up and

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VOICE ONE: Im Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And Im Barbara Klein with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. We continue our series of reports about efforts to keep alive some traditional ways of doing things. Today we tell about preserving stories, experie

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The picture shows fresh mackerel is selling well in fresh seafood markets. [Photo: dzwww.com] A Chinese mackerel festival was held in Qingdao, a coastal city in eastern China's Shandong province. Several cities worldwide have a festival celebrating l

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Uint7 II. Basic Listening Practice 1.Script M: We offer all kinds of tours and excursions. DO you have anything particular in mind? W: Not really, wed just like to see the local sights and have an English speaking guide. It would be good if they were

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Once Upon a Time in Denmark If you are walking through New York’s Central Park on a fine summer day, you might come across a group of children enthusiastically listening to a story. The storyteller

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1. Siam Park - Adeje, Spain 暹罗公园西班牙特内里费岛 Siam Park is the world's top water park for the third year in a row. 暹罗公园连续三年被评为世界最佳水上乐园。 it is set against a backdrop of spectacular Thai archit

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Rethinking Grammar: How We Talk 语法再思考:我们如何讲话 We judge people by the way they speak and the grammar they use. Listen to several Americans from different regions speak. Dont worry too much about what they are saying, just listen t

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Sidestepping Newspapers, Comics Go Online When Randy K. Milholland was laid off 10 years ago, he used some of his idle time to create a Web comic called, Something Positive, featuring a lead character named Davan. When I started the comics off, he wa

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Wasted food is often seen in China. But why don't get a box to go? Many people don't pack up leftovers mainly because of sanitary concerns. If you're dining with people you don't know, they could have diseases. When I attend wedding banquets, I usual

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Halloween is a bad time of year for black cats, with their long-standing connections with witches, hubble-bubble and evil。 Reports of deliberate cruelty to black cats rise especially in the weeks around Halloween in Britain, the RSPCA animal charit

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BBC Learning English6 Minute EnglishAboriginal Cricketer6 Minute English ? Yvonne: Hello - this is '6 minute English' and I'm Yvonne Archer. And with me today isthe lovely William Kremer. Hello William! William: Oh hello Yvonne! Yvonne: Today a spor

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1. That sex ratio will be favored which maximizes the descendants an individual will have and hence the number of gene copies transmitted. 2. Hardys weakness derived from his apparent inability to control the comings and goings of these divergent imp

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Business 商业报道 Patent reform in America 美国专利法改革 Trolls on the hill 山上的巨魔 Congress takes aim at patent abusers 国会瞄准了滥用专利权者 IN SCANDINAVIAN folklore trolls were dumpy with grotesque faces and uncontr

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如何根据四级阅读上下文猜词意 所谓猜测词义,是指在阅读过程中根据对语篇的信息、逻辑、背景知识及语言结构等的综合理解去猜测或推断某一生词、难词、关键词的词义,它是一种非常有用

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CANBERRA, Sept. 1 (Xinhua) -- Bushranger Ned Kelly's headless body has finally been identified in Australia, more than 130 years after his execution in the Old Melbourne Gaol, Victoria's Attorney- General Robert Clark announced on Thursday. Clark sai

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The Organic Foods Are organically grown foods the best food choices? The advantages claimed for such foods over conventionally grown and marketed food products are now being debated. Advocates of organic foods -- a term whose meaning varies greatly -

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Cowboys! 牛仔! Everyone knows the word cowboy! 所有人都知道牛仔这个词! The cowboy is an important part of American folklore. 牛仔是美国民俗中重要的一部分。 There are many films about cowboys and the West. 有很多关于

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SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Chigozie Obioma's latest novel has an unusual narrator. Chinonso raises chickens and is profoundly alone in life till he sees a young woman who's about to hurl herself off a bridge. She is Ndali, who's despondent from a broken enga

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deafen vt.使变聋 The noise from the construction site in the neighborhood almost deafened me. 从附近工地传来的噪音让我感到震耳欲聋。 dearly adv.非常;昂责地,付出很大代价地 Henry loves his family dearly. He is willin

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