Angel: Why are you driving at a snails pace? Georgina: This is an infamous speed trap. I dont want to get a ticket again. Angel: I dont see any squad cars along the road. Are you sure this is the right stretch of road? Georgina: Im sure. Those cops a

发表于:2019-01-01 / 阅读(58) / 评论(0) 分类 地道美语播客

How Safe Is Artificial Intelligence? 人工智能有多安全? The notion of machines rebelling against humans has long been a theme of science fiction books and films. But as advances in computer processors and memory chips rapidly usher us into the

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Its a familiar sight in many of the UKs airports long queues of people waiting to go through security to catch their flights. What if there was a simple and quick way to avoid all the hassle of having to take off all metal objects, coats, belts and s

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WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. central bank saw the country's economic activity continued to rise, but at a modest pace, according to the latest Federal Reserve(联邦储备系统) survey released on Wednesday. The survey(调查), k

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Wk 40 (4 October 1957) First Satellite Launched Into SpaceThis Week in HistoryThe USSR launches Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite to orbit the earth. In 1957, the world was surprised to see the Soviets launch the first satellite into orbit, w

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Todd: So, Melissa, this week we're talking about buying things. Now, in terms of shopping, are you one those people that are like a shop-o-holic? You buy things you don't need? Melissa: Yes, but recently I've been trying to veer away from that habit.

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WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. economy expanded by an annual rate of 3.2 percent in the fourth quarter of 2010, partly boosted by personal consumption and exports, the Commerce Department(商务部) reported Friday. U.S. real gross dome

发表于:2019-02-03 / 阅读(58) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

BEIJING, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- China's industrial production growth continued to accelerate in November, indicating that the nation's economy is rebounding after seeing its lowest expansion pace in more than three years. China's value-added industrial o

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(88) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

snail mail 传统的邮递 今天我们再学一个押韵的习惯用语:snail mail。 snail是蜗牛,人人都知道蜗牛爬动的速度出奇地缓慢。它们得花好长好长的时间才爬得到某一个地方,而mail是邮件。 snail m

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SpaceX founder Elon Musk said he's planning a private space mission to transport two paying passengers around the Moon late next year. SpaceX创始人埃隆马斯克日前表示自己正在筹划一项私人航天任务,于2018年年底搭载两名付

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Economists in India say the nation's economy is growing at its slowest pace in three years. From New Delhi, Economic growth is not expected to pick up significant pace anytime soon. Government estimates have confirmed what economists have been saying

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So, let's just take a closer look at nuclear. 所以,让我们好好研究一下核能。 The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has looked at the carbon content of all these different fuels, 联合国气候变化政府间协商

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Finance and economics: Global house prices Hot in the city 财经:全球房价,楼市过热 Valuations in globalised cities are rising much faster than in their hinterlands. 全球化城市的估价比其腹地增价快。 GLOBALISATION has creat

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Simon: Hi! What's your name? Nathan: My name is Nathan Curtis Gildard. Well, my name is Nathan but people call me Nate, so. Simon: OK. What do you do in your free time? Nathan: I do a lot of different things. I like to travel around, I like to go to

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看电视和阅读是我们生活中两个很重要的休闲方式,那么它们都有什么样的优点和缺点呢?让我们来比较一下! Viewing vs. Reading The pace of reading, clearly, depends entirely upon the reader. He may read as slowly

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教师,是一个崇高的职业。因为教师是为社会培养人才的园丁,是人类灵魂的工程师。那么,当一名老师又能给教师自己带来什么呢? Why I Teach I teach because I like the pace of the academic calendar. June

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作文题目: 论教育的重要性 参考范文: Importance of Education China, as a developing country, is determined to catch up with and even surpass the developed ones. I think that one of the best possible ways to do so is to give first pri

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Banana kick is a type of kick that gives the ball a curved trajectory, used to get the ball around an obstacle such as a goaltender or defender. Banana kick指以弧线运行的球,多是为了让球绕过守门员或者后卫。也就是大家熟知

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(52) / 评论(0) 分类 英文语法词汇

讲解文本: bend over backwards 拼命,竭尽全力 I bent over backwards for her. She didn't even thank me! 我为她拼了老命,她居然连谢谢都没有。 I will bend over backwards to make it happen. 我会拼尽全力去实现它。

发表于:2019-03-06 / 阅读(182) / 评论(0) 分类 愉悦口语

Impact of Industrialization on the Environment During the past several hundred years, humans have begun to industrialize rapidly. Tons of new technologies with all sorts of capabilities have sprung up. In many cases, these added capabilities have bee

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