Improve Your Writing by Using Concept Maps

Improve Your Writing by Using Concept Maps English learners face a common problem: their writing often lacks clarity and cohesion. That is according to Babi Kruchin and Alan Kennedy who teach at the American Language Program at Columbia University. T

NPR 2012-03-10

The US is seeing its strongest three months of hiring since the start of the recession. The Labor Department reports an increase of 227,000 jobs in February. The numbers from the previous two months have also been revised upward. But the unemployment

【租住公寓】垃圾处理器-Garbage Disposal

A: Hi, Tom. This is Hannah from apartment 4C. B: Oh, hi, Hannah. A: There is something wrong with my garbage disposal. B: Exactly what's going on? A: When I turn on the disposal switch, all I get is silence. B: When did this happen? A: Well, about a

学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 3058 disposal

今天我们要学的词是disposal. Disposal 名词，有处理，处置的意思。The disposal of an unexploded World War II bomb led to the evacuation of thousands of people in a large area in Berlin. 为拆除一枚二战期间没有引爆的炸弹

第59期: facilitate, habit, ice, idea, concept

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 facilitate [ fE5siliteit ] The broken

SSS 2009-11-13

Algae seem harmless enough. These precursors to plants thrive throughout the world's waters. But these single-celled plants have global consequences. We can thank them for oxygen in the atmosphere, oil in the lithosphere as well as dead zones in the

科学家宣布地质纪元进入“人类世”

The 11,700-year-old Holocene epoch is over. We're now living in the Anthropocene epoch. 长达11700年的全新世结束啦。我们如今正生活在人类世纪元。 编者注：全新世（Holocene Epoch），是最年轻的地质年代，它与更

闭着眼睛飘单词 四级词汇22

[0:0]discourage disgust disk dismiss [0:46.4036]disorder display disposal dispose

TED演讲:探索世界最深洞穴(3)

We're going to be shooting from minus 2,600 meters that's a little over 8,600 feet down at 30 kilometers from the entrance. 我们要从地下2600米处,大约8600多英尺之下--开始拍摄。那个地方离洞口30千米处。 The lead crews will

地道英语对话：Garbage Disposal(2)

A: Tom, are you there? It's Hannah from 4C. B: Hey, Hannah. Long time no hear from. A: My garbage disposal refuses to work. B: What happens when you turn on the switch? A: When I turn on the switch, nothing happens. B: When did you first notice this?

地道英语对话：Garbage Disposal(4)

A: Hello, Tom? This is Hannah in 4C. B: Hi, Hannah. What can I do for you? A: My garbage disposal went south. B: Does it turn at all? A: There is nothing but silence when I turn on the switch. B: Did it die suddenly? A: It started to make a weird sou

地道英语对话：Garbage Disposal(5)

A: Hi, Tom. This is Hannah calling. B: Hi, Hannah. What's up? A: I think my garbage disposal kicked the bucket. B: Is it dying, or is it dead? A: Turning on the switch is the same as not turning on the switch. B: Did it make strange sounds before it

地道英语对话：Garbage Disposal(1)

A: Hi, Tom. This is Hannah from apartment 4C. B: Oh, hi, Hannah. A: There is something wrong with my garbage disposal. B: Exactly what's going on? A: When I turn on the disposal switch, all I get is silence. B: When did this happen? A: Well, about a

MESSENGER Probe Sends First Mercury Images

The U.S. space agency(代理中介) has released the first ever image taken of the surface of Mercury from a spacecraft orbiting the planet. The black and white image, posted on the NASA website Tuesday, shows a surface pocked with craters of varying

英语杂谈：115 How do I get there

[00:00.00]WENDY:OK,how do I get there?Right. [00:14.29]Drive noth on Route 93.Take Route I north. [00:23.75]WENDY:Go over the Tobin Bridge.Keep on the I until you get to Saugus. [00:31.69]Take the exit by Walgreens.There are signs for Melrose and Sto

科学家宣布地质纪元进入人类世

These are called love tents but they're not what you think. 虽被称为爱的帐篷，但是它们可与你所想不同。 Chinese colleges have come up with an unusual way to help freshmen settle in. 中国的大学别出心裁，以一种特殊的方

TED演讲:地球的年龄有多大(2)

The United States of America's Declaration of Independence would be signed in the last half-inch. 美国的独立宣言签署在最后的半英寸。 Or if we compared geologic time to a woman stretching her arms to a span of six feet, 如果我们将地

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其实，推断题没有想象中的那么难，因为托福文章有很清晰的逻辑架构，T(topic)+A(aspect)+A(attitude)的篇章结构和TS(topic sentence)+D(detail)的段落结构是几乎每节课我都会提到的，只有明白了文章的写

TED演讲:用玩具创造世界(5)

Now, as we pull down here, we still have a whole set of creatures living on the surface of the planet. 现在当我摧毁这里的时候，在这个星球上其实还居住着一系列的生物， There are all these different dynamics going on here.

万物简史 第330期:美丽而危险(13)

Eighty million tons of rock, moving at more than one hundred miles an hour, just fell off the mountain, 8000万吨岩石以每小时160公里的速度从山上崩塌下来， traveling with such force and momentum that the leading edge of the landsli