Thomas Jefferson was the third President of the United States. He was born in 1743 in Virginia and died on July 4, 1826. He was the third of ten children and grew up on his father's 5,000-acre plantation. He studied law at college. Jefferson is frequ

发表于:2018-12-04 / 阅读(51) / 评论(0) 分类 历届美国总统简介

「英文学习笔记」 vary 变化 cumbersome adj. 笨重的 sponsor n. 赞助者 chamber n. 房间 repeal vt. 废除 wrap up 包裹,圆满完成 Ive heard that there are a lot of crazy laws in America. For example, I read on a website that in Ok

发表于:2018-12-28 / 阅读(63) / 评论(0) 分类 早安英文

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull last Tuesday abolished a temporary work visa popular with foreigners, the 457 visa, replacing it with a new program with a shorter skills shortage list and a tougher English language requirement. 澳大利亚总

发表于:2019-01-07 / 阅读(63) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

The 2018 FIFA World Cup, 2018 FIFA World Cup, Ladies and gentleman, will be organized in Russia. The winner to organize the 2022 FIFA World Cup is Qatar. For 2018 and 2022 we go to new lands, because never the World Cup has been held on one side in t

发表于:2019-01-07 / 阅读(67) / 评论(0) 分类 CNN2010年(十二)月

The 33 mine workers who spent 69 days underground are undergoing medical care and preparing to reunite with their families. The last miner was pulled to safety less than an hour ago and less than two days since the rescue operation began. The success

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(62) / 评论(0) 分类 2010年NPR美国国家公共电台10月

1. The Senate has rebuffed efforts to move ahead on a bill to repeal tax breaks for oil companies. A vote to proceed failed to get the necessary two-thirds majority. President Barack Obama had pleaded for Congress to end subsidies. 2. Police in Flori

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(132) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2012(四月)

今天我们要学的词是at odds。 At odds, 意见分歧。 Costa Rica and Nicaragua remain at odds over border disputes, 哥斯达黎加和尼加拉瓜在边界问题上继续争执不休。在是否应该取消对军人同性恋不问不说的政策

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That year, the country was coming out of civil war. 那年,哥斯达黎加刚从一场内战中解脱。 Thousands of Costa Ricans had died, and families were bitterly split. 成千上万的哥斯达黎加人死于战乱,一个个家庭支离破碎

发表于:2019-01-18 / 阅读(56) / 评论(0) 分类 TED演讲国际问题篇

And I can understand why the sex industry provokes strong feelings. 我可以理解为什么性产业会引发强烈的不满情绪。 People have all kinds of complicated feelings when it comes to sex. 当提到性的时候,人们都有很复杂的情

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Topics: American Movies The Manchurian Candidate; blue laws; expression versus term versus idiom; What name do you go by?; en masse Words: thriller prominent to brainwash assassin to incriminate sleeper agent nightmare to commission blue law Sabbath

发表于:2019-01-22 / 阅读(60) / 评论(0) 分类 美语听力 English Cafe

1. There have been hugs, cheers and tears throughout Chile as rescuers continue to pull trapped miners to safety. The first miner was brought up just before midnight. In all, 33 miners were trapped in the San Jose mine for 69 days. It's expected all

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(116) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2010(十月)

阿尔巴尼亚总统敦促希腊废除二战时期战争法 TIRANA, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) -- The president of Albania Bujar Nishani on Monday requested the visiting Greek President Karolos Papoulias to push Greek Parliament to scrap a World War II-era law

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(112) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

M: Learn a word W:今天我们要学的词组是:overturn M: Overturn: (o-v-e-r-t-u-r-n),overturn W: Overturn 有推翻、废除的意思。美国最高法院推翻了俄勒冈州(Oregon)法院的一项判决:The Supreme Court overtured a newly e

发表于:2019-02-07 / 阅读(61) / 评论(0) 分类 英语单词荟萃

1. Qantas's A380 made an emergency landing in Singapore after an engine blew out about 15 minutes after takeoff. Qantas has grounded its fleet of six A380s. One expert says the superjumbo was designed to fly on two of its four engines and would not h

发表于:2019-02-11 / 阅读(136) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2010(十一月)

Another hallmark of the Obama administration is the Iran nuclear deal. And a deadline looms this weekend to certify whether Tehran is in compliance and whether the agreement is in the U.S. national security interest. There is fierce debate over what

发表于:2019-02-13 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 PBS访谈社会系列

The authors argue that the fees prevent genuine claimants from enforcing their employment rights. 该书的作者认为费用阻止了真正的索赔人行使他们的就业权利。 In many cases the expected payoff is lower than the fee for startin

发表于:2019-02-17 / 阅读(57) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人综合

雅思写作技巧的灵活运用在备考中太重要了,所以小编希望同学们能够善于总结写作技巧,了解一下雅思写作评分标准,下面小编就来给大家介绍一下雅思写作在审题上有哪些需要注意的问题

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Members of the lower house of Congress in Brazil are voting on whether to approve impeachment proceedings against President Dilma Rousseff. With nearly half of votes cast, her opponents are leading by a wide margin. The opposition must win 2/3 of the

发表于:2019-02-21 / 阅读(85) / 评论(0) 分类 中英双语新闻

HARI SREENIVASAN, PBS NEWSHOUR WEEKEND ANCHOR: Last week, the Senate voted to overturn Internet privacy rules that were designed to prevent Internet providers like Comcast, Verizon and ATT from sharing your browsing data, history, financial, health,

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Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic Should the Golden Week Vacations Be Abolished? You should write at least 150 words: 1) 五一、十一黄金周确实推动了中国经济的发展,丰富了人

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