每天一课英语口语 UNIT 073-085

[00:00.00] [00:00.00]73 Color and Life [00:04.52]Color can not only reflect one's personality but also influence one's mood. [00:12.43]What color do you like? Do you like yellow, orange or red? [00:18.94]If you do, you must be an optimist, a leader,

VOA标准英语--Tidal Energy Taking Hold In England

WASHINGTON A massive renewable energy project could change the seascape of the Welsh city of Swansea in coming years. The plan is to encase the city's lagoon in a horseshoe-shaped causeway that will serve as a giant tidal generator. The four-year pro

科学美国人60秒 SSS Big Earthquakes May Be More Likely During New and Full Moons

Every two weeks, on the full and new moons, the sun, moon and Earth fall along a nearly straight line. The combination of gravitational forces in this arrangement creates large swings in the tides. But the celestial alignment affects more than the oc

【英语时差8,16】致命的波浪

You've heard about them, and maybe seen them in movies as they [dict]smash[/dict] apart ocean liners, or wash whole cities into the sea. What causes[dict] tidal [/dict]waves, and how are they different from the ordinary waves that wash against our co

英语商业新闻-说唱歌手Jay Z 重建了一个音乐订阅网站，以此提供一种新的流媒体服务

Rapper Jay Z has restarted a music subscription site to provide a new kind of streaming service. Jay Z has bought and re-launched the service called Tidal, which was initially launched last October. Many of the music industry's major stars have also

DC's National Arboretum a Quieter Place to Enjoy Cherry Blossoms

Each year at the start of spring, more than 1 million people travel to Washington, D.C., for one major reason: the cherry blossoms. Most of the travelers visit an area known as the Tidal Basin. During peak bloom, the Tidal Basin is bursting with colo

英语分类词汇：海啸

tsunami海啸 natural disaster自然灾害 tidal waves潮汐波，浪潮 epicenter震中 temblor地震 aftershock余震 magnitude震级 tragedy灾难 wreckage残骸 death toll死亡人数 survivors幸存者 victims受灾者 tsunami warning system海啸

2007年VOA标准英语-Private US Group Puts Up $100 Million to Stream

By Barbara Schoetzau Washington 28 September 2007 A private U.S. foundation has launched a $100 million initiative to strengthen health systems in Africa. From VOA's New York Bureau, correspondent Barbara Schoetzau reports the initiative will support

CNN 2010-06-05

Oil spill, Day 42 of this oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Still there is no end in sight for this crisis. Right now take a look with me. Work under water and under way to place a custom built dome over that ruptured well. Remember that effort top ki

NPR 2010-05-13

Congressional investigators say three previously undisclosed defects in a critical safety device may have contributed to the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The rig was owned by Transocean and leased by energy company BP. NPR's Peter Overby

Lesson 78 - JUMP HORSES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREAM...

Don't change horses in the middle of the stream to jump on the bandwagon 美国的民意测验显示，布什总统落后于民主党候选人克林顿。这使人想起在十九世纪美国内战期间

华盛顿樱花再度盛开

Washington's Cherry Blossoms Signal the Start of Spring 华盛顿樱花再度盛开 EDITOR'S NOTE: This year, the U.S. National Park Service turns 100. Americans 28th President, Woodrow Wilson, formed the National Park Service in 1916 to protect the

VOA标准英语2012--Study: No Evidence Hydraulic Fracturing Pollutes Water

Study: No Evidence Hydraulic Fracturing Pollutes Water A new study finds no evidence that the controversial practice to extract natural gas known as hydraulic fracturing is contaminating ground water. The report, Separating Fact from Fiction in Shale

YouTube to live stream British royal wedding

SAN FRANCISCO, April 19 (Xinhua) -- YouTube announced Tuesday that the much-anticipated British royal(王室) wedding of Catherine Middleton and Prince William will be live streamed on the website' s live channel. Next Friday, the live stream will fo

VOA标准英语2009年-Chesapeake Bay Restoration, One Stream

Volunteers, farmers and local government in Pennsylvania community work to clean up waterways. Rosanne Skirble | Lititz, Pennsylvania 30 November 2009 Watch: Skirble report Windows Media Lititz Run prior to restoration with eroded stream banks and fe

语法精讲：And 的一些特殊用法和汉译

And是一个常用的并列连词。其一般的用法和译法，已有不少文章论及。本文仅就and的一些特殊用法作一简单介绍。 一、And前后的两部分表示同时发生的动作，或同时存在的属性、特征等可译为

英文乡村歌曲：Matt Duke - Tidal Waves

So here's a note that I left by the fireplace and ash from all the notes that I've burned not long ago. It's great how severing all these ties can make things right At least less wrong than they ever were before. The days I'd sit and sieve by the win

莎士比亚十四行诗全集:第128篇

How oft, when thou, my music, music play'st, Upon that blessed wood whose motion sounds With thy sweet fingers, when thou gently sway'st 你是我的音乐，当你在幸运的琴键上弹奏乐章，你轻柔的手指拂过键盘，于是琴弦上随指

新西兰英语 494 Godwits arrive

Once again the migratory birds, the Godwits are arriving in New Zealand from Alaska. They arrive in groups, usually the second or third week in September. Because of the earthquake damage to the Cathedral, Christchurch cannot ring the Cathedral bells

英文乡村歌曲：深情对唱Islands In The Stream - Dolly Parton

Baby, when I met you there was peace unknown I set out to get you with a fine tooth comb I was soft inside, there was somethin' going on You do something to me that I can't explain Hold me closer and I feel no pain Every beat of my heart We got somet