真实生活英语Unit16:Television 电视

Part One: Expressions 1. Whats wrong with the regular television stations? 一般的电视台有什么问题？ 2. Therere educational stations too. 也有教育电视台嘛。 3. Everybody has cable. 家家都有有线电视。 4. Ill talk to your f

CNN 2010-08-25

AZUZ: And Iran is making a new type of military weapon. It's a long-range drone, an unmanned arial vehicle. They're pretty common in modern combat. The U.S. uses something called a Predator drone. And American officials say the unmanned vehicles help

CNN 2010-08-27

Shirley Sherrod: I enjoyed my work at USDA. As most of you know, I didn't work in government prior to about a year ago now. It only lasted 11 months. But I did enjoy that work and would want to see that work continue. I just don't think at this point

CNN 2010-08-26

His name is Rolando Mendoza. He's a 55-year-old former police officer. He was sacked from his job last year following an investigation by the ombudsman on charges of extortion. Around 6:00 p.m. local time, the situation deteriorated dramatically, and

CNN 2011-02-23

One last call just doesn't seem to cut it. Well, some incredible surveillance tape tops our look across country. Wednesday, 1:30 in the morning, this SUV plows in front of a Massachusetts liquor store. The driver gets out, apparently looking to wet h

CNN 2011-02-26

It is Wednesday, February 23rd, and we have a lot of international stories to tell you about today on CNN Student News. My name is Carl Azuz. We're starting off in New Zealand.The earthquake that jolted the South Pacific country yesterday left one of

CNN 2010-08-17

Two weeks since this crisis and finally we are seeing pictures of President Asif Ali Zardari out meeting victims of this flood in Northern Sindh near the hearted town of Sakar, which has been the focus of so much of this rescue effort. Of course, Pre

CNN 2011-02-15

Happy Valentine's Day, everyone! Especially to our Facebook fans at Apple Valley Middle School in Hendersonville, North Carolina. We love your likes at Facebook.com/CNNStudentNews! I'm Carl Azuz. Welcome. First up, scenes of a revolution in Egypt, a

CNN 2011-02-01

Political protests in Egypt, the aftermath of an attack, and a music megastar who's using his fame to raise awareness about a disease. All of it is coming up in this Wednesday edition of CNN Student News. Hello, everyone. I'm Carl Azuz. The place: Wa

奥巴马每周电视讲话：总统希望所有人都受益于自由市场

Hello, everybody. One of America's greatest strengths is our free market. A thriving private sector is the lifeblood of our economy-it's how we create jobs, expand opportunities, and give everybody a shot at success. It's what has made America the st

CNN 2010-08-12

Emergency crews in the northwest of China are still searching for survivors after a landslide over the weekend swept away houses, bridges and cars. A wall of mud flattened three villages in Zhouqu County. At one point more than 2,000 residents were b

CNN 2010-08-11

The 9 Turkish activists killed have been flown home and buried. The Mavi Marmara, the aid ship on which they were travelling, hoping to get to Gaza, has been transported back to Turkey. The physical reminders of the Israeli military operation in the

CNN 2010-08-09

Superhero to the rescue. We know he can leap over tall buildings and pick up cars with bare hands. But, who knew that Superman could save a real family's home from foreclosure? Yeah, it looks like that's exactly what's going to happen. A New York fam

CNN 2010-08-05

There'd been more torrential downfalls across the Swat Valley where we were today, compounding the misery of the tens of thousands of people, uh, millions of people affected by this disaster, and now there are severe flood warnings further south in P

CNN 2011-02-07

President Mubarak is the leader of a country that's in the middle of a political uprising. Protests against the government have been going on all across Egypt, and experts think there could be a lot more demonstrations starting today. The Muslim Brot

CNN 2011-02-04

Thanks, y'all! That was a cool introduction. Thank you to everyone for tuning in to CNN Student News. First up today, we're making good on a promise we made yesterday to bring you this: In fact, to every young person listening tonight who's contempla

CNN 2011-02-02

You're watching multisource politics video news analysis from Newsy.In the left corner -- President Obama. And in the right，Representative Paul Ryan，delivering the Republican response.Chairman of the House Budget Committee and rising star of the

CNN 2011-02-12

This is no longer the time to negotiate unfortunately. We went on the street on 25th and we wanted to negotiate. We wanted to talk to our government.We were, you know, knocking on the door.They decided to negotiate with us at night with rubber bullet

CNN 2011-02-11

Tens of thousands of protestors have gathered in the Egyptian capital, possibly the largest crowd yet. They are still calling on President Hosni Mubarak to resign effective immediately. Earlier about 500 anti-government protestors broke away from the

Lesson 131 - COUCH POTATO / MALL RATS

couch potato mall rats 电视业的发展，特别是有线电视的出现为美国人提供了更多的选择，随之也就出现了一种花很多时间看电视的电视迷，人们把他们叫做：