这则动人演讲选自TED锦集,是漫画家Ben Kachor从他的连环漫画中选出来朗读的。这些独具风韵的超现实小故事,在电灯开关、标记牌这些小物件上找到了历史(和现代纽约)残留其中的殷切希望

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(71) / 评论(0) 分类 TED公开课:艺术与幻觉

CBA star Stephon Marbury is to star in a movie about his life in China. The 38-year-old American is a former New York Knicks player. 中职篮明星史蒂芬马布里将要主演一部关于他自己在中国生活的电影。这位38岁的美国人是

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(140) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

A hair stylist from New York is smartening up the city's homeless by giving them haircuts on his day off. 一名纽约发型师利用自己的休息时间为无家可归的流浪汉理发,他的这一善行为纽约市增色不少。 Mark Bustos, 3

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(72) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

纽约市长又收两封恐吓信 内含蓖麻毒素 NEW YORK, May 29 (Xinhua) -- Threatening letters addressed to New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg in both New York and Washington, D.C., have been found preliminarily containing ricin, police said on

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(43) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

双语全文: 非常荣幸,从来没想到会有这多人来听我的演讲。 Im so honored. I never expect there are so many people coming here to listen to my talk. 我站在这里的时候,感觉自己如此重要,如此责任重大。谢谢

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(141) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Speaking at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, President Barack Obama on Friday mentioned this recent encounter. He attendees his credit card had recently been declined at a restaurant, forcing the First Lady to pick up the tab. Rich, I should

发表于:2019-02-09 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

They got on the plane. He said, Don't be so nervous. Air travel is 200 times safer than car travel. She said, I dont care if it is 200 times. It only takes one time. Besides, we're flying over the Pacific. I can't swim. He said, Swim? Ha! One, if we

发表于:2019-02-15 / 阅读(48) / 评论(0) 分类 英文短篇故事(纽约)

Jerry's brother Dean was years older than Jerry. Jerry and his wife were visiting Dean and his wife. It was shortly after their mom's funeral. Jerry said, No more funerals for me. I went to Dad's. I went to Mom's. Enough is enough. I want to remember

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Look here, Ryan said. Hugh Hefner, founder of the Playboy empire, is getting married. Ryan's wife Coco asked, Who would want to marry that old goat? What is he, 100? Ryan said, No, he's only 86. And his new wife is going to make him feel even younger

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The unopened box contained a bar of soap. He dug under the end flap with his thumbnail. He couldn't pry the flap open. He tried to dig under the other end flap. He couldn't pry that flap open either. This is a simple, cardboard box, he thought. Why i

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He was big and tall. And old. He was wearing jeans. His jeans reeked of urine. He walked slowly through the subway car. He stood in front of an old lady. He said, Please let me have your seat. She looked at the floor. He didn't move. She said, Please

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She sat down in the front row of the midtown classroom. There was one man sitting right behind her. Other students were scattered throughout the room. She took out her notebook. The teacher started talking. It was a real estate class about contracts.

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Tommy was on the N train. A little girl across the aisle was screaming bloody murder. Her mom ignored her. Tommy walked to the end of the car. The screaming continued. At the next station, he got into a different car. The train took off. Four young m

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It was Evan's first time to walk alone to the school bus stop. The bus stop was a block from his home. It was next to a bodega. A bodega worker saw Evan. He offered Evan, 6, a soda. He led Evan down into the basement. He choked him to death. He put h

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One year of practice was all he needed. He practiced bowling for a year. Then he entered a pro tournament. He bowled three 300 games for a perfect 900 series. He did that six times against six competitors. He won the tournament. He practiced pitching

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The woman yelled at him. You're going the wrong way! she yelled. Why don't you obey the rules? She was pretty. He stopped. He got off his bike. He said, I was just trying to save time. She said, Well, you won't be saving time if you injure someone. I

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Ray was at the 99 Cents store on 32nd Street. He was third in line. He was behind two men. That was good. Men usually paid with cash. They usually bought only a few items at a time. But the man at the head of the line was taking forever. Ray looked h

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Bo is three years old. He's a beagle. He is Jason's pride and joy. Jason said, I love Bo like he's my son. I know that sounds crazy. But if you met him, you'd love him too. He has these big, floppy ears. He snores when he sleeps. He chases his tail.

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She won the jackpot. Her lottery ticket was worth $32 million after taxes. She presented the ticket to lottery officials. They asked her to sign it. She was too nervous to sign it. She asked her son, 40, to sign it for her. He didn't sign her name to

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Ihavebeentheretoo. 我也经历过;我也去过那里 例句: A:Howcomeitcanhappentome? 这怎么会发生在我身上? B:Don'tworry.Ihavebeentheretoo. 我也经历过。 A:IwenttoNewYorklastweek. 我上周去了纽约。 B:Ihavebeentheretoo.It

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