.Lesson21 1.Allure v.引诱 同:fascinate The beautiful beaches of Hawaii allure many tourists from the mainland of the United States. 2.Anew adv.重新;再 同:again He made so many mistakes that he had to begin his work anew. 3.Banquet n.宴会 同

发表于:2018-11-30 / 阅读(263) / 评论(0) 分类 社交美语

Part One名词复数听辨及跟读练习 A. Read each noun and pronounce the plural form . eye neck cheek arm lip nose hand leg ear bed finger toe tooth house room glass lamp baby branch tax bush cit

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Hey, I'm sorry you had to come do this, Jacob, I apologized. At any rate, you get your parts, right? 嘿,我很抱歉,你得来做这种事情,雅克布。我道歉道。无论如何,你弄到你的零件里,对吧? Yeah, he muttered. He

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Last month, a student at Ohio State University ran into people with a car and stabbed them with a knife. The victims survived, but police shot and killed the attacker, Abdul Razak Ali Artan, at the place the incident happened. Since then, members of

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(179) / 评论(0) 分类 2016年VOA慢速英语(十二)月

AS IT IS 2016-04-01 New Drones Could Improve Weather Predictions 小型无人机可以提高天气预报准确性 Scientists are developing unmanned planes -- called drones -- that can gather weather information from the atmosphere. The drones could

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AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on WORDMASTER: we talk with Pat O'Conner, co-author with her husband Stewart Kellerman of a new book called Origins of the Specious: Myths and Misconceptions of the English Language. RS: But fir

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If you do not already know about Waitangi Day, listen to previous podcasts: February 5th 2012 and February 6th 2011. Waitangi is in the Bay of Islands. It is just a short walk from the town of Paihia and across the harbour from Russell. There is a sh

发表于:2018-12-31 / 阅读(132) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is less versus fewer. Less and fewer are easy to mix up. They mean the same thingthe opposite of morebut you use them in different circumstances (1). The basic rule is that you use less with mass nouns and fewer with

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(88) / 评论(0) 分类 英语语法 Grammar Girl

Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is tough apostrophe issues. I said it in the last episode about apostrophes, and I'll say it again: there are some confusing situations when it comes to apostrophes. For example, Christine, from Portland, Oregon; Judy

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Daytime Wounds Heal Faster A new study suggests that the timing of a wound affects the speed at which it heals. 一项新研究表明,受伤的时间点会影响伤口愈合的速度。 Wounds suffered during the day heal around 60 percent faster t

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Three New Fish Species Found in Pacific Ocean Scientists say they have discovered three new species of fish in one of the deepest places on Earth. All three species were found in the Pacific Ocean, off the coast of Chile and Peru. They were deep in t

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As you know, in English you generally make a word plural by adding an s at the end. There seems to be some confusion, though, about how to make plurals of terms made up of more than one word. For example, do you say bicycles shops or bicycle shops? D

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 求职英语

AS IT IS 2015-11-13 Fears About Emerging Economies to Dominate G20 新兴经济体问题或成为20国峰会主要议题 Several emerging economies are facing major struggles, say experts. Their economic troubles will dominate the G20 Summit of the w

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I'm a lexicographer. I make dictionaries. And my job as a lexicographer is to try to put all the words possible into the dictionary. My job is not to decide what a word is; that is your job. Everybody who speaks English decides together what's a word

发表于:2019-01-24 / 阅读(86) / 评论(0) 分类 英语语言学习

Grammar Girl here. Aliza in Alaska recently asked whether she should use who or that to refer to a board of directors. Today we're going to decide whether companies are people or things; in other words, whether you use the relative pronoun who or tha

发表于:2019-01-30 / 阅读(87) / 评论(0) 分类 英语语法 Grammar Girl

Grammar Girl here. The holidays are upon us, so it's time to answer questions about how to write greeting cards and party invitations. Here's Elaina: Hi. I have a question about the plural form of last names. For example, if the last name is Alvarez,

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plague n. 瘟疫,疫病 同义词:disaster n.灾难 plane a.平的n.飞机 planet n. 行星 plateau n. 高原,平稳 platform n.平台,站台,讲台 plausible a.貌似有理的 plead v. 恳求,请求

发表于:2019-02-03 / 阅读(81) / 评论(0) 分类 英文语法词汇

1.The FBI has released documents saying Army scientist Bruce Ivins had custody of anthrax spores identical to those that killed five and sickened at least 17 others in 2001.The FBI also says Ivins worked unusually late lab work hours around the time

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Michael 和李华现在在商店里买东西。李华会学到两个常用语: shades 和to get turned down. L: Michael, 你在看什么? M: I really need a new pair of sunglasses. I sat on the ol

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How to say this in English? I want to learn new vocabularies. 这些我们平时常用的说法,其实都是错的! 今天,我们总结最典型的口语错误,告诉你错在哪儿, 并分享正确说法。 关键词: 错误一:打招呼

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