流利美国口语5.1

W: When did you start playing chess? M: I picked up chess a couple of years ago. How about you? W: Ive been at chess since 6. M: Wow, no wonder you are so adept at it. W: By the way, have you noticed that there are no adjourn positions now that all t

CNN 2012-03-14

You might have lost an hour over the weekend,I know I lost an hour of sleep.Fortunately though,we are all right on time for the start of a new week of CNN student news.Hello everyone,from CNN center in Atlanta,Georgia.I am Carl Azuz. First up,officia

NPR 2008-07-01

President Bush today signed a 162-billion-dollar war funding bill. The president thanking both sides of the aisle in Congress for giving him a measure to pay for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan for another year. Speaking at the Oval Office signing

双语散文:Happiness Equates with Fun?

Happiness Equates with Fun? I live in Hollywood. You may think people in such a glamorous, fun-filled place are happier than others. If so, you have some mistaken ideas about the nature of happiness. Many intelligent people still equate happiness wit

乔布斯传 第114期:现实扭曲力场(7)

The result was that the Macintosh team came to share Jobs's passion for making a great product, not just a profitable one. 受到乔布斯的影响，麦金塔团队也充满激情地要制造一台完美的产品，而不仅仅是可以赚钱的产品

英语听书《白鲸记》第146期

With memories like these in him, and, moreover, given to a certain superstitiousness, as has been said; the courage of this Starbuck, which could, nevertheless, still flourish, must indeed have been extreme. 斯达巴克就是这样一个人，既往的

学个词Learn a Word 第1552-law-abiding

今天我们要学的词是 law-abiding. Law-abiding遵纪守法的。The new policy had law-abiding citizens worried about their privacy. 这个新政策让遵纪守法的公民感到担心，怕自己的隐私受到伤害。The released ex-con prom

新加坡总理李显龙就李光耀逝世发表讲话

Good morning, my fellow Singaporeans, I am deeply saddened to tell you that Mr Lee Kuan Yew passed away peacefully this morning at the Singapore General Hospital. Let me say a few words in Malay and Mandarin. Malay: Dengan berat hati dan penuh hiba,

美国商务部临时解除针对中兴通讯出口限制措施

The US Department of Commerce (DOC) is expected to announce a lift on the export curbs imposed on ZTE later this week, two weeks after the ban was put into place, media reports said on Monday. 相关媒体上周一报道，美国商务部预计将于本

Happiness Equates with Fun?

I live in Hollywood. You may think people in such a glamorous, fun-filled place are happier than others. If so, you have some mistaken ideas about the nature of happiness. Many intelligent people still equate happiness with fun. The truth is that fun

Enthusiasm takes you further

ears ago, when I started looking for my first job, wise advisers urged, Barbara, be enthusiastic! Enthusiasm will take you further than any amount of experience. How right they were. Enthusiastic people can turn a boring drive into an adventure, extr

私营企业引领中国海外投资

BOAO, Hainan, April 6 (Xinhua) -- Chinese private firms are seeing new expansion abroad and already lead China's investment overseas, Chris Lu, CEO of Deloitte China, said on Saturday at a forum in south China's Hainan Province. The 2013 Boao Forum f

英语美文：幸福的本质是什么?

问问你自己：我幸福吗?我认为幸福的本质是什么?它跟痛苦，付出有关系吗?如果娱乐和快乐等同于幸福的话，那么痛苦必然等同于不幸福。可事实正相反：导致幸福的一切常常蕴含着些许痛苦

世界上真的有圣诞老人吗

现在，圣诞老人依然会在圣诞节前夜给表现良好的孩子们送来玩具和礼物。有时，孩子们会对圣诞老人产生怀疑，很想知道是不是真的有圣诞老人。1897年，一名叫Virginia O'Hanlon的小女孩就心中

Solitary Life 孤独人生

Music I heard with you was more than music. Exactly. And therefore music itself can only be heard alone. Solitude is the salt of personhood. It brings out the authentic flavor of every experience. Alone one is never lonely: the spirit adventures, wal

幸福的本质是什么？

I live in Hollywood. You may think people in such a glamorous, fun-filled place are happier than others. If so, you have some mistaken ideas about the nature of happiness. 我住在好莱坞。你可能认为住在这样一个魅力四射、充满欢笑

实用英语让你的口语脱胎换骨

我们中国的学生从小学开始学英语，学了十几年，参加了大大小小无数的考试，大部分的同学却没有办法开口说英语，由于我国的特殊的考试制度和学习模式的原因，学生的书面英语水平要远

读故事，记单词——Having faith

下面小编为大家准备了一则英文故事，里面包含了一些托福核心词汇并以列表的形式在文章末尾单独列出。通过读故事来记单词是一种很有效的方法，不信大家来试一试。 You can call me A.J., wh

英语听书《白鲸记》第345期

And brave as he might be, it was that sort of bravery chiefly, visible in some intrepid men, which, while generally abiding firm in the conflict with seas, 不过,如果他有勇气的话,那种勇气主要的也是一般勇猛的人常见的勇气:通

雅思高分作文：如何增强道路安全

Recent years have witnessed a worsening trend in road safety. According to statistics from the local authority, the number of traffic accidents in 2004 was 20% greater than that of the previous year. The issue is gaining more and more concern of the