这次节目里我们要讲的两个习惯用语都有一个关键的字。那就是:Half. Half就是什么东西,什么份量或重量的一半。我们今天要讲的第一个习惯用语是:H

发表于:2018-12-01 / 阅读(118) / 评论(0) 分类 美国习惯用语

August has not been a good month for environmentalists. First the Trump administration proposed repeal of tougher vehicle fuel efficiency and emission standards, revoking the rights of states like California to set their own limits. 8月对于环保人

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2018年(九月)

FIFA腐败案与反海外贿赂法 The FIFA indictments of 2015 and the Salt Lake City Olympic Committee scandal of 1998 share an important characteristic: both were the targets of a corruption investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice. 2015年的

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Making the pitch to Mr. Fro Fro:This'd better be good. I'm about to fire you all and find another company. James:We've brought you a little something from the place down the street, Kitty Cafe-Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee beans! Fro:Mmm, smells good

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Chapter 31 第31章 Beginning of the antislavery agitation 反奴隶制运动的开始 323. Growth of Slavery in the South. 323.奴隶制在南方的发展 South of Pennsylvania and of the Ohio River slavery had increased greatly since 1787. 自178

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DURING THE PERIOD in which these developments were occurring, 这些事件发生的时候, I had returned from a scientific undertaking organized to explore the Nebraska badlands in the United States. 我正从美国内布拉斯加州的贫瘠地区做

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Nigerian Answers Boko Haram's Anti-Education Campaign with Schools In Nigeria, the militant Islamist group Boko Haram wants to end anything related to Western society especially Western-style education. Even the name Boko Haram means Western educatio

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美国立法议员们准备年终收官之战 The plight of Syrians fleeing oppression and bloodshed should resonate with Americans who just celebrated Thanksgiving according to President Barack Obama. 美国总统奥巴马表示正逃离压迫苦难及

发表于:2019-01-14 / 阅读(351) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2016年(一月)

Volunteers from Western Countries Join Anti-IS Forces in Syria 来自西方国家的志愿者在叙利亚加入反ISIS部队 KOBANI, SYRIA As authorities in Western countries work to stop their citizens from joining the Islamic State group, men and w

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Antievolution Legislation Shows Descent with Modification Creationism evolves and sometimes those new strategies succeed. 创世论得到发展,有时候,是新的策略取得的成就。 Nicholas Matzke, an evolutionary biologist currently on a

发表于:2019-01-20 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年科学美国人5月

华盛顿:在本周的讲话中,奥巴马总统告诉美国民众,尽管美国在新创意、创新产业以及富有创造性的企业家等方面领先世界,但依然有太多人还在为勉强生活而挣扎。现在是国会对总统的提

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华盛顿:在本周的讲话中,奥巴马总统告诉美国人民我们不能等着国会采取行动来促进经济增长和创造就业了。他强调本周他采取行政手段帮助家庭重新申请抵押贷款,节约了数千美元,同时

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Indias sex ratio is getting worse. The trend can be reversed. 印度的性别比例扭曲越加严重,这个趋势能够逆转 THE news from Indias 2011 census is almost all heartening. Literacy is up; life expectancy is up;family size is stabilisi

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The Chassepot rifle led to the torpedo, and the torpedo has led to this underwater battering ram, 机枪之后有水雷,水雷之后有潜水冲击机, which in turn will lead to the world putting its foot down. At least I hope it will. 然后一又

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Simon Cowell used his gold buzzer to put young rap duo Bars And Melody through to the live shows on Saturday night's episode of Britian's Got Talent. 周六晚上《英国达人秀》节目中,选秀之父西蒙考威尔为年轻的说唱组合BAM按

发表于:2019-02-04 / 阅读(76) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

今天我们要学的词是get-go。 Get-go, 是开始的意思。From the get-go, 就是从一开始。The team controlled the game from the get-go, 这只球队从一开始就控制了比赛的局面。It was clear from the get-go that the candidat

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(52) / 评论(0) 分类 英语单词荟萃

1. I couldn't care less. 这句话的意思是我不在乎,缺乏兴趣(lack of interest),也就是:I don't care at all. 或 I don't give a hoot. 例如:人家如果问: What do you think of the budget-cut?(你对预算削减有何看法

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今天我们要学的词是unveil。 Unveil, 是揭去面纱的意思。埃及著名法老图坦卡门的面容上星期天首度公诸于众, King Tut's face was unveiled Sunday for the first time in public. 欧盟司法官员将公布一项新的反

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Asia: Women and work in Japan We're busy. Get an abortion 亚洲:日本的妇女和工作,我们很忙,你堕胎去吧 Pregnant women are furious about how they are treated at the office. 孕妇在职场上受到的待遇让她们感到愤怒。

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Subject:We need to kick round. 迷你对话 A: Whose proposal did your boss decide to adopt? 你们老板准备采用谁的建议。 B: You mean proposals about the transpacific project? 你是说关于跨太平洋的那个项目吗? A: Yes. 是的

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