美国故事 2005-0521-Feature

Our story today is called Judge. It was written by Walter D Edmonds. We will hear Part One of the story today, and Part Two next week. Here is Harry Menro with our story. When Charlie Hasku died, he left a wife and nine children. They lived on a smal

美国习惯用语:818 out of kilter

在我们这儿，常常能看到路标，警告开车的人要小心，别撞上过马路的鹿。我以前还不相信，可昨天差点儿撞上一只。好在我反应快，一个急转弯，躲开了，鹿虽然没撞上，但是车轮定位却出

美国习惯用语:817 put the kibosh on

好，箱子总算打好了。我要到佛罗里达的历史小城圣奥古斯丁去看朋友。现在已经整装待发了。天气预报说，这几天那边可能有点凉，不过，我渡假的兴致绝不会因此而降温。 这倒让我想起了

美国习惯用语:825 like crazy

今天播音我差点儿迟到。本来出门挺早的，谁知道路上遇到车祸，堵了个水泄不通。原来半个小时的路，我足足开了一个半小时。我一停好车，就向办公室飞奔，冲进演播室的时候，只剩下三

美国习惯用语:815 has had its day

我先要考考大家。你们都知道，一美元等于一百美分。谁能说出一美分one cent的另外一个名字?(Tickers, and Buzzer Sound) 时间到!如果你说的是penny, 那就对了。Penny以前还挺值钱的，可如今，早就没人

美国习惯用语:789 Cozy up

我经常到楼下的餐馆去吃午饭。那儿新来了一个服务员，特别会拍顾客的马屁，有时让人很不舒服。他第一次见面时问我，Haven't I seen you in a movie before? 我知道他这么做的目的是什么，这在英语

美国习惯用语:806 beat someone at their own game

如今互联网这么发达，什么东西只要一放到网上，就会一发不可收拾。如果你突然发现，朋友没有经过允许，就把你的一张很丑陋的照片放到了网上，你会怎么做?我的朋友Jennifer就被同事这么

美国习惯用语:830 push ones luck

我先生牙不好，但又特别不喜欢去看牙医。前不久，他补过的一颗牙里的填料掉了出来，我劝他赶紧去找牙医修补。这不，一个月过去了，他还是没给牙医打电话预约。或许现在那颗牙并不疼

美国有线电视 CNN 2008-12-13

Hello, there. Good to see you. From the CNN Center in Atlanta, I'm Virginia Cha with a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS. The Bush Administration is considering a plan B, as it were, to help Detroit's Big Three automakers after the Senate fai

美国习惯用语:519 shake...

今天要讲的习惯用语共有这样一个关键词 ： shake。 Shake这个词最常用的意思是摇动或者震动，而且shake既可以当动词也可以作名词。例如，在今天要学的第一个习惯用语里shakes就是名词，而且

美国习惯用语:337 shoot from the hip

今天我们还要讲几个由 shoot 这个词发展而成习惯用语。第一个是: shoot from the hip。Hip是臀部也是髋关节的部位。这个习惯用语让我们想起当年粗旷甚至野蛮的美国西部生活。 当时人不离枪、枪

美国习惯用语:340 go off the deep end

今天我们要讲的习惯用语有一个共同的词: end。 End这个词大家都熟，它解释末端、终点。End这个词虽然又短又小，却是短小精悍、勤奋活跃。它参与组成的习惯用语至少有十多个，在日常生活

VOA双语新闻：9、美国天然气现在还不能帮助欧洲

美国天然气现在还不能帮助欧洲 As Russia continues to raise its natural gas prices to Ukraine, some people are looking to American gas as a way to ease Europe's energy dependence on Russia. But it's a solution that's still several years o

美国乡村音乐:我崇拜你I Adore You

Lost in a daydream of blue I feel so free And then it's like I fall from the sky Everything that I see is you And you should know that I'm thinking about what you said When you held my hand Oh, I adore you Now we are older and things disappeared so

美国乡村音乐:Through The Years

I can't remember when you weren't there When I didn't care for anyone but you I swear we've been through everything there is Can't imagine anything we've missed Can't imagine anything the two of us can't do Through the years, you've never let me dow

美国乡村音乐:The Girl From Yesterday

It wasnt really sad the way they said goodbye. Or maybe it just hurts so bad she couldnt cry. He packed his things ,walked out the door and drove away. And she became the girl from yesterday. He took a plane across the sea to some foreign land. She

美国习惯用语:494 the fat is in the fire...

我们上次听到了会把好多学英语的人弄得稀里糊涂的一小段话，原因是里面用了不少习惯用语。不知大家还记得这段话吗？再听一遍吧： When the chips were down these people didn't turn tail and knuckle un

美国乡村音乐:Give What You Take

Lalalalala .... Ive been looking for a love Pretty soon i guess ill fuck things up But right now im gonna laugh theres a light in your eyes that fills me with life Youve got to give what you take youve got to give what you take Lalalala Theres a rhy

美国习惯用语:502 let the cat out of the bag...

上一次我们学了几个由cat这个词发展而来的习惯用语。今天还要讲也包括cat这个关键词的习惯用语。 第一个是： let the cat out of the bag。 这是个相当古老的习惯用语。它的起源可以追溯到二百五

美国习惯用语:377 Top to bottom

我们上次讲了几个由top组成的习惯用语。今天我们承上启下要讲几个由bottom这个词发展而来的习惯用语。 大家知道它的意思和top正相反，解释底部。我们要学的第一个习惯用语是： top to bott