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Studying for a big exam at school or a presentation at work, but don't forget to get a good night's sleep. Brain scientists report more evidence this week that sleep can improve your memory. Researche

发表于:2018-12-11 / 阅读(119) / 评论(0) 分类 万花筒2006年

特殊的声音 中文里我们经常会说哎哟哎呀等等,其实英文里也有这样的表达: Special sounds: 特殊的声音 Non-lexical sounds: /?lek-si-k?l/ 非词汇的声音 它们通常在说话间使用,起到填补的作用: Filler

发表于:2018-12-17 / 阅读(209) / 评论(0) 分类 美国文化脱口秀

AILSA CHANG, HOST: When writer Mara Altman was 19, attending college at UCLA, she learned something about herself. It happened one night while she was flirting with a server at a Mexican restaurant. His name was Gustavo. She says he said five words s

发表于:2018-12-18 / 阅读(118) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年NPR美国国家公共电台9月

Prayer flags fly high in the wind across steep valleys and roads in the Kingdom of Bhutan. Many visitors remember seeing Bhutans Buddhist religious centers and stately looking defenses called zhongs. Others might recall large water-powered prayer whe

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(137) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年VOA慢速英语(三)月

坚持不懈,直到成功。 我们每天的奋斗就像对参天大树的一次砍击,头几刀可能了无痕迹。每一击看似微不足道,然而,累积起来,巨树终会倒下。这恰

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(184) / 评论(0) 分类 四六级词汇与结构练习

The fine-furniture store where I work has been in business since the 1920s.Recently I received a call from a woman who wanted to replace some chairs from a dining set purchased from us in the 1930s.I

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(118) / 评论(0) 分类 英汉幽默故事选读

China builds first tower-type solar-thermal power station BEIJING, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) -- The first tower-type solar-thermal power station in Asia has been built in northwest Beijing, chief of the program said on Monday. Wang Zhifeng, a researcher at th

发表于:2019-01-07 / 阅读(166) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Science and Technology 科技 Solar heat for oil wells 用于油井的太阳热能 Mirrors in glasshouses 温室的反光镜... can be used to heat stones ...能用于加热石头 THERE is a lot of energy from ancient sunshine stored in the oil that

发表于:2019-01-07 / 阅读(130) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人科技系列

Ever wander through a supermarket and past the open refrigerated cases that house cream cheese, butter and OJ? The refrigerated shelves are protected by jets of air that blow across the front. These jets form an air shield to keep the warm air out. T

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(190) / 评论(0) 分类 Scientific American(十一)月

1. Bravo!太棒了! 2. Bummer!真扫兴! 3.Shame!可惜了! 4. Hello?有人在吗? 5.Alrighty!好滴。 6.Gross.真恶心。 7. You happy?你满意了吧! 8. Try harder.再努力一点. 9. Keep going.继续. 10. Gotta hit the road.得走了 11. Knock

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(111) / 评论(0) 分类 英语口语

Agriculture Report - Improving 'Feed Efficiency' in Cattle 农业报道 - 提高牛的饲养效率 From VOA Learning English, this is the Agriculture Report in Special English. 这里是美国之音慢速英语农业报道。 Animal feed is the bigge

发表于:2019-01-12 / 阅读(135) / 评论(0) 分类 2012年VOA慢速英语(十一)月

Science and Technology 科技 Solar heat for oil wells 用于油井的太阳热 Mirrors in glasshouses can be used to heat stones 玻璃房里的镜子.....可以用来加热石头 THERE is a lot of energy from ancient sunshine stored in the oil that

发表于:2019-01-26 / 阅读(127) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人科技系列

Today a new geo-thermal power station was opened in Kawerau, in the eastern Bay of Plenty. Geo means earth and therm means heat. The power station uses hot steam from the earth. Like the geo-thermal power station at Wairakei, which opened in the 1950

发表于:2019-01-27 / 阅读(141) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

1. dude(老兄,老哥) 2. chick(女孩) 3. pissed off(生气,不高兴) 4. Hey,Give me five(嗨,好啊!) 5. freak out(大发脾气) 6. Get out of here(别开玩笑了,别骗人了) 7. gross(真恶心) 8. Hello(有没有搞错) 9. green(新手

发表于:2019-02-02 / 阅读(100) / 评论(0) 分类 英语口语

It happens every summer: offices turn on the air-conditioning, and women freeze into popsicles. But until now, there was no data to understand why women felt cold and were slipping on cardigans while men just rolled up their sleeves at the same tempe

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(127) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

CANBERRA, Oct. 14 (Xinhua) -- Australian scientists have made the alarming discovery that sea levels have risen more in the past century than at any other comparable period in the past 6,000 years. Researchers from the Australian National University

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(119) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 16 November 2007 Auto makers who are showcasing their latest models at the Los Angeles auto show are expanding product lines in the hope of staying competitive in a changing market. Mike O'Sullivan reports, carmakers fr

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(157) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA常速英语2007年(十一月)

Back to basics 节能以人为本 Energy efficiency is not very flashy. That may be a selling point 能源增效并不那么高高在上,也许它还是个卖点。 Hope those are energy-saving bulbs 希望大家都使节能灯泡 WHEN Richard Sanc

发表于:2019-02-24 / 阅读(171) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人综合

1.Bazinga 逗你玩儿。 2.Whatever/up to you. 随便。 3.This is sick./gross/disgusting.太恶心了。 4.It's a deal.一言为定。 5.I screwed it up.我搞砸了。 6.Let me handle it.让我来摆平。 7.What's the big deal?有什么大不了的

发表于:2019-02-25 / 阅读(154) / 评论(0) 分类 英语口语

有一种思念叫望穿秋水,有一种寒冷叫做忘穿秋裤。最近,全国各地的天气都变凉了,大家翻箱倒柜找出了尘封已久、又恨又爱的抗冻神物--秋裤。面对这种全世界恐怕只有中国人才穿的裤子,

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