英语常用短语（8）

71.Play by ear Play就是玩的意思。可是，play by ear的意思并不是玩耳朵。 这个词汇的来源和音乐有关系。它原来指的是那些会弹钢琴或某种乐器，但是却不会看五线谱的人。每当他们要弹奏某个曲

1-8 西伯利亚大铁路

Trans-Siberian Express The six thousand mile journey is the longest rail line on earth. Few things in Russia impact the lives of as many people as the Trans-Siberian Express. And few engineering proje

2.4 The donkey in the well 井里的驴

One day a farmer's donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do. Finally he decided since the animal was old, and the well needed to be covered up anyway, it just wasn't worth it to r

Exodus 出埃及记27

27Build an altar of acacia wood, three cubits high; it is to be square, five cubits long and five cubits wide. 2Make a horn at each of the four corners, so that the horns and the altar are of one piece, and overlay the altar with bronze. 3Make all it

新西兰英语 666 IceFest in Christchurch

IceFest is a festival about Antarctica. Antarctica is often called The Ice; for example Dave Dobbyn visited the Ice two years ago. IceFest is a month-long festival, from September 14th to October 14th which includes the school holidays. It is in Hagl

CNN 2010-08-12

Emergency crews in the northwest of China are still searching for survivors after a landslide over the weekend swept away houses, bridges and cars. A wall of mud flattened three villages in Zhouqu County. At one point more than 2,000 residents were b

AP 2010-11-16

1. Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi has been released from years of detention. Thousands greeted her at her home in Myanmar, where she promised to continue to fight for democracy for her country. 2. Former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Ema

AP 2012-01-17

1. Mitt Romney is the winner of the New Hampshire Republican primary. Ron Paul came in second. Jon Huntsman finished third. Next stop, the South Carolina primary on January 21st. 2. Cordova, Alaska is waiting on an order of shovels as it continues di

VOA慢速英语2014 加州消防员为火灾季做准备

AS IT IS 2014-06-19 California Firefighters Ready for Severe Fire Season 加州消防员为火灾季做准备 Record high temperatures in May led to serious wildfires near San Diego, months before the fire season is usually under way. 5月份创纪录的

【英文短篇小说】Fantastic Mr Fox

1 The Three Farmers Down in the valley there were three farms. The owners of these farms had done well. They were rich men. They were also nasty men. All three of them were about as nasty and mean as any men you could meet. Their names were Farmer Bo

2nd Chronicles 历代志下04

4He made a bronze altar twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide and ten cubits high. 2He made the Sea of cast metal, circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim and five cubits high. It took a line of thirty cubits to measure around it. 3B

英语听书《白鲸记》第111期

On the day following Queequeg's signing the articles, word was given at all the inns where the ship's company were stopping, 在我们签约以后的第二天，岸上各个旅店便都接到了通知，让裴廓德号的水手们把行李送到船上去

Death Toll Rises in Turkey Quake

Rescuers in Turkey have pulled several more survivors from the rubble in the aftermath of Sunday's earthquake that officials say killed 279 people and injured more than 1,000 others. Officials say the magnitude 7.2 quake near Turkey's border with Ira

Quake Kills at Least 138 in Southeast Turkey

A powerful earthquake has struck southeastern Turkey, killing at least 138. The quake, measuring 7.2, has caused buildings to collapse in the remote and poor region and there are growing fears of of a high casualty toll. A major rescue operation is u

Greece braced for more fire chaos

Greek firefighters are facing another day battling wildfires still threatening areas north of Athens. Thousands of residents of the capital's northern suburbs were forced to leave their homes as dozens of houses and large areas of forest were burnt.

盘点世界上最幸福的十种工作

Clergy: The least worldly are reported to be the happiest of all. 神职人员：最不谙世事的工作据说是最幸福的工作。 Firefighters: 80 per cent of firefighters are very satisfied with their jobs, which involve helping people. 消防员

Treat every day as Earth Day

Treat every day as Earth Day EARTH- Mothers Day, Fathers Day, Earth Day. Holidays like these and others could be celebrated every day of the year. While larger projects like helping to clean up local parks are important tasks to tackle, there are als

AP 2012-01-16

1. Iranhas confirmed to Swiss officials that it has sentenced an Iranian-American manto death on charges of spying. The Obama administration says the allegationsagainst the former military translator are false. 2. Authorities in Ohio say a dispute ov

富人和穷人的七个相似之处

富人和穷人的七个相似之处 When I first started covering the very rich, a wealth manager gave me this piece of advice: The very rich are like the unemployed, except they don't have the edifying focus of trying to find a job. 在我刚开始报

英语听书《白鲸记》第318期

A day or two passed, and there was great activity aboard the Pequod. 过了一两天,裴廓德号上真是大忙特忙起来了。 Not only were the old sails being mended, but new sails were coming on board, and bolts of canvas, and coils of rigging