英语口语1+1:Don't look a gift horse in the mouth

2013年ESL之就医和人际交往 19 Making a Will

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ESL Podcast 943 – Making a Will

Last week, I got a wake-up call. One of my oldest friends from high school died suddenly in an accident, leaving no will. With no estate planning at all, his assets went into probate and his dependents were left in limbo. My friend was a young man, t

异类之不一样的成功启示录 第195期:非白人混血儿的地位

They lived the much easier life of working in the house. 她们在房子里工作, They were the ones most likely to be freed. 享受安逸的生活。 So many mulatto mistresses were left substantial fortunes in the wills of white property owners 她们

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It was time for the annual blood drive. He told his girlfriend, Im going to give blood tomorrow. She said, Dont do that. You could get a disease. He asked, I could get a disease? How could I get a disease? She said, You never know. What if a nurse tr

134. The Nice Wedding Gift

We attended the wedding of an acquaintance's son. Because we did not know the young man or his bride, we decided to send them a practical household gift, a fire extinguisher. Apparently, the couple ma

Step by Step 3000 第2册 Unit12:Dictation Item(9)

Item Nine. Vocabulary. towering, perish, Sumatra, Aceh. More than 160,000 people died or disappeared in northern Sumatra on December 26th 2004, when towering waves battered the coast. Tens of thousands more perished in a dozen countries surrounding t

【英语1级听力】不卫生的针头-Dirty Needles

It was time for the annual blood drive. He told his girlfriend, I'm going to give blood tomorrow. She said, Don't do that. You could get a disease. He asked, I could get a disease? How could I get a disease? She said, You never know. What if a nurse

地道英语在线听-Gift of the Gab 能说会道

Has she got the gift of the gab? Neil: Hello, welcome to Real English from BBC Learning English, Im Neil. Helen: 大家好，我是 Helen。 Neil: In Real English we look at words and phrases people use all the time, but you probably won't find in your dic

'The Gift of the Magi,' by O. Henry

One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. And sixty cents of it in the smallest pieces of money - pennies. Pennies saved one and two at a time by negotiating with the men at the market who sold vegetables and meat. Negotiating until one's face

情景会话— A Christmas Gift 圣诞礼物

Shop-assistant : May I help you, sir? Mr. Yung : Er …I wart to buy my wife a gift for Christmas, but I don't know what she would like. Shop- assistant : How about an evening gown? These are all from

英语赠言For Gift and Present

学个词Learn a Word 第870期 Regift

今天我们要学的词是regift。Regift, 意思是把自己收到的没用的礼物拿来转送给别人。最新调查显示，36 % of U.S. adults will regift this year, 美国36%的成年人今年都会把收到的礼物转送给别人。Regifti

每日一词【870】regift

今天我们要学的词是regift。Regift, 意思是把自己收到的没用的礼物拿来转送给别人。最新调查显示，36 % of U.S. adults will regift this year, 美国36%的成年人今年都会把收到的礼物转送给别人。Regifti

美国保安一生清贫 死后捐款600万刀

A Vermont man who during his lifetime foraged for wood and held down jobs as a janitor and at a filling station, has left his local hospital and library $6million (?3.95 million). 美国佛蒙特州一位老人的一生非常普通，曾在加油站工

学个词Learn a Word 第1556-noteworthy

今天我们要学的词是 noteworthy. Noteworthy意思是值得注意的，值得引起重视的。雅虎公司宣布，年仅37岁的迈耶将担任雅虎公司首席执行官。Her selection is noteworthy both because she is one of only a few wom

TED演讲:给阿富汗人带来心灵宁静(2)

Yet, there is hope. One day a man told me, 然而，他们仍然是有一丝希望的。一天，一个阿富汗人告诉我， My future does not look brilliant, but I want to have a brilliant future for my son. 我的前途并不光明，但是我希

英语博客:The big gift

My son, Cass, has been playing the piano for over a year. He loves it! He practices at home, and attends his weekly class religiously. He really has the discipline thing 'down' as we say, meaning that he understands why and how to be disciplined. I a

学个词Learn a Word 第1410期　gift card

今天我们要学的词是gift card。Gift card, 就是可以在商场使用的代金卡。新年到了，亲朋好友们通常会互相交换礼物。 If you don't know exactly what to buy, gift cards might be a good idea, 如果你不知道该买什

The Gift

It was at the end of the school year, and a kindergarten teacher was receiving gifts from her pupils. The florist's son handed her a gift. She shook it, held it overhead, and said, I bet I know what it is. Some flowers. That's right the boy said, but