托福听力短文 I-04-1

(woman) Welcome to the Four Winds Historical Farm, where traditions of the past are preserved for visitors like you. Today, our master thatchers will begin giving this barn behind me a sturdy thatched roof able to withstand heavy winds and last up t

托福听力短文 II-13-1

(MB) You'll recall that in last week's class I talked about how the sound made by most animals, though sometimes complex, are different from human language. Only in humans do these sounds represent objects and events. Keep in mind that most animals

托福听力短文 II-12-3

(WA) The winds of a tornado are the most violent and destructive ones on Earth. Any of you who have seen one knows very well how frightening and powerful they are. What's interesting about them is that scientists don't actually know exactly why torn

英文短文 Andrew Carnegie

英文短文 Andrew Carnegie Andrew Carnegie, known as the King of Steel, built the steel industry in the United States, and , in the process, became one of the wealthiest men in America. His success resulted in part from his ability to sell the prod

英语短文名人故事 政界精英 第16期:诸葛亮

Zhuge Liang 诸葛亮 Liu Bei resided at Xinye while he was taking shelter under Jing Provinces governor, Liu Biao. 刘备依附于刘表，屯兵新野。 Liu Bei visited Sima Hui, who told him, Confucian academics and common scholars, how much do t

英语听力短文39 The Last Stop

The Staten Island train ride was about an hour. There were about 20 stops. The view for most of the ride was trees and houses. The train finally arrived at Tottenville, the last stop. Tom said to Jerry, Let's explore this town. A young woman spoke up

英语听力短文38 What Package?

A UPL driver rang the doorbell. I'm here to pick up your package, he said. What package? she asked. I don't have a package. A package for Target, he said. Oh, she said. The package for Target. Someone from UPL came by last week. He picked up the pack

英语听力短文30 A Black TV Screen

She called up the cable company. The cable representative asked how he could help her. She said she didn't have a picture. The TV screen was black, except for two words in big white letters: Please Wait. She said, 'Please Wait' for what? What am I wa

英语听力短文27 A Baffling Sculpture (1)

He took the No. 1 train to Columbia University. He explored the campus. There were many sculptures. The sculpture at Greene Hall was massive. The sculpture was about 10 yards high and wide. It sat on top of the entranceway roof. The roof was about 12

托福听力短文 II-12-2

(MA) Okay, as you look at this next exhibit, you'll notice something quite common --- an ordinary bar of soap. Now, soap has been around a long time --- in fact, the ancient Phoenicians produced soap as a substance for washing the body way back in 6

托福听力短文 II-10-2

(MA-AT) Since we've been discussing alternative fuels lately, I wanted to pass on to you some information I read about a new fuel that's been in the news a lot lately. It's called A-21. It's composed of water and a chemical known as naphtha. It seem

托福听力短文 II-11-2

(WB) Before we adjourn, I'd like to remind everybody about the upcoming fundraising event--- the ten kilometer run. The run is being organized to help raise money for the renovation of the old gym. Our gym is in desperate need of repair, and the uni

托福听力短文 II-09-3

(MA) We've probably all wondered how a new word gets into the dictionary. Take the word doofus, for example, spelled d-o-o-f-u-s, meaning a stupid or incompetent person. This word, which has been around since the late 1960's in a slang sense, made i

托福听力短文 II-07-3

(WA) Today, I'd like to turn our attention to an area of management often overlooked in traditional management courses: small-business management. Small businesses have gone from being traditional small-town stores selling food or clothing to sophis

托福听力短文 II-07-2

(MA) Welcome to the largest retrospective exhibit this art museum has ever devoted to an architect. The architect chosen for this honor is Frank Lloyd Wright --- probably the greatest United States architect of the twentieth century. Wright has the

托福听力短文 II-03-2

(WA) One reason oceanographers analyze the sediment on the ocean floor is to see how long-terms changes in Earth's temperature have affected the depth of the ocean. By analyzing the remains of sea animals in old layers of ocean sediment, oceanograph

托福听力短文 II-03-1

(WA-WW) Yesterday we talked about the anecdote. Today we're going to move on to one of the most popular literary forms in Western literature --- the short story. A short story is a piece of prose fiction, usually under 10,000 words. Although it's si

托福听力短文 I-16-1

(man) Today I want to discuss fossil fuels such as coat, oil, and natural gas. The term fossil fuel refers to the trapped remains of plants and animals in sedimentary rock. You see, living plants trap energy from the sun by the process of photosynth

托福听力短文 II-04-3

(WA) OK. In the last class we talked about the classification of trees, and we ended up with a basic description of angiosperms. You remember that those are plants with true flowers and seeds that develop inside fruits. The common broadleaf trees we

托福听力短文 II-03-3

(MA) Now let's focus on comics in the 1950's. Early in the decade sales were down, so publishers started looking for some new angle to get their readers interested again. They found what they were looking for with horror comics --- stories about gho