Did you hear about the blind carpenter who picked up his hammer and saw? Did you hear about the deaf shepherd who gathered his flock and heard (herd)? If you don't understand these, use your dictionary and look up the words blind, deaf, saw, heard an

发表于:2018-12-03 / 阅读(72) / 评论(0) 分类 2011年ESL之就医和人际交往

Twice a year, day and night, fall into balance, lasting for nearly equal length. Known as equinoxes, Latin for equal night, they occur in March and September and along with solstices mark the changing of seasons as Earth travels around the sun. Astr

发表于:2018-12-05 / 阅读(53) / 评论(0) 分类 国家地理2008年

Modern Mexico City is one of the largest cities in the world. Once it was a wilderness area. A valley of saltwater lakes and swamps, surrounded by mountains and active volcanoes. At the beginning of t

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(104) / 评论(0) 分类 远古的回响

Lesson 33 Education 教育 First listen and then answer the following question. 听录音,然后回答以下问题。 Why is education democratic in bookless, tribal societies? Education is one of the key words of our time. A man without an educatio

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(827) / 评论(0) 分类 新概念英语第四册

Then there will be no war of households. 那时,将不会有家庭战争, The husband and the wife, drinking deep of peaceful joy, a calm bliss of temperate affections, 夫妻一起静静享受岁月姝好, shall pass hand in hand through life,

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Rucksack packed to bursting point? Check. Trusty guidebook? Check. No family, friend, loved one or passing acquaintance to board the plane with? Check. 帆布背包中的东西塞到爆?想要靠谱的旅游指南?没有家人、朋友、爱人甚至

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When spring is no longer far away, the stags offer a curious spectacle. The greater the dignity, the funnier its loss. But even the loser seems to bear it with humour. The younger stags will soon look funny, too. And theres another piece of comfort.

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For six months, Yellowstone endures an unrelenting winter. An ice world of hunters and hunted. But now footsteps on the slopes of a mountain herald a change in the season. The sun regains its strength.Water flows again. The race begins to recover win

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While the males fence, the females look on. Injured and weakened by the battle, the loser will be an easy target for the predators and scavengers that patrol the wilderness. Out here, there is little room for mistakes. With a clear view of the endles

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Hi everyone. Im Peddy Kim. Get ready and pack your bags for the playground known as New Zealand, a country whose people are nicknamed for their famous flightless bird, the kiwi. New Zealandit was discovered by humans less than a thousand years ago, t

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He laughed, and there was an edge to his laughter. 他大笑起来,但笑声很快戛然而止。 Have fun at the beach... good weather for sunbathing. He glanced out at the sheeting rain. 祝你在海滩过得愉快这实在是适合日光浴的好天

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Already I can feel the wind changing. And the Icelanders have a saying -- if you don't like the weather, just wait five minutes, and it will get a lot, lot worse. Im in the wilderness in Iceland. Here, there are huge freezing rivers like this. And an

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Soon afterward, Maskelyne returned to England where he became astronomer royal, and Mason and Dixonnow evidently more seasonedset off for four long and often perilous years surveying their way through 244 miles of dangerous American wilderness to set

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英文歌词: We sat under London skies on A perfect June day. I touched her hand and whispered our names. And all of the birds flew by and The clouds blow away The rose oil in her hair And her infinite craze. These are the thoughts that take me to a d

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 英文摇滚歌曲

Todd: So, Ruth in Europe, have you traveled much? 托德:鲁斯,你去欧洲的很多地方旅行过吗? Ruth: Yeah, actually, um, well, when I was younger I went on a tour around all of Western Europe and then when I was at university I backpa

发表于:2019-02-12 / 阅读(50) / 评论(0) 分类 实战口语情景对话

法国专题片《鸟的迁徙》(le peuple migrateur)主题曲。影片的第一句话是:候鸟的故事就是承诺的故事。 《迁徙的鸟》开篇是就是这首澳洲音乐鬼才Nick Cave贡献的一首温暖而略带感伤的情歌,其间以NewAge手法混入鸟群展翅的原始自然之音,未加修饰却与钢琴之声浑然一体

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Johnny Appleseeds real name was John Chapman. He earned his nickname by planting thousands of apple seeds in Americas Midwest. For this, he became a legend during his own lifetime. Johnny Appleseed was best known as an apple lover, but he was many ot

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Todd: Now Norman, you've lived in Japan for awhile. Have you lived in any other countries? Norman: Yes, I've lived in Germany as well. Todd: Germany! Norman: Yes, I lived for five years. I had two contracts in Germany. The first one in the seventies,

发表于:2019-02-24 / 阅读(71) / 评论(0) 分类 英语趣味课堂

Chapter 21 The Greening Spring 第二十一章 绿色的春天 Louis and Serena were more in love than ever. 路易斯和塞蕾娜比以往更恩爱了。 When spring came, they flew north, 春天一到,他们便往北飞去了, Louis wearing his

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浏览文章是雅思阅读的必备策略。做题时,通常先阅读题目,然后通过题目中的关键词到文章中定位,最后找到答案。但是若遇到某些题型,单纯依靠定位就不合时宜了,即使侥幸做对,那也

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