April Fools' Day is celebrated in the Western world on April 1st of every year. Sometimes referred to as All Fools' Day, April 1st is not a legal holiday, but is widely recognized and celebrated as a day which tolerates practical jokes and general fo

发表于:2019-02-09 / 阅读(102) / 评论(0) 分类 英美文化

Leaders 头条关注 Genetically modified crops 转基因作物 Fields of beaten gold 遭受捣毁 Greens say climate-change deniers are unscientific and dangerous. So are greens who oppose GM crops 环保主义者表示,气候变化否认者是不科学

发表于:2019-02-09 / 阅读(86) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人综合

Ten years of training. One last point. Hi, I'm Dr Greg Wells. If you think beach volleyball is nothing but fun in the sun - you'd be wrong. It's a fast and intense sport. During a match, athletes will sweat up to an astonishing 1.4 LITRES of fluids.

发表于:2019-02-11 / 阅读(169) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻视频

Larry和李华的朋友David这个周末要举行聚会。Larry和李华在谈论为什么一个朋友不能参加。李华今天会学到两个常用语:baloney和party animal。 LH: Larry,Laura说她下个周末不能去参加David的聚会,因

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So, needless to say, it was crazy. 所以,不用说,这真的很疯狂 Eventually, Hasbro themselves invited me to their headquarters 最后 孩之宝邀请我去了公司总部 so they could go and unveil 向我展示了他们的 their new Easy-

发表于:2019-02-13 / 阅读(86) / 评论(0) 分类 TED演讲教育篇

As a recent college grad, I was starting to figure out this adult life thing I got a job, found a place to live and managed to balance a social life with these new 9-5 responsibilities. Things were going according to plan, until they weren't. I lost

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As a recent college grad, I was starting to figure out this adult life thing I got a job, found a place to live and managed to balance a social life with these new 9-5 responsibilities. Things were going according to plan, until they weren't. I lost

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How many people here would like to live to be at least 80 years old? Yeah. 在座有多少人希望能活到八十岁以上?好。 I think we all have this hopeful expectation of living into old age. 我想我们每个人都渴望能够长寿。 Le

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And our kids, regardless of where they end up at the end of high school, they're breathless. 我们的孩子,无论高中毕业时结果怎样,都被压得喘不过气。 They're brittle. They're a little burned out. 他们心理脆弱,精疲力竭

发表于:2019-02-14 / 阅读(73) / 评论(0) 分类 TED演讲科学篇

Adam推荐组 #1.Seriously Seriously字面意思是:严肃、认真,实际用起来多有抱怨的意思。 不同的声调用起来意思也不一样。 Seriously:降调,真的是这样,太对了。 Seriously:升调,不会吧? 怎么用

发表于:2019-02-15 / 阅读(76) / 评论(0) 分类 美国文化脱口秀

Thanks everybody.I had an unexpected dance party.Thank you so much.So it's fun. 谢谢大家 真是个出人意料的舞会 感谢大家 很有趣 Say hello to my guest DJ. That's Twitch over there everybody. 向我的嘉宾DJ问好 大家 那位是T

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【英文原文】 Weve all been bored from time to time. Sometimes, when were really at loose ends, we might even say were bored to death or so bored I could die! We dont really mean it, of course. But according to one study, it may be true. That is

发表于:2019-02-16 / 阅读(107) / 评论(0) 分类 英语听力广播—Listening

DARNELL MOORE: At 13, I was a nerd. I took such great pride in wearing dress pants and button-up shirts, unfortunate white socks, like I was a preacher. And my grandmother would send us to the store. And I hated going to the store because I know that

发表于:2019-02-16 / 阅读(100) / 评论(0) 分类 英语语言学习

All humans share two life events birth and death. However, people deal with death in many different ways. Culture, religion, personal beliefs and fear all influence our reactions. Sometimes death seems so sad that we look for help, for comfort, somet

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Factory workers are about to get super-human strength thanks to Nasa's 'Robo-Glove'. 有了美国航天局(NASA)研发的机器人手套,工厂工人将获超人之力。 The glove helped scientists control Robonaut 2, a humanoid that provided

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I dwell in Possibility - A fairer House than Prose - More numerous of Windows - Superior - for Doors - Of Chambers as the Cedars - Impregnable of Eye - And for an Everlasting Roof The Gambrels of the Sky - Of Visitors - the fairest - For Occupation -

发表于:2019-02-17 / 阅读(96) / 评论(0) 分类 双语有声阅读

10 Things I Learned While Living Without Running Water My wife and I recently endured fifteen days of living without running water while a new well was being drilled on our property. If I was a more conscientious blogger, I suppose I would have chron

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(189) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

Patrick Mdluli considered himself to be a healthy person for most of his life. 帕特里克姆杜鲁里(Patrick Mdluli)认为自己一生中大部分的时间里都很健康。 Then, two years ago, the 35-year-old South African moved to Middleburg, a

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(88) / 评论(0) 分类 2019年VOA慢速英语(二)月

The U.S. House of Representatives has approved a compromise deal to raise the country's debt limit and cutting spending, one day before the government is due to start defaulting on its debt. In a vote Monday night, 269 House members approved the deal

发表于:2019-02-19 / 阅读(76) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

What Makes Life Worth Living? My partner is taking a class in psychology and one assignment asks her to write a paper answering the question What makes life worth living? For the past few days, shes been asking the people around her kids, friends, co

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