In the 1700s, a lot of German immigrants moved to the US. According to German folklore, certain animals have special powers on certain days. The groundhog is one of those animals. Its special day was previously on Candlemas, a holiday that was celebr

发表于:2018-11-30 / 阅读(127) / 评论(0) 分类 常春藤生活英语

Many people believe the full moon affects how we feel and act. They say people do crazy things, get into more accidents, and even can't sleep. These ideas come from folklore and are found in many cultures. More crimes, deaths, and births are also sup

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On the three islands of Guangxi inhabited by Jing ethnic groups the fishermen used to fish on stilts. 广西京族三岛上的渔民曾经用高跷捕鱼的方式得到浅海的鱼虾。 Fish usually swarm in the morning and evening when the southwes

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Rice is low-fat and high in energy, and you can mix it with just about anything to make a wide variety of tasty nutritious dishes. Ask anyone from any country in the world to tell you their favourite rice recipe and you will get a wide selection, ran

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(248) / 评论(0) 分类 英语音频杂志

Lesson32 John Henry John Henry is one of the famous heroes of American folklore. He worked on the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad toward the end of the nineteenth century. John Henry was very strong. He made his mark in history because he could work har

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Old Medicines Preserved in US Apothecary Museum In earlier times, healers and health workers used strangely-named plants for medicinal purposes. Plants with names such as dragons blood, mandrake root and devils snare could be bought at a drugstore ca

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AA: Im Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster -- a tribute to Allen Walker Read, who died this month at the age of 96. Mr. Read devoted his life to a kind of linguistic detective work on the origins of American speech. RS: As a

发表于:2018-12-19 / 阅读(57) / 评论(0) 分类 英语单词大师-Word Master

Officials in the coastal Peruvian province of Callao on Monday hailed the guinea pig as a low-cost, low-fat alternative to a traditional turkey or roast pork Christmas dinner. Guinea pigs can feed seven or eight for just over 3 US dollars, according

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影片对白 Joey: ...Ninety-five, ninety-six, ninety-seven. See, I told you! Less than a hundred steps from our place to here. Chandler: You got waaaay too much free time. Joey: Hey! Here's the birthday boy! Ross, check it out : hockey tickets, Rangers

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 影视英语

American folklore is rich with tales of western cowboys - hard-working ranch hands who spent all day, every day, punching cows. That's cowpoke talk for herding, roping, and branding cattle under the sun and stars. Library of Congress Sharpshooter Nat

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A patient's view of the devastation in Haiti and his appreciation for the U.S. Navy hospital ship Comfort are attracting the attention of those on board. The black-and-white pencil drawing, with its hard lines and delicate shading, is signed in the l

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(43) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2010年(二月)

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster we have part two of our look at proverbs in American English. RS: We continue our conversation with Wolfgang Mieder, a professor of German and folklore at the University of Vermont

发表于:2019-01-18 / 阅读(88) / 评论(0) 分类 英语单词大师-Word Master

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster: proverbs in American English. RS: It's tempting to call Wolfang Mieder the proverbial expert from out-of-town. A professor of German and folklore at the University of Vermont, he

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At the Dragon Pool Temple, close to the first bank, I was meeting up with Hewen Wang, a Naxi musician, comes from a long line of local priests. For thousands of years, powerful dragon gods and Yangtze River have been part of Chinese folklore.-Could y

发表于:2019-01-22 / 阅读(50) / 评论(0) 分类 自然百科2015年

Idiom: Out of the mouth of babes 孩子虽小,但说出的话的确有道理 Hit the book: Be rooted Folklore Heritage Immerse Missionary Exclusively Derive from The Haka The origins of the haka are deeply rooted in the mists of time. It is a histo

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13. Yeah, look at this. Look, see all of these for the holes. Thats what I'm talking about. The last volcanic eruption was in 2004, but some of these lava fields are ancient, more than 7,000 years old, and they hold a special place in Icelandic folkl

发表于:2019-01-23 / 阅读(57) / 评论(0) 分类 探索与发现2012年

BEIJING, June 19 (Xinhua) -- Brave, the latest Disney-Pixar animated feature film, will start screening in theaters on the Chinese mainland Tuesday, at the same time as North American cinemas. The 3D fantasy adventure film, inspired by a folklore tra

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(45) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

A former Lockheed Martin engineer showed off his pictures of aliens this summer that he claims to have obtained through conversations with extraterrestrial life. 今年夏天,美国洛克希德马丁公司的前工程师博伊德?布须曼曝光了一

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The Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump has called for a temporary but total ban on Muslims entering the US. Mr. Trump said that recent polling showed that many Muslims nursed hatred towards America. Jenner Bryon is in Washington. In his sta

发表于:2019-02-23 / 阅读(61) / 评论(0) 分类 英语听力精选进阶版

下面是2014年英语四级作文范文:保护非物质文化遗产,希望考生了解四级范文的写作思路,增强自己的写作实力。 作文话题: Protecting the Intangible Cultural Heritages1.保护非物质文化遗产很重要

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