生活英语情景口语:我被牛津大学录取了

Victoria: what do you think of studying abroad? Ian: I think it's a great idea. Studying abroad will offer you plenty of new opportunities. Are you planning on going abroad? V: yes, I hope so. I am studying for my IELTS right now. I: which country do

纯正地道美语 第1期(词汇篇):Difficult Customer

Key Vocabulary still working on : not yet completed, need more time would recommend : suggest complimentary: free go with: to choose, pick grab:get quickly

不择手段背单词(599):auricular

auricular, adj 耳（状）的；听觉的 【例】an auricular tube [医]听诊器 【源】源自拉丁语 auricula耳 【区】particular（adj 特殊的），一起记。你们不觉得耳朵是最特殊的器官吗？ 【参】aural（adj 听觉的

BE360 Tips for your First Job Interview: Difficult Questions

Welcome back to Business Skills 360 the podcast that looks at the other side of Business English. This is the fourth and final part in our 360 series on your first job interview. Today were going to tackle a few of those really tough questions that i

BEP 34 INT – Meetings: Clarifying What Was Said

This is the first in a two-part Business English Podcast series on clarifying. To clarify means to make clear. Today well look at phrases and skills for clarifying what was said. For example, I didnt quite catch that. Could you say that again? This i

Funiculi, Funicula

Some think the world is made for fun and frolic And so do I, and so do I Some think it well to be all melancholic To pine and sigh, to pine and sigh But I, I love to spend my time in singing Some joyo

英语语法精粹：现在分词的完成式

现在分词的完成式主要用在状语中，表示这个动作在谓语所表示的动作之前完成。 【例如】 Having succeeded in the last examination, she was more confident of another success in the coming one. Having found the cause, t

2006年VOA标准英语-Pakistan in Difficult Position on Eve of O

By Gary Thomas Washington 19 January 2006 US Vice President Dick Cheney shakes hands with Pakistan's President, Pervez Musharraf, left Pakistan's prime minister is in the United States and is schedule

Difficult words to pronounce

This programme looks at the results of a recent survey in which 3,000 British people were asked to pronounce some of the most difficult words in the English language. Yvonne and Callum try their luck at pronouncing a few of those words and achieve s

2006年VOA标准英语-A Difficult Year in Iraq, With Changes Ahead

By Al Pessin Washington 19 December 2006 2006 was a difficult year in Iraq, with increasing violence and a shift toward more sectarian clashes and more civilian casualties. The result was a defeat for President Bush's Republican Party in congression

美国国家公共电台 NPR When ICU Delirium Leads To Symptoms Of Dementia After Discharge

DAVID GREENE, HOST: More than 5 million Americans every year fall critically ill and end up in an intensive care unit, and doctors are now coming to realize that as many as half of the people who've been rushed to the ICU for a medical emergency will

英语听力：自然百科 墨西哥古迹重见天日

A 16th Century convent in Mexico has reemerged as water levels in a dam reservoir have fallen to low levels. Low water levels at the Malpaso hydroelectric dam in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas have uncovered part of the convent, which was subm

"蒙娜丽莎"遗骸被当垃圾倾倒

The remains of the Italian woman who was the model for Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa（蒙娜丽莎） were dug up 30 years ago and now lie in a municipal rubbish tip, an Italian expert has claimed. Lisa Gherardini died in Florence in 1542 and was bu

VOA标准英语2008年-G8 Promises Help for African Agriculture

Leaders from the world's largest industrial nations are promising more food aid and agricultural assistance for Africa to help ease the impact of rising food costs. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports from the Group of Eight summit i

每日一词【636】unknown：不知道的，没名气的

今天我们要学的词是unknown。 Unknown, 不知道的，没名气的。在星期天美国金球奖颁奖典礼上，影片《贫民百万富翁》包揽了提名的四项大奖。The film features an unknown cast in the story of an orphan boy i

VOA标准英语2011--New Malaria Strain Difficult to Treat

New Malaria Strain Difficult to Treat Declining malaria deaths in Africa and progress toward an effective malaria vaccine are raising hopes the disease will soon be eradicated worldwide. But researchers at the annual meeting of the American Society o

学个词Learn a Word 第636期 Unknown

今天我们要学的词是unknown。 Unknown, 不知道的，没名气的。在星期天美国金球奖颁奖典礼上，影片《贫民百万富翁》包揽了提名的四项大奖。The film features an unknown cast in the story of an orphan boy i

Clarke sets 60m fastest time this season

PARIS, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- Jamaican sprinter Lerone Clarke clocked the fastest 60-meter time this season on Tuesday at the Lievin indoor meet in France. The Commonwealth Games champion, 30, timed 6.5 seconds to win the match, and finished clear of Fr

英国语文第三册 第45期:圣伯纳犬(下)

The dogs are trained to look for lost travellers; 僧侣们训练这些犬去搜寻失踪的游客； and every day in winter they are sent out, generally in pairs. 在冬天，他们每天都派出狗搜寻，通常是每次两只。 One has a baske

英国语文第三册 第60期:西印度群岛(上)

Lesson 52 The west India islands 第五十二课 西印度群岛 More than three hundred years ago, there stood near a small town on the coast of Spain an ancient convent. 三百多年前，在西班牙海岸小镇附近有一座古老的修道院。