美国习惯用语: Lesson 256 - to go up in smoke / smoke screen

今天我们给大家介绍两个以 smoke为主的常用语。首先我们要讲的是：To go up in smoke. 大家知道，smoke就是烟。To go up in smoke是指某项工程，或某个交易没有取

英语听力短文30 A Black TV Screen

She called up the cable company. The cable representative asked how he could help her. She said she didn't have a picture. The TV screen was black, except for two words in big white letters: Please Wait. She said, 'Please Wait' for what? What am I wa

【饥饿游戏】30

When he realizes I know something about snares, he shows us a simple, excellent trap that will leave a human competitor dangling by a leg from a tree. We concentrate on this one skill for an hour until both of us have mastered it. Then we move on to

电影歌曲:Gone

She was once in my life one of the most important person But at that time I did not realize At that time, so to you, now I can not forgive myself I never really thought about your input to the embrace of another person Never I just I just I really do

北师大版高中英语模块7--Unit 26(5)-1

[00:00.00]Unit 26 [00:04.15]Song [00:05.46]2 Guess which words go in the gaps. [00:08.83]Listen and check. [00:10.83]The Tears of a Clown [00:21.89]Oh, yeah yeah yeah [00:25.02]Now if there's a smile on my face [00:28.38]It's only there trying to foo

斑马条纹到底有何用？

How did zebras get their stripes? It's hard to get a black-and-white answer. 斑马身上的条纹是如何形成的？我们很难得到确切的答案。 Some scientists say the stripes are a form of camouflage that protects zebras from hungry lion

美国国家公共电台 NPR Covert Fashion Provides Camouflage Against Surveillance Software

ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: South by Southwest also showcases art, the type of art you'd expect at a tech-focused conference. One installation features counter-surveillance fashion by a group of women of color. They first caught the eye of NPR arts correspo

经济学人: 海洋生物的隐身斗篷 (2)

The deep ocean has other sources of light than astronomical bodies, though. 除了天体，深海还有其他光源。 Three-quarters of marine organisms off the coast of California produce their own, and that is probably true in most oceans, 加利福

生活大爆炸第三季第六集_2

我觉得我开始有点明白了 I think I'm starting to get this. 真的吗 Really? 过去两小时中我唯一学到的 The only thing I've learned in the last two hours 就是美国男人喜欢喝啤酒 is that American men love drinking beer, 尿太

Makers of China-made big screen aim to break IMAX monopoly

HEFEI, April 9 (Xinhua) -- DMAX, a large film screen made with Chinese independent technology, on Monday was put into commercial use in a cinema in the eastern province of Anhui, as developers hope to break the IMAX monopoly in China's booming film m

Too much screen time bad for children

BEIJING, Oct. 12 (Xinhuanet) -- Children who spend hours each day watching television or playing computer games have more psychological（心理的） difficulties than those who don't, according to a study published in the US journal Pediatrics（小儿

每日一词【405】screen：检查

今天我们要学的词是screen。 Screen, 有检查的意思。All women over 50 should be screened for breast cancer regularly, 凡是五十岁以上的妇女都要定期进行乳腺癌的检查。 美国全国铁路客运公司将首度开始对乘

Cannes to celebrate Bollywood on screen

PARIS, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Bollywood will share the spotlight at the 64th Cannes Film Festival from May 11 to 22, with a special film showcasing India's unique film culture, organizers announced Friday. Bollywood - The Greatest Love Story Ever Told,

兵家三十六计的英文表达

《孙子兵法》三十六计乃兵家之经典著作。古人学好三十六计，带兵打胜券在握。现代人也可以学习学习，在商场职场生活领域中，古为今用。且看三十六计的英文表达法。 三十六计(Thirty-S

Zhang Ziyi named ScreenSingapore ambassador

BEIJING, May 26 (Xinhuanet) -- Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi has been named the ambassador(大使) for the ScreenSingapore 2011, organizers have announced. Zhang will join directors Oliver Stone and Wayne Wang to promote the first international film eve

经济学人:军装 真正隐形

Military uniforms 军装 Out of sight 真正隐形 Expense and stupidity too big to camouflage迷彩服也不再能伪装目标巨大的支出和愚蠢 I WEAR camo so I can feel safe, says Sean, a member of the navy reserve. He cannot quite fathom wh

"The Grandmasters" to hit big screen on December 18

BEIJING, April 19 (Xinhuanet) -- Wong Kar Wai's martial arts biopic The Grandmasters is set for release on December 18, Sina Entertainment reports. The movie is based on the life story of Wing Chun grandmaster Yip Man, the legendary martial arts mast

《荒野求生》之跟着贝尔去冒险第5期:逃命的路线

Finding their trail narrows the odds. 发现了它们的足迹增加了我们的胜算 They often use the same tracks,and this one is like a reindeer highway. 它们通常都走一条路线 就像是驯鹿的高速公路 And the idea is,once a reinde

GRE词汇如何拆分记忆

新GRE考试词汇记忆之拆分联想： 1) Morose：没有玫瑰阴郁的 2) Canine：一只藏敖可以咬死9只狼(类似)犬的 3) Sanguine：陈圆圆看到三桂面色红润充满希望的 4) Charisma：中国东方生起了毛主席领袖魅力

【饥饿游戏】45

I continue running until the woods have hidden me from the other tributes then slow into a steady jog that I think I can maintain for a while. For the next few hours, I alternate between jogging and walking, putting as much distance as I can between