A quarter of million teenagers are running the risk of potentially fatal skin cancers by using sunbeds. Two big surveys done by scientists from cancer research UK, show that girls as young as eleven succumb to peer pressure, may using tanning palace.

发表于:2018-12-11 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 万花筒2009年

The Overusing of Cell Phones This picture portrays such an ironic situation: on the road, stands a man, who is completely concentrating on his cell phone whereas using a stick for direction, which implies the unprecedented popularity or even overusin

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(87) / 评论(0) 分类 酷艾英语

11 Schopenhauer 叔本华 Schopenhauer was the son of a wealthy merchant, Heinrich Floris Schopenhauer, and his wife, Johanna, who was a famous local writer. 叔本华出生在富有的商人之家,父亲名叫海因里希弗洛里斯叔本华,母亲

发表于:2018-12-18 / 阅读(117) / 评论(0) 分类 世界名人故事之政界精英

俄食品禁令引价格担忧 Russia retaliated against Western sanctions imposed for its actions in Ukraine by halting food imports from the West. The temporary import ban on food from the European Union, North America, Norway and Australia has Rus

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I was opposed to the change, and only reluctantly agreed to it after Matt Cutts of Google recommended it. 我是反对这种改变的。最后,只是因为谷歌的工程师马特.卡茨不断劝说,才勉强同意。 I am still not sure it is th

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Two US companies announced earlier this week that they have shelved the testing of a particular drug. 本周早些时候,两家美国公司宣布他们已放弃对一种药的测试。 It had been the best hope for a treatment for Alzheimer's. 人们

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「英文学习笔记」 ironic adj. 讽刺的 splinter n. 碎片 v. 撕碎 moral n. 道德 mermaid n. 美人鱼 douchbag n. 混蛋 prick n. 混蛋 Its ironic because the fairytale were actually really dark in the original versions. 很讽刺的一点是

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Everyone in my family went to school here at Michigan: me, my brother, my Mom and Dad--all of us. My Dad actually got the quantity discount: all three and a half of his degrees are from here. His Ph.D. was in Communication Science because they though

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(Oh, really?) You just see this inexplicable joy on everyone's face. The feeling makes me get chills just thinking about it right now. It was awesome. I want one. While most of the families are getting to know their new children, I go with Denny Hawl

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I'm friends with the monster That's under my bed Get along with the voices inside of my head You're tryin' to save me Stop holdin' your breath And you think I'm crazy Yeah, you think I'm crazy I wanted the fame but not the cover of Newsweek Oh well,

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Anna Boiko-Weyrauch | Sikoro, Mali 26 March 2010 In the West African nation of Mali, villagers are cutting firewood to pay their medical bills. But in an ironic twist that is making their environment more unhealthy. In the village of Kabe, about 50 k

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(80) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2010年(三月)

墨西哥建造伽马射线天文台即将开放 Ebola has claimed the lives of more than 10,000 people in West Africa. Since last summer, researchers have rushed to get anti-Ebola vaccines into clinical trials. While it's too early to say that any o

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Getting started is easy, simple, and doable. Yet procrastinating is also easy to do. Ironic isn't it? But the truth is, delaying what you've been dying to do isn't going to benefit you. 开始行动其实很简单,也是可行的。 然而拖延也很

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Xiaogao:Hey, JingJing! Happy New Year! 小高:嗨,京晶,新年快乐! Jingjing:Hey, XiaoGao! The same to you! I can't believe it's already 2016! My, how time flies! 京晶:嗨,小高,新年快乐!真不敢相信已经到2016年了,天

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Jo: You're listening to Real English from BBC Learning English. I'm Jo. Lily: And I'm Lily. 两分钟的地道英语专门为大家介绍一些英语课堂上学不到的新词新语,那 Jo,我们今天要学什么呢? Jo: It's cheeky C.H.E.E.K.Y

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Silvia: So talking about Mexican celebrations, is Independence Day and Cinco De Mayo the same thing? Diego: No, no, no. They're very different. Actually, Independence Day is celebrated the 15th and 16th of September and Cinco De Mayo is celebrated th

发表于:2019-01-25 / 阅读(79) / 评论(0) 分类 英语趣味课堂

英语幽默小短文 I work for 7up! 我可是在七喜公司工作呀 Four best friends met at the hospital since their wives were giving births to their babies. The nurse comes up to the first man and says, Congratulations, you got twins. The man

发表于:2019-02-09 / 阅读(137) / 评论(0) 分类 英语小短文

The United States will vote for a new president this November. Politicians are busy on their campaign trails. Theres something interesting about their attire: They rarely wear ties when giving stump speeches and pressing the flesh. 今年11月美国总

发表于:2019-02-14 / 阅读(60) / 评论(0) 分类 中英双语新闻

地点:莫妮卡公寓 人物:菲比,瑞恩 事件:菲比的水痘发了出来,满脸是痘。 剧情片段 Ryan:Whats goin on? 瑞恩:发生了什么事? Phoebe:Well, no no, you have to stay back①. I, I have the pox. 菲比:不,不

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台湾籍旅美老师今天交给我们的句子是: By an ultimate irony, these self-promoters aren't trying to alienate us. They are laboring under the touching but seriously misguided impression that we will like them more for their success. 最讽

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