笨小孩学口语(8):Let sb down, 让某人失望！

Sorrytohaveletyoudown.对不起,让你失望了! Tomakesb.disappointed Ourparentsworkhardtosupportussoastomakeusaknowledgeableperson!Weshouldnotletthemdown! 父母为了让我们成为有用之才努力工作支持我们,我们不要让他们失望!

【寓言】The Hare and the Tortoise(有声)

The Hare and the Tortoise The Hare was once boasting of his speed before the other animals.

Lesson 61 The Hare and the Turtle

The hare can run very fast, but the turtle can only walk slowly. One day the hare proudly challenged the turtle to a race. The hare started quickly but stopped to take a nap every now and then. The tu

英美人天天都在说的4000句 13:at loggerheads (with sb

[00:00]P：Never will I sign that paper. Never will the United States ever surrender! [00:05]L：Well, well, we're at loggerheads then, aren't we? [00:08]And I suppose the threat of death to someone with your valorous war record would mean nothing. [

英美人天天都在说的4000句 1、a feather in sb.’s c

[00:17]R：Louis,I'll make a deal1 with you. [00:19]Instead of this petty charge you have against him, you get something really big, [00:22]something that would chuck him in a concentration camp for years. [00:26]Be quite a feather in your cap, would

【寓言】The Hare and the Hound(有声)

Lesson 82 - GIVE SB. A PIECE OF ONE'S MIND...

to give somebody a piece of one's mind to tell someone off 你有没有因为十分生气而对别人大发雷霆？美国人有一个说法是形容这种情绪的，那就是：to give someone a pie

Pig and Pepper

Pig and Pepper When Alice was not too big to go through the door, she went up to it. The house was very noisy in- side. There's no bell, she told herself, and nobody would hear a bell. There's too much noise.She opened the door and went in. She wante

美国俚语:Make it up to sb什么意思?

make it up to sb补偿 对进行弥补（指对人） 例句： I don't know what I can do to make it up to you. 我不知道该怎样补偿你。 Ill make it up to you, I promise. 我会补偿你的，我保证。

The Tortoise and the Hare英语短剧：The Tortoise and the Hare（龟兔赛跑）

monkeys, chicks, a Hare and an honest Tortoise. Miss Hare is very proud of her long legs and she looks down upon Mr. Tortoise. Today, near the river, an interesting thing is happening. 兔子：Hi! Mr. Tortoise. What are you doing? 乌龟：Hi! Miss

Lesson 35 - MONKEY BUSINESS / MAKE MONKEY OUT OF SB.

monkey business to make monkey out of somebody 当别人提到猴子的时候，你脑子里会出现一个什么形像呢？一般来说，人们认为猴子是一个很聪敏的动物，大家都喜欢

VOA标准英语2013--Plants, Humans Share Sensory Awareness

Plants, Humans Share Sensory Awareness The Botanical Garden is a blooming paradise, about four hectares filled with a rich array of some 3,800 species drawn from Israels diverse landscape and from around the world. Danny Chamovitz, director of the Ma

英美人天天都在说的4000句 154:sb.’s eyes are bigge

[00:00]Re：But what am I saying? You guys are pros. The best. [00:05]I'm sure you can make it out of the casino. [00:08]Of course lest we forget once you're out of the front door, you're still in the middle of the fucking desert! [00:17]Rs：You're

英语情景对话-Pre-Qualifying for a Loan(1)

A: I need to see if I qualify for a home loan. B: I can help you. How much money do you make per year? A: I make around one hundred thousand dollars per year. B: How long have you been on your current job? A: I have only worked at this job for 6 mont

The Hare Who Would Not Be King

Nothing stirred on the African plains. The sun glared down and Hare crept inside the cool hollow of a baobab tree for his afternoon nap. Suddenly he was wide awake. There was a boom, boom, booming in his ears. And it was getting closer. Hare peeped o

The Hare and the Tortoise

The hare was always laughing at the tortoise because he walked so slowly．I really don't know why you bother to go at all．she sneered！By the time you get there it will all be over whatever it is． The tortoise laughed．I may be slow，he said，

名人名言

All for one, one for all. 人人为我，我为人人。 [法] Dumas pre大仲马 Other men live to eat, while I eat to live. 别人为食而生存，我为生存而食。 Socrates 苏格拉底 Easy come, easy go. 易得者亦易失。 Hazlitt赫斯特

【简明语法】7.4 It's for sb.和 It's of sb.

1）for sb. 常用于表示事物的特征特点，表示客观形式的形容词，如easy, hard, difficult, interesting, impossible等： It's very hard for him to study two languages. 对他来说学

生活美语脱口秀—sb. take the fall 某人一肩承担

sb. take the fall 某人一肩承担 Gary: Don't let your guard down, Sophie. Ken is still plotting. Sophie: He's been trying to make me feel uncomfortable and nervous... and it's working. Gary: He's

与动物有关的谚语

动物比喻（Animal Metaphors）在英汉两种语言中均有广泛的使用，它使语言生气勃勃，形象鲜明。然而，由于文化背景、思维方式的不同，人们对动物比喻的正确理解和翻译存有障碍。从翻译的角