There are many people who say Thomas Edison single-handedly invented the twentieth century. Although there are those who may disagree, one thing cannot be denied: Edison was a genius, and his inventions greatly affected the development of modern soci

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(71) / 评论(0) 分类 名人轶事

Now, we're going ahead into the kitchen for a little fun with our gadgets and our food editor. Sara Moulton has been hard at work testing new kitchen tools and she is here now. All under $20.Sara. All under $20, yeah. I love it. Ive been spending the

发表于:2018-12-11 / 阅读(49) / 评论(0) 分类 访谈录2010

Instead of being a boring old box 和市场上其他 like every other computer in the market, 刻板沉闷的电脑截然不同 it had this beautiful, iMac的外型很亮丽 curved, sculptural profile. 充满流线型线条 And instead of just being

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Narrator: Radio Item 6: Welcome to 'Inventors' Corner'. This week we take a look at an invention that may well change the way in which you listen to your television set. Four years and twenty thousand pounds later, Susan Schofield of Cardiff, Wales,b

发表于:2018-12-30 / 阅读(113) / 评论(0) 分类 202 Useful Exercises for IELTS

If you have two hands, you cant help but applaud the original Clapper. First sold in 1985, it worked with a lamp or any other electric device. You plugged the Clapper into an outlet. Then you plugged your lamp into the Clapper. By clapping twice, you

发表于:2018-12-31 / 阅读(110) / 评论(0) 分类 365个英语简短小故事

Buy What You Love I used to be a shopaholic. How many of us can relate to that statement? Yet, when Saturday rolls around, off we go to the nearest boutique or shopping mall to buy more clothes, things, and possessions that we really aren't even sur

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(69) / 评论(0) 分类 美丽英文

No more second guessing! Blade Runner-style 'emotion detector' could reveal if a person REALLY finds you attractive on a first date 无需再次猜测!银翼杀手风格的情感探测器会告诉你,第一次约会时对方是否真的被你所吸

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(51) / 评论(0) 分类 实用英语

Is Apple Watch Getting Closer to Our Hearts? Apple Watch离我们的心越来越近? Tim Cook, the CEO of Apple, showed off their newest device, the Apple Watch. Mr. Cook said it is the most personal device Apple has ever created. 苹果公司CEO蒂姆

发表于:2019-01-12 / 阅读(62) / 评论(0) 分类 2015年VOA慢速英语(三)月

And yet, less than 33% of British children ages two to eight have a regular bedtime story read to them. You may not think much of that until you take into account that 75% of their parents DID have that bedtime story when they were that age. 然而英国

发表于:2019-01-18 / 阅读(50) / 评论(0) 分类 名校励志英语演讲

印度政府日前推出了一款世界上最便宜的笔记本电脑,售价仅为35美元。据印度人力资源开发部长介绍,这款低成本的触摸屏电脑的主要针对用户为学生,计算机的主板、芯片、处理器、内存和

发表于:2019-01-19 / 阅读(136) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

【NPR边听边练】致力于提供新鲜有趣、饶有意味的时讯资料,致力于通过精听的方式促进听力提高,致力于不断开阔眼界和深入了解美国观点。 精听建议: 先完整地把一条新闻听一到三遍,争

发表于:2019-01-22 / 阅读(65) / 评论(0) 分类 NPR边听边练

Idiom: Pile in on thick ( exaggerate ) Hit the book: Gadget Hormonal Weary Attire Lucrative Seductive Harried Outweigh There are just days when the alarm clock feels like one big gadget from hell. These are the times when you're too tired, too lazy o

发表于:2019-01-22 / 阅读(109) / 评论(0) 分类 趣味青春英语

A major scientific review has found that simply having an electronic gadget in the room leaves children 'switched on'. 一项重要的科学研究发现,只要孩子们的房间里放有电子产品,他们隐形的生物钟就一直得不到休息。

发表于:2019-02-01 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 实用英语

Owners of the new iPhone 6 Plus have been surprised with an unintended extra feature dubbed 'bend gate'. 新iPhone 6 Plus用户惊讶的发现手机多了个意想不到的功能弯曲门。 注:名词+ gate表示xx丑闻,源自Watergate(水门事

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(61) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Intel has unveiled its newest virtual reality headset called Project Alloy. Through this gadget, the company introduces the concept of merged reality. 近日,英特尔公司推出了其名为Alloy项目的最新虚拟现实头戴设备。通过这一

发表于:2019-02-07 / 阅读(101) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Someone asked me if I would tell this story. A long time ago...It's a wierd story. 有人问我会不会说下面这个故事。那是很久以前的事了,一个很诡异的故事。 It was out in Los Angeles and I was at a party with a very big H

发表于:2019-02-07 / 阅读(116) / 评论(0) 分类 伍迪单口相声精选

Imagine walking into a room of strangers knowing your clothes could keep you calm, or wearing a jacket that could cheer you up after a breakup. 想象一下,你走进一间屋子,里面都是陌生人,但你知道你的衣服可以让你保持冷

发表于:2019-02-11 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

What's on your playlist? 你的播放列表里有什么歌 Uh, you know, definite, techno, the usual. 你知道的 电子舞曲之类的 Before Steve Jobs did the word play list exist? 在史蒂夫乔布斯之前有播放列表这个词吗 When I was

发表于:2019-02-26 / 阅读(134) / 评论(0) 分类 名人传记

本期内容: SamsungElectronics,theworldslargestsmartphone-maker,warnedthatitsprofitscouldfallforathirdsuccessiveyearin2016.TheSouthKoreangiantpointedtoslowingdemandforelectronicgadgetsandlowerpricesformemorychips,ofwhichitisalsothebiggestsupplier

发表于:2019-03-02 / 阅读(104) / 评论(0) 分类 夏说英语新闻晨读

And the function of spatial frequency is something like this. 空间频率的函数图象大致是这样的 It was full of free-thinking technological radicals 那里满是天马行空的技术狂人 and inspirational ideas. 处处闪现着创意 It

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