British Vision Issue 26 超级曼联之书

Welcome back, now it looks more like it should be a table than on one, more like a piece of furniture than an addition to a bookshelf. The latest craze for bigger, better, more expensive books than ever reaches its peak, will reach its peak in Septem

Phone用户呼吁 千万不要对Siri说'108'!

People of a certain age will remember the Ask Jeeves search engine and, more importantly, what fun it was to type in rude questions to see what the long-suffering butler might say. 上了年纪的人会记得Ask Jeeves这个搜索引擎，更重要的是

美国俚语:Hone one's skills什么意思?

Hone one's skills 是提高技能的意思，前段时间重温了电影《珍珠港》，里面也有用到这个俚语。 例句： Owning my own computer gives me the chance to hone my computer skills. 有了自己的电脑，我的电脑技能就会

Facebook高管给出的十条职场建议

Carolyn Everson is Facebook's (FB) VP of global marketing solutions. When asked what's the best advice she got from Lean In--the No. 1 best seller by Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, she listed 10 of them as follow: 卡洛琳艾弗森是Facebook全球营销

2006年VOA标准英语-Election Re-Runs Called in Parts of Sao To

By Franz Wild Abidjan 27 March 2006 Election officials in Sao Tome and Principe say they will try to hold a new round of balloting in parts of the country where some people were blocked from getting t

节奏布鲁斯:Jay Sean - Break of Dawn

Yo-You got me in the zone Im in the zone You with your girls Tellem come on Lets get it on . Lets pop some bottles of patron Come hurry on I know you with it Thats alright cuz I can tell this Its gon be one hell of a night . Im in my car Im in my car

2007年VOA标准英语-Venezuela's Oil Revenues Funds Social Programs

By Simon Marks Caracas 16 March 2007 watch Venezuela Oil report With oil prices hovering above $55 a barrel, petroleum-rich Venezuela is awash with money. The windfall allows President Hugo Chavez to fund numerous social programs for the country's p

美国习惯用语:304 ace in the hole

今天我们要讲的习惯用语里有一个共同的词ace。打扑克的人都知道，最大的牌就是ace。有了ace，你就胜券在握，你轻易不会出ace，而是备而不用，要把好钢用在刀刃上。这样就产生了下面我们

omg美语：1014 OMG!美语 Face to Face!

1) head to head / toe to toe 直面对战 2) face to face 面对面 3) see eye to eye 意见相同

衬衣成了女人的华丽时装

The classic masculine button-down has this season been given a feminine twist. Spring/summer catwalks introduced shirting with new architectural proportions: strict peplums or sculptural, cut-out details tied up with ribbons. Mensy shirts were choppe

神探一秒变iPhone代言人

What's great about the iPhone is that if you want to check snow conditions on the mountain, there's an App for that. If you want to check how many calories are in your lunch, there's an App for that. And if you want to check where exactly you parked

2006年VOA标准英语-US Gives Radar System to Sao Tome and Principe

By Al Pessin Pentagon 05 October 2006 The U.S. military is giving the West African island nation of Sao Tome and Principe an $18 million system to help it keep track of activity in its territorial waters and nearby ocean areas. The military hopes th

学个词Learn a Word 第893期 Epitome

今天我们要学的词是epitome。 Epitome, 是典型、缩影的意思。The soldier killed in the bombing incident was described as the epitome of a warrior, 被炸死的那名士兵被说成是斗士的缩影。The popular boy is considered the

PBS高端访谈:休斯敦饭店团体为灾民和急救人员提供服务

The outpouring of people helping those in need has been enormous in Houston over the past few days. One example is a group of restauranteurs and chefs who got together to supply food to both victims and first-responders. Houston Public Media's Tomeka

每日一词【1058】Hone：磨炼，提高技艺

今天我们要学的词是hone。 Hone, 做为动词，是磨炼，提高技艺的意思。 The candidate paid the consulting company a pretty penny to hone his campaign slogan, 这个候选人花了一大笔钱给咨询公司，帮他斟酌推敲竞选

学个词Learn a Word 第1058期 Hone

今天我们要学的词是hone。 Hone, 做为动词，是磨炼，提高技艺的意思。 The candidate paid the consulting company a pretty penny to hone his campaign slogan, 这个候选人花了一大笔钱给咨询公司，帮他斟酌推敲竞选

新西兰英语 213 Hone Harawira in trouble

Hone Harawira will stay away from Parliament for the next two weeks and think about his future. The Maori Party met on Thursday and the leader, Whatarangi Winiata, suggested that Hone leave the Party. He should resign from Parliament or resign from t

新西兰英语 455 Hone Harawira wins by-election

The result of the by-election in Te Tai Tokerau electorate yesterday was a win for Hone Harawira. Kelvin Davis, Labour, was second with 867 fewer votes than Hone. The Maori Party candidate was third. Hone says this is a win for the new Mana Party but

新西兰英语 433 Hone Harawira resigns from Parliament

The last few weeks have been difficult for the Maori Party. Hone Harawira has been the Maori Party MP for Te Tai Tokerau in the Far North of the North Island since the elections in 2005. However, he has not always agreed with the Maori Party and fina

冰与火之歌系列之《权力的游戏》第362期:第二十三章 艾德(4)

Pycelle had spoken truly; it made for ponderous reading. 派席尔说得没错，这东西还真是枯燥乏味。 Yet Jon Arryn had asked for it, and Ned felt certain he had reasons. 但琼恩艾林既然找来读了，奈德相信必有其原因。