Kate: you're rather energentic today. What's going on? Isaac: nothing really. I think I've had a few too many coffees. K: free coffee is one of the perks at this place, isn't it? I: it's the only perk of this job! How's your day going? K: not that we

发表于:2018-11-30 / 阅读(106) / 评论(0) 分类 生活英语情景口语

Freedom is a funny thing. It seems to mean different things in different countries. People in my country say they have freedom, but I dont think so. We have to go to school, we have to pay tax, we have to work, we have to do lots of things. Thats not

发表于:2018-12-04 / 阅读(63) / 评论(0) 分类 听一分钟英文-F

From Child of Freed Slaves to Millionaire 从被解放奴隶的孩子到百万富翁 Hers is a rags to riches story. Madam C.J. Walker went from poverty -- being the daughter of freed slaves -- to being a wealthy African-American businesswoman. She w

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 2016年VOA慢速英语(二)月

Tina : Don't be a slave to work, Ralph! Ralph: I can't help it. l'm always busy. Tina : You must take it easy sometimes. Ralph: Easier said than done. 说来容易做来难 蒂娜:罗福,别做工作的奴隶! 罗福:我没办法。我总是很忙

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(303) / 评论(0) 分类 赖世雄初级美国英语

凯文.贝勒斯在这一篇既动人又富有现实意义的演讲中为大家讲解了当今奴隶制度的现状。现如今,许多罪恶的、价值上亿的产业都是由奴隶的劳动支撑的。凯文将在这篇演讲中与大家分享他通

发表于:2018-12-09 / 阅读(43) / 评论(0) 分类 TED公开课:罪与罚

Freedom is a funny thing. It seems to mean different things in different countries. People in my country say they have freedom, but I dont think so. We have to go to school, we have to pay tax, we have to work, we have to do lots of things. Thats not

发表于:2018-12-26 / 阅读(52) / 评论(0) 分类 纯正英语一分钟

No one shall be held in slavery or servitude. Slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all its forms. Article 4; Universal Declaration of Human Rights.(The United Nations) What does slavery mean? Slavery is the idea that a human is someones

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(191) / 评论(0) 分类 英语音频杂志

U.S. President Donald Trump, in an interview with the Washington Examiner this week, wondered, Why was there a Civil War? Why could that one not have been worked out? The United States fought the civil war from 1861-1865. The war began after 11 south

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One car emits four tons. And actually 700 and change million cars today emit 2.8 billion tons of CO2. 一辆汽车排放4吨二氧化碳。现在的7亿辆汽车排放28亿吨二氧化碳。 That's, in the additive, about 25 percent of our problem. 那

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(55) / 评论(0) 分类 TED演讲科技篇

Civil War 美国内战 The American Civil War was the deadliest war in American history. 美国内战是美国史上最致命的一场战争。 Over 620,000 people died during the war. 六十二万多人死于该战争。 When Abraham Lincoln became

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爵士:Carly Simon - The last samba 相关介绍 :这是这位值得尊敬的老女人,格莱美,奥斯卡,金球奖奖项获得者,她的歌给人感觉犹如一座古堡的地下酒窖中,所蕴藏的陈年美酿,品之,醇厚,温暖

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《蜗居》真实地展现了房奴的艰辛生活,让每个有着痛苦买房经历的人都有强烈的认同感。对于房奴的英语翻译,有mortgage slave 和 house slave 两种,哪种更地道呢,今天来看一下吧。 如今,房奴

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AZUZ: By the year 2020, there will be a new face on the U.S. $20 bill. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew made the announcement yesterday. The Treasury Department has the authority to decide who appears on U.S. currency, as long as the person is deceased.

发表于:2019-01-18 / 阅读(61) / 评论(0) 分类 CNN美国有线新闻2016年8月

Chapter 12. The Search for the Wicked Witch 第12章 找寻恶女巫 The soldier with the green whiskers led them through the streets of the Emerald City until they reached the room where the Guardian of the Gates lived. 那个绿胡须的兵士,带着

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They were treated as goods, bought and sold like cattle. 人们像经营商品那样经营他们,像买卖公牛或山羊那样买卖他们。 Slave owners could do what they liked with their slaves even kill them. 谁买了一个奴隶,谁便是这

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I speak with many people who are holding on to stories from their childhood about not feeling good enough. They remember scenarios of being neglected, not having good enough grades, not feeling pretty enough. You know what? They have taken these stor

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Immigrants 移民 Who are immigrants? 谁是移民? Some people leave their own country and live in another country. They are immigrants. 背井离乡生活在他国的人是移民。 They are different from travelers. 他们与旅行者不同。 T

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Gladiator 角斗士 Gladiators were fighters in the ancient Roman period. 角斗士是古罗马时期的斗士。 They fought in big stadiums and people watch their fights for fun. 他们在大型体育场角斗,人们观看他们的角斗来取乐。

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But the underlying causes of the decay of the State, of which I have told you in a former chapter, had not been removed and reform therefore was impossible. 不过正如我在上一章讲过的,罗马帝国的根基已经锈蚀,造成它衰败的深

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The other brothers were afraid to say any more to Reuben, for he was the oldest of them all. 其他的兄弟们不敢跟鲁本再说什么了,因为他是他们中的大哥。 One morning, soon after this, Joseph said to his brothers, I dreamed tha

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