英语口语1+1:Nose is out of joint

TED演讲：拥有大脑的真正原因(11)

But we've got a problem. Tasks are symbolic -- I want to drink, I want to dance -- but the movement system has to contract 600 muscles in a particular sequence. 但在这里出现问题了。动作任务是符号性质的--我要喝水，我要跳舞

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

美国习惯用语:762 nose out of joint

今天我们要讲的美国习惯用语是：nose out of joint. 大家都知道，nose是鼻子的意思，joint是关节的意思。Nose out of joint连在一起就是不愉快，心烦意乱的意思，类似中文里说的鼻子都气歪了。 比如

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

TED演讲 第16期:为什么我们应该终止禁毒战争(2)

And I liked drinking too, but it was obvious that alcohol was really the more dangerous of the two, 我也很喜欢喝酒，但是很显然这两者中酒精确实更加危险， but my friends and I could get busted for smoking a joint. 可是我和我

TED演讲:个体DNA检测的时代来了(2)

DNA is the fundamental molecule the carries genetic instructions that help build the living world. DNA是携带遗传指令最基本的分子，帮助建造了生机勃勃的世界。 Humans have DNA. Pigs have DNA. Even bacteria and some viruses hav

TED演讲:麸质有什么大不了的(2)

Celiac disease is an inherited disease, 乳糜泻是遗传性疾病， in which eating foods with gluten leads to inflammation and damage of the lining of the small intestine. 患者在进食麩质食物时，会出现发炎，并损害小肠绒毛。

TED演讲:什么是脂肪(1)

Olive oil is 100% fat; there's nothing else in it. 橄榄油含有100%的脂肪，除此之外没有别的。 Pancake mix, on the other hand, is only about 11% fat. 相反，煎饼只有约11%的脂肪。 And, yet, olive oil is good for you, and panc

TED演讲:献给所有迷失在这个时代的人(8)

Language is one of the only things that we truly share, 语言是我们真正共有的唯几样事物之一， and I sometimes used this joint inheritance to obfuscate and deflect and justify myself; 而我有时候却用这共同的遗产，去混淆，

TED演讲：别对我撒谎(12)

Are you going to do that soon? 你会很快去做鉴定吗？ Is there somebody that you can't...Well, I'm only one side. I'm only one side of the test. But I'm happy to participate. 你不能我只是鉴定的一方。但是我很乐意进行鉴定。

VOA常速英语2007年-Britain, US to Organize Investors'Conference fo

By Tom Rivers London 18 December 2007 A day after international delegates agreed in Paris to give at least$7 billion in aid to the Palestinians, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met British PM Gordon Brown at 10 Downing Street. After the discussio

China, Russia issue joint communique on ties

MOSCOW, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- China and Russia on Thursday issued a joint communique on wide-ranging cooperation and coordination between the two countries. The document was released after the 17th regular meeting of the two countries' heads of governme

Indonesia eyes more investment from China: joint statement

BEIJING, March 25 (Xinhua) -- A joint statement released in Beijing on Sunday said that Indonesia invites Chinese enterprises to increase their investment. The statement was issued as Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono wrapped up a three-d

US, Britain to Form Joint Security Board

The United States and Britain are planning to form a joint national security council, designed to allow the two allies close cooperation in dealing with security challenges. The two are expected to officially announce the creation of the new National

TED演讲:如何健康长寿(5)

My editor at Geographic 我地理学的编辑 wanted me to find America's Blue Zone. 想让我找个美国的蓝区。 And for a while we looked on the prairies of Minnesota, 一时间我们观察了明尼苏达草原， where actually there is a ver

Joint Ventures Essential to Auto Industry Innovation

With profit margins in the Chinese auto industry continuing to erode, a number of joint ventures are looking toward China's less-developed western regions as an area to shore up their bottom lines. CRI's Hu Jia has more. Vehicle output in the Chengdu

Russia-China joint naval exercise starts

QINGDAO, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Russian naval deputy chief of staff Rear Admiral Leonid Sukhanov announced here on Sunday the official start of the joint exercise with the Chinese navy. Ding Yiping, deputy commander of the Chinese People's Liberation A

2013年美国好声音 Rock With You - VEDO

Uh (oh yeah) Bring the funk Big Heav in da house Yeah, get down Talk about it, huh (umm mmmh) Check this out Original (oh oh oh) Keep it movin' Baby don't stop Love the way we doin' Hip Hop Oh yeah, like this Check it (oh whoah oh) A-yo Rock you, I g

TED演讲:一段精神疾病的传奇--从内心看起(3)

So the following episode happened the seventh week of my first semester of my first year at Yale Law School. 接下来这件事发生在我上耶鲁大学法学院的第一学期的第七周 Quoting from my writings: 从我的笔记中： My two clas