今天要讲的习惯用语都是以heel这个字为主的。Heel就是脚跟。同样都是脚跟这个字,在不同的习惯用语中和在不同的动词相连之后,产生的意义就各不相同,甚至正好相反。下面我们就给大家举

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(111) / 评论(0) 分类 美国习惯用语

I found an ocean in your eyes, and seeked an island in your arms, but now it's time to go, and time flows like tears. I know I'll go one day, I've gone dry as a fountain of our love, but still I see the prettiest of your smile, lingering over me. But

发表于:2018-12-17 / 阅读(71) / 评论(0) 分类 电影英文歌曲

I will avoid with fury the killers of time. Procrastination I will destroy with action; Doubt I will bury with faith; Fear I will dismeber with confidence.Where there are idle mouths I will listen not; Where there are idle hands I will linger not; W

发表于:2018-12-18 / 阅读(75) / 评论(0) 分类 白领英语晨读

讲解 这个词真的是有点长,但其实并不是很难背,只要你记住发音就很好背了。 Pro(p-r-o) crasti(c-r-a-s-t-i) nation(n-a-t-i-o-n) Procrastination Procrastination 拖延 Here is an example: Most often we procrastinate when

发表于:2018-12-19 / 阅读(46) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年VOA慢速英语(三)月

Describing Duration Kathryn: Are you still watching that movie? Its been over three hours! Martin: Yeah, its a little long for a feature film. Kathryn: A little long?! Its interminable. How can you continue to watch it? Martin: Well, the first half w

发表于:2018-12-27 / 阅读(170) / 评论(0) 分类 2014年ESL之餐饮娱乐

情景对话: A: My New Year's resolution is to stop procrastinating. B: Yeah, that's a bad habit that I'm guilty of sometimes. A: I hate waiting to do things at the last minute. I feel so bad about it. 今日知识点: New Year's resolution 新年

发表于:2018-12-28 / 阅读(56) / 评论(0) 分类 每天三分钟学英语

dawdle /'dɔ:dl/ My sister dawdles over the dishes. Mother gets them done without wasting time. -- waste time; loiter; idle ﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌ vi. 浪费时间;闲荡 我妹妹洗起盘子来慢

发表于:2018-12-30 / 阅读(92) / 评论(0) 分类 突破英文词汇

我们上次学的几个习惯用语都含有表示五分硬币的词nickel。今天要学的习惯用语里的关键词汇是币值仅高于nickel的dime。然而出乎意料的是dime比 nickel和一分硬币penny都要小。它是美国钱币中最小

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(101) / 评论(0) 分类 美国习惯用语

Hi!everybody, this is Tod Smith with Little Things Matter.The title of today's lesson is What Is Easy to Do Is Easy Not to Do 大家好。我是托德史密斯为您讲述小事也重要。今天的题目是最容易做的往往是最难做的 Todays

发表于:2019-01-18 / 阅读(43) / 评论(0) 分类 生活英语听力文章

A: And so, I just wanted to check in with you and find out where we are with this ject. As you know, youve missed a fairly significant deadline last week, and this will negativity impact the teams ability to move forward with the next stages of this

发表于:2019-01-20 / 阅读(97) / 评论(0) 分类 纯正地道美语

Every year, I tell myself that I won't procrastinate in doing my holiday shopping. And, every year, I end up with a shopping list as long as your arm and about 24 hours to get it all done. Waiting until the last minute means that I have to brave the

发表于:2019-01-21 / 阅读(78) / 评论(0) 分类 地道美语播客

Dear Annie: I will be 40 this year and really want to celebrate this milestone in my life. In the past, my husband has told me he needs plenty of notice to plan something special for my birthday, but we've never done much. Six months before my birthd

发表于:2019-01-22 / 阅读(63) / 评论(0) 分类 英语时差8,16

今天我们要学的词是protracted。 Protracted, 长时间的,拖延的。 President Obama said the protracted struggle between Republicans and Democrats over raising the U.S. debt ceiling is 'an entirely self-inflicted wound' to the economy, 美

发表于:2019-02-02 / 阅读(58) / 评论(0) 分类 英语单词荟萃

今天我们要学的词是 lingering。Lingering 形容词,持久的,挥之不去的。Despite what he said, I still have a lingering doubt about his real intentions. 尽管他说得好听,可我还是对他的真实目的持怀疑态度。飓风

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 英语单词荟萃

And think about the friends who never got the chance to go to college but were still invested in your successfriends who talked you out of dropping out, friends who kept you out of trouble so that you could graduate on time, friends who forced you to

发表于:2019-02-14 / 阅读(104) / 评论(0) 分类 名校励志英语演讲

Official figures out today are expected to show inflation remains well within the Reserve Bank's comfort zone. A Bloomberg survey of economists predict that Consumer Price Index rose by 0.4 of a percent in the December quarter. (说话前要吸气的伤

发表于:2019-02-14 / 阅读(62) / 评论(0) 分类 澳洲ABC新闻快递2014年

The sports anti-doping authority has issued 34 current and former AFL players with show-caused notices for alleged doping. The players have ten days to respond. They face a mandatory two-year ban if they are found to have used a prohibited drug. The

发表于:2019-02-14 / 阅读(38) / 评论(0) 分类 澳洲ABC新闻快递2014年

Stocking up for Winter. The bell rang today while I was tidying up after dinner. I wondered who it could be at eight o'clock at night. As I approached the door, the bell started ringing very fast, which made me guess that it was one of my children. W

发表于:2019-02-17 / 阅读(142) / 评论(0) 分类 英语博客 A cup of English

You really should finish compiling that boring spreadsheet, but you just can't bring yourself to do it. Maybe it can wait a little longer? Or it might just disappear if you ignore it long enough? You know the feeling. According to Professor Piers Ste

发表于:2019-02-21 / 阅读(77) / 评论(0) 分类 英语听力精选进阶版

台湾籍旅美老师今天交给我们的句子是: Listen, you won't be doing him any favors by drawing the break-up out or leaving a door open for a relationship further down the line. 听好,拖延分手时间或给他机会再续前缘对他不

发表于:2019-02-22 / 阅读(56) / 评论(0) 分类 留美老师带你每日说英文