Literacy heroes 文坛英雄

Rob: Hello I'm Rob. Welcome to 6 Minute English. I'm joined today by Finn. Hello Finn. Finn: Hi Rob. Rob: Today we're talking about literacy - that means the ability to read and write. And one way to improve your literacy is to read books and literat

双语美文欣赏：A box full of kisses

The story goes that some time ago, a man punished his 3-year-old daughter for wasting a roll of gold wrapping paper. Money was tight and he became infuriated when the child tried to decorate a box to put under the Christmas tree. Nevertheless, the li

VOA慢速英语20061217a

Now, the VOA Special English program Words and Their Stories. Every people has its own way of saying things, its own special expressions. Some of these expressions are easy to understand. The words cr

100个儿童英语小故事: Donkey and the Load of Salt 驴和它背上的盐

084 Donkey and the Load of Salt Once upon a time, a salt merchant moved from place to place selling salt. One day, he was walking on a bridge over a stream with salt loaded on the back of a donkey. Yo-ho! Yo-heave-ho! Donkey and the Load of Salt The

装满吻的盒子 a Box Full of Kisses

The story goes that some time ago, a man punished his 3-year-old daughter for wasting a roll of gold wrapping paper. Money was tight and he became infuriated when the child tried to decorate a box to put under the Christmas tree. Nevertheless, the li

不要在试图逃离你的生活,活在现在

Too often I hear people say things like, Things will be better when I or Someday I am going to do 我经常听到人们说,当我时事情会更好,或者某一天我要做 But, some day seldom arrives. 但有一天很少会到来。 It stays in some

英文短故事：The Donkey and The Load of Salt

Once, there lived a peddler. The peddler sold all sorts of goods.sturdy shoes for the farmers and pretty trinkets for their sweethearts, warm, woolly shawls to keep the women warm and sweet, sticky toffees for the children to munch on their way back

英语晨读：吻之盒

The story goes that some time ago, a man punished his 3-year-old daughter for wasting a roll of gold wrapping paper. Money was tight and he became infuriated when the child tried to decorate a box to put under the Christmas tree. Nevertheless, the li

河北加拿大版初中英语--UNIT 3

UNIT 3 [00:03.81]Lessons 17~24 [00:08.96]Amazing Animals [00:12.62]Lesson 17: [00:16.14]People Love Pets! [00:20.22]Real Pets and Imaginary PetsI'm going to write about my cat,says Jenny. [00:29.78]Her name is Snowball.She likes to sleep in the sun.

高中英语人教版必修4 05

[00:05.49]Reading [00:08.20]THEME PARKS--FUN AND MORE THAN FUN [00:14.08]Parks provide people with a place to amuse themselves [00:20.24]and to escape their busy lives for a while. [00:24.79]Though parks share this basic purpose, [00:29.36]they find

'You're Giving Me the Creeps!'

'You're Giving Me the Creeps!' Now, the VOA Learning English program Words and Their Stories. Americans can sometimes begin a sentence with the words Youre giving me. This expression usually describes a persons reaction to a surprise or to something

Touch: One Word, Many Uses

Touch: One Word, Many Uses Hello and welcome to Words and Their Stories! Touch is one of our five senses. It is our only language before birth -- as we develop inside our mothers. Later, touch is important when we are young children learning about th

Bus load of politicians

A bus load of politicians were driving down a country road when all of a sudden the bus ran off the road and crashedinto a tree in an old farmer's field. The old farmer after seeing what happened went over to investigate. He then proceeded to dig a l

The Load

After the French had left Moscow，two peasants went out to search for treasures．One was wise，the other stupid．They went together to the burnt part of the city，and found some scorched wool．They said：That will be useful at home． They gat

英语美文欣赏：装满吻的盒子

The story goes that some time ago, a man punished his 3-year-old daughter for wasting a roll of gold wrapping paper. Money was tight and he became infuriated when the child tried to decorate a box to put under the Christmas tree. Nevertheless, the li

办公室英语口语第166期:Talking about work load 议论工

Talking about work load A: Thank God! I am finished writing that service guide! It took me forever! B: When did you finish? A: This morning! No more overtime, and no more headaches! B: Well, Im glad to hear it. Have a cup of coffee! 议论工作量 A：

生活的一课！

Everything happens for the best,my mother said whenever I faced disappointment. If you can carry on, one day something good will happen. And you'll realize that it wouldn't have happened if not for that previous disappointment. 每当我遇到挫折时

三人同舟

Three Men in a Boat Three men were sitting on a park bench. The one in the middle was reading a newspaper; the others were pretending to fish. They baited imaginary hooks, cast lines and reeled in their catch. A passing policeman stopped to watch the

如果生命再来一次

在肯塔基州路易斯维尔，有位已故的老人，她叫Nadine Stair ，在她85岁高龄的时候，有人问她，如果她再有一次生命的话，她会做些什么。下次我犯的错误会更多，她回答道。 When the late Nadine

英语美文：装满吻的空盒子

Once upon a time, a man punished his 5-year-old daughter for using up the family's only roll of expensive gold wrapping paper. Money was tight, and he became even more upset when on Christmas Eve, he saw that the child had pasted the gold paper so as