标准美国英语口语 08 Talking About Families

Unit Eight Talking About Families 141 How many people are there in your family? 142 There are fifteen people in my family. 143 My family is big and traditional. 144 My grandparents, parents,unmarried aunts and uncles, brothers and sisters, a cat and

美国有线电视 CNN 2008-12-18

Hello, there, thanks for joining us. Im Virginia Cha at the CNN Center in Atlanta with a look at whats happening NOW IN THE NEWS. Some new developments in the Wall Street investment fraud case, the bail hearing for Bernard Madoff has been canceled f

美国习惯用语:824 let slide

昨天我在办公室复印文件，结果发现复印机里的纸用得一干二净，在我前面复印稿件的同事Amy竟然没有按照办公室里约定俗成的规矩把纸加好，后来我才知道，是老板当时叫她去参加临时会议

美国习惯用语:821 lay it on the line

我先生的公司有一位资历很深的工程师，一贯迟到早退，从来没有人敢管，直到上个月，公司换了一个新老板，跟他谈了一次话。从此以后，他再没迟到过。很显然，老板是明明白白地告诉他

美国习惯用语:834 the real McCoy

常听人说，如果什么事听上去好得难以想象，那八成就是骗人的。我的一个朋友不久前在小摊上买了一块钻石，只要一百块。我告诉她，这么大小的钻石在商店里起码要花三百块。结果她到珠

美国习惯用语:833 go to the mat

我可不是老古董，对进步事物总是拍手称快。不过，最近有人建议，把我们家附近的一个公园推掉，盖个超市。这我可不赞成。好在，市政委员会的一名代表跟我的想法一样。他正在竭尽全力

标准美国英语口语 20 Banking

Unit 20 Banking 381.Pennys, nickels, dimes, quaters,and dollars. 382.Would you like to have a savings account or a chequing account or both? 383. A savings account pay interest on your money, but there are some restrictions. 384.If you have less than

美国有线电视 CNN 2008-12-19

Hello, I'm Naamua Delaney at the CNN Center in Atlanta. And here's a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS. I'm just worried for him, en， you know, for the family. We've got, he's got, I've got a brother that's in college, and you know he is goi

英语博客-北美风情 26、Vocabulary: Grumpy, Grouchy, I

图片1 In this episode we talk about being grumpy and other words with the same meaning. We are not usually grumpy people, so we act out some examples for you. Here is one below:

英语博客-北美风情 105、are you on the ball today?

图片1 In this episode we look at expressions that describe someone who is intelligent, prepared, capable of doing some work! Do you know someone like this? Do you know someone who always seems on the ball? If you know someone who is alert and knows

美国习惯用语:399 24/7; props...

今天我们要讲几个在美国年轻人中间流行的习惯用语。第一个由两个数字组成：24/7。习惯用语24/7是二十四小时和七天的简称。知道了这个来源它的意思就很明显了。我们知道一天一共二十四小

美国习惯用语:323 go bananas

我们今天要讲的习惯用语都用了一些普通水果的名字，像香蕉、苹果和橘子等。不生活在美国的人往往会被这样的习惯用语难倒，因为它们看来眼熟，却不知所云。好，让我们来为你排忧解难

美国习惯用语:351 His number is up

今天我们要讲的几个习惯用语里面都有number这个词。大家一定知道number是数字。我们要学的第一个习惯用语是: his number is up。这个习惯用语起源于一次大战期间军队里的行话，说His number is up

英语博客-北美风情 22、“Let’s…” and “Why do

图片1 Lets listen to this Culips episode! This time we talk about the expressions beginning with Lets and Why dont we, give your examples and explain the differences between them. Why dont you stop reading and listen to it now!

英语博客-北美风情 13、Expressions with LOOK

图片1 You dont need to look up these definitions in the dictionary. Just listen to this episode where we look at some of the possibilities with the verb look! To look like, look down, look up and look forward to are the expressions that we examine

英语新闻视频：美国19岁男生为同性恋婚姻的辩护

当他说出那句： If I was your son, Mr chairman, I believe I'd make you very proud. 如果我是你的孩子，你一定会以我为荣。 真是自信hold满全场呀！ Zach 对家庭定义的理解可能比很多来自普通家庭的人都要深

美国习惯用语:503 one and only...

今天要讲的三个习惯用语正巧分别有one, two, three这三个数词，而且都和浪漫情调有点关联。它们时常被用来描述男女间的恋爱关系。第一个习惯用语是： one and only。 One and only沿用至今有一百来

美国习惯用语:496 at loggerheads...

在日常生活中时常会有跟人意见不合产生摩擦的事儿。不论是亲友家人、隔壁邻居还是商场对手之间都可能发生矛盾， 而且人与人之间的成见和积怨会旷日持久地延续下去。我们今天要学的三

美国习惯用语:385 rock the boat

我们上次讲了好几个来自海员生活的习惯用语。今天我们还要讲几个来自海员却被一般人采纳的习惯用语。过去，船只前进靠的不是发动机而是风吹船帆。船帆是sail，所以水手跟船帆结下不解

美国习惯用语:378 Monkey around

今天我们要讲的习惯用语有一个共同的词，monkey。也许大家都熟悉这个词。它的意思是猴子。说到猴子人们就会想到它上窜下跳、好动不安分的样子。我们要学的第一个习惯用语跟猴子这个特