My wife and I went on a cruise vacation this summer, and it was one of the best experiences of our lives. Because there are many cruise travel destinations and cruise packages, we first contacted a cruise travel agent who supplied us with a lot of in

发表于:2018-12-03 / 阅读(62) / 评论(0) 分类 节日—Holidays

今天要讲的英语词是kick-off。 Kick-off不就是足球比赛时踢的第一个球吗?没错,但这是kick-off的原始意思,现在kick-off也可以指任何事情的开始。今天开始的是什么事呢?今天我们开始播出学个

发表于:2018-12-04 / 阅读(52) / 评论(0) 分类 英语单词荟萃

The first Newspoll of the federal election campaign shows the ALP has a commanding lead over the Coalition. Today's poll puts Labor 10 points ahead on the two-party preferred basis. Labor's primary vote stays steady at 42 per cent while the Coalition

发表于:2018-12-11 / 阅读(53) / 评论(0) 分类 澳洲ABC新闻快递2010年

Suspect Says He Wanted to Kill Trump 嫌疑人称其企图杀死特朗普 Police arrested a British man in Las Vegas last Saturday for what they say was an attempt to kill Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. 警方上周六在拉斯维加斯

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(42) / 评论(0) 分类 2016年VOA慢速英语(七)月

AS IT IS 2016-09-13 Clinton Cancels Campaign Trip Because of Sickness 克林顿取消竞选活动竟因疾病? The Democratic Party presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton, has cancelled a campaign trip to California because of sickness. 民主党总

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quality [(1) that which something is known to have or be; (2) amount of value or excellence] An important quality of steel is its strength. (1) Their goods are of the highest quality. (2) question [(1) to ask; (2) to express wonder or disbelief; (3)

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D: Dad. B: Yeah? D: You okay? B: Yeah, I was just thinking. Whered your mom go? D: Gift shop with Chris. I have no idea that you know so much. B: About Gettysburg? D: About everything. I mean, I know youre a Marine and all, and I shouldnt be surprise

发表于:2018-12-28 / 阅读(41) / 评论(0) 分类 跟着美剧练发音

It's the story of men and women gathered in churches and union halls, in high school gyms, and people who stood up and marched and risked everything they had, refusing to settle, determined to mold our future into the shape of our ideals. And it's be

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Hillary Clintons concession speech 2016 CLINTON: Thank you. Thank you all. Thank you. 希拉里:谢谢,谢谢你们!谢谢! Thank you all very much. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you so much. 谢谢,非常感谢你们!谢谢! Very rowdy g

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(125) / 评论(0) 分类 英语演讲稿

to kick up one's heels to kick off 人们大概都看到过一匹年轻的俊马在宽阔的草原上兴高彩烈地奔跑的情景吧!这是一幅很美丽的图象。马的前腿往前伸展,后腿

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总统选举竞选活动在爱荷华举行 Though Cedar Falls,Iowa has a population just over 40,000, right now it is the epicenter of the race for the White House. 尽管爱荷华州锡达福尔斯市人口刚刚超过4万人,但是它成为白宫角逐

发表于:2019-01-14 / 阅读(58) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2015年(十一月)

JUDY WOODRUFF: Six days to go, and the candidates are trying toes navigate a presidential election map that's still shifting. That had Donald Trump trying today to nail down one must-win state, while Hillary Clinton tries to deny him another. DONALD

发表于:2019-01-17 / 阅读(63) / 评论(0) 分类 PBS访谈社会系列

President Bush and Democratic challenger Senator John Kerry used their political parties' weekly radio addresses to campaign for an election that is just 10 days away. 美国总统布什和民主党总统候选人克里参议员利用各自政党的每

发表于:2019-01-19 / 阅读(52) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA双语新闻 Bilingual News

今天我们要学的词是down to the wire。 Down to the wire, 是直到最后一刻的意思。美国总统大选已经进入倒数计时,星期二一大早,全美各地的投票站就要开门了。 Presidential candidates McCain and Obama ar

发表于:2019-02-04 / 阅读(98) / 评论(0) 分类 英语单词荟萃

In the U.S. presidential election campaign, Democrat Hillary Clinton was on the defensive Tuesday about a 1996 visit to Bosnia while Republican John McCain sought to boost his economic credentials. 在美国大选的竞选活动中,民主党候选人

发表于:2019-02-14 / 阅读(56) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA双语新闻 2008年3月

Barack Obama's presidential campaign raised a record of $150 million in September, giving him a significant cash advantage over his opponent John McCain. The Democratic nominee is using his treasure chest to purchase television and radio ads in close

发表于:2019-02-14 / 阅读(46) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA双语新闻 2008年10月

如今的竞选意味着花费几百万美元作电视广告,邮寄宣传印刷品。候选人也得和数以千计的志愿工作人员日以继夜地四处奔波。今天先学两个表示现代助选人员的习惯用语。第一个是:advance

发表于:2019-02-17 / 阅读(115) / 评论(0) 分类 美国习惯用语

Selecting candidates 选择候选人 Supply-side politics 政治押宝 How the parties pick would-be MPs 政党如何挑选准国会议员 For the next two weeks all political eyes will be on Eastleigh, a suburban seat on the outskirts of Southampton

发表于:2019-02-24 / 阅读(189) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人综合

今天我们要学的词是 patriotic. Patriotic 形容词,爱国的。Russian President Vladimir Putin admitted that patriotic hackers might have staged cyberattacks on their own against countries that had strained relations with Russia. 俄罗斯总

发表于:2019-03-07 / 阅读(103) / 评论(0) 分类 英语单词荟萃

释义: make an effort 努力 在英语会话中,比起动词本身,更愿意用动词的名词形式来表达含义。像前文中的 have, take, give 一样,make 也能造出各种各样的短语。 例句: I have to make a speech next we

发表于:2019-03-13 / 阅读(201) / 评论(0) 分类 老外最常用的英文短语