英语口语1+1:A drop in the bucket

美国之音《流行美语》 380 bucket list

Larry和李华刚看完电影2012，在门口聊起来。李华会学到两个常用语：bucket list和dough。 LH: Larry， 你觉得2012年真的会是世界末日吗? LL: I don't know. But the movie does remind me that I have yet to finish my buc

Surprising Origin of 'To Keep at Bay'

Surprising Origin of 'To Keep at Bay' Now, it's time for Words and Their Stories from VOA Learning English. On this program, we explore everyday expressions that we use in conversation. Americans often use the first saying we will talk about today. B

Blockchain to Fight Corruption in Southeast Asia

What if you could wave your phone over a piece of fish at a store and immediately see a record of its path through the supply chain? 如果你在商店里把手机在一块鱼肉上面晃一下，就能立即看到它在供应链上的路径记录，结

British Store Forms Human Chain to Move Books

This is Whats Trending Today Recently, the operators of a bookstore in Southampton, England made an unusual appeal to people in the community. They sought help moving books and other things to the stores new location, a short distance down the street

There's a hole in my Bucket

There's a hole in my bucket, dear Liza, dear Liza There's a hole in my bucket, dear Liza, a hole Then mend it, dear Goofy, dear Goofy, dear Goofy Then mend it, dear Goofy, dear Goofy, then mend it Wit

英语口语轻松学 第60期:kick the bucket

ENGLISH MARATHON Host: Jeffery Kick the bucket Those guys are just waiting for their old man to kick the bucket so they can get his money. I'm not at all surprised that he finally kicked the bucket. He was not in very good health. After these exams,

英文短篇故事（纽约）64 A Bucket of Chicken (1)

KF was selling a Family Bucket for only $12. The ads were on TV. Josh went to a KF on Broadway. A big sign in the window said Family Bucket $12eight pieces of chicken, cole slaw, and mashed potatoes. Josh went inside. He ordered the Family Bucket. Th

第35期: arm, clear, measure, length, cotton

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 arm [ B:m ] He received a call to arms

英语语法：169 Do You Overuse "Of"?

Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is nixing the horrid of. Almost everyone has a few bad writing habits. They're often the kind of thing experts or even your friends can point to and say Yup, I know who wrote that. One of my bad habits is that I tend

Using Cats to Explain Cryptocurrency and Blockchain

By now, most people have heard of bitcoin. Bitcoin is a virtual currency that has had a huge rise in value during 2017. Bitcoin however is just one of many cryptocurrencies. A cryptocurrency is a kind of money that does not exist in the form of bills

Lesson 67 - GET A KICK OUT OF / KICK THE BUCKET

to get a kick out of to kick the bucket 美国多年来有一首流行歌曲，它的名字叫

英语博客(A cup of English):Where is my bucket?

Beginners. What sort of things do you like to do during the Summer. Are there any activities that you are particularly fond of? What about when you were a child? If I could sit down and chat with all of you, I would probably be able to write a long l

Have You Started Your Bucket List Yet?

Have You Started Your Bucket List Yet? Most people know what a bucket list is, for those that dont it is a list of things you want to do before you die. You can also find the movie, The Bucket List with Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman and give it a

学个词Learn a Word 第1741 chain

今天我们要学的词是 chain。Chain 除了大家都知道的，有锁链的意思，还有连锁店的意思。The American drug store Walgreens became the first retail store chain to expand its services to include diagnosing and treating patie

Horse meat found in pasta of German supermarket chain

COPENHAGEN, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- German supermarket chain Lidl in Denmark has found traces of horse meat in a pasta dish, the supermarket annouced late on Monday. A pasta dish called Combino Penne Bolognese from the manufacturer Copack has been found

Lesson 20 - UP IN ARMS / AT ARM'S LENGTH

Up in arms At arm's length 在美国人讲话时，或从书刊报纸上，你经常可以听到或见到一些由手臂，就是英文里的arms这个字组成的成语或俗语。有些习惯用语从

英语语法：44 Do You Overuse "Of"?

Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is nixing the horrid of. Almost everyone has a few bad writing habits. They're often the kind of thing experts or even your friends can point to and say Yup, I know who wrote that. One of my bad habits is that I tend

英语新闻视频：长城到底有多长？

Precise length of Great Wall: 21,196.18 km Precisely, how long is the Great Wall? This has been a long-unanswered question, as many dynasties in Chinese history built, modified or extended the Great Wall. But now, the State Administration of Cultural

英语笑话听力+文本：Height, Not Length是高度,不是长度

[00:39.12]height 高度 [00:43.33]length 长度 [00:47.42]mathematician 数学家 [00:52.35]be required to do something 被要求做某事 [00:58.34]measuring tape 卷尺 [01:04.45]A team of mathematicians were required [01:06.76]to measure the heigh