美国常用英语俚语:Uncle Sam

【句子对照】 July 4th is the Independence Day in the United States. Happy Birthday, Uncle Sam! 7月4日是美国的独立日，生日快乐，山姆大叔！ 【关键俚语】 Uncle Sam 英：The U.S. government; a patriotic figure who symboli

儿童故事集：How to Out-Jeff Uncle Jeff

We do hear you! Bertie has noticed all the comments asking for another Wicked Uncle story. Uncle Jeff returns with an uncharacteristically generous and flamboyant style. Dad is going to be 50, and his younger brother is planning a wonderful party for

儿童故事集：Wicked Uncle’s Lost Dog

Wicked Uncles Lost Dog Story by Bertie. Read by Richard. Proofread Audio edited by Jana Elizabeth. Dont miss our Wicked Uncle Writing Competition! When Jemima was old enough to walk to the shops on her own, Dad bought her a phone. It was her most pri

各国名人英文介绍-Noam Chomsky

Noam Chomsky is an American author, lecturer, linguist, philosopher, and political commentator. He is a top professor of linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). His ideas completely changed teachers understanding of how we lea

英语语法：202 Who Versus Whom

Today's topic is who versus whom. I've received three requests from listeners to cover this topic. Here's Noreen: I just wondered if possibly in one of your episodes you could go through the use of who versus whom. I think that's a common misundersta

英语语法：143 "Who" Versus "Whom," Advanced

Who and whom have to be two of the most difficult words in English. Luckily, we've already spent two articles on the ins and outs. Unfortunately, though, some people are still confused. They may even find themselves agreeing with William Safire, who

英语语法：110 Who Versus Whom--Advanced

Grammar Girl here. It was almost exactly a year ago when I did the first show about who versus whom. In that show I only covered the simple cases, and lately I've been getting questions that made me think I should delve deeper into the topic. So toda

2007年VOA标准英语-Habitat for Humanity: Jimmy Carter Building Hom

By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 03 April 2007 Since 1984, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, have helped build homes for the poor through a charitable group called Habitat for Humanity. As we hear from Mike O'Sullivan, the Cart

Thomas Mueller extends contract with Bayern Munich

BERLIN, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) -- German international and Bayern Munich's offensive all-rounder Thomas Mueller extended his running contract until June 2017, the club said in an official statement on Wednesday. Bayern Munich youth product Thomas Mueller e

2005年NPR美国国家公共电台五月-Literary Pilgrims Flock to Faulkner's Hom

Over the weekend, the University of Mississippi rededicated the home of Nobel Prize novelist William Faulkner following a 1.3-million-dollar restoration. Faulkner bought the antebellum house in 1930 and named it Rowan Oak after the qualities of the

2006年NPR美国国家公共电台七月-Working Parents Look for Line Between Hom

John Ydstie: On Wednesdays our business news takes a look at the workplace. Today, a perennial problem: when to put your foot down , say no to the boss, and choose life over work. That's one of the many questions Lisa Belkin explores in her column. S

Security Problems Prevent Afghan Refugees from Returning Hom

Michael Kitchen The head of the United Nations' refugee agency says security in Afghanistan is still inadequate and is asking the international community to increase its presence in the country. U.N.

VOA慢速英语2009年-Development Report - Project Finds New Hom

This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Bikes are delivered to San Jose, Honduras through the Bikes for the World program Americans bought an estimated eighteen and a half million bicycles last year. Some bikes never get much riding. Mos

VOA标准英语2008年-Opposition Leader's Hometown Suspicious of Ugan

By Alisha Ryu Kisumu, Kenya 21 January 2008 Uganda is strongly denying reports from Kenya that it has sent troops to help President Kibaki to quell opposition protests in the western part of the country. Anti-Ugandan sentiments are running high in th

儿童故事集：The Wicked Uncle

Mum and Dad are going away for a romantic weekend, and Wicked Uncle Jeff is left in charge of the children. The children have homework to do, but Uncle Jeff thinks that is far too boring. He has other ideas, and a misadventure follows. The idea for t

儿童故事集：The Wicked Uncle By the Sea

The first time we met Jeremy and Jemimas wicked Uncle Jeff, we discovered that he was not so much wicked as irresponsible. Mum and Dad decided that it would be better if he did not look after the children again. But when Dad forgot to book a holiday,

儿童故事集：The Luck of the Wicked Uncle

This is a story about luck, or chance or fate. Some people believe that everything that happens is set in the stars at the dawn of time and some people believe everything happens chaotically and at random, and other people believe that we are totally

VOA常速英语2007-Bhutto Pledges Return to Democracy on Eve of Hom

By Barry Newhouse Islamabad 17 October 2007 Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto says her arrival in Pakistan on Thursday will mark the country's transition from dictatorship to democracy. In a televised address from Dubai carried live on major Pakis

英伦广角 2013-03-09 英国最大旅行社Thomas Cook拟裁员2500人

They did that restruction in 2012.They have brought themselves 3 to complete that restruction at which point they are going have to refinance.I think whether or not that will be succesful depends on another thing,whether or not they can make the cuts

VOA常速英语2008年-America's First President Honored at His Home

By Jeff Feuer Alexandria, Virginia 18 February 2008 Every year on the third Monday in the month of February, the United States observes what is known as President's Day as a celebration to honor America's first president, George Washington, and the 1