美语听力 English Café 464

Topics: The Roaring Twenties; The Empire State Building; Indians (Asians) versus Indians (indigenous peoples); to blow up versus to explode; staging ground Words: decade booming to be independent roaring invention flapper corset jazz to improvise to

ESL露西的一天 第41期:发型服饰讲解(4)

Lucy likes to finish it off, meaning she likes to finish doing her hair, with a little hairspray. 露西喜欢最后喷一点头发定型剂，意思是她打理头发的最后步骤。 Hairspray, hairspray, (one word) is liquid that you put on a lar

英国学生科学读本 第94期:一副风箱(2)

for when you shut the bellows, the valve cannot close the air-hole because of your finger, 因为, 当你关闭风箱把手时, 你的手指使得阀门无法关闭空气进出的圆孔, and most of the air then escapes through this hole instead of g

给爱旅游的您：“酒店”词汇大全

外部设施 information desk 服务台 hotel register book 旅客登记簿 registration form 登记表 newsstand 售报处 postal service 邮局服务处 shop 小卖部 bar 酒吧间 lounge 酒店大厅 billiard-room 台球房 dining-room, dining ha

英闻天下——514 New Shenzhen Admission Mechanism Sparks Heated Discussion

A new admission rating mechanism for students in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen is sparking heated discussions here in China. As CRI's Li Dong reports, the system has been put in place to try to break away from the rules surrounding the househ

英闻天下——537 New Shenzhen Admission Mechanism Sparks Heated Discussion

In China, pulbic schools are established to accommodate children with local residency registration, known as Hukou. However, as the population becomes much more mobile now, in big cities like Shenzhen, there is a huge number of people from other part

2018年CRI Financial cooperation mechanism set up to revitalize Northeast economy

A new financial mechanism has been established to revitalize the so-called rust belt in the northeast of China which provides information sharing, investment services and the convergence of financial resources. Supported by China's central authoritie

365个英语简短小故事-149. The Toilet Tank (2)

Henry went out to the front of the apartment building and turned off the main water valve. No one was home in the building except Stanley, so Henry didnt have to warn the neighbors about the shutoff. Back in the bathroom, Henry flushed the toilet. Th

【词汇仓库】 Hotel（ 旅馆）-2

mattress 褥子 quilt 被 blanket 毯子 sheet 床单 bedspread 床罩 cotton terry blanket 毛巾被 pillow 枕头 pillow 枕头 pillowcase 枕套 mat 席 cushion 垫子 bathroom 浴室 bath tub 浴盆

TED演讲：试验 排除错误和万能神力(7)

You pump it at a high pressure through a nozzle. You create a spray of detergent. 你用高压将它压过一个喷嘴，你制造了清洁剂喷雾。 Then the spray dries. It turns into powder. It falls to the floor. 喷雾干燥后就成了粉末，

2016年CRI China-Latvia cooperation intertwined with 16+1 mechanism: Ambassador

During Li Keqiang's three-day stay in Latvia, he is scheduled to meet with leaders from 16 Central and Eastern European countries. China formed the 16+1 cooperation mechanism with the 16 CEE states in 2012. Huang Yong, China's Ambassador to Latvia, s

Shanghai mulls blacklist mechanism amid food safety concerns

SHANGHAI, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- The municipal government of Shanghai is considering rolling out a mechanism that would blacklist enterprises involved in illegal conduct regarding food safety and impose harsh punishments on them, a senior official said

China subsidy mechanism drives rural projects construction

BEIJING, June 4 (Xinhua) -- China's central and local governments had invested 105 billion yuan (16.6 billion U.S. dollars) in its award and subsidy mechanism for village-level public projects by 2011, and around 985,000 public projects were built in

Russia calls for global unclear terror prevention mechanism

Russia calls for global unclear terror prevention mechanism MOSCOW, Sept. 28 (Xinhua) -- Russia on Friday called for a preventive mechanism to counter nuclear terrorism threats at the end of international exercises in countering nuclear terrorism. Hi

科学家将污染物变成打印机墨水

Anirudh Sharma doesn't just want to pull harmful carbon from the air. He wants to offer a cheaper alternative to the exorbitant costs of ordinary printer ink. 阿尼鲁德夏尔马不仅想除掉空气中的有害炭物质，还希望创造一种更便

英闻天下——377 China to Reform Gasoline Pricing Mechanism

China's top economic planner says the country is studying a new fuel pricing scheme to make it reflect the global markets' oil price fluctuations more swiftly. Zhang Ping, the head of the National Development and Reform Commission or NDRC, says the c

英文短篇故事（纽约）308 The End of Graffiti?

He was riding the LIRR to Oyster Bay. He saw beautiful scenery everywhere. But he also saw graffiti everywhere. There must be a way to stop graffiti, he thought. He did some research. He developed a design for a graffiti-buster. He presented it to a

ESL Podcast 202 – At the Gas Station

Its been a long time since Ive seen my friends Steve and Liz, and I thought this would be a good weekend to drive up to Santa Barbara to see them. Gas prices have been through the roof, but I decided to take the short road trip anyway. Before getting

2015年CRI China, US Sign Army-to-Army Dialogue Mechanism

China and the United States have signed a framework document in an initiative to establish an Army-to-Army Dialogue Mechanism between the two countries. Experts say this will help bolster the bilateral military relationship. CRI's Yu Yang reports. Ge

学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 2772 mechanism

今天我们要学的词是 mechanism. Mechanism 机制。Britain will trigger the mechanism to leave the European Union next week. 英国下星期将启动离开欧盟的机制。Pakistan and Afghanistan agreed last week to form a joint mechanism to