ESL露西的一天 第41期:发型服饰讲解(4)

Lucy likes to finish it off, meaning she likes to finish doing her hair, with a little hairspray. 露西喜欢最后喷一点头发定型剂，意思是她打理头发的最后步骤。 Hairspray, hairspray, (one word) is liquid that you put on a lar

NPR美国国家公共电台 NPR 2015-04-19

President Obama today urged Senate Republicans to stop stalling and confirm his nominee for attorney general. NPRs Scott Horsley calls the long delay in confirming Loretta Lynch example of Senate dysfunction thats gone too far. The White House compla

英国学生科学读本 第94期:一副风箱(2)

for when you shut the bellows, the valve cannot close the air-hole because of your finger, 因为, 当你关闭风箱把手时, 你的手指使得阀门无法关闭空气进出的圆孔, and most of the air then escapes through this hole instead of g

给爱旅游的您：“酒店”词汇大全

外部设施 information desk 服务台 hotel register book 旅客登记簿 registration form 登记表 newsstand 售报处 postal service 邮局服务处 shop 小卖部 bar 酒吧间 lounge 酒店大厅 billiard-room 台球房 dining-room, dining ha

走进剑桥大学 第9期:唇枪舌剑

Cambridge Union Society 唇枪舌剑 The Cambridge Union Society, commonly referred to simply as the Cambridge Union, is the largest student society at the University of Cambridge and one of the oldest in the world. Additionally, the Cambridge Union

向前一步:第15期 职业女性的内在障碍(4)

Almost all of my male classmates work in professional settings. 我的那些男同学都在职场上大显身手， Some of my female classmates work full-time or part-time outside the home, 女同学里有全职工作的、也有兼职工作的， a

美国国家公共电台 NPR Beijing Is Pushing Hard To Influence U.S. Views Of China, Report Says

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Russia is not the only country that tries to influence American democracy. A report out today says China's Communist Party tries too, and it has a lot of money to spend as it works to influence the U.S. government and society and

【词汇仓库】 Hotel（ 旅馆）-2

mattress 褥子 quilt 被 blanket 毯子 sheet 床单 bedspread 床罩 cotton terry blanket 毛巾被 pillow 枕头 pillow 枕头 pillowcase 枕套 mat 席 cushion 垫子 bathroom 浴室 bath tub 浴盆

SSS 2009-11-09

Evolution continues today, and sometimes we can watch it happening. Researchers in the November 6th edition of the journal Science say that they caught in the act a population of butterflies in Ecuador potentially diverging into two distinct species.

TED演讲：试验 排除错误和万能神力(7)

You pump it at a high pressure through a nozzle. You create a spray of detergent. 你用高压将它压过一个喷嘴，你制造了清洁剂喷雾。 Then the spray dries. It turns into powder. It falls to the floor. 喷雾干燥后就成了粉末，

中英双语新闻——82 A fine line between heaven and hell

Mural explores the fine line between heaven and hell, when a small false step in love may lead you to a different world. 电影《画壁》很好地找到了天堂与地狱之间的区别，情爱中哪怕只是走错一小步，都会有一念天堂，

英语听书《海底两万里》第360期 第23章 珊瑚王国(57)

I stood up and could clearly observe the Canadian's adversary. This dugong--which also boasts the name halicore--closely resembled a manatee. 我站起来，很清楚地看见加拿大人的对手。这海马又名为儒良，很像海牛。 Its oblo

60秒科学:Butterfly Shows Speciation Signs

Butterfly Shows Speciation Sign A study in the journal Science looks at Heliconius butterflies in Ecuador, in which a single gene change that influences mate choice may be the first step in the splitting of the population into two species. Cynthia Gr

马航MH370多名乘客存款被神秘提取

More than ?20,000 has been stolen from four passengers aboard the doomed MH370 flight. 马航失联客机MH370四乘客账户日前被盗走2万多英镑。 Five months after the Malaysia Airlines flight went missing, mysterious withdrawals totaling

EU asks Russia to work together for Syria peace

最近地震频发，我们来学习一下与地震相关的常用英语词汇。这些都是相关新闻报道中常见的词语，仅表示破坏，就有6个不同的表示灾害程度由小到大的动词。 英语中表示地震的名词有： e

Putin warns against Iran attack

Russian PM Vladimir Putin has warned against military action targeting Iran or imposing new sanctions（制裁） to curb its nuclear programme. Iran's latest proposals on its nuclear ambitions have brought diverging views from the US and Russia. Earlier

英文短篇故事（纽约）308 The End of Graffiti?

He was riding the LIRR to Oyster Bay. He saw beautiful scenery everywhere. But he also saw graffiti everywhere. There must be a way to stop graffiti, he thought. He did some research. He developed a design for a graffiti-buster. He presented it to a

经济学人444:德国和欧元 请依法办事

Germany and the euro 德国和欧元 You Kant do that 请依法办事 Many Germans fear that the European Central Bank is not on their side 很多德国人担心欧洲央行不是他们这一阵营的 HORST SEEHOFER, premier of Bavaria, sums up Germa

ESL Podcast 202 – At the Gas Station

Its been a long time since Ive seen my friends Steve and Liz, and I thought this would be a good weekend to drive up to Santa Barbara to see them. Gas prices have been through the roof, but I decided to take the short road trip anyway. Before getting

英语听书《海底两万里》第170期 第12章 一切都用电(3)

First off, I'll mention that at the bottom of the sea there exist veins of zinc, iron, silver, and gold whose mining would quite certainly be feasible. 首先，我对您说，海底有锌、铁、银、金等矿藏，开发并不是不可能的事。