If you want to understand adversity, take two identical acorns from the same oak tree and plant them in two different locations. Plant the first in the middle of a dense forest, and the other on a hill by itself. Heres what will happen. The oak stan

发表于:2019-01-17 / 阅读(62) / 评论(0) 分类 白领英语晨读

Hello, I'm Naamua Delaney at the CNN center in Atlanta. And here's a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS. Another roller coaster of a day on Wall Street, the Dow surged hundreds of points in early trading, up more than 400 points at the opening

发表于:2019-01-26 / 阅读(67) / 评论(0) 分类 商业报道2008年(十)月

Silver lining time? 来说个好消息吧 We didn't have to change Douglas and his mother's diapers? 我们很幸运,不用帮道格拉斯和他妈妈换尿布吗 We made $240 for the cupcake business selling all that crap on eBay. 那堆垃圾在易

发表于:2019-01-29 / 阅读(88) / 评论(0) 分类 打工姐妹花第一季

The best horses from around the world in final preparation for the most prestigious meeting of all -- Royal Ascot. It comes after a scandal this spring that saw leading trainer Mahmood Al Zarooni banned for injecting horses with anabolic steroids. Pe

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What do a hummingbird, a moth, and a maple tree have in common? They all use a similar trick to fly. Okay, okay, a maple tree doesnt fly. But its seeds kind of do. Maples make those little whirlybird seeds you see spiraling down in droves each sprin

发表于:2019-01-30 / 阅读(155) / 评论(0) 分类 60秒科学

今天我们要学的词是fraud。 Fraud, 是指欺骗行动。美国大选来临前, voter fraud, 选票造假的问题倍受关注。美国少数族裔和低收入社区的组织团体ACORN正在接受有关选民登记造假的调查。 ACORN i

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(58) / 评论(0) 分类 英语单词荟萃

I can confirm what William Barton wrote to Wilson, the ornithologist, that quote 依我来看,威廉巴特拉姆写给鸟类学家威尔森信中这段话颇有道理: The jay is one of the most useful agents in the economy of nature 在大自然经

发表于:2019-02-13 / 阅读(53) / 评论(0) 分类 美国语文第五册

As I walk amid hickories, even in August, 甚至8月期间,当我走在山核桃林里, I hear the sound of green pignuts falling from time to time, cut off by the chickaree over my head. 头顶上端不时传来山核桃被山雀啄落的声音,

发表于:2019-02-21 / 阅读(86) / 评论(0) 分类 美国语文第五册