I now think twice before buying anything that has the potential to add complexity to my life. 现在,在买任何可能增加我生活复杂性的东西之前我都会仔细考虑。 We live in a modest home that meets our needs. Its easier and les

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(103) / 评论(0) 分类 生活英语听力文章

The best way to trap a monkey is to build a cage with an opening just large enough for his hand to fit though so that he can grab a cookie or banana inside the cage. 捕到猴子最好的方法就是在笼子上弄一个刚好它手能通过的洞口,

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(94) / 评论(0) 分类 生活英语听力文章

A Simple Life Is a Better Life 生活因简单而美好 What are some of the things you enjoy most in life? What do you value most? 生活中你最喜欢的事情是什么?你最看重什么? What kinds of activities are on your list of the most

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(115) / 评论(0) 分类 生活英语听力文章

你喜欢吃炸薯条吗?你在面谱网上给过它们赞吗?看看这个视频,你会惊奇地发现面谱网(以及其他网站)怎样从你随手的赞和分享中预测与你相关的信息。计算机科学家詹尼弗高尔拜克解释

发表于:2018-12-18 / 阅读(92) / 评论(0) 分类 TED演讲集:2014创意的一年

A: Do you want to hang out tomorrow? 明天要不要出去玩儿? B: Oh, I can't. I have a date! 不行,我有约会。 A: Really? Wow with who? 是吗?跟谁呀? B: This girl I've been chatting with for the past couple of months. She's reall

发表于:2018-12-25 / 阅读(75) / 评论(0) 分类 纯正地道美语

【今日基础词】 Physical 【Transcript】 A: Ive heard some friends say when they get the article, its quite different from what they see on the website advertisement. B: That happens. Without close quality examination, we may encounter fraud,

发表于:2018-12-30 / 阅读(77) / 评论(0) 分类 听基础单词练听力

Too often I hear people say things like, Things will be better when I or Someday I am going to do 我经常听到人们说,当我时事情会更好,或者某一天我要做 But, some day seldom arrives. 但有一天很少会到来。 It stays in some

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(70) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

It can be easy to run through the maze of life without pausing to think of its meaning. 人生是一座迷宫,要时不时停下脚步思索人生的意义。 Does what Im doing matter? More importantly, does it matter to me? 我所做的是否有意

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(88) / 评论(0) 分类 励志英语

Hi!everybody, this is Tod Smith with Little Things Matter.The title of today's lesson is Whats in Your Rulebook? 大家好。我是托德史密斯为您讲述小事也重要。今天的题目是你的生活守则里有什么? Each of us has our own r

发表于:2019-01-18 / 阅读(78) / 评论(0) 分类 生活英语听力文章

To identify the rule behind any decision you make, ask yourself, What is my basis or justification for this decision? 确定你做出任何决定,背后的规则,问问自己,我做这一决定的基础或理由是什么? The answer is one of the r

发表于:2019-01-18 / 阅读(74) / 评论(0) 分类 生活英语听力文章

Anders Behring Breivik, the Norwegian man who admits to killing 77 people last month, allegedly contributed to a range of online neo-Nazi, nationalist and anti-Islam forums. Now the European Unions criminal intelligence agency, Europol, is launching

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今天我们要学的词是virtual。Virtual, 虚拟的,模拟的。美国和伊朗没有正式外交关系,不过美国国务卿希拉里.克林顿表示, The United States plans to open a virtual embassy for Iran by the end of this year, 美国

发表于:2019-01-27 / 阅读(97) / 评论(0) 分类 英语单词荟萃

生活中难免有不如意的事情发生。就算你再愤怒,再无奈,有些事也是无法改变的。这个时候,只有安慰一下自己,接受现实,说一声:That's the way the ball bounces(这就是生活)。 这个习语源自

发表于:2019-02-09 / 阅读(105) / 评论(0) 分类 实用英语

生活英语:一段生活 一些哲理 人生路上的许多感悟,都令我们由浮躁渐渐变得沉静。感恩我们所经历的挫折与幸福,时间催皱了容颜,却使心灵更加饱满。 If your life feels like it is lacking the p

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介绍: Have an axe to grind against someone 抬杠 He just likes to have an axe to grind against everybody around him for no reason. 他就是喜欢和周围所有人抬杠,没有任何原因。 Grind v. 磨光,磨锋利 My grandpa used to grind

发表于:2019-02-13 / 阅读(79) / 评论(0) 分类 英语俚语天天说

Life doesn't come with an instruction manual so we do our best to move through it with grace. Just like the following 8 transformational truths, these are more of the lessons we learn (and forget) along our journeys. 生活并没有自带的使用手册

发表于:2019-02-13 / 阅读(89) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

Once in a while, you will need to encounter sentences that make you smile as you will need more inspiration and motivation to go on with your life. Which sentences do you think will make you smile the most? 总有那么一段时日,我们需要一些

发表于:2019-02-14 / 阅读(73) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

Occasionally, life can be undeniably, impossibly difficult. We are faced with challenges and events that can seem overwhelming, life-destroying to the point where it may be hard to decide whether to keep going. But you always have a choice. Jessica H

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The builder An elderly carpenter was ready to retire. He told his employer of his plans to leave the house building business and live a more leisurely life with his wife enjoying his extended family. He would miss the paycheck, but he needed to retir

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(77) / 评论(0) 分类 英语美文

That must be the story of innumerable couples,and the pattern of lifeof life it offers has a homely grace.It reminds you of a placid rivulet,meandering smoohtly through green pastures and shaded by pleasant trees,till at last it falls into the vasty

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