The Wind and the Sun were disputing which was stronger. Suddenly they saw a traveller coming down the road, and the Sun said: I see a way to decide our dispute. Whichever of us can cause that traveller to take off his cloak shall be regarded as the s

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(92) / 评论(0) 分类 Aesop’s Fables-伊索寓言

1. Federal officials say the Boston Marathon bombing suspect's medical condition has improved. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is now listed in fair condition. The 19-year-old was wounded in a shootout with police. Meanwhile, the total number of people injuried in

发表于:2018-12-15 / 阅读(97) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2013(四月)

This is AP News Minute. 1. * Pope Francis has finally touched down in the US after leaving Cuba on Tuesday. The pontiff arrived at Joint Base Andrews and headed to 2-day visit to Washington DC where he will meet President Obama and deliver remarks at

发表于:2018-12-15 / 阅读(100) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2015(九)月

1. A group of retired NFL players have filed a lawsuit saying the league illegally supplied them with risky painkillers. They said the drugs numbed their injuries and led to medical complications. The 8 named plaintiffs include hall of fame Defensive

发表于:2018-12-15 / 阅读(85) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2014(五)月

今天我们要学的一个美国习惯用语是: to leave the door open。大家知道, door就是门, open是开着。To leave the door open就是把门开着,但是作为一个习惯用语,它的意思就是不排除任何可能性。 比如

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(94) / 评论(0) 分类 美国习惯用语

In 1957, Brooklyn Dodgers fans were devastated when they learned their team was moving to Los Angeles. Fifty years ago this week, the team played its last game at Ebbets Field. Harvey Sherman was in the stands. Time now for StoryCorps, the project t

发表于:2018-12-19 / 阅读(62) / 评论(0) 分类 2007年NPR美国国家公共电台

有钱人: The rich, the wealthy, millionaire, man(woman) of means Mr. John is a man of means, he owns lots of building in New York. 约翰先生是个有钱人,他在纽约有好几栋房子。 I can't afford a new car now. I' m not a millionair

发表于:2018-12-25 / 阅读(38) / 评论(0) 分类 美国人这样说英语

以下段落是摘自新闻里的一些重要信息,并不是一个段落的听写。空内信息可在本新闻中全部找到,大家可以根据这些信息复述新闻。 一、泛听建议: 1、完整听一遍,掌握大意。 2、继续听,特

发表于:2018-12-26 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 NPR边听边练

各位亲爱的朋友们,欢迎来到早间课堂《抛招接招》小节目,我是Juliet。今天我继续抛出说来访(visit),来访的招。今天要说的来访什么样的来访呢?我们就来听下面的2个例子: 例句-1:D

发表于:2018-12-27 / 阅读(45) / 评论(0) 分类 英语早间课堂

My beloved teacher, Mr. Tom is one of my beloved teachers. He taught us Geography when we were in senior one, so he was very experienced in teaching Geography. Mr. Tom always made good preparations for the lessons, so he tried his best to make his cl

发表于:2019-01-10 / 阅读(218) / 评论(0) 分类 高考英语作文高分必备

今天我们要学的词是nominate。 Nominate, 是提名的意思。美国总统布什星期一提名退休的联邦法官麦克尔.穆卡锡出任新的司法部长, President Bush nominated retired federal judge Michael Mukasey as the new attorne

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(56) / 评论(0) 分类 英语单词荟萃

1. President Barack Obama says he has no evidence that the scandal surrounding retired general David Petraeus has had a negative impact on national security. He says from what he's seen no classified information was disclosed. 2. President Obama says

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(103) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2012(十一月)

New Jersey Governor Christ Christie is set to deliver his state of the state speech Tuesday. It's unclear if he'll address a scandal involving a massive traffic tie-up near the George Washington Bridge last September. A retired police captain near Te

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(112) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2014(一)月

A powerful storm system has struck the central and southern United States. Massive tornadoes ripped through suburbs in norhtern Little Rock, Arkansas as well as Oklahoma. At least a dozen are known dead. President Obama continues his overseas state v

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(199) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2014(五)月

1. President Obama addresses the UN general assembly today. Administration officials say hell emphasize the US effort to destroy the Islamic State militant group in Iraq and Syria. 2. Authorities in Virginia issued an arrest warrant for Jesse Leroy M

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(131) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2014(十)月

First story we're explaining today takes us to an island nation famously said to be 90 miles away from Key West, Florida, but which has a very different system of government than the U.S. Cuba is a communist state. Its leadership has strict control o

发表于:2019-01-19 / 阅读(80) / 评论(0) 分类 CNN美国有线新闻2018年6月

今天我们要学的词是behind the scenes。 Behind the scenes, 是幕后的意思。 The retired general was involved in behind-the-scenes negotiations that settled the dispute, 这位退休将军参与了解决争议的幕后谈判。 美国新总

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 英语单词荟萃

分词前置 We can see the rising sun. 我们可以看到东升的旭日 He is a retired worker. 他是位退休的工人 分词后置 (i分词词组;ii 个别分词如given, left; iii 修饰不定

发表于:2019-02-07 / 阅读(62) / 评论(0) 分类 英文语法词汇

1. Los Angeles officials are holding closed-door talks about a possible event for Michael Jackson at a downtown arena Tuesday. That's according to a person with knowledge of the situation. It's not clear if a funeral or a public memorial was being d

发表于:2019-02-11 / 阅读(105) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2009年(七)月

Wendi: I wanna know what goes on at the bachelorette party. Have you had to throw one - like having been a bridesmaid - have you ever thrown a bachelorette party for a girlfriend? Rachel: Yeah, but, I don't know if I want to talk about it. Wendi: I d

发表于:2019-03-06 / 阅读(110) / 评论(0) 分类 英语趣味课堂