每日商务英语 第2期:画饼充饥

pie?in?the?sky画饼充饥 英文释义 A?bright?and?attractive?but?improbable?orunrealistic?reward. (NOTE:?hyphenated?when?usedas?a?modifier?before?a?noun) 例句 EXAMPLE:?The?new?company?president?told?the?unhappy?employees?that?everything?would?be

The Many Reasons for the Word 'The'

The 1995 film Dead Man has a strange opening scene. Actor Johnny Depp is sitting on a train. A man sits down across from Depps character, and speaks to him: Look out the window. And doesn't this remind you of when you were in the boat, and then later

TED演讲:修饰语滥用对写作的危害(2)

Having robbed the bank in record time, it was possible to make off with the town's chocolate rabbit as well. 在飞速洗劫了银行之后，还能偷走镇上的巧克力兔子。 The modifying phrase in this sentence seems unrelated to anything el

英语闲谈-Weather(1)

A: It's an ugly day today. B: I know. I think it may rain. A: It's the middle of summer, it shouldn't rain today. B: That would be weird. A: Yeah, especially since it's ninety degrees outside. B: I know, it would be horrible if it rained and it was h

万用英语口语句典33 反对

02.01.09 反对 1, Don't be so silly. 2, Are you kidding? 3, That's out of the question. 4, I can't agree with you at all. 5, I wouldn't say that. 6, you got that wrong. 7, I am afraid I can't get my approval. 8, I can't to agree. 9, Sorry, but I can'

英语语法：73 Modifying Phrases

Grammar Girl here. Today, guest-writer Bonnie Trenga helps us understand modifiers that come at the beginning of a sentence. Bonnie says, As a guest-writer, I plan to talk about two kinds of troublesome modifiers that begin a sentence. Like many of y

英语语法：89 Stacked Modifiers

Todays episode concerns a what-you-may-have-been-wondering-about topic. That sure was a mouthful, and it illustrates the problem of stacked modifiers, which occurs when you string together too many words to describe a noun at the end of the mouthful.

英语语法：88 Splitting Verbs

Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is how a verb and an adverb messed up the inauguration. I took a break from work Tuesday to watch Barack Obama's inauguration, and like millions of other people, I saw a bit of confusion between Chief Justice John Rob

我的小妹妹 My Little Sister

我的小妹妹 My Little Sister I have a little sister, she is two years younger than me. When she was born, I did not like her, because my parents ignored me. But I found a lot of fun to spend time with her later. I can take care of her and my pare

英语语法：50 Funny Misplaced Modifiers

Grammar Girl here. Today guest-writer Bonnie Trenga is going to help us take a break from serious grammar and instead delve into the world of comedysome intentional, some not. Groucho Marx said it best: One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. H

高中英语北京模块版4单词13

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AP 2011-09-10

1. A gunman has killed two National Guardsmen as well as a third person at an IHOP restaurant in Nevada before taking his own life, six other people were wounded. Officials say this appears to be an isolated incident. 2. Officials in Texas say wildfi

【电影预告片填空】坚果行动

Pardon me. Coming through. Thank you. God... I'm so hungry! Nuts! I've got to find a way in there. Okay. We get a crew, we break in. And we do it my way. Let's go over the plan. That's us. There's the nut shop. We rob the nut shop. And then _________

绯闻女孩 S与B的友谊

A place to crash I got you No need to ask I got you Just get on the phone I got you Come and pick you up if I have to What's weird about it Is we're right at the end And mad about it Just figured it out in my head I'm proud to say I got you 你需要一

In the Eyes of the Beholder

A man who lost his axe suspected his neighbour's son of stealing it．To him，as he observed the boy，the way the lad walked，the expression on his face，the manner of his speech－in fact everything about his appearance and behaviour betrayed th

AP 2010-12-07

1. The main server in France to the WikiLeaks website has gone offline. Its now reachable through a Swedish server. Payment site PayPal was also beyond the WikiLeaks account, saying the site that leaked US State Department cables engaged in illegal a

第582期:最让吃货们失望的英语表达

早饭午饭晚饭吃什么？这可能是人生的一大难题，但是在吃货的眼里，或许有些早已规划好每天要吃的东西了。英文中，每一顿饭的英文表达是meal，但今天我们分享的英语俗语虽然包含了mea

第87期:十种难学但可以让你长期受益的技能

今天我们分享的是十种难学但可以让你长期受益的技能。 1. Time Management 时间管理 2. Empathy 同情 3. Ask for help 寻求帮助 4. Consistency 始终如一 5. Listening 聆听 6. Mind your own business 不多管闲事 7. Re

咱们裸熊 第32期:满血复活

Dudes, why are you doing this? I need to be with burrito. Burrito completes me! 伙计们，你们为什么要这么做？我不能没有饼饼啊。有了饼饼我的熊生才完整！ Grizz, please! it's wrong to be dependent on something, so unnat

和外国客人聊天时必备几句英语口语

1.You bet. 没错。 Bet 是下赌注的意思，所以 You bet. 就是指，You can bet money on that. (你可以把钱压在这上面)，言下之意，就是说这件事百分之百正确。例如： -Is this the way to High Tower Museum? 这是往