Are you a good tipper? You're out to dinner. The food was delicious and the service was fine. You decide to leave a big fat tip - why? The answer may not be as simple as you think. 当你在外面吃饭的时候,食物可口,服务周到,于是你

发表于:2018-11-29 / 阅读(126) / 评论(0) 分类 四级晨读英语美文

The Life of the Greatest Comedy Artist -- Charlie Chaplin To a failure, hardship is an excuse;To a success, hardship is great fortune. Stagestruck Charlie Chaplin plodding all the way. Charlie Chaplin was born on April 16, 1889 in London. Her fathe

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Cases of the flu peak in winter in the U.S., but why? A new study suggests it's not the heat, but huminity. Or lack thereof. Because in temperate regions, the influenza virus fares best when the weather's dry. That's according to work published in th

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(103) / 评论(0) 分类 Scientific American(十二)月

Hello to you, I'm Creshon Saunders at the CNN.com Newsroom in Atlanta. Here is a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NOWS. Israel is pounding Gaza with airstrikes for a second day in a row. Hamas militants are the target and Israeli Prime Minister E

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Now you may think that people will notice that you are modeling them and misinterpret the behavior as mimicking. 你会觉得别人会发觉你在效仿他们并可能误解你的这种行为是一种模仿的行为。 While there is a risk of this o

发表于:2018-12-18 / 阅读(79) / 评论(0) 分类 生活英语听力文章

Thank you. Thank you. I have, and I'm sure everyone here has, A) a hundred questions, B) wants to hug you. 谢谢。谢谢。我相信这里的每个人,包括我在内,都有好多问题想问,并且想要拥抱你一下。 I'm just going to a

发表于:2018-12-19 / 阅读(45) / 评论(0) 分类 TED演讲教育篇

Beatboxing, as musician Tom Thom was doing in that last example, uses the voice to mimic an incredible range of percussion instruments, from drums, and symbols to records scratches and digeridjuz. But to make such well, inhuman sounds, the performer

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K: Julie, what's on the tube? J: nothing but tons of commercials. These days the amount of commercials is amazing. K: yeah. Maybe we can change to another channel. what about the sports channel? Let's see if there's a game on. J: okay. Nope, it's a r

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Humanize robots may once have been a figment of the imagination, but 2008 saw several robots bringing the concept a step closer to reality. In July, London Science Museum was the venue for the debut of some futuristic robots. figment:虚构的东西

发表于:2018-12-26 / 阅读(51) / 评论(0) 分类 自然百科2009年

图片1 fake n.假货,欺骗 adj. 假的 v.伪造,厦造,捏造,假造,仿造 例句:On closer examination the antique was proved to be a fake. 再经仔细观察,证实那个古董是赝品。 disguise v.假装,伪装,掩饰

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150 enough is enough Betty Glover was in a militant mood as she approached to Brian, her husband of 25 years. Your idea of what you call our happy matrimony has been nothing but a mirage, a figment of your minimalist imagination. The amount of money

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密室逃脱 团队合作力的展现 The timer is running. These people have 60 minutes to escape from a room they paid to belocked inside of. It is a game with clues that are spread throughout the room. And there is nostarting point. You start wher

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A coral reef during the day is a very different place from a coral reef at night. The atmosphere changes completely. The day shift has logged off, and the night shift has gone to work. It's mean and moody, and the animals here mean business. Just as

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The Siren Song of the Spotted Katydid A lonely male cicada scrambles through the top of a tree in eastern Australia. He chirps and then pauseslistening. Hes hunting for a mate. He chirps again and he hears itthe tell-tale click of a receptive female.

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You've never heard of worm grunting? Well,it's a practice of driving a wooden stake into the ground and vibrating it with a flat piece of iron. The vibrations run through the soil and cause nearby earthworms to burrow up to the surface, where they ca

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模仿句子:When she was a little girl, she was desperate to go to school but it was out of the question. The Taliban were in control and they were against education for girls. 翻译:她从小就非常渴望去上学,但是在塔利班的控制

发表于:2019-01-23 / 阅读(62) / 评论(0) 分类 英音模仿秀

Echoes of the Past 过去重现 The British actress Keira Knightley has rejected claims that her latest film The Duchess, a historical drama set in the 18th Century, parallels the life of Princess Diana. The film tells the true life story of Georgian

发表于:2019-02-13 / 阅读(79) / 评论(0) 分类 英语听力精选进阶版

Dialogue: Jingjing: Hey, Xiao Gao. I didn't know you played Go. 京晶:嘿,小高,我不知道你还下围棋呢。 Xiaogao: I don't, but I really wanna learn. Did you hear about the amazing achievement of Google's AI robot, AlphaGo? 小高:我

发表于:2019-02-13 / 阅读(51) / 评论(0) 分类 英语PK台

As HM Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee fast approaches, one group of people are really making the most of the opportunity. These people are unique in their 'royal duties', but they don't work for the Queen; they impersonate her. This month the Qu

发表于:2019-02-21 / 阅读(61) / 评论(0) 分类 英语听力精选进阶版

Charlie Chaplin 查理卓别林 Charlie Chaplin was born on April 16,1889 in London. His father was an entertainer and although not one of the big names, he was doing very well. His mother Hannah was also an entertainer. A wonderful mimic, she had

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