网页漫画家兰德尔.门罗常运用数理、逻辑和冷面幽默来回答一些简单的假设性问题(例如:假设你击中一颗速度高达光速的棒球将会发生什么事?)在他引人入胜的演说中分享了一位读者提

发表于:2018-12-09 / 阅读(42) / 评论(0) 分类 TED公开课:会心一笑

我朋友 Jenny 的老板实在很糟糕。这两个月来,他一直让Jenny觉得自己有机会被提升为部门主管,所以就没完没了地加班,自我表现。其实我觉得,她老板根本就是在欺骗她,牵着她的鼻子走。

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(105) / 评论(0) 分类 美国习惯用语

Edward's eyes lit up, but he hesitated. 爱德华的眼睛亮了起来,但他踌躇着。 Of course you should bring Bella, Alice chirped. I thought I saw Jasper throw a quick glance at her. 你当然得带上贝拉。爱丽丝唧唧喳喳地说着。

发表于:2018-12-26 / 阅读(36) / 评论(0) 分类 暮光之城•暮色

It's Edward, Dad. 是爱德华,爸爸。 Is he? 他是吗? Sort of, I guess. 我猜,某种程度上,是的。 You said last night that you weren't interested in any of the boys in town. 你昨晚还说着你对镇上的男孩都没有兴趣。

发表于:2018-12-26 / 阅读(49) / 评论(0) 分类 暮光之城•暮色

释义: take a rain check 推到下次 rain check 是当棒球比赛因恶劣天气不得不终止时官方发给观众的交换券(check),凭借此券可以观看下一次的比赛。由此衍生出了 take a rain check,使用在将约定推迟的

发表于:2018-12-27 / 阅读(58) / 评论(0) 分类 外国人日常短语

释义: take a rain check 推到下次 rain check 是当棒球比赛因恶劣天气不得不终止时官方发给观众的交换券(check),凭借此券可以观看下一次的比赛。由此衍生出了 take a rain check,使用在将约定推迟的

发表于:2018-12-27 / 阅读(56) / 评论(0) 分类 外国人日常短语

Whenever you have something that you bake, such as bread or cookies, it begins with cookie dough. 无论何时你烘焙东西,比如面包或饼干,都是从面团开始的。 That's the cookie before it is baked. 那是烘焙之前,饼干的样子

发表于:2018-12-28 / 阅读(50) / 评论(0) 分类 ESL露西的一天

1. How many players are on base when Mark Sosa comes to bat? A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 2. What is Mark's batting record for this game? A. a single and one strike out B. a triple and two walks C. a walk and two strikes 3. How many games has it been since he hit

发表于:2018-12-28 / 阅读(96) / 评论(0) 分类 听英文对话做选择

1. Hurricane Isaac is fixed near the Southeast Louisiana coast. The national hurricane center says the category one storm is forecast to drift over the coast for the next day or two before heading inland. 2. New Jersey governor Chris Christie is labe

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(103) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2012(九月)

1. With a new poll showing him trailing by 15 points ahead of Tuesday's Florida Republican primary, Newt Gingrich is slamming Mitt Romney for carpet-bombing his record. While Romney spent several days sharply attacking Gingrich, this weekend he's ref

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(99) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2012(二月)

Former Republican Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney urged Americans not to vote for Donald Trump. In a nearly 20 minute speech, Romney said the prospects for a safe future are greatly diminished if Trump is elected. He also questioned Trumps trustwo

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(144) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2016(三)月

New York City Baseball Program Improves Children's Lives 纽约棒球项目改善贫困孩子们的生活 A baseball program in New York City continues to help East Harlem children escape poverty. The program is named Harlem RBI. The program was foun

发表于:2019-01-12 / 阅读(44) / 评论(0) 分类 2016年VOA慢速英语(八)月

Celebrities Support US Presidential Candidates We laugh with them. We shed tears with them. We fall in love with them. Celebrities influence us. But are they influential enough to sway peoples political views and their votes? In the 2008 presidential

发表于:2019-01-14 / 阅读(50) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2012年(十一月)

今天我们要学的词是straw poll。 Straw poll, 是指决定民意或参选人实力的非正式投票。美国保守派政治行动大会上周末在华盛顿举行。 Texas Congressman Ron Paul won the Presidential straw poll for the second ti

发表于:2019-01-25 / 阅读(55) / 评论(0) 分类 英语每日一词

今天还是要讲两个在总统大选年中新闻界常会用来报道选举情况的习惯用语,而且这两个习惯用语也来自美国的传统运动: 棒球。 大家都知道在棒球赛中击球员是用木制的球棒来击打投手投掷

发表于:2019-01-26 / 阅读(116) / 评论(0) 分类 美国习惯用语

1. Tropical Storm Ernesto spun into Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula today. Hundreds of fishermen fled low-lying villages and thousands of tourists have evacuated resorts. Ernesto hit the region as a hurricane with sustained winds of 85 miles per hour. 2.

发表于:2019-02-11 / 阅读(105) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2012(八月)

1. Police say at least one law enforcement officer and one civilian have been killed in a shooting near Texas AM university's campus. They also say the gunman died after the shooting. 2. It's his first solo campaign outing since being named as Mitt R

发表于:2019-02-11 / 阅读(110) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2012(八月)

Learning To Catch Its a line drive headed straight for your glove. All you have to do is close your hand at the right moment. It takes only about fourteen one-hundredths of a second to close your hand around a baseball. But in that time, a baseball g

发表于:2019-02-15 / 阅读(45) / 评论(0) 分类 英语时差8,16

释义: take a rain check 推到下次 rain check 是当棒球比赛因恶劣天气不得不终止时官方发给观众的交换券(check),凭借此券可以观看下一次的比赛。由此衍生出了 take a rain check,使用在将约定推迟的

发表于:2019-02-19 / 阅读(48) / 评论(0) 分类 老外最常用的英文短语

本期内容: Donald Trump lavished praise on Mitt Romney, seeming to raise the former presidential candidate's chances of becoming secretary of state in the new Republican administration. Interrupting a stream of tweeted criticism of Saturday Nigh

发表于:2019-03-01 / 阅读(80) / 评论(0) 分类 夏说英语新闻晨读