Tongue Twisters

Betty Botter Bought Some Butter Betty Botter bought some butter, “But”, she said, “the butter is bitter. If I put it in my batter, It will make my batter bitter. But a bit of better butter - Tha

新概念二Lesson 89 slip of the tongue

Lesson 89 slip of the tongue 口误 First listen and then answer the question. 听录音，然后回答以下问题。 Who made the only funny joke that evening and why? People will do anything to see

英语歌曲:Tongue Twister

（ tonguetwister ） Shesellsseashellsdownbytheseashore.

趣味青春英语电台 第164期:On the tip of your tongue

Idiom: On the tip of your tongue 话到嘴边却忘记了,突然说不上来 Hit the book: Take part in Mission Analyse Marine Expertise Look upon vocation

地道英语在线听-Tongue-Tied 语塞

Is she a bit tongue-tied? Neil: Hello, welcome to Real English from BBC Learning English, I'm Neil. Feifei: 大家好，我是冯菲菲。 Neil: In Real English we look at words and phrases people use all the time which you might not find in your dictionary.

英语诗歌:March Calf

Ted Hughes Right from the start he is dressed in his best - his blacks and his whites Little Fauntleroy - quiffed and glossy, A Sunday suit, a wedding natty get-up, Standing in dunged straw Under cobwebby beams, near the mud wall, Half of him legs,

Why Is 'Tongue-in-Cheek' So Funny?

Now, its time for Words and Their Stories from VOA Learning English! On this program, we explore the meaning and usage of everyday expressions American English. Today, we will talk about two parts of your head: the tongue and cheek. When you put them

英语绕口令 Tongue twisters

A Finnish fisher named Fisher failed to fish any fish one Friday afternoon and finally he found out a big fissure in his fishing-net. Notes: 1. Finnish:芬兰的 2. fissure:裂缝 Where is the watch I

<词海拾贝>Cat Got Your Tongue：一时不知说什么好

Cat got your tongue，猫咬了你的舌头？这听起来似乎有些荒唐。这个短语到底是什么意思呢，让我们一起来看看吧。 Cat got one's tongue是指一个人因惊讶、尴尬

<词海拾贝>Tongue In Cheek：不诚恳言不由衷、讽刺的

当有人称赞你是一个出色的歌手，可他心里却不是这样认为的，这时tongue in cheek这个词组就派上用场了，它的意思是“不诚恳的、言不由衷的、讽刺的、不

21. I've Just Bitten My Tongue

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Early modern humans didnt just chip away at stones to create their tools. They treated stone with fire in a sophisticated fashion, according to research published August 14th in the journal Science. About 72,000 years ago, our ancestors along coastal

美国习惯用语:332 tongue-lashing

对多数人来说舌头是身体最忙碌的部分之一。我们既用舌头来品味也用它来说话。难怪舌头，也就是tongue会组成许多习惯用语。这就是我们今天要谈的内容。我们首先要讲的是: tongue-lashing。

I've Just Bitten My Tongue

Are we poisonous? the young snake asked his mother. Yes, dear, she replied - Why do you ask?Cause I've just bitten my tongue! Notes: (1) poisonous adj.有毒的(2) Cause I've just bitten my tongue因为我刚咬了自己的舌头。句中Cause是Beca

The Key to surviving anything

Have you ever seen bamboo shoots in a storm? I have. I remember huddling in a hut in Thailand watching a raging typhoon sweep through the mountains. The clump of bamboo outside the window was completely flattened by the raging winds. The wind was so

乔布斯传 第441期:工作室探奇(4)

On this day Ive was overseeing the creation of a new European power plug and connector for the Macintosh. 我前去拜访的那天，艾弗正在监督两款模型的制作，其中一个是为欧洲市场设计的新插头，另一个是为Mac电脑设

经济学人:伦敦时装周

London Fashion Week 伦敦时装周 Rags to riches 朱门华裳 British fashion is becoming more hard headed 英国时尚产业跨入高端大气上档次时代 The Delevingne effect 卡拉迪瓦伊的美女效应 WITH its whirl of frocks, models and

The Fox and the Crow

The Fox and the CrowA Fox once saw a Crow fly off with a piece of cheese in itsbeak and settle on a branch of a tree. That's for me, as I am aFox, said Master Reynard, and he walked up to the foot of thetree. Good-day, Mistress Crow, he cried. How we

第458期:A Slip of the tongue到底是什么意思呢

New Words: love interest:文中特指的是爱慕对象 Intention n. 意图；目的；意向；愈合 spoil the image vt.破坏； Slip n. 滑，滑倒；片，纸片；错误；下跌；事故 引申 Slippery adj. 滑的；狡猾的；不稳定的

英语美文：小女孩

A little Girl Sitting on a grassy grave, beneath one of the windows of the church, was a little girl.With her head bent back she was gazing up at the sky and singing, while one of her little hands was pointing to a tiny cloud that hovered like a gold