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蒸汽拖轮

Philosophy from a Tugboat BY GEORGE YOUNG ONE NIGHT many years ago I was on the bridge of a ship that passed one of our large cities on a quiet night I saw its lights reflected in the sky and heard the rumblings of the city's noises. As I looked to m

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Whether it was believed to have been a big ball of cheese home to the men in the Moon, or possess the power to turn people into werewolves, the Moon has been a perpetual source of wonder from ancient times to today. Just one quarter the size of Earth

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The Moon has always been a source of boundless fascination since ancient times. It changes its shape and location with great rapidity in the sky. It is also our closed neighbor and the only other body, besides the Earth, that humans have ever walked

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An Englishman is at home with his girlfriend. (E=Englishman; G=girlfriend) G: Have you gone mad? Why are you roaring your head off like a lion? E: Rrrrr...ah! G: Hey, have you gone off your rocket or

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The top story today, during the authority said they found no survivors after the plane carried 150 passengers crashed into residential area of the country largest city Lagos. Wittnesses said the plane had been coming a low and making a loud noise whe

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Every two weeks, on the full and new moons, the sun, moon and Earth fall along a nearly straight line. The combination of gravitational forces in this arrangement creates large swings in the tides. But the celestial alignment affects more than the oc

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AS IT IS 2016-04-12 Kerry 'Deeply Moved' on Hiroshima Visit 克里称广岛之行很感动和荣幸 John Kerry said he was deeply moved and honored to visit Hiroshima, Japan on Monday. United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima on August 6, 19

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Kenya Moves Full-Steam Ahead on Geothermal Production Kenya is expanding plans to become one of the worlds top geothermal power producers with the start of explorations at a site called Menengai. The government is also aiming to make geothermal Kenya

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Pirate Attacks are Down in 2012 Sea piracy has fallen to its lowest level since 2008, including a sharp decline off the coast of Somalia. However, the International Maritime Bureau warns Africas Gulf of Guinea is growing increasingly risky for shippi

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Brazil Football Museum Attracts Passionate Fans 巴西足球博物馆吸引了热情的球迷 SAO PAULO In the heart of S?o Paulo, Brazil is an interactive attraction like no other - the football museum. For lovers of the World Cup, world history and

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今天我们再来给大家讲解两个以steam为主的常用语。我们先来讲第一个。To go full steam ahead. Full就是全部,steam是蒸汽,ahead就是向前。To go full steam ahead的意思是:全力以赴。 原来,to go full st

发表于:2019-01-14 / 阅读(121) / 评论(0) 分类 美国习惯用语

在今天我们要讲的两个习惯用语里,一个关键的字就是:Steam. Steam就是蒸气。有的人说,詹姆斯.瓦特在1769年发明了蒸气机。这是现代化时代的开始。在工业化时代的初期,蒸气为火车,轮船和

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[00:01]R:I'm so glad you're going on this trip! [00:03]E:Yeah! I've been working so hard this semester. [00:07]I really need to go crazy, you know, blow off some steam. [00:09]R:Sure. Sure. [00:13]Look, I don't, I don't know if your plans are f

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We have to beat that. 我们必须克服它。 We can do it because in space there are no aerodynamics. 我们能够这样做是因为太空里没有空气阻力。 We can go and use inflatable systems for almost everything. 我们几乎总是能够使

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唐顿庄园第二季第五集_1 [INT. BATTLEFRONT TRENCHES - MORNING] [William finishes helping Matthew dress.] MATTHEW CRAWLEY Am I ready? WILLIAM Only you can answer that, sir. MATTHEW CRAWLEY They're going to chuck everything they've got at us. W

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Well, I could drop these ice skates, said Stuart. 行,我可以把这些冰鞋扔掉,斯图亚特说。 Goodness me, the little bird cried, I didn't know you had skates hidden in your shirt.天哪,小鸟说,我不知道你的衬衫里还藏着冰

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今天我们要学的词是 pick up steam. To pick up steam 意思是提升速度和实力。比如,The hurricane is picking up steam. 飓风风力正在逐渐加强。上星期五公布的数字显示,美国经济10月份增加了17万1千个就业

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One night many years ago I was on the bridge of a ship that passed one of our large cities on a quiet night. I saw its lights reflected in the sky and heard the rumblings of the citys noises. 多年前的一个晚上,我在宁静的夜色中乘船经

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For a while Jobs let Catmull and Smith run Pixar without much interference. 有那么一段时间,乔布斯没有进行过多干预,让卡特穆尔和史密斯自行掌管皮克斯。 Every month or so they would gather for a board meeting, 每隔一

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This podcast uses words and expressions about ships and the sea. These words may be new to you, so on the podcast website I have linked some of them to definitions in the Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary. But if you are listening on iTunes or a

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学英语单词
administrative measures
akoakoa pt.
Ameritards
annular eclipse of sun
ansermetite
antidyskinetic
Antigonus I
apparent moisture sink
arthrous
atlanticus
automatic capping machine
bad apples
basic building block
bassac
baudisserite (magnesite)
beam deflector
bibbery
burr
carbon granule
Chukotskiy Rayon
composite breakwater
conservation price
differential duplex telegraph
discounting error
DT-diaphorase
eltharions
equitable liabilities
eriodictyon californicums
Eutomite
furnace foundation
gen up on
georgius
glass fibre reinforced plastic boat
glucose-phosphate
graphic lubricant
heta
hickories
hymenaeas
initial pressure peak
interdigital oidiomycosis
internal mammary lymph nodes
invertebrae
isotimic surface
johncock
kite reel
land-use analysis
macro-variable
martrone
maynard operation sequence technique (most)
metzler paradox
muhurtas
noddy shot
non-megnetic materials
oncoid
OTcl
out of doors
outspelled
oxy-dehydrogenation catalyst
Palomitas
passenger mentality
patient with
pesticide poisonings
Phascolarctinae
Plasmodiophora
Poulton-le-Fylde
praline nougat
public security organ
rate transparency
ready to run
rein unit of viscosity
republican guards
reversing tidal current
Roman bird
Rondec-TR
Rückeroth
Saint Bruno
sate (semi-automatic test equipment)
scarinesses
self-propelled combine harvester
shared Ethernet adapter
shipping data
slinkest
soiar plexus
stronghandedness
super-lunar
T'osǒng
tee-total
tenosols
umecyanin
unveilers
uprisen
vake
variation diagram(of igneous rocks)
venenous
Vernes
vertebro-arterial
Vesilahti
vipassana
wideflange
wimpiest
wised up
xilokastron (xylokastro)