The ancestry of the piano can be traced to the early keyboard instruments of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries --- the spinet, the dulcimer, and the virginal. In the seventeenth century the organ,

发表于:2018-12-01 / 阅读(127) / 评论(0) 分类 新东方现代文背诵篇章

Burma's Ex-Political Prisoners Face Challenges In Burma's main city, progress edges forward slowly as economic development and political reform take shape. But while many foreign businesses have been quick to forget Burma's troubled past, many reside

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(49) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2012年(十二月)

这两期的节目主要是采访亚力克斯,听她讲述她的精彩人生以及有趣的冒险故事,亚力克斯的英语非常好,但其实英语只是她的第二外语,她又是如何做到的呢? Harp: Did you miss the city, or you we

发表于:2018-12-27 / 阅读(48) / 评论(0) 分类 话匣子英语

Wouldnt everyone like to be able to know how other people feel without them telling you? Sometimes we can tell how someone is feeling and other times we cant. The expressions in this episode are focused on knowing the feelings and emotions of other p

发表于:2019-01-01 / 阅读(48) / 评论(0) 分类 英语博客-北美风情

We are sorry for the delay in posting this episode. This episode is for you if you love cars, plan on driving around Canada, or are curious about more vocabulary related to these topics. In Canada the seasons change quite a bit, which makes for a var

发表于:2019-01-01 / 阅读(48) / 评论(0) 分类 英语博客-北美风情

Have you ever wondered about who we are at Culips? Do you know anything about how we started making English podcasts? Listen to the answers in this episode! Some of our listeners wrote saying they were curious to know more about us, so know you can l

发表于:2019-01-01 / 阅读(69) / 评论(0) 分类 英语博客-北美风情

Happy New Year! Today were bringing you an episode where we look back at the past year at Culips and also forward into 2012. (The year 2012 can be said as two thousand and twelve or twenty-twelve.) In this episode, Harp and Maura talk about changes i

发表于:2019-01-01 / 阅读(44) / 评论(0) 分类 英语博客-北美风情

This episode is all about gaining experience. We look at three different kinds of expressions relating to everything from having no experience to mastering a new skill. As always, we give you lots of explanations and examples, and tell you about the

发表于:2019-01-01 / 阅读(57) / 评论(0) 分类 英语博客-北美风情

JON 琼恩 There were times, not many, but a few, when Jon Snow was glad he was a bastard. 在某些场合虽然不多,却依旧存在琼恩雪诺会暗自庆幸自己是个私生子。 As he filled his wine cup once more from a passing flagon, it

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(40) / 评论(0) 分类 冰与火之歌系列之《权力的游戏》

Septa Mordane called after her. Arya, come back here! Dont you take another step! Your lady mother will hear of this. 茉丹修女在她背后叫道:艾莉亚,你给我回来,你再走一步试试看!我会把这件事告诉你母亲大人。

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(77) / 评论(0) 分类 冰与火之歌系列之《权力的游戏》

Despite the often raw intensity of his poetry, Robert Pinsky, a lanky, handsome man in his seventies, has the relaxed air of a jazz musician as he prepares to read an excerpt from his long poem History of My Heart. The poet explains that the work re-

发表于:2019-01-06 / 阅读(100) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2011年(一月)

The seaweed is always greener In somebody else's lake You dream about going up there But that is a big mistake Just look at the world around you Right here on the ocean floor Such wonderful things surround you What more is you lookin' for? Under the

发表于:2019-01-10 / 阅读(110) / 评论(0) 分类 奥斯卡最佳英文歌曲

I want you to, wrap your hands around my body Take me to another place let's get away from here I want you to, let me know exactly how you feel No holding back, no strings attached wanna touch your body Let me show you something brand new When we're

发表于:2019-01-16 / 阅读(53) / 评论(0) 分类 节奏布鲁斯

NOEL KING, HOST: With the success of Gone Girl, the novelist Gillian Flynn helped spawn a bunch of best-selling mystery novels featuring deeply flawed women as the main character. Flynn's first novel Sharp Objects was turned down by many publishers w

发表于:2019-01-17 / 阅读(115) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年NPR美国国家公共电台7月

It's funny how ordinary items or actions can show your knowledge of a language. Sometimes when I do something, or say something, I ask myself the question, Could I say that in Spanish or French? Your question would probably be, Could I say that in En

发表于:2019-01-27 / 阅读(76) / 评论(0) 分类 英语博客 A cup of English

On the evening of the 10th of August, 1589, there was a wedding feast in one of the splendid mansions of the stately city. 1589年8月10日夜,在这个伟大城市的一座富丽堂皇的大厦里正举办一场婚宴。 The festivities were prolo

发表于:2019-02-13 / 阅读(63) / 评论(0) 分类 美国语文第四册

Oh, a wonderful stream is the river of Time, 噢,一条神奇的时光之河, As it runs through the realm of tears, 苦难深重,在泪水的眼眸流过, With a faultless rhythm and a musical rhyme, 潺潺有声,拍响訇然震天旋律,

发表于:2019-02-13 / 阅读(53) / 评论(0) 分类 美国语文第五册

Dialogue 1 Jingjing: Wow, Mark, looks like you've put on some pounds since I last saw you. 京晶:哇,马克,你看起来比我上次见到你时胖了些啊。 Mark: Yep, I'll admit, I haven't been eating very healthy lately. I've been burning

发表于:2019-02-13 / 阅读(39) / 评论(0) 分类 英语PK台

You've heard a thousand breakup songs Well, here's a thousand and one Yeah, you put me to the test with all your BS but I'm done I can't say I'm real sorry your things are thrown out in the yard If that makes you feel mad then you probably shouldn't

发表于:2019-02-19 / 阅读(56) / 评论(0) 分类 美国乡村音乐

I might have a copper or two, but I'd sooner toss it down a well than pay for your howling, Ser Rodrik groused. 我是有两个铜板,但我宁可把钱扔到井里也不想听你鬼叫。罗德利克爵士没好气地说。 His opinion of singers

发表于:2019-02-25 / 阅读(67) / 评论(0) 分类 冰与火之歌系列之《权力的游戏》