From NPR News in Washington, Im Lakshmi Singh. More than 30 deaths in 10 states set out blame down Hurricane Irene. Property damage is estimated to be in the billions of dollars. About 9,000 flights have to be cancelled. Millions of people up and dow

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(85) / 评论(0) 分类 2011年NPR美国国家公共电台8月

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. If you saw the movie March of the Penguins, or even the animated film Happy Feet, you know that male penguins take their role as parents pretty seriously

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Hello. 你好 Please. Take a seat. 请坐 Thank you. 谢谢 All right. You... you just graduated, yes? 你刚毕业吗 Yes, I... 是的 我 Major? 专业呢 English, with an emphasis... 英语 方向是... Minor? 第二专业呢 Communications. 人际交

发表于:2018-12-03 / 阅读(61) / 评论(0) 分类 影视剧中的职场美语

I am at the very center of the great white continent, Antarctica. The South Pole is about half a mile away. For a thousand miles, in all directions, there is nothing but ice. And, in the whole of this

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(71) / 评论(0) 分类 冰雪童话

Throughout the winter, adults come and go from their traditional breeding colonies. Antarctica is home to 2 million Kings. In this one colony alone, there are 600,000 of them. These engaging chicks ar

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1 Fire officials say sparks from power lines likely started the blaze that became the most destructive wildfire in Texas history. The blaze started near Bastrop on Sep.4th. It destroyed more than 1500 homes and killed two people. 2 A lawyer for a Mar

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October 26--Quit Rent Ceremony Proof that the Middle Ages was a time of boisterous 1 wit, quit rent ceremonies entail 2 the payment of symbolic or token 3 “rents” -- instead of real money -- for p

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Newly discovered fossils in New Zealand have revealed a giant penguin that was as big as an adult man. The creature was almost the same size and weight as professional Canadian hockey player Sidney Crosby, who plays for the Pittsburgh Penguins. Scien

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想在华尔街工作,或者想见识一下那些顶尖金融公司的面试问题的童鞋,速速过来围观!下面这12个面试题是亲身参加了面试的人分享的。说说你对某个问题的高见吧~~ It's hiring and firing season

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1. President Barack Obama stood on a bridge overlooking a rain-swollen river in New Jersey and said the federal government would work to rebuild towns recovering from Hurricane Irene. The Passaic, which had washed over the bridge swept through the on

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This is AP news minute. 1. A TV station in Baltimore was evacuated Thursday after employees say a man threatened to blow out the station. Employees of Fox affiliated WBFF-TV tweeted a video of the threat. Police say they shot the suspect while approa

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VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Faith Lapidus. VOICE TWO: And I'm Steve Ember. This week, we will tell how a discovery in Kenya has started a scientific debate about early human ancestors. We also will tell how peo

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一个单身汉要电脑为他找个完美的伴侣: 我要找一个娇小可爱的,喜爱水上运动又喜欢群体活动的伴侣。 电脑回复是: 娶一只企鹅。

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More movie tickets were sold online than offline in 2015, a joint survey by Penguin Intelligence, Tencent's big data platform, and group buying service Meituan and Dazhongdianping showed. 美团大众点评团购网联合企鹅智酷发布的报告显示

发表于:2019-02-07 / 阅读(73) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Business. 商业。 Libraries and e-books 图书馆和电子书 Literary labours lent 文学劳动力已借出 The uncertain economics of lending virtual books 难以预料的实体书借阅经济 LIKE a tired marriage, the relationship between libra

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1. This may not be the reception Mitt Romney was hoping for. The Republican presidential candidate was booed at the NAACP's annual meeting today when he pledged to repeal what he called ObamaCare. 2. Senate Democrats have blocked a pair of votes on e

发表于:2019-02-11 / 阅读(117) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2012(七月)

New Words: trailer n. 预告片; Antarctica n. 南极洲 penguins n. 企鹅; intrepid adj. 无畏的; spectacle n. 景象;场面;奇观; Flying Penguins 会飞的企鹅 It's a BBC prank, this one was a trailer for a nature documentary exp

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Listen to Guy Fawkes 2010 to hear about fireworks celebrations last year and Guy Fawkes 2009 to hear the history of Guy Fawkes celebrations. Tonight once again, people will celebrate Guy Fawkes with fireworks. Many cities have free public displays. H

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Bad weather meant that oil could not be pumped out of the ship the Rena today. The waves were too high. Pumping the oil is slow work because the oil is cold and thick. The pipe from the Rena to the oil barge is nearly 200m long and quite narrow, 7.5c

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2015年即将过去,《经济学人》也在此时列出了他们的本年度推荐书单,长长的书单必然是读不完了,所以英语君为你精挑细选了几本必读之作,不要错过哦! 2015经济学人年度好书:知识改变

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