英语顺口溜

英语中的俚语、口语或顺口溜很多，它们的意义，往往与字面意义不同，有时也不合文法的结构，所以正确了解和灵活使用，是学习英语者的难题之一。下面即是常见的一些，供读者参考。

英语专业四级听写049

Passage 49 Natural Resources Through the changes in the ways of making living in a family over several generations, the cartoon aims at sounding a warning against mans wasteful use of natural resources and emphasizing the urgent need to preserve the

WORDS AND THEIR STORIES(17) - Dime

WORDS AND THEIR STORIES - Dime By Jerry Watson Broadcast: Sunday, August 22, 2004 Revised by Xiao Jinyin( jinyinx@***.com ) In the 1930s, a song

Lesson 6 - HOLD WATER / WATER OFF A DUCK'S BACK...

to hold water water off a duck's back it makes my mouth water 这一课里我们再要讲两个和水，也就是和 water 这个字有关的词汇。第一个是 to hold water。 To hold water 按字面

英语口语1+1:A dime a dozen

高级英语第二册 1.Face to Face with Hurricane Camille

1.Face to Face with Hurricane Camille Joseph P. Blank 1 John Koshak, Jr., knew that Hurricane Camille would be bad. Radio and television warnings had sounded throughout that Sunday, last August 17, as Camille lashed northwestward across the Gulf of M

Lesson 5 - IN HOT WATER / THROW COLD WATER ON STH.

in hot water to throw cold water on something 英语里有好些习惯用语都和

英语专业四级听力50篇 049：Natural Resources

Natural Resources Through the changes in the ways of making a living in a family over several generations, the cartoon aims at sounding a warning against man's wasteful use of natural resources and emphasizing the urgent need to preserve these resour

Storms, Nature Uncover Bones on New York’s Island of the Dead

Storms and tides are uncovering long-hidden human remains on New Yorks Hart Island. The island is a place where New Yorkers who have little money when they die have been buried for 150 years. Now, skulls and other bones mark the ground of small piece

电影歌曲:Another Way to Die--007大片主题歌

Another Way to Die--007大片主题歌 演唱者：Alicia Keys and Jack White I know the player With the slick Trigger finger For Her Majesty Another one With the Golden tone voice And then your fantasy Another bill From a killer Turned a thrill Into

习惯用语－in hot water; throw cold water on sth.

in hot water to throw cold water on something 英语里有好些习惯用语都和“水”，就是water这个字有关系。有的用：hot water；还有的用：cold water or deep water。在英语里

2007年VOA标准英语-Minority Populations Growing in Many US Distric

By Brian Wagner Miami, Florida 15 August 2007 U.S. minority population are expanding New data from the U.S. Census Bureau shows that black, Asian, Hispanic and other minority populations are expanding in many districts where whites were once dominant

water

Gary:Water Do we have enough of it? Will this precious resource be the cause of future wars? Turn the pages of your newspaper, tune in to the radio news: these topics appear over and over again. Water is a subject that affects us all; it touches our

美国习惯用语:550 turn on a dime

我们上次学的几个习惯用语都含有表示五分硬币的词nickel。今天要学的习惯用语里的关键词汇是币值仅高于nickel的dime。然而出乎意料的是dime比 nickel和一分硬币penny都要小。它是美国钱币中最小

美国习惯用语:302 nickel and dime; on a dime

我们上一次讲了由penny 也就是分币组成的几个习惯用语。美国人用的硬币除了penny还有好几种。例如，价值比penny高一点儿的有五分和一毛的硬币。它们是: nickel and dime。不论Nickel还是dime都是零

2007年VOA标准英语-Cholera Persists in Africa Despite Aggressive M

By Phuong Tran Dakar 29 August 2007 At its regional meeting in the Republic of Congo this week, the World Health Organization called for African governments to improve sanitation in an effort to cut the number of deadly cholera infections on the cont

2006年VOA标准英语-Gulf Coast Attempts to Recover from Hurric

By Greg Flakus Gulfport, Mississippi 08 February 2006 watch Recovery report The devastation caused by flooding in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina continues to dominate headlines here and inter

What happens when we run out of water?

What happens when we run out of water? Over the last century, H20 has become so convenient we take it for granted. That's about to change Water is both mythic and real. It manages to be at once part of the mystery of life and part of the routine of l

My water Thinks So

Reading water meters in an unfamiliar part of town, I came upon a house with no number. Then I noticed an elderly man gardening at the first house on that block. Excuse me, I said to him. Are you Number One?He smiled and replied, My wife thinks so!No

原版英语对话1000个:272 Hurricane

Todd: So Ivan, in America, in California we have earthquakes. Do you have any natural disasters in Houston? Ivan: Uh, it floods a lot and we get hurricanes. Houston's called a bayou city. Bayou is kind of like a dirty river. Sometimes it rains a lot,