Nobody Knows the Difference

School 1) volunteers don’t get paid money, but sometimes we receive special gifts. One morning, just before Christmas vacation, I was selling tickets to our grade school’s last evening performance

英语顺口溜

英语中的俚语、口语或顺口溜很多，它们的意义，往往与字面意义不同，有时也不合文法的结构，所以正确了解和灵活使用，是学习英语者的难题之一。下面即是常见的一些，供读者参考。

listentothis 初级英语听力lesson 2

Joanna: Where did you go yesterday? Frank: I went to Croydon. Joanna: Did you go shopping? Frank: No, I went for an interview. Joanna: Oh, did you get a job? Frank: Yes, I got a job as a Management Tr

VOA慢速英语2013 Is His Name Santa Claus, Saint Nicholas, Kris Kringle or Pelznickel? Who Cares, So Long As He Brings Gifts!

Is His Name Santa Claus, Saint Nicholas, Kris Kringle or Pelznickel? Who Cares, So Long As He Brings Gifts! Now, the VOA Special English program Words and Their Stories. Santa Claus is someone who will remain in the hearts of children forever. He is

美国故事 SENEWS-2007-1215-FEATURE

Now, the Special English program American Stories. Our story is called The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County. It was written by Mark Twain. Here is Shep O'Neal with the story. A friend of mine in the East asked me to visit old Simon Wheele

美国故事 SENEWS-2007-1110-FEATURE

Now the Special English program American Stories. And our story today is called ''Judge''. It was written by Walter D. Edmonds. Here is Harry Monroe with the final part of our story. When Charlie Hestle died, he left a wife and nine children. They l

美国故事 SENEWS-2007-1229-FEATURE

Now, a VOA Special English story for the New Year. It is called Bright Hill. Our storyteller is Shep O'Neal. A few days before Christmas, Chantal Yardley visited Jacob Samuels in the old people's home. Do you know they aim to blow it up? said Mr. Sa

美国故事 SENEWS-2008-0202-FEATURE

Now the Special English program American Stories. Our story today is called The White Circle. It was written by John Bill Coliton. Here's Shep O'Neal to tell you the story. As soon as I saw Anvol sitting in the apple tree, I knew we would fight, I a

美国故事 SENEWS-2007-0804-FEATURE

Now, the Special English program American Stories. Our story this week is Keesh. It was written by Jack London. Here is Shep O'Neal to tell you the story. Keesh lived at the edge of the Polar Sea. He had seen thirteen suns in the Eskimo way of keepin

美国故事 SENEWS-2007-0707-FEATURE

Today's story is adapted from the young adult novel Stepping on the Cracks by Mary Downing Hahn. This book won the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction. The story is about Margaret Bayger, an 11-year-old girl. She tells her about her life in a s

美国故事 SENEWS-2007-0811-FEATURE

Now, the Special English program American Stories. Our story today is Hard Rock Maple. It is about two people living in New England. They seem like the hard rock maple trees often found in that area, nothing can make them move. Today's story was writ

美国俚语:nickel-and-dime 零打碎敲地长期消耗

dime是值十美分的硬币。 dime的价值虽然是nickel的两倍， 但是dime也只是一枚很小的硬币，而且dime跟 nickel相比是既小又薄，原因是过去曾经用比镍贵重得多的银子来铸造dime。 Nickel-and-dime既可以

2007年NPR美国国家公共电台四月-In 'Nickel's Chicago,' a Lost City's Lost

Historic preservationists are often passionate in their zeal to keep the wrecking ball from beloved buildings. One man even died in the process. Richard Nickel spent years with his camera, documenting and arguing against the demolition of buildings

越狱第一季:第五十七期

Sucre夜里从牢房的水池后面溜到狱警休息室里，在他们挖的洞上浇上一层水泥，以掩人耳目。他知道自己回牢房的路上很可能被抓住，所以事先想办法弄到一条女式内裤，万一被抓到就说是为了等女朋友扔东西过来。他果然被抓住了，下面是狱警和Sucre的对话。 [00:41.87]Sucre

美国俚语:Nickel and Dime Someone什么意思?

一个客户在电话线上和我就一笔生意讨价还价，硬要在我的报价上要砍掉一角钱，当时我和他据理力争，他说：I'm not trying to nickel and dime you. 我当时就冲口回答：I don't need your nickel and dime.（我

美国习惯用语:302 nickel and dime; on a dime

我们上一次讲了由penny 也就是分币组成的几个习惯用语。美国人用的硬币除了penny还有好几种。例如，价值比penny高一点儿的有五分和一毛的硬币。它们是: nickel and dime。不论Nickel还是dime都是零

英美人天天都在说的4000句 96:if i had a nickel for..

[00:00]P：This is Mary Ellen Jenkins. So, Mike, how do you and Joey know each other anyway? [00:05]M：How do I and Joey know each other? Wow, if I had a nickel for every time somebody has asked me that. [00:11]J：From school. [00:12]M：Yeah, we m

英语俚语天天说 第47期:只涉小钱的,微不足道的 Nickel-and-dime

介绍: NICKLE N I C K LE 镍 是美元中五分钱的硬币 Dime D I M E是美元中十分钱的铸币 dime是值十美分的硬币。 dime的价值虽然是nickel的两倍， 但是dime也只是一枚很小的硬币，而且dime跟 nickel相比是既

英语小达人 284 Nickel or Dime?

Nickel or Dime? 5分钱还是10分钱？ Little Johnny used to hang out at the local corner store. The owner didn't know what Johnny's problem was, but the older boys would constantly tease him. 小约翰尼过去常在街角的商店附近闲逛。店

英语小达人 283 How You Made Money

How You Made Money 你怎么赚的钱 A young man asked an old rich man how he made his money. 一个年轻人问一位富有的老人是怎样赚到钱的。 The old guy fingered his worsted wool vest and said, Well, son, it was 1930. The depth of t