A: what's up? W: not much. I'm just trying to hook up to the internet. I'm having a few problems though. A: what's wrong? W: I've got all the cords plugged in, but it appears that I'm offline. A: Are you using dial-up or broadband? W: actually, I've

发表于:2018-11-30 / 阅读(108) / 评论(0) 分类 生活英语情景口语

I've decided to get an online university degree through distance education instead of attending a traditional school. In such a program, students don't have to attend classes in a regular classroom. Instead, they go online and interact with fellow st

发表于:2018-12-03 / 阅读(44) / 评论(0) 分类 在学校—At School

Internet use appears to cause a decline in psychological well-being, according to research at Carnegie Mellon University. Even people who spent just a few hours a week on the Internet experienced more depression and loneliness than those who logged o

发表于:2018-12-12 / 阅读(63) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2014年(三月)

AS IT IS 2013-07-25 Chinese Law Requires Adults to Support Aging Parents中国法律规定子女赡养父母 Welcome again to the daily magazine show As It Is. For VOA Learning English, Im Mario Ritter. 欢迎来到本期的慢速英语新闻杂志,我

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(55) / 评论(0) 分类 2013年VOA慢速英语(八)月

AS IT IS 2016-06-20 When Can Older Americans Expect to Retire? Maybe Never 美国老年人期望何时退休?也许永远不想 More Americans expect to work past their 65th birthdays and never retire, says a recent study. 一份最近的研究称,

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(47) / 评论(0) 分类 2016年VOA慢速英语(六)月

缺乏维生素D会增加老年痴呆症风险 Vitamin D comes from the sun and from some foods like nuts, lentils and fatty fish. 人们能够从太阳,或是像坚果、扁豆以及多脂鱼等食物中摄取维生素D。 Researchers have found t

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(36) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2016年(一月)

1. adjust,适应(要说明适应什么就在adjust后加to)。 eg:Astronauts in flight must adjust to weightlessness. 宇航员在飞行中得适应失重状态。 2. into,在口语中可表示对...很有兴趣,热衷于,入迷。 eg:She's really

发表于:2018-12-18 / 阅读(40) / 评论(0) 分类 蒋健棠教你听英语广播

I need to go somewhere. 我需要去趙洗手间。 Would you mind I leave for a moment? I need to go somewhere. 您介意我离开一会儿吗?我需要去趟洗手间。 Go ahead. 请便! I want to wash my hands. 我想去趟洗手间 Excuse me

发表于:2018-12-26 / 阅读(106) / 评论(0) 分类 旅游英语口语情景对话

J. K. Galbraith once said, Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists of choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable. He could have been speaking of the decisions we keep putting off about how we pay for future care of the elderly.

发表于:2018-12-28 / 阅读(60) / 评论(0) 分类 智慧人生篇章

A report says that the number of web sites controlling 50 percent of surfing time shrank to four from 11 two years ago. 一份报告显示,控制百分之五十的上网时段之网站已经从两年前的十一个缩减为四个。 The four compan

发表于:2018-12-28 / 阅读(85) / 评论(0) 分类 赖世雄英语新闻听力通

英语学习笔记: torture vt. 拷问 flourish v. 茂盛;繁荣 necessity n. 需要;必需品 My first time online was playing the game Half Life. Really violent. Blood. Aliens. Ripped apart body limbs. 我第一次触网是玩一款叫半条命

发表于:2018-12-28 / 阅读(65) / 评论(0) 分类 早安英文

Inviting Grandma over for dinner may actually extend her life - and increase its quality - a new study shows. 一项新研究表明,邀请奶奶过来吃晚饭可能会延长她的寿命,并提高她的生活质量。 Researchers at the Universit

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(45) / 评论(0) 分类 实用英语

China is planning to ban online games for minors from midnight to 8:00 am, according to a draft regulation on the protection of minors issued by the Office of the Central Leading Group for Cyberspace Affairs. 据中央网络事务领导小组办公室日

发表于:2019-01-17 / 阅读(57) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Ielts speaking test section 3 1.讲一讲一个对你影响比较大的older person。他是怎么样的一个人?都在哪些方面对你有一些什么影响?你们国家对老年人是什么态

发表于:2019-01-21 / 阅读(92) / 评论(0) 分类 实用英语

Provide a Better Life for Senior Citizens Now we have a growing population of senior citizens. To ensure happy lives for them has become a focus of attention. Our traditional respect of the aged needs updating. They deserve respect, understanding, co

发表于:2019-02-01 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 考研英语

In the age of the social network, there's certainly such a thing as sharing too much. But when it comes to losing weight, sharing could be key.在网络社交时代,肯定有些东西经常被分享。但是,当提到减肥的时候,分享可能是

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(49) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

At the opposite extreme 在对待老人的另一个极端 in treatment of the elderly, the happy extreme, 这个快乐的极端, are the New Guinea farming societies 是在新几内亚的农耕社会 where I've been doing my fieldwork for the past

发表于:2019-02-14 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 TED演讲科学篇

白头发 White hair 白头发不用 white ,要用 gray 。 Gray / grey hair 灰色的拼法英美不同: Gray : 美式英语 Grey : 英式英语 长了白头发可以用 going gray . I'm going gray My hair is going gray / went gray 用 going 一般

发表于:2019-02-15 / 阅读(58) / 评论(0) 分类 美国文化脱口秀

【Transcript】 A:Do you like computers? B: I have one, but I don't know much about them. A:I see. What about baseball? B:No. I'm not into sports. A:So... are you seeing someone? B:Well, that's a personal question. A:Sorry. I didn't mean to

发表于:2019-02-26 / 阅读(115) / 评论(0) 分类 世博实用听力

If 50 is the new 40 and 60 is the new 50, whats the new 70? Well, it seems safe to at least say that 70 isnt what it used to be. And thats good. Because a new study finds that 70-year-olds did better on intelligence tests than 70 year olds used to do

发表于:2019-03-06 / 阅读(171) / 评论(0) 分类 英语时差8,16