November 4: Mischief Night A time of misrule 1 , when every principle is turned on its head, is a tempting thing indeed. Some sociologists have theorized that such festivals of chaos are necessary for

发表于:2018-12-30 / 阅读(267) / 评论(0) 分类 英语沙龙2004全年合辑下

Lilly: Quick, we need to go get some supplies. I was listening to talk radio on my way home from work and this guy was on talking about how doomsday is coming and we need to prepare. Paul: Oh no, not this again. You have to stop listening to that gar

发表于:2019-01-01 / 阅读(61) / 评论(0) 分类 地道美语播客

长期的冲突会毁灭一个国家,导致贫穷和混乱。然而,要帮助那些饱受战争蹂躏的国家重建家园,什么样的方式才是正确的呢?在TED@State的演讲中,保罗柯立尔分析了目前的冲突后救援方案存

发表于:2019-01-05 / 阅读(57) / 评论(0) 分类 TED公开课:环境 重造计划

联想记忆法 nave 天真的 [联想]nai想成“奶”,喝奶的小孩很天真 chaos 混乱、动荡、不安 [联想]想成汉语拼音的“吵死” quaint 古怪的 [联想]想成汉语拼音的

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(69) / 评论(0) 分类 考研英语

Persistence and determination alone are all powerful. Show that you don't have to be defeated by anything, that you can have peace of mind, improved health. 语音讲解: 单词发音 persistence /pəˈsɪstəns $ pər-/ determination /dɪˌtɜːmə

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And they had traveled from near, they had traveled from far,because they wanted to make their voices heard. 有些住在附近,有些远道而来,但他们都想表达自己的声音 And I asked one of the voters, I said, Whom are you going to vote

发表于:2019-01-18 / 阅读(60) / 评论(0) 分类 TED演讲娱乐篇

Then again, who's to say that certain types of irrational thinking aren't exactly what the world needs? 话说回来,谁能说我们这个世界不正是需要某些类型的非理性思维吗? Maybe you've had grand plans before, but stopped you

发表于:2019-01-21 / 阅读(56) / 评论(0) 分类 TED演讲教育篇

【NPR边听边练】致力于提供新鲜有趣、饶有意味的时讯资料,致力于通过精听的方式促进听力提高,致力于不断开阔眼界和深入了解美国观点。 精听建议: 先完整地把一条新闻听一到三遍,争

发表于:2019-01-22 / 阅读(55) / 评论(0) 分类 NPR边听边练

Although the Gauls continued to fight desperately, for years on end, he attacked them repeatedly, and everywhere he went he left troops in control behind him. 虽然高卢人连续数年进行拼死抵抗,他还是一再战胜他们,他到处都留

发表于:2019-01-29 / 阅读(62) / 评论(0) 分类 世界小史

I was pretty sure I knew what they were. 我很肯定是虱子。 I was the only person bringing young children on this corporate plane and now my daughter most likely had lice! 这架商务机里就我带着小孩子,而现在我女儿身上有虱子

发表于:2019-01-30 / 阅读(48) / 评论(0) 分类 向前一步

You cannot find or will you ever find gold on the surface. It has to be discovered and has to be found deep inside the Earth's ground. And it takes years to find the gold and this is why it is so valuable; Not everyone has it. 在地面永远都不可能

发表于:2019-02-01 / 阅读(48) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

今天我们要学的词是weather。 Weather, 在名词里是天气的意思,也可以指坏天气,作为动词,就引伸为经受和渡过难关。Australian banks are weathering the turmoil in global credit markets relatively well, 澳大利亚

发表于:2019-02-03 / 阅读(77) / 评论(0) 分类 英语每日一词

Facebook managed to put its vast treasure trove of user data to good use after Fridays tragic terror attacks in Paris: the social network customized its safety check feature to let users know whether their friends and loved ones in Paris are safe. 上周

发表于:2019-02-07 / 阅读(75) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

Everything OK Tom? 一切顺利吗,汤姆? Oh yeah, everything's cool. 一切顺利。 Actually Denise, it's not. 丹尼斯,其实不是这样。 I think we're all going to be sacked tomorrow by Mr Socrates. 我认为我们明天都会被苏格拉

发表于:2019-02-12 / 阅读(106) / 评论(0) 分类 职场英文口语

本期内容: The U.S. is expected to broaden its ban on in-flight laptops and tablets to include planes from the European Union, a move that would create logistical chaos on the world's busiest corridor of air travel. The ban would affect trans-At

发表于:2019-02-13 / 阅读(48) / 评论(0) 分类 夏说英语新闻晨读

巧用谐音。众所周知,英语和汉语是东西不同文化的两种载体,各自有着完整而独特的发音体系。尽管绝大多数情况下,两种语言的发音体系都在追求各自的标准范式,而且这种标准范式在外

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Finding a job is, at times, a full-time job. At any given moment, there are hundreds of thousands of open job listings across the United States. How do you connect with the ones that are right for you? 有时 找工作 本身等于一项全职工作。

发表于:2019-02-13 / 阅读(96) / 评论(0) 分类 实用英语

主餐一道:泛听练习 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

发表于:2019-02-15 / 阅读(88) / 评论(0) 分类 NPR边听边练

说到天气,这几天南方各省市集体出现的极端天气可真是让人头疼。回想5月的某一天开始回温的时候,热爱夏天的小编开心到飞起Summer is finally upon us!不少人和小编一样,两个月前短袖短裤就

发表于:2019-02-17 / 阅读(50) / 评论(0) 分类 英语口语

chaos (n) 混乱: 这个词来自于古希腊神话中最古老的神Chaos,由于这个神一出世的时候世界处于一片非常混乱的状态,所以这个词的意思引申为混乱。 titanic (adj.) 巨大的: 这个词来自于古希腊神话

发表于:2019-02-17 / 阅读(67) / 评论(0) 分类 GRE英语