WORDS AND THEIR STORIES(25) - Apple-Pie Order

WORDS AND THEIR STORIES - Apple-Pie Order By Broadcast: Sunday, October 17, 2004 Now the VOA Special English program Words and Their Stories. Today, we tell about the expression apple-pie order. It me

Preserving Cambodia's Cultural Treasures

The U.S. Embassy in Phnom Penh announced this month that the Cultural Heritage Center for the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) of the U.S. Department of State has awarded $350,000 from the Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation to

美国小学英语教材6:第2课 自然之书

The Book of Nature never disappoints 自然之书永不让人失望 A very great man once said that the Book of Nature is the only book whose pages never disappoint the reader. 一个非常伟大的人曾经说过，自然之书是唯一一本不会让

英语新词:小长假你“假装度假”？

Fakeation is the unusual practice of staying at home but tellingeveryone you're away. 假装度假指明明待在家里，却告诉别人你出去玩了。 Some take a selfie that looks like theyre on holiday and post iton social media, some go so fa

俚语口头禅:A tall order

【句子对照】 Financing your studies may seem like a tall order, but there is plenty of help available. 为你学习提供资金的要求太苛刻了点，不过可以给你很多帮助。 【关键俚语】 a tall order 英：difficult thing to do 中：离谱的要求

英语口语大赢家Topic73:点菜Order

丹尼尔和汤姆中午放学后到餐馆吃午餐，两个小家伙要吃虾球，好像又碰上了好玩的事情，究竟是怎么回事呢？ Listen Read Learn Daniel: Tom, we are in the restaurant now！ Waiter: May I take your order? Daniel: I'd like to see the menu, please. Waiter: OK, her

考研英语长难句讲解 第79期

4. At the end of adolescence, however, the brain shuts down half of that capacity, preserving only those modes of thoughts that have seemed most valuable during the first decade or so of life. 【分析】复合句。句子主干为 the brain shuts d

蒋健棠一词多意教程(17):order

order,秩序,治安;规律。 The young teacher cannot keep order in her classroom.那位年轻教师无法维持课堂秩序。 order还有其它意思，例如命令`指示等。 He gave orders that the job be done in four days.他指示四天内完成这项工作。 order也指定货`订购的意思。 Th

Preserving Street Art in Washington, DC

Washington, D.C. has a complex relationship with graffiti and street art. Local street artist Gobi knows this well. Not long ago, a police officer caught him spraying colorful paint on the side of a building. Gobi did not get permission to put his de

美国习惯用语: Lesson 214 - IN SHORT ORDER / GET THE SHORT EN

今天我们再来给大家讲解两个以short这个字为主的习惯用语。In short order. In short order就是立即，马上的意思。许多美国孩子都不喜欢打扫房间。这也是父母

美国俚语:The order of the day什么意思?

The order of the day 意思是最重要的事，详解与例句如下。 例句： Itll take three months to repair the house. Now patience is the order of the day for us. 这个房子装修要三个月，对我们来说耐心是最重要的。 They

2007年VOA标准英语-Preserving Pumalin: Millionaires With a Mission

By Paul Sisco Washington, D.C. 27 June 2007 After successful careers in the sportswear business, Doug and Kristine Tompkins set out with a passion to preserve the some of the world's last remaining wild places. Today they are among the largest landho

美国国家公共电台 NPR Preserving Memories: In Emails To A Toddler, A Window Into Her Parents' Love

AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: A few weeks back, we invited our listeners to tell us about IT-related emotional breakdowns. We asked NPR's Alina Selyukh to read all the messages, and one of them stuck with her. It came from a mother distraught by a loss of an

学个词Learn a Word 第1596-pre-order

今天我们要学的词是 pre-order. Pre-order 预购。iPhone5问世了。The iPhone5 went on pre-order just after midnight Pacific time last Friday. iPhone5 于美国西部时间上星期五凌晨12点一过开始预售。Roughly one hour after t

学个词Learn a Word 第1695-outsize

今天我们要学的词是outsize。Outsize，形容词，是特别大的意思。美国房屋市场出现复苏，新房供应量下降，Though new homes represent less than 20 percent of housing sales, they have an outsized impact on the economy.

美国习惯用语:392 put one's house in order...

我们今天要学两个习惯用语有共同的关键词：house。大家知道house是房子。我们要学的第一个习惯用语是：put one's house in order。 Put one's house in order从字面来看是整理自己的住房，但是习惯用语

外贸常用英语:订货(Order)

到了订货这个环境，应该离成功不远了,我们与客户之间的交易快要完成了。 1. We'd like to order your products. We'll send our official order today. 我们想订你们的货，今天会寄上正式的订单。 2. Did you get

Hungary takes over EU presidency at official ceremony

BUDAPEST, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) -- Hungary officially took over the presidency of the European Union (EU) at a ceremony（典礼） in the parliament building on Thursday evening, attended by EU and Hungarian dignitaries. Belgian Prime Minister Yves Leterm

Stone gets restraining order against delusional intruder

BEIJING, Feb. 25 (Xinhuanet) -- American actress Sharon Stone won a restraining order Thursday against the man who broke into her home earlier this month, according to media reports. The man, 38, named Bradley Gooden, was arrested inside Stone's Los

CCTV9英语新闻：CPPCC members on preserving environment

In Beijing, CPPCC members have held a news conference on how to preserve the environment and promote green development. They discussed the government's determination to protect the environment, the severity of climate change, and what role the media