学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 3194 loom

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Judges 士师记16

16One day Samson went to Gaza, where he saw a prostitute. He went in to spend the night with her. 2The people of Gaza were told, Samson is here! So they surrounded the place and lay in wait for him all night at the city gate. They made no move durin

第52期: abeyance, fable, fabric, face, gab

说一口流利的英语，从简单的单词开始。 听听，读读，背背，今天你的词汇量又增加了5个。 单词/词义 中英例句 单词听读 abeyance [ E5beiEns ] The law go into

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Sammy looked at the pile of paper on the floor. Whenever he finished reading his mail or a newspaper or magazine, he threw it into this pile. This was his recycling pile. At the moment, it was almost two feet high. It was time to recycle. He squatted

US Treasury Secretary Nominee Touts Bush Tax Cut

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美国习惯用语: Lesson 198 - CUT A DEAL / CUT CORNERS

今天我们要给大家介绍的两个习惯用语都是以cut这个字为主的。Cut这个字和其他有些英文字一样，在跟别的字合在一起成为俗语，俚语的时候会有不同的意

美国习惯用语: Lesson 199 - CUT OUT FOR/CUT OUT TO BE / CUT-U

我们已经讲过两个以cut 这个字为主的习惯用语。让我们先来复习一下cut是怎么拼的。Cut这个字最普通的意思就是用刀把什么东西切开。可是，在今天我们

VOA标准英语2011--Automatic US Spending Cuts Loom

Automatic US Spending Cuts Loom Under current U.S. law, automatic cuts to domestic programs and national defense will begin in 2013, because a congressional committee failed to agree on trimming Americas federal deficit. Already, many lawmakers say t

The Emperor's New Clothes

Long ago and far away, there lived an Emperor. This Emperor was very vain and could think about nothing but his clothes. He had wardrobes and cupboards full of clothes. They filled his spare bedrooms and upstairs corridors of the palace. The courtier

VOA标准英语2012--Conventions Loom as Test for US Presidential Candidates

Conventions Loom as Test for US Presidential Candidates Negative ads from both sides blanket the TV airwaves and the candidates are taking it personally. The other side has decided that compromise is a dirty word, President Obama said. And they spend

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VOA标准英语2011--Libyans Optimistic on Democracy, Challenges Loom

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VOA标准英语2013--Battles for Aleppo Loom on Syria's Northern Front

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RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: When Meghan Markle marries Prince Harry, whatever she wears is guaranteed to cause conversation. But as NPR's Neda Ulaby reports, these days she's not the only one. NEDA ULABY, BYLINE: When it comes to the bridal bust line, the q

学个词Learn a Word 第435期 Clear-cut

今天我们要学的词是clear-cut。 Clear-cut, 是清楚的，明确的。There was no clear-cut winner in the debate, 这场辩论没有明确的胜利者。Last year's championship team is not the clear-cut favorite for this season, 去年的冠军

学个词Learn a Word 第880期 cut back

今天我们要学的词是cut back。 To cut back, 意思是减少。由于冬天客流量少，A rail service will cut back the number of trains it runs from 18 to 10, 一家火车公司决定将客运列车数量从18列减少为10列。General Mi

Barca and Atletic look to pile pressure on Real Madrid

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英语听书《白鲸记》第859期

while, suspended from a bough, the terrific lower jaw vibrated over all the devotees, like the hair-hung sword that so affrighted Damocles. 而那只挂在大树枝上的、在一切皈依者头顶颤动着的可怕的下颚，就象是把达摩克利兹

英语美文：施惠于人

My mother through her fine example instilled1 within me the desire to help others. She taught me to notice those who others ignore (不理，忽视). She was compassionate2. The railroad tracks were within a mile of our house. Beggers and bums (流浪汉

Cut that out

Three guys are in a bar discussing how much their wives bitch at them. Theydecide that when they get home, they'll do everything that the women ask. The next weekend, they are in the same bar. The first guy says Man, I don't think that our idea was s