Diamonds 钻石 Diamonds are rare, beautiful, and also quite useful. They are the hardest substance found in nature. That means a diamond can cut any other surface. And only another diamond can make a

发表于:2018-12-05 / 阅读(60) / 评论(0) 分类 有声英文阅读

从艰苦漫长的环球探险中,基因组学先驱克雷格文特忙里偷闲,为我们讲述其团队描绘海洋生物多样性的历程。到目前为止,他们已经发现了数百万的基因。

发表于:2018-12-09 / 阅读(167) / 评论(0) 分类 TED公开课:潜入深渊

Scientists at Harvard have confirmed a 19th century book in one of the university's libraries is bound in human skin. 哈佛大学科学家已经证实,该校图书馆一本19世纪图书的封面材料取自人类皮肤。 Conservators at the univ

发表于:2018-12-11 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

BBC News with Marion Marshall. The United States says its special forces have mounted a raid against leaders of the Islamic State group in Syria. The Pentagon said a unit of commandos,tasked with tracking down jihadist leaders, carried out the operat

发表于:2018-12-20 / 阅读(67) / 评论(0) 分类 中英双语新闻

No. 35. Its on sale today. 今天大促销(大减价、大拍卖) Practice: Listen and repeat. A. One: Everything is fifty percent off. 所有物品半价销售。 Two: It is on sale today only. 促销仅限今天。 Three: If I buy the pants, th

发表于:2018-12-25 / 阅读(44) / 评论(0) 分类 快口说英语

Exercise 4-12: Finding American T Sounds Once again, go over the following familiar paragraph. First, find all the T's that are pronounced D (there are nine to thirteen here). Second, find all the held Ts (there are seven). The first one of each is m

发表于:2018-12-27 / 阅读(86) / 评论(0) 分类 美式英语正音训练

The Butterfly 蝴蝶 I had had it with life. My career was unexciting. My marriage was on the rocks and I didn't like the direction my figure was going.I felt life was boring and meaningless. 我受够了这样的生活,我的生活枯燥乏味,我

发表于:2018-12-31 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 英语小达人

Whether a cup of java will leave you craving more could be chalked up to your genes. 一杯咖啡是否会使你上瘾也许是由你的基因决定的。 People with a newly identified genetic variant in their DNA, called PDSS2, may be inclined to d

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(46) / 评论(0) 分类 实用英语

我们经常接触到英语不难发现,英语中有很多固定搭配需要我们理解记忆。从今天开始,我们就开始分类总结高中阶段需要我们掌握的固定搭配都有哪些吧。 接现在分词作宾补的20个常用动词

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有时候乐观的态度只在一瞬间,很小的一件事就能看出你对生活的态度。小编选了22件生活中的小事,如果你遇到这些事情,心里会为之一笑吗? 1. Your coffee comes exactly as you like it, with the prec

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Top of the World 《世界之巅》 你的爱放我在世界之巅 演唱者:Carpenters 卡朋特的歌都挺好听的,一首《Yesterday Once More》大家已经耳熟能详,这首同样经典,节奏舒缓,很能让人放松。 英文歌词

发表于:2019-02-07 / 阅读(62) / 评论(0) 分类 美国乡村音乐

Debris that washed up on the coast of Mozambique could be part of the wreckage from Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which vanished almost exactly two years ago, Malaysian officials said Wednesday. 马来西亚官员本周三表示,被冲上莫桑比克

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(74) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Two of the world's largest technology firms, IBM and Microsoft, are vying to tap the nascent, fast-growing market for forecasting air quality in China. 在中国的空气质量预测市场方兴未艾、高速发展之际,全球最大的两家科技公

发表于:2019-02-11 / 阅读(56) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Science and technology 科学技术 What dinosaurs ate 恐龙吃什么 The belly of the beast 腹中发现 A chance discovery from China suggests some dinosaurs lived in trees 在中国的一次偶然发现暗示着有些恐龙在树上生活 WHAT di

发表于:2019-02-16 / 阅读(133) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人科技系列

Brewing 酿酒业 Heady discoveries 令人陶醉的发现 The yeast that gave rise to lager is tracked down to South America 生产拉格(或贮陈)啤酒的酵母可追溯到南美 Aug 27th 2011 | from the print edition The Patagonian connection

发表于:2019-02-17 / 阅读(73) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人综合

GWEN IFILL: Have you ever worried you might lose your job to a robot? I have. Hari Sreenivasan finds it could well happen with advances in artificial intelligence, or A.I., transforming the work force. Thats the latest report in our series on inventi

发表于:2019-02-17 / 阅读(57) / 评论(0) 分类 PBS访谈社会系列

LONDON, July 29 (Xinhua) -- By changing some particular brain chemicals lab mice would become hyperactive and sleep for just 65 percent of their normal time, according to a study released Wednesday by the Imperial College London. The chemicals, hista

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(52) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Jeff went online. He looked at $99 printers. Canon had a Pixma MX410. It was an All-in-One printer. He read the reviews. They were good. Plus, the Pixma was reduced to $79. That would save him $20. It was 9 p.m. Saturday. He had just spent five hours

发表于:2019-02-22 / 阅读(79) / 评论(0) 分类 英文短篇故事(纽约)

Remember to be polite when asking for directions and dont forget to say thank you! 问路的时候切记一定要礼貌,不要忘记说谢谢。 Are you travelling to an English speaking country? If you are one of the most important things you are

发表于:2019-02-24 / 阅读(55) / 评论(0) 分类 英语口语

Father! Open up! Let me in, Im home. 爸,开门!让我进来,我回来啦! Mother! Open up! Im home. 妈妈,开门!我回来了。 I found Phyllis back. 我发现菲丽丝回来了。 Here I am. 我到了;我回来了。 Jim walked me b

发表于:2019-03-02 / 阅读(88) / 评论(0) 分类 英语口语