My friend Mike is a fortune-teller. He often tells me many things about my future. First, I will become a father next year. Then, I will get a promotion and earn a lot of money. Two years later, I wil

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(370) / 评论(0) 分类 赖世雄初级美国英语

Very superstitious, writings on the wall, Very superstitious, ladders bout to fall, Thirteen month old baby, broke the lookin glass Seven years of bad luck, the good things in your past. When you believe in things that you dont understand, Then you s

发表于:2018-12-13 / 阅读(57) / 评论(0) 分类 美国偶像 American Idol

1. At the third stroke, the time sponsored by Accurist will be twelve one and fifty seconds. 2. The code for Didcot has been changed. Please dial 05938 and then the number. 3. In the train crash in India, three hundred and twenty-five people are fear

发表于:2018-12-17 / 阅读(151) / 评论(0) 分类 初级英语听力

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. Breaking a mirror means seven years bad luck. So does spilling salt or meeting a black cat. Weve all heard such silly-sounding superstitions. Of course w

发表于:2018-12-24 / 阅读(71) / 评论(0) 分类 Scientific American(九)月

A: 欢迎大家来到这期的美语训练班! 我是杨琳! B: 我是Mike! 杨琳,来告诉大家今天都要学什么? A: 没问题! 今天,我们要聊聊美国的大学排名,看看西方人有什么迷信传统,还要告诉你怎么说短板

发表于:2018-12-25 / 阅读(73) / 评论(0) 分类 美语训练班

罗宾和毛拉准备谈论什么呢,故事,什么样的故事,都市传奇又是怎样的故事呢。 Sample transcript Robin: The first thing were going to talk about today is something called an urban legend or an urban myth. Maura: Yes, so

发表于:2018-12-27 / 阅读(110) / 评论(0) 分类 话匣子英语

(MA) Okay, as you look at this next exhibit, you'll notice something quite common --- an ordinary bar of soap. Now, soap has been around a long time --- in fact, the ancient Phoenicians produced soap as a substance for washing the body way back in 6

发表于:2018-12-30 / 阅读(73) / 评论(0) 分类 托福听力短文

Best to leave quietly, and no reunions. Move on, look to the future. Plenty more faces out there. But as he made his decision, her mouth stretched open into a wide smile and without opening her eyes she said: So, what do you reckon, Dex? About what,

发表于:2018-12-31 / 阅读(44) / 评论(0) 分类 有声英语文学名著

Todd: OK, Chris, Friday the 13th is coming up. So, first of all, are you superstitious? Chris: Yes. When I play sports I'm superstitious. I have a lucky shirt and stuff like that. Todd: Oh, really! Chris: Yeah. Todd: So what's your lucky shirt? Chris

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(51) / 评论(0) 分类 英语访谈对话

为什么西方人会觉得13是个不吉利的数字,你造吗? 1. THERE WERE 13 PEOPLE AT THE LAST SUPPER. 最后的晚餐里有13个人。 And tradition has held that the 13th to take their seat was either Judas or Jesus himself. 传统的说法是

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 英美文化

Todd: OK, Chris, Friday the 13th is coming up. So, first of all, are you superstitious? 克里斯,这周五正好是13日。我想先问你个问题,你迷信吗? Chris: Yes. When I play sports I'm superstitious. I have a lucky shirt and stuff

发表于:2019-01-15 / 阅读(68) / 评论(0) 分类 实战口语情景对话

Are different blood types really associated with different personality traits, or is it just superstition? 血型和个性真的有关系吗?或者只是一种迷信? [Text] Jill Wesson is hiring

发表于:2019-01-21 / 阅读(123) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

He was by no means ill-looking; quite the contrary. 他是一个精力充沛的人,像古埃及人那样有感染力。仿佛他会以这副模样永生! His pure tight skin was an excellent fit; and closely wrapped up in it, and embalmed with in

发表于:2019-01-29 / 阅读(52) / 评论(0) 分类 白鲸记

Uncommonly conscientious for a seaman, and endued with a deep natural reverence, the wild watery loneliness of his life did therefore strongly incline him to superstition; 他为人诚挚,有虔诚的信念和坚定不移的信心,海上既紧张又

发表于:2019-01-29 / 阅读(55) / 评论(0) 分类 白鲸记

轻敌 有些考生底子厚,拿了英语专业8级证书,或是得了全国英语竞赛大奖,于是不把GRE放在眼里。其实,GRE不是单纯的语言能力考试,而是专业知识水平考试,考查考生是否具有在美国研究生

发表于:2019-02-01 / 阅读(51) / 评论(0) 分类 GRE英语

在西方国家,每年的10月31日,有个Halloween,辞典解释为The eve of All Saints'Day,中文译作:万圣节之夜。这一夜是一年中最闹鬼的一夜,所以也叫鬼节。Hallow 来源于中古英语halwen,与 holy 词源很

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(74) / 评论(0) 分类 英语美文

中国人英语学习中的十大恶习

发表于:2019-02-09 / 阅读(57) / 评论(0) 分类 英语学习方法

[题目] Writes an essay, considering and assessing arguments for and against the following view: As reading is important for a good education, we should encourage our children to read whatever appeals to them. [范文] The famous English philosopher

发表于:2019-02-09 / 阅读(70) / 评论(0) 分类 GRE作文

Education and religion 教育与宗教信仰 Falling away 此消彼长 How education makes people less religiousand less superstitious, too 接受教育越多,宗教倾向越少迷信倾向也越少。这是为什么? JUST one extra year of schoo

发表于:2019-02-17 / 阅读(45) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人文艺系列

A staid, steadfast man, whose life for the most part was a telling pantomime of action, and not a tame chapter of sounds. 他是个坚定不移的人,他的生活大多是一种充满行动的有声有色的哑剧,而不是一种单调的字面记载。

发表于:2019-03-10 / 阅读(118) / 评论(0) 分类 白鲸记