英语听力文摘 English Digest 668 为何一些人是双关节？

Why Are Some People Double-Jointed? Can you bend your thumb backwards until it touches your wrist? If you join your hands behind your back, can you lift them over your head without letting go? If you can, you might be what some people call double-joi

简单慢速英语阅读：He Hates to Fly

He had a 9 p.m. flight. He hated to fly. A passenger plane is always crowded. It is always full. Passengers are jammed together. They are packed together. Side by side. Elbow to elbow. Front to back. Knees to butts. Five hours from California to New

AP美联社一分钟新闻(2010-06-23)

1. President Barack Obamas chief of staff says Republicans have given the White House a political gift by criticizing its push for a $20 billion compensation fund from BP. Rahm Emanuel told ABC's This Week that Republicans appear to consider BP the a

英国学生科学读本 第84期:勤劳的蜜蜂(2)

The skin will swell at the place where you were stung, and that spot will feel very sore for several days. 皮肤被叮咬的地方高高肿起, 在接下来的几天时间里, 这个伤口都会令人感到疼痛难忍。 The hive bee is dark brown

英文书摘精选 为什么有些人是双关节?

Can you bend your thumb backwards until it touches your wrist? If you join your hands behind your back, can you lift them over your head without letting go? 你是否能将大拇指向后弯曲直至其触碰到手腕部位？你将双手在背后紧握

艾伦脱口秀44 不会折断的手指

So I'm glad that you're both here. 真开心你们都来了 Because you've been here individually but now you're both together. 因为你们都单独来过 但是现在一起来了 Yes. So much more fun. 是啊 更有趣了 Well,you are always fun. y

CNN 2010-10-14

We hope to finish today, Tuesday, which is day 69 since our miners got trapped. We are really working as fast as possible to get these miners out. We are not really about declaring mission accomplished. We are basically met the necessary conditions t

每日商务英语 第130期:办公室闲职

swivel-chair job 办公室闲职 英文释义 An easy office job with very few real responsibilities(NOTE: a swivel-chair is a comfortable executiveoffice chair). 例句 The ambitious young man was given a swivel-chair job in his uncle's company, but

英语说唱:Ayo Technology《哎哟 技术》

Ayo Technology《哎哟 技术》望远镜偷偷看 她的表现就像花痴 演唱者：50cents nympho，大概就相当于汉语里的花痴，学个词也不错 英文歌词 something special, unforgetable, 50 cent (cent), justin (tin), simple cle

VOA标准英语2008年-US President Wants More Offshore Drilling

U.S. President George Bush is again calling on opposition Democrats in Congress to expand offshore oil drilling. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports, high energy prices are a big part of this year's presidential campaign. President G

VOA标准英语2009年-Gas Drilling Plan Raises Water Contami

Environmentalists claim the drilling could contaminate New York's unfiltered drinking water sources with dangerous chemicals and radioactivity Carolyn Weaver | New York 24 December 2009 Photo: Sabine Aronowsky Manhattan borough president Scott String

NPR美国国家公共电台 2013-04-12

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. The Senate is moving forward with debate on sweeping gun legislation. NPRs Elsa Chang reports in todays vote, lawmakers beat back a filibuster by a group of Republicans who say they are against addition

英国学生科学读本 第59期:美丽的蝴蝶(2)

The butterfly is an insect. We see that its body is divided into three parts, and that each part is made of a number of rings joined to one another. It has three pairs of jointed legs and two pairs of wings, all of which grow out of the middle part,

美国学生人类历史第4期:人类历史舞台的形成(1)

Chapter 1 第一章 The Setting of the Stage 人类历史舞台的形成 We live under the shadow of a gigantic question mark. 人类一直以来都生活在一个巨大问号的阴影下面 Who are we? 我们是谁？ Where do we come from? 我们从哪

绿野仙踪 第26期:救出铁皮人(2)

She ran to the place and then stopped short, with a little cry of surprise. 她跑了过去，停了下，发出一声尖叫。 One of the big trees had been partly chopped through, and standing beside it, 一棵大树，被砍去了一部分。 with

世界小史 第147期:中国

His province was called Ch'in, from which his family took its name, and it is likely that the whole country now known as China was named after him. 他所统治的国家叫秦国，他的家族也这样取名，大概中国整个国家今天还都是按

英语词汇分类：矿业、采矿

bed, deposit, field 书馆 矿床 outcrop 露头 fault 断层 vein, sean, lode 矿脉 gold reef 金矿矿脉 pocket 矿穴 reservoir 储藏 water table 潜水面，地下水面 mine 矿 stratum, layer 矿

英国学生科学读本 第54期:硬壳螃蟹(1)

Lesson 54 The Crusty Crab 第54课 硬壳螃蟹 Crabs are good to eat. The next time you have one for your supper, I should like you to look at it very carefully, and try to learn what kind of an animal it is. 螃蟹也是美味的食物。小朋友，

英国学生科学读本 第34期:大麦(1)

Lesson 34 Barley 第34课 大麦 I know some children who are very fond of growing seeds of all kinds in pots. Sometimes they fill a flower-pot rather more than half-full with moist sand. On the top of this damp sand they sprinkle some grains of barl

英文情书写作范文：My Vision Of You我眼中的你

To: Leandra ~ From: Ansil Dear Leann, I went to bed last night with a vision of you next to me. I slept like a baby all night, because I was not feeling alone. When I awoke this morning to see if it was real or if it was a dream, realty hit me that i