美国国家公共电台 NPR As Mexico Capitalizes On Her Image, Has Frida Kahlo Become Over-Commercialized?

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: In a few short decades, the Mexican painter Frida Kahlo has gone from obscurity to pop-culture icon. Forever 21 and Zahra have sold clothes with her self-portraits. But a recent lawsuit to stop the sale of a Barbie doll in Frida Ka

英文故事剧 卖火柴的小女孩(The Little Match Girl)

In the winter of 1845, a poor little girl tried to sell matches in the streets for her family. It was a cold, cold evening. It was snowing and people in horse carriages and in the streets did not notice the little girl... - Not until the next mornin

安徒生童话 Lesson15:THE LITTLE MATCH GIRL

THE LITTLE MATCH GIRL Most terribly cold it was; it snowed, and was nearly quite dark, and evening-- the last evening of the year. In this cold and darkness there went along the street a poor little girl, bareheaded, and with naked feet. When she lef

地道英语在线听-Spitting Image 相貌酷似的人

Do you resemble someone famous? Jo: Hello, this is Real English from BBC Learning English, Im Jo. Sun Chen: 嘿，你好吗？我是孙晨。 Jo: In Real English, we look at words and phrases that you might not find in your dictionary. Sun Chen: 你是不是已经发

U.S States Use Slogans to Enhance their Image

By Ted Landphair Big corporations use memorable slogans or symbols -- like the

ESL Podcast 208 – Corporate Image

Adam: With our expansion into these new areas of business, I think we need to think seriously about changing our corporate image. Were much more than just a paper company now. Eva: I think youre right. Our brand has changed, and if we want to keep br

英文热力歌曲:A Teens - A perfect match

Song：A Perfect Match Artist：A Teens You spend your money on diamonds and pearls I'd sell my car just to travel the world I look broke baby - You got flash But even so we're a perfect match. You're into fashion, dinners, and art I know the South P

体育词汇—体育比赛方式篇Match

half-time interval 中场休息 round robin 循环赛 group round robin 小组循环赛 extra time 加时赛 elimination match 淘汰赛 injury time 伤停补时 golden goal / sudden death 金球制，突

Afghan boxer inspires youths in Kabul's first professional match

Afghan boxer inspires youths in Kabul's first professional match KABUL, Oct. 31 (Xinhua) -- The World Boxing Union (WBU) champion, Hamidullah Rahimi encouraged the war-tired youths in Afghanistan on Tuesday by grabbing the golden belt in the first pr

2007年VOA标准英语-Rwanda Says France Protecting Image by Resistin

By Nick Wadhams Nairobi 05 July 2007 Rwanda's foreign minister says France is refusing to try former officials on charges that they may have been complicit in the 1994 genocide because it does not want them to be associated with such a crime. Nick Wa

Body image survey results

BBC Learning English Weekender Body image survey results Amber:Hello, I'm Amber, and youre listening to bbclearningenglish.com. In Weekender today, we listen to a report about a BBC survey of 25,000 young British people, asking about their body imag

<词海拾贝>Spit And Image：极其相似

大家都知道spit的意思是“唾液”。可奇怪的是，有一个和spit相关的词组spit and image的意思却是“和……一模一样的（人或东西）”。 语源学界普遍接受的

美国习惯用语:410 dead shot; spitting image

今天我们要讲的两个习惯用语有同样的意思。它们都用来说某一个人非常像另一个人。第一个习惯用语是：dead ringer。 Ringer原来意思就是酷似某人的人或者很像某物的东西. Ringer有时可以指冒名

VOA常速英语2008年-War in Iraq Badly Damages US Image Internationa

By Michael Bowman Washington 17 March 2008 The image of the United States has suffered as a result of the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq to topple Saddam Hussein. Opinion surveys show international approval of the United States at all-time lows. VOA'

Enterprises try to refurbish image in overseas advance

CHENGMAI, Hainan, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- As China seeks to shake off its image of the world's mass-producer of cheap products and move up the value chain, Chinese companies are trying to reshape their reputations in the international market to win accept

英语歌曲:A Teens - A Perfect Match

A Teens - A Perfect Match You spend your money on diamonds and pearls I'd sell my car just to travel the world I look broke baby - You got flash But even so we're a perfect match. You're into fashion, dinners, and art I know the South Park Series by

美国习惯用语:430 the whole shooting match...

今天我们要讲的习惯用语是包罗万象。当然, 这不是说这一课要把所有的习惯用语都包括在内, 而是说今天要谈的习惯用语的意思都是一古脑儿统统在内，而且它们有个共同的词: whole。大家一定

Kaka to miss Real's league match against Valencia

MADRID, Nov. 18 (Xinhua) -- Spanish soccer league giant Real Madrid manager Jose Mourinho's coaching assistant Aitor Karanka said on Friday that Brazilian star Kaka will miss Real's match against Valencia on Saturday. Kaka just returned to training l

Apple releases iTunes Match

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 14 (Xinhua) -- Apple on Monday released a new version of its media player program iTunes, adding the much- anticipated scan-and-match service for music iTunes Match. The feature, included in iTunes 10.5.1, can scan a user's librar

英闻天下——247 China Criticizes Japan for Tarnishing Its Image

The Chinese government is accusing Japan of intentionally tarnishing China's image. The accusation comes following reports that a Chinese vessel put a radar firing lock on a Japanese naval patrol in the East China Sea this week. Chinese foreign minis