Like so many who grew up in the Depression, his fear of poverty colored his life. He could not stand personal waste. If one of my brothers or I forgot to screw the cap back on the toothpaste tube, my father threw it out the bathroom window. We would

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(98) / 评论(0) 分类 希拉里有声自传

This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. The United States central bank is prepared to take further actions to support the economy if conditions get a lot worse. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke gave that message in a speech Friday in which h

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(45) / 评论(0) 分类 2010年VOA慢速英语(八)月

All races and ethnic groups in the U.S. increased in number last year. However, Asian and Hispanic populations continued to be the fastest-growing, according to the Census Bureaus yearly population count. The agency recently released the new informat

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And the US economy grew at a slower pace than previously estimated in the three months to the end of September. Revised figures from the US Commerce Department show that gross domestic product grew by two per cent. Now that's half of one per cent low

发表于:2018-12-11 / 阅读(47) / 评论(0) 分类 澳洲ABC新闻快递2011年

The Transport Workers Union has lost acourt battle with Qantas over industrial action by baggage handlers two years ago. The stop work meeting in March 2009 caused major delays at airports around Australia.The Federal Court has found that TWU and its

发表于:2018-12-11 / 阅读(50) / 评论(0) 分类 澳洲ABC新闻快递2011年

Slower economic growth in the United States pushed global stocks lower Friday. The U.S. Commerce Department reports the country's gross domestic product, the broadest measure of the nation's economic health, grew by a disappointing 2.4 percent in the

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(48) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2010年(七)月

Now time for business news.And when the markets in Europe closed a couple of hours ago, London's FTSE 100 was up 18 points. The Dax and Euro were both down. In the US, trading comes to a close shortly and the Dow Jones is sitting there, just above 18

发表于:2018-12-19 / 阅读(35) / 评论(0) 分类 澳洲ABC新闻快递2013年

074 cities Words Noisy pollution traffic jam shopping centre pedestrian zone bus stop inner city suburb apartment block busy street advertisement facilities stress light park ring road airport train/bus station Entertainment theatre cinema bar and cl

发表于:2018-12-25 / 阅读(71) / 评论(0) 分类 情景英语口语100主题

[ti:] [ar:] [al:] [by:] [00:00.43] Growing Good Corn 如何种好玉米 [00:06.55]There was a Nebraska farmer who grew award-winning corn. [00:12.13]Each year he entered his corn in the state fair where it won a blue ribbon. [00:18.25]One year a news

发表于:2018-12-26 / 阅读(112) / 评论(0) 分类 温馨夜读

Lisa grew up in a huge family. She had six older sisters. All of them were very beautiful. This made Lisa feel very bad. She knew she looked nothing like them. Lisa had even heard people say she was the ugly sister. As teens the girls spent every wee

发表于:2018-12-28 / 阅读(67) / 评论(0) 分类 英语第4级听力-English Level 4

The woman had eight babies at one time. She was famous. Nobody could believe it. It was a world record. How could anyone have eight babies at one time? Her doctor had given her special drugs. The special drugs made her have eight babies. She was happ

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(112) / 评论(0) 分类 超级简单英语阅读

Lesson 22 Look at Your Eyes! 第22课 看看你的眼! 1. What colour are your eyes? 1.你的眼睛是什么颜色? My eyes are brown. 我的眼睛是棕色的。 My eyes are blue. 我的眼睛是蓝色的。 My eyes are black. 我的眼睛是黑色

发表于:2019-01-09 / 阅读(129) / 评论(0) 分类 冀教版小学英语(三起)--第一册

Prudential was founded in 1848, as the Prudential Mutual Assurance, Investment and Loan Association in London. The company grew from a small life assurance company, with a customer base limited to the well-off middle classes, to Britain's largest lif

发表于:2019-01-17 / 阅读(93) / 评论(0) 分类 林超伦实战口译练习笔记

A: Honey come on! We are going to be late! Honestly, you take longer getting ready than I do! B: I was drying my hair and ironing my shirt! Can you come here for a sec? I need your help. A: What is it? Why are all these clothes on the bed? B: I dont

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The woman had eight babies at one time. She was famous. Nobody could believe it. It was a world record. How could anyone have eight babies at one time? Her doctor had given her special drugs. The special drugs made her have eight babies. She was happ

发表于:2019-01-24 / 阅读(42) / 评论(0) 分类 英语第1级听力-English Level 1

今天我们要学的词是brink。 Brink, 是边缘的意思。The company is on the brink of bankruptcy, 这家公司濒临破产。North Korea cut off dialogue with South Korea on Thursday, claiming the peninsula was on the brink of another war, 北

发表于:2019-02-04 / 阅读(56) / 评论(0) 分类 英语单词荟萃

Todd: Now, Michael, I think you grew up California, right? Mike: No, I didn't. Todd: You didn't! Mike: No. Todd: I thought you were from Santa Barbara. Mike: No, no. I was born in Cincinnati and I grew up, I grew up there and I lived from my teenage

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(62) / 评论(0) 分类 原版英语对话1000个

Todd: Now, Mark, you're from Canada. Mark: That's right. Todd: Where is it, actually, that you grew up? Mark: I was born in Montreal and I lived there for four years, the first four years but uh, I grew up in Calgary, which is Alberta, in the city of

发表于:2019-02-16 / 阅读(76) / 评论(0) 分类 英语趣味课堂

I just burned the letter you sent 烧掉你寄来的信 Left the ones I burned before 一切已化为灰烬 Each word it rems me your voice 字行间映着你的笑颜 It sounds likes a bolted doll 就像你仍旧站在我的门前 I could see the pa

发表于:2019-02-17 / 阅读(62) / 评论(0) 分类 听歌学英语

今天我们要学的词是 alternative. Alternative 作为形容词,意思是另外的,可以用于替代的。Stephen Hawking predicts that planet Earth will only survive another 100 years, and it's urgent to consider an alternative planet. 霍金

发表于:2019-03-07 / 阅读(125) / 评论(0) 分类 英语单词荟萃