In conversation, the dual flexing of the index and middle finger of both hands, to signify the presence of [scare quotes]. Used ad nauseam by 'pretentious' and ostensibly 'intelligent' university students, to advertise their 'superior morals' and 'erudition'.
> Using air quotes in this example is, like, so 'post-modern'.

Most of them travel 40,000 miles to a satellite and then back to earth. Ten years ago, a satellite was capable of receiving and transmitting more than 33,000 telephone conversations simultaneously. No

发表于:2018-12-01 / 阅读(138) / 评论(0) 分类 自考英语(一)78讲

Without air, there would be no fire. There would be no cars or trucks, since motors need air in order to work. Without air, there would be no wind or clouds. There would be no weather, as we know it.(

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Compromise 折中 A: We're considering of ordering 200 computers, but I'm wondering about the price you'll possibly offer. B: Our price will be not less than $ 5000. A: Your price is higher than I expected. Could you give us a little discount? B: Thi

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She's a rocker! Neil: Hello, welcome to Real English from BBC Learning English, Im Neil. Helen: 大家好,我是 Helen. Neil: In Real English we look at words and phrases people use all the time, but you probably wont find in your dictionary. Helen: 希

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Joan : Boy, it's really stuffy here. Drake : You're right. We need some fresh air. Joan : Let's turn on the air-con. Drake : Why not just open the window? Joan : That's even better. 我们需要新鲜空气 琼 :乖乖,这里面可真闷啊。 德雷

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Lesson 79 By air 乘飞机 First listen and then answer the question. 听录音,然后回答以下问题。 Why did the plane turn back? I used to travel by air a great deal when I was a boy. My par

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Walking in the Air 空中漫步 We're walking in the air 我们在空中漫步, We're floating in the 1)moonlit sky 在月光点亮的天空中飘浮。 The 2)people far below are sleeping 在我们飞

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qualification n.资格,限定条件;合格证 qualify v.使合格;(对词义)限制,修饰 quality n.质量;品质,特性 quantity n.数量,量;[常pl.]大量,大宗 quarrel n.vi.争吵

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苏明,你去过夏威夷吗?当然去过,夏威夷美极了,就像人间天堂一样。哎,你不是要去夏威夷休假吗?是啊,飞机票都买好了。可是航空公司突然宣布破产,结果我们什么时候能去还不知道

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星级典句: 第一句:We are pleased to quote you for 1500 dozen men shirts as for the sample you sent before at $20 per piece. 我们愿意按照你方送来的样品提供1500打男士衬衫,每件20美金。? A: We made the offer subject t

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星级典句: 第一句:Expect your best price. 盼望得到最低价。 A: We get to know that you are specializing in walnut meat. 我们得知你方专营核桃仁。 B: Yes, we are the leading exporter. 是的。我们是主要的出口商。

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Matt and his wife lived in the country. Matt was very stingy and hated spending money. One day a fair came to the nearby town.

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Lark in the clear air Cara Dillon Dear thoughts are in my mind 这甜蜜的想法在我的思绪中 and my soul it soars enchanted, 我的心绪像被施法般沉醉 As I hear the sweet lark sing 就像云雀清脆甜美的歌声 in the clear air of

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SYDNEY, Oct. 31 (Xinhua) -- Australia's airline Qantas planes will be back in the air some time on Monday afternoon after Fair Work Australia (FWA) ruled to terminate Qantas industrial action, local media reported on Monday. Tens of thousands of pass

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I Need Air Magnetic Man Electrify my body And you're makin' me feel Like I'm so electric Everything you do is makin' me Blow Blow Blow Don't know what to do about it Can't see how I'd live without it All I wanna do is just Know Know Know You suffocat

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周五晚上Pub见:Magnetic Man - I Need Air Magnetic Man,来自英国的新人,这首电子风的新单曲本周同样杀入英国单曲榜前十一周上榜那么多舞曲,生活需不需要这么五彩缤纷啊这张单曲封面要不要这么

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Matt and his wife lived in the country. Matt was very stingy and hated spending money. One day a fair came to the nearby town. Let's go to the fair, Matt, his wife said. We haven't been anywhere for a long time.Matt thought about this for a while. He

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今天我们要讲的习惯用语都有air这个词。大家都知道air是空气。早在十七世纪,意大利科学家伽利略发现空气似乎没有实质却有重量。后来人们进一步发现高山顶上的空气要比海平面上的空气

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听歌学英语:卡拉迪伦的Lark in the Clear Air(晴空的云雀) Artist: Cara Dillon Style: Folk Dear thoughts are in my mind and my soul it soars enchanted As I hear the sweet lark sing in the clear air of the day For a tender beaming smile to

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Jo: This is Real English from BBC Learning English. Im Jo. Jean: And Im Jean. Jo: Today were going to look at words and phrases that have recently become part of the English language. Jean: 在我们的《地道英语》节目中,我们将学到一些现代英国英语的新

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学英语单词
AFC (automatic fuel control)
antisexist
antlion
at gunpoint
baitcasters
be busy in
biotite jacupirangite
body outline
butyryl chloride
cavum laryngis
celestron
cinevideodensitometry
cobalt nickel pyrite (cobalt-nickelemelane)
columimmunoasorbent
controllable wagon stopper
corneoscleral trephine
corporate investment
Diervillaceae
disuses
draw rod
EAIC
Easby
economics of marine resources
edge board connector
electrosilicification
end around
ex-Muslim
fabulous age
First Nationer
FN FAL
form on
front of house
grechkoes
hang-label system
heredotrodphedema
high-resolution surface composition mapping radiometer
history of economic thinking
homophyte
hydrogen peroxide turbine
Ichuveyem
iniistius melanopus
Jews' trump
Kazakhstani monetary unit
klangs
lid bolt pin
linear-slope delay filter
long-term advance
look up table
love bullets
making friends
marriage-visa
mid-
misenglish
monetary liabilities
mononoea
moulding article
nonsomatizing
nonsovereign
normal trilinear coordinates
occurences
parlatoria fluggeae
Pierrelatte
pressure tide gauge
primary transistor breakdown
process text string
programming manager
protodiastolic gallop
proximity warning laser radar
quartz accelerometer
r/u who subject definition
ramesh
RMCC
Sanday I.
scalph
screen development utility
screen editing
Senear-Usher disease
shipping receipt
sodium doublet lines
solder bath
solid phase bonding process
squalled
sub activity
summer depression
survivalism
sweet sleep
target support
tektro
terminal keyboard
thermodynamics of space flight
tie wire
tight corner
tinea pedis
traveling-wave amplifier
tripper car
triteness
two way snow plow
ulcerative endocarditis
what a nice day
with surprise
Zanzibar copal
zirco-