英文幽默故事：Good Company and Bad Company

Two parrots had built their nest on a banyan tree. The female parrot laid two eggs in the nest. After sometime, the eggs latched. Two chicks came out of them. The parent birds took good care of them. After few weeks, the young birds were able to fly

英文幽默故事：Hercules

Hercules was a strong and brave man. He lived in Greece. The King was jealous of Hercules. People might make Hercules the King. Therefore he wanted to get rid of Hercules. He set difficult tasks for Hercules to keep him away from the country so that

英美人天天都在说的4000句 1、a feather in sb.’s c

[00:17]R：Louis,I'll make a deal1 with you. [00:19]Instead of this petty charge you have against him, you get something really big, [00:22]something that would chuck him in a concentration camp for years. [00:26]Be quite a feather in your cap, would

出国旅游口语一本通 第47期:Looking for sb 找人

第47期:Looking for sb 找人 Y:I just called Mr.Smith in Room 201，but there was no reply.Would you find out if hes still staying there? Y:我刚才打电话给住在201号房的史密斯先生，但没有人接电话。请你查一下他是否还住

趣味青春英语 第123期:Not sb's keeper

Idiom: Not sb's keeper 不是某人的监护人 Hit the book: Quibble Consensus Absolve Conspiracy Coverup Retrofitting Flaw

新西兰英语 794 GCSB

The Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) is our spy organisation. At the moment, it can only legally spy on foreigners in New Zealand. However this organisation made a mistake spying on Kim Dotcom because he is a permanent resident. Also,

Lesson 82 - GIVE SB. A PIECE OF ONE'S MIND...

to give somebody a piece of one's mind to tell someone off 你有没有因为十分生气而对别人大发雷霆？美国人有一个说法是形容这种情绪的，那就是：to give someone a pie

美国俚语:Beat sb to the draw什么意思?

Beat sb to the draw 意思是：比别人抢先一步 例句： We lost the project. Rainbow Company beat us to the draw. 这个项目我们没有拿到，因为彩虹公司抢先了一步。 Mary wanted to buy that painting by Picasso, but another m

美国俚语:Make it up to sb什么意思?

make it up to sb补偿 对进行弥补（指对人） 例句： I don't know what I can do to make it up to you. 我不知道该怎样补偿你。 Ill make it up to you, I promise. 我会补偿你的，我保证。

英美人天天都在说的4000句 36: call sb. names

[00:01]F：Why do you do that? [00:02]S：What? [00:04]Call him names. Run him down all the time. [00:07]S：Because, because that's what he is, Mr. Frodo. [00:10]There's naught left in him but lies and deceit. [00:13]It's the Ring he wants. It's all

英美人天天都在说的4000句 68: get sb.'s back up

[00:01]J：Uplink completed. [00:02]W：Yeah. That's more like it! [00:04]L：Let's go. [00:05]K：Take a look at your amps. How are we doing? [00:07]J：You got her back up, Ken. Boy, I wish you were here to see it. [00:12]K：I bet you do.

英美人天天都在说的4000句 155:sb.'s name is mud

[00:00]J：Shit! Hey, get down! Hey! [00:07]C：Hey! Is this what they call copping a feel? [00:09]J：What? No! Get up. Jesus! [00:13]C：What's your name? [00:14]J：My name? Mud... if anybody sees you.

英美人天天都在说的4000句 121:not know sb. from adam

[00:00]N：That does it! Out, you two pixies! Go through the door or the window! [00:04]G：Nick, what's wrong? [00:06]N：What do you call me? You calling me Nick? [00:09]G：Well, Nick, that's your name. [00:10]N：I don't know you from Adam's off

Lesson 99 - TURN ONE'S BACK ON SB. GET ON ONE'S BACK

to turn one's back on someone to get on someone's back 予首先我们要讲的是：to turn one's back on someone。从字面上解释，这是把自己的背对着某人。可是，实际上这是指根

阿里与软银成立合资公司SB Cloud

Alibaba and SoftBank have announced a new joint venture targeting Japans competitive cloud computing market. 阿里巴巴(Alibaba)和软银(SoftBank)宣布成立一家新的合资公司，瞄准日本竞争激烈的云计算市场。 The new company,

英美人天天都在说的4000句 166: stand sb. up

[00:00]C：So what happened? [00:03]K：He never came. [00:05]C：He stood you up. [00:06]K：I wouldn't exactly characterize it in that way. [00:09]I think something happened. Something terrible and unexpected that made it impossible for him to... [

英美人天天都在说的4000句 180:the cat gets sb.’s t

[00:00]S：Cat got your tongue? You weren't so silent this morning. [00:04]A：This morning... yes, I wasn't quite myself. [00:07]S：Well, it's a shame whoever you were couldn't be here tonight. [00:09]A：Cut it out, Susan. We've got to talk.

【简明语法】7.4 It's for sb.和 It's of sb.

1）for sb. 常用于表示事物的特征特点，表示客观形式的形容词，如easy, hard, difficult, interesting, impossible等： It's very hard for him to study two languages. 对他来说学

美国习惯用语:291 pull for; pull through; pull sb.'s leg

我们上次学的习惯用语都有push也就是推这个词，而我们今天要讲的习惯用语却都有一个动作相反的词pull， 也就是拉。我们先要学两个习惯用语，它们分别是：pull for. Pull for是打气、鼓劲，或

老外最常用的英文短语 第738期:put sth (sb) out of one's mind

put sth (sb) out of one's mind 故意忘记某事 I just put that jerk out of my mind! 我已经把他给忘了。 I just can't get past it. I can't put her out of my mind. 我不能就这么忘掉，我无法不去在乎她。 So just put it out of