better the devil you know than the devil you don't know
Something bad and familiar is better than something bad and unknown.

[00:15.96]Devil's Point [00:23.28]恶魔的岬角 [00:32.86]This story took place when I was 19. [00:36.84]In fact my uncle was also 19 at the time. [00:40.92]My uncle and I grew up together in northern Wisconsin. [00:45.58]I don't wish to name the exact

发表于:2018-12-11 / 阅读(138) / 评论(0) 分类 英语灵异故事

[00:16.03]Devil's Point [00:23.34]恶魔的岬角 [00:31.36]The night started [00:32.55]like any other camping trip we had been on. [00:35.90]We gathered plenty of wood for our fire and got it going. [00:40.73]As the sun set [00:42.61]we just sat and talk

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[00:15.91]Devil's Point [00:23.35]恶魔的岬角 [00:32.78]It continued to get louder and closer. [00:35.98]It was moving fast like a squirrel, [00:39.87]but it was as loud as a bear. [00:42.39]It sounded like it was going all the way around the point. [

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[00:15.76]Devil's Point [00:23.29]恶魔的岬角 [00:35.01]Whatever it was couldn't be seen. [00:37.70]The effect of its movement on the environment [00:40.43]could be seen as well as heard. [00:42.69]On a couple of its passes we allowed it to get within

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苏明,我们办公室的那女秘书是不是休假去了,好久没看见她? 是啊,她今天回来上班了,瞧,那女秘书不是走过来了吗?真是说到曹操,曹操就到。不过美国历史上没有曹操,但是他们也有

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(136) / 评论(0) 分类 美国习惯用语

Our story today is, The Devil and Tom Walker. It was written by Washington Irving. Here is Shep O'Neal with our story. Before we begin our story, let us go back 300 years to the late 1600s. In those years, one of the most famous men in the world was

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(326) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年VOA慢速英语(九)月

影片对白 Miranda: So... first of all, we need to move Snoop Dogg to my table. Andy: But your table's full. Miranda: Stephen isn't coming. Andy: Oh, Stephen is... so I don't need to fetch Stephen from the airport tomorrow? Miranda: Well, if you speak

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影片对白 Christian: Hey. Hey, Miranda girl. Andy: Hi. Christian: I was just thinking about you. Andy: Oh, come on. Christian: It's true. Andy: No. Christian: I, I'm profiling Gaultier for interview and, uh, making my Paris plans. I found myself wond

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影片对白 Andy: Hi. Nigel: Hi. All right. Turn around, darling. Andy: Oh, I get it. I get it. I get it. I get it. The piece is called urban jungle, right? Nigel: Yes, the modern woman unleashes the animal within to take on the big city. Good. Go. Som

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影片对白 Miranda: My girls are leaving on the train for their grandmother's at 4:00... so the book better be here no later than 3:00. Andy: Of course! Miranda: And I would like my steak here in 15 minutes. Andy: No problem! Okay. I have four hours t

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影片对白 Miranda: No, I just... It's just baffling to me. Why is it so impossible to put together a decent run-through? You people have had hours and hours to prepare. It's just so confusing to me. Where are the advertisers? Woman: Oh, we have some

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影片对白 Emily: Okay, so I was Miranda's second assistant... but her first assistant recently got promoted, and so now I'm the first. Andy: Oh, and you're replacing yourself. Emily: Well, I am trying. Miranda sacked the last two girls after only a f

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New slang: Speak of the devil. someone appears after you mention them. Speak of the Devil is short for Speak of the Devil and he shall come. It was believed that if you spoke about the Devil it would attract his attention. That's why when you're ta

发表于:2019-01-17 / 阅读(72) / 评论(0) 分类 英语俚语天天说

今天我们要讲的习惯用语里都有这样一个词:devil。它的意思是魔鬼。这可是个引起人们恶感的词。在基督教文化里,魔鬼是背叛上帝的邪恶之灵,但是被正义的天使打败,驱逐出天堂。从此魔

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By Phil Mercer Sydney 01 April 2008 Researchers in Australia say a Tasmanian devil called Cedric could hold the key to the survival of the embattled species. The world's largest marsupial carnivore is facing extinction because of a mystery facial can

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电影《断背山》插曲《魔鬼的右手》。妈妈从小就告诉这个失去父亲的孩子,枪是魔鬼的右手,是邪恶的。孩子不听,从13岁起就梦想着拥有自己的一支手枪,妈妈吓得打碎了手中的鸡蛋。孩子长大了,真的有了一支枪,也用它杀了人。被抓的时候还在用妈妈的话给自己辩解:不是

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The Peasant and the Devil Once upon a time there was a clever, wily peasant, whose tricks could be much talked about. The best story, however, is how he once got the best of the devil and made a fool of him. One day the peasant had been working in hi

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You wanted power and you begged for fame You wanted everything the easy way You wanted gain without pain Now your bills is in the mail You got stronger but your mind got weak You made a promise you couldn't keep You had it all - You lost more It's al

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今天我们还要讲两个带有devil这个词的习惯用语。我们上次学到devil就是魔鬼。在西方文艺作品里,与被称为罪恶之灵的魔鬼打交道总不会有好下场。魔鬼往往会用金钱、地位、美女等使你眼花

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识骨寻踪第五季第六集片尾曲When the Devil's Loose 一具离奇的尸体引发的一连串错综复杂的人际关系,使得真相更加扑朔迷离。当谜底终于揭晓之时,华盛顿的景致加上略带忧伤的音乐,给人一种

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air compressor plant
arc-hyperbolic sine
articulary
asymmetrical cell
bank terminal
behavioral activation (ba) therapy
Bering Strait
Betelgeux
Biot Savart for mula
branded meat
bras
Carnikava
churchyard cough
cloud services
cock boat
collectarium
contortion movement
CPIT
cytes
demethylpodophyllotoxin
diatreme
Dihengsai
Dihydronepetalactol
disability indicator
disordered alloy
earth-sized
enmuring
Ercé
exchange teller
fibre-forming viscosity
fluor-adelite
fundamental astronomical point
Ganphen
geometric median surface
glanuloplasty
gun lobbies
halokainite
hawk boy
hunger disease
hydrogen-autunite
ikoyis
in spate
infection hypha
instantaneous unlocking mechanism
instrument standardization
intermundane
kasay
large bore
Laveten
laying in
legitimate reasons
lid seamer
mannooligosaccharide
manufacturing of furniture
matriculations
measurement of refractive power of lens
mining-induced stress
mode-locking lasers
mortgage payments
nettlingly
Nicaragua
nomination speech
parametrically-induced resonance
partial interest
pegacorn
Pelott
petalode
potential boundaryries
preinstalling
proportional space
rabbit punch
ragweed fever
raking in
RAS syndrome
reflectometers
regulating brake
remote sensing of sea surface wind
sace
Schwaigern
secondary orogeny
secondary super-heater
shot clock
slopestyle
Socotra begonia
Southern Sami
sprechgesangs
sugar mo(u)ld
super-agent
Syla
synchro self-shifting clutch
synecious
thalassoplankton
thoracic limb (or fore limb)
Trichonympha
Trollywood
unconditional maximum likelihood estimators
unoptimised
wilderness therapy
Yamatsuri
zuck
Zuko