考研英语长难句:O—R开头谚语汇总(2)

22. Penny wise, pound foolish。贪小便宜吃大亏。 23. Plain dealing is praised more than practiced。正大光明者，说到的多，做到的少。 24. Please the eye and plague the heart。贪图一时快活，必然留下隐祸。 25. Plea

美国科学60秒 SSS 2012-09-05

They say that all's fair in love and war. But when it comes to making a deal, people have very definite ideas about what's fair. A recent study found that people will let a basic physiological need go unfulfilled rather than accept an unfair transact

英语听力：探索发现 科学新发现：我们的大气层-18

The air thins and they begin to lose the protective weight of the miles of air above them. The pressure is dropping, when you finally get to the stratosphere, and to the altitude we like to work at, it's only one one hundredth that of it's on the gro

【突破英文词汇】fin -- end, boundary

1. affinity /əˈfɪnɪti:/ -- (literally, condition of being near the boundary or a neighbor) kinship; sympathy; liking; attraction He intends to establish some kind of an affinity between himself and the public. 他希望在自己和公众之间建立

【有声英语文学名著】蝇王（1a）

The Sound of the Shell The boy with fair hair lowered himself down the last few feet of rock and began to pick his way towards the lagoon. Though he had taken off his school sweater and trailed it now from one hand, his grey shirt stuck to him and hi

散文：忠诚的朋友Part 18

【英文原文】 Everybody went to little Hans' funeral, as he was so popular, and the Miller was the chief mourner. 'As I was his best friend,' said the Miller, 'it is only fair that I should have the best place'; so he walked at the head of the p

Shark's fin soup

Yvonne: This is 6 Minute English, I'm Yvonne Archer - and Finn has kindly joined mefor today's programme. Hello Finn! Finn: Hello Yvonne how are you? Yvonne: Oh, I'm great thanks! Now, 2011 is the year of the Rabbit in the Chinese lunarcalendar - and

How Sharks Have Paid the Price for Demand for Shark Fin Soup

CHRISTOPHER CRUISE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Im Christopher Cruise. FAITH LAPIDUS: And Im Faith Lapidus. This week, we tell about sharks. We tell how demand for shark fin soup has led to the killing of millions of these cre

英语说唱:The One Ft. Fingazz And Angel

The One Ft. Fingazz And Angel 演唱者：Lil cuete 以述说帮派、爱情、生活为主 多数曲风喜欢加入变音器。 英文歌词 i could be the one i could be the one i could be the one baby its my number call me whenever and when u r re

VOA慢速英语2009年-Economics Report - Dubai Feels the Fin

This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. In recent years, a shining city grew in the desert of Dubai on -- and even off -- the Gulf coast. An island shaped like a palm tree was built for hotels, homes and entertainment. In October of last ye

VOA标准英语2008年-Spain's Water Fair Tackles Conservation with In

The northeastern Spanish city of Zaragoza is hosting an international water fair to highlight the importance of this vital and increasingly threatened resource. Spain is no stranger to water scarcity. The country is juggling competing demands of urb

2018年CRI Yangtze River says no to finless porpoise extinction

The Yangtze River is a major habitant for finless porpoise, an aquatic marine mammal close to dolphins. However due to increasing human activities the number of the animal has been declining in China over the years. Provinces along the Yangtze River

英语听书《海底两万里》第41期 第4章 尼德兰(10)

Note well, my fine Canadian, I went on, if such an animal exists, if it lives deep in the ocean, 请您注意，我又说，我的诚实的加拿大人，如果有这样的一种动物，如果它是生活在海洋底下， if it frequents the liquid

2 Unusual Things Affected by the Financial Crisis

Its hard to find something not impacted by our current financial crisis. Here are 12 examples of what the recession means for specific things, from Spam to sex addiction. 1. Spam It looks like meat, it tastes like meat, but its a far cheaper substitu

Greek FinMin receives bullet in envelope

ATHENS, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) -- Greek Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras received a bullet in the post, Greek media reported on Monday. Stournaras' aides alerted security forces, when they opened the envelope at his office and discovered the enclosed bull

German FinMin urges Greek opposition to back reforms

BERLIN, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- Germany's Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble on Monday urged visiting Greek opposition leader Alexis Tsipras to support austerity measures and economic reforms. Schaeuble told Tsipras, a critic of the German-backed auster

英文歌曲：Scarborough Fair 斯卡布罗集市

Are you going to Scarborough Fair? 你要去斯卡布罗集市吗？ Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme 欧芹，鼠尾草，迷迭香和百里香 Remember me to one who lives there 请代我向住在那里的一个人问好 He once was a true love of

AP美联社一分钟新闻(2010-04-06)

1. President Barack Obama tells Americans to not judge the nearly one-trillion-dollar makeover of health care until reforms take hold. During this campaign-style appearance, Obama mocked pundits and pollsters, who were saying he is not getting a boos

CCTV9英语新闻：Finless porpoise goes back to sea

A story where we gladly bid farewell to a 'smiling angel', a finless porpoise who looks as if he's always smiling. Xiao Hua, or Little Scar, is healthy, nimble, and with hardly a scar detectable now. But six months ago, he was a real scar face. The f

News & Reports 2011-05-07

Hello and Welcome to News and Reports on China Radio International. In This Edition Analysts say security issue will top the agenda in the upcoming Sino-US Strategic and Economic Dialogue in Washington. A senior Chinese official reiterates that China