大学生活英语-Parking Your Vehicle at School(3)

A: What is the best place to park? B: What vehicle do you usually bring to school? Is it an automobile or a motorbike? A: I drive a motorcycle. B: OK. That means you can park in the student lot or on the street. Have you seen the handicapped spots? A

大学生活英语-Parking Your Vehicle at School(1)

A: Can you tell me where I can park? B: Are you driving a motorcycle or an automobile? A: I drive an automobile. B: Fine. You can either park in the student lot or on the street. Do you know what a handicapped space is? A: Yes, I have seen those spot

经济学人:Bartleby专栏:管理者可以向三位国家领袖学习(2)

As he took over the presidency, in 1933, unemployment started to fall and GDP began to rise; 自1933年就任总统以来，失业率开始下降，GDP开始增长； the latter rose by 9.5% a year in his first term of office. 在他就任的第一年，

365个英语简短小故事- 59. Putting Bunny to Sleep

Jim and Alicia had two dogs Bugs and Bunny. They were both 15 years old. Bunny was dying. Bugs was still healthy. They were brother and sister, and had been together since birth. They had never been separated for longer than a couple of hours. Jim an

好听的英文歌曲：Time To Grow - Lemar

Last night I tried but I couldnt sleep thoughts of u were in my head I was lonely and I needed you next to me Life is harder since you left I never meant to do you wrong And now all is said and done I hope you wont be gone too long, Nooo Where do i g

VOA标准英语2008年-Township Tourism Allows Foreigners to See Legac

By Terry FitzPatrick Cape Town 09 January 2008 The beaches, boutiques and vineyards of Cape Town make it one of South Africa's top destinations for tourists. But many visitors are adding a different type of attraction to their holiday stay. They are

2006年VOA标准英语-Triple Bombing Rocks Egyptian Resort Town

By Challiss McDonough Cairo 24 April 2006 Image taken from Egypt TV shows some of damage caused by blasts which rocked Egyptian resort town of Dahab, April 24, 2006 Three bombs have rocked the Egyptia

VOA标准英语2013--Failure of Syria Talks Signal Conflict May Be Long Struggle

Failure of Syria Talks Signal Conflict May Be Long Struggle As senior U.S. and Russian negotiators - along with the United Nations peace envoy - again failed to find a breakthrough in Syria talks on Friday, analysts say a solution could be a long tim

VOA标准英语2010年-Japan to Release Chinese Trawler Capta

Japanese prosecutors say they will release a Chinese trawler captain who has been detained since his boat collided with Japanese patrol vessels in disputed waters. The incident enraged China, which retaliated by canceling meetings with Japanese offic

Italy lacks energy for economic revamp

ROME, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Italy lacks the necessary energy(能量,活力) and strength for an economic revival while unemployment and poverty are on the rise, warned a report issued Friday. The 44th edition of the Censis think tank social survey, the

科学美国人60秒 SSS 2016-8-15

In Africa's battle against malaria, two low-tech tacticsinsecticides and bed netshave done a decent job killing off mosquitoes. But it's mainly one species that's been affected. That's a species called Anopheles gambiae, sometimes called the African

超级简单英语阅读:A Simple Salad

George is going to make a salad. He is going to make a simple salad. It will be a simple salad, but it will also be delicious. His salad will have only two ingredients. One ingredient is fresh cucumber. A cucumber is dark green and long. George will

外贸口语一点通第204期:迎来送往之初次见面寒暄

First contact and greeting 初次见面寒暄 A:Excuse me, are you Mr. Smith from London? I am the manager of Hong Da Trading Company. My name is Zhou Shan. 打扰了，请问您是来自伦敦的史密斯先生吗？ B:How do you do, Mr. Zhou? I'm g

2006年VOA标准英语-Dispute Over Cyprus Latest Hurdle in Turkey's E

By Sonja Pace Istanbul 05 December 2006 European Union foreign ministers meet next week in Brussels to discuss possible punitive measures against Turkey for its failure to open its airports and harbors to EU-member Cyprus, whose Greek Cypriot govern

Palermo throw victory away, says Gasperini

Palermo throw victory away, says Gasperini ROME, Oct. 30 (Xinhua) -- Palermo head coach Gian Piero Gasperini said his side threw away an incredible opportunity following they drew 2-2 with AC Milan on Tuesday. The Sicilians were 2-0 up after 47 minut

英语杂谈：79 Juvenile Delinquency

Jennifer got off the bus from the university and began walking towards the flat she shared with two other students. On her way she had to buy some food and stopped in one of the shops in the street. It was run by an Asian family, and although the pri

学个词Learn a Word 第925期 Staple

今天我们要学的词是staple。 Staple, 做为名词，指必不可少的东西。 Rice is a staple in the region, 米饭是这个地区居民的主食。 Hot dogs are a staple for barbecue parties in the summer, 热狗是夏天烧烤餐会不可缺

学个词Learn a Word 第1161期 Exile

今天我们要学的词是exile。 Exile, 流亡。 Former Haiti dictator Jean-Claude 'Baby Doc' Duvalier returned to Haiti after nearly 25 years of exile, 人称宝宝医生的海地前独裁者杜瓦利埃经过近25年的流亡生涯后，如今已

万物简史 第509期:丰富多彩的生命(5)

You might not think there would be that many people in the world prepared to devote lifetimes to the study of something so inescapably low key, 你或许会认为，世界上不会有多少人愿意花毕生的心血来研究那个不起眼儿的东西

经济学人:Bartleby专栏:保持冷静 下班回家吧(1)

MANAGEMENT books have a deservedly poor reputation. 管理学书籍活该口碑差。 Too often they are written by people who confuse insight with jargon, the types who love to call a spade a manual horticultural utensil. 这些书的作者常是那些