厕所文化(Toilet Culture) Staying at a certain place long enough . Everybody needs to know where the toilet is. I tried to find one when I first visited the Divinity School Library, the oldest school in Yale University: I tried to find the

发表于:2018-11-29 / 阅读(134) / 评论(0) 分类 四级晨读英语美文

Drones at Work Worldwide, But US Still Lacks Laws Commercial drones, unmanned planes doing regular tasks, are being used more and more around the world. Some assignments for these unmanned aircraft might surprise you, others will amaze you. Think of

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(60) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2014年(二月)

This is the VOA Special English Education Report. March Madness is the name for the busy championship season in American college basketball. But March also means another kind of madness -- the nervous wait for admissions letters from colleges and un

发表于:2018-12-15 / 阅读(52) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA慢速英语2009年(三)月

Two man are due to appear in Brisbane Magistrates Court today over a one-punch attack that left a teenager fighting for his life in hospital. A 21-year-old man from the Gold Coast and a 21-year old man from Logan Sydney have been charged with causing

发表于:2018-12-19 / 阅读(38) / 评论(0) 分类 澳洲ABC新闻快递2016年

Circus Train is Home to Traveling Performers Ringling Brothers and Barnum Baileys newest show is called Dragons. Ringmaster Jonathan Iverson, a former opera singer, joined the circus about 10 years ago. He was drawn by the history and mystique of the

发表于:2019-01-04 / 阅读(53) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2012年(五月)

By Jim Bertel Washington, DC 11 April 2006 watch Celebrity Tracker report A celebrity website is providing more than gossip on Hollywood's biggest stars -- it is tracking their every move. Many fans s

发表于:2019-01-06 / 阅读(184) / 评论(0) 分类 2006年VOA标准英语(四月)

By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 13 January 2006 The U.S. Senate hearings into the nomination of Judge Samuel Alito for the Supreme Court have concluded with testimony from witnesses. Some 30 witnesses te

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Google is getting into fashion with Project Glass, in a video released on Google +, the world抯 biggest search engine gave us a sneak peek at its variable technology. Glasses with a see-through computer screen, the specs would allow users to do thin

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A: Dan, Dan, dude. You have to come over to my house right now! B: Is everything OK? A: Just get over here! A: Come in! Quickly! B: So, since when is your house a bank? A: What do you mean? B: I mean, whats up with the locks and iron bars on your w

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AS IT IS 2014-01-05 All About Cats - The World's Favorite Pet 世界上最受欢迎的宠物--猫 From VOA Learning English, welcome to As It Is. [Tom Jones: What's New Pussycat?] Hi again! Im Kelly Jean Kelly. And Im Steve Ember. [William Warfield:

发表于:2019-01-12 / 阅读(57) / 评论(0) 分类 2014年VOA慢速英语(一)月

US Congress Mulls Future of Federal Bulk Data Collection 美国会对联邦收集数据行为表示担忧 WASHINGTON This week brings increased pressure on U.S. lawmakers to reform or reauthorize the National Security Agencys ability to gather domest

发表于:2019-01-14 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2015年(五月)

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: When Apple announced the new iPhone can use facial recognition technology to unlock the device, the response may not have been what Apple had hoped for. The feature immediately raised privacy and security concerns. To hear more a

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Topics: American cities: Las Vegas, Google and privacy on the Internet, red tape, to catch lightening in a bottle, pronouncing ordinal numbers Words: privacy personal data to compile to protect to leak users harsh allegations legalized gambling casin

发表于:2019-01-22 / 阅读(73) / 评论(0) 分类 美语听力 English Cafe

Google launched the New Zealand edition of its Street View software this week. Street View is found on Google maps and is free to use. By typing in an address or dragging a small man on the screen, anyone with an Internet connection has a 360-degree,

发表于:2019-01-27 / 阅读(67) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

今天我们要学的词是spar。Spar, 动词,意思是争论。最近美国油价飙升。 President Obama and his Republican rivals sparred on energy policy, blaming each other for the high price of gasoline, 奥巴马总统和他的共和党对手

发表于:2019-01-31 / 阅读(85) / 评论(0) 分类 英语单词荟萃

I went to visit my old friend, Mina, whom I hadnt seen in several years. It was one of the strangest afternoons of my life! Dan: Hi, Mina, its really good to see you. Mina: Dan, come in. Hurry! Dan: Uh, okay. Why do you have four locks on your door,

发表于:2019-02-04 / 阅读(81) / 评论(0) 分类 地道美语播客

今天我们要学的词是about-face。 About-face, 是改变方向的意思。华盛顿邮报说,就在财政部长盖特纳公布解决不良资产的相关计划的几天前, Treasury Secretary Geithner and his team made a sudden about-face, 财

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Compared to the dose level of a medical chest x-ray, a backscatter scan is thousands of times lower. Since the Christmas Day attempted bombing of a U.S. airliner, airports are looking for ways to tighten security. One method being adopted by some and

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(69) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2010年(三月)

今天我们要学的词是 law-abiding. Law-abiding遵纪守法的。The new policy had law-abiding citizens worried about their privacy. 这个新政策让遵纪守法的公民感到担心,怕自己的隐私受到伤害。The released ex-con prom

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今天我们要学的词是out of date。 Out of date, 意思是过时的。 His contact information is out of date, 他的联络方式已经变了。 Technology companies say the 25-year-old federal Internet privacy law is out of date, 高科技公司

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(65) / 评论(0) 分类 英语单词荟萃