A peaknik is a peak oil enthusiast and activist.
> My damn peaknik roommate is always yammering on about doomsday and victory gardens!

Well, you've probably all heard about Nik Walenda, the man who recently walked 1,500 ft above the Gran Canyon on a two inch thick wire, with no protection, and no net. I watched him 'live' as he took every step, and every breath. I actually found mys

发表于:2018-12-06 / 阅读(83) / 评论(0) 分类 英语博客 A cup of English

1. Peak people: 人口顶峰。这个词组就是指世界人口达到最高值的时期,之后的人口数量会因为出生率的降低或全球能源、食物、水资源匮乏而呈稳定下降的趋势。据说我们已经 reached peak people,

发表于:2018-12-18 / 阅读(109) / 评论(0) 分类 实用英语

[00:00.00]Module 7 TRAVELLING TO HONG KONG [00:06.62]UNIT 2 The place at the top of the mountain [00:10.74]is called the Peak. [00:12.85]1 Listen and read. [00:16.00]Today was a long day but it was very exciting. [00:19.54]This morning, we went to Ho

发表于:2018-12-29 / 阅读(124) / 评论(0) 分类 外研社新标准初中英语九年级

What's another meaning for peak? Helen: This is Real English from BBC Learning English. I'm Helen. Zo: 欢迎收听今天的地道英语,我是刘佳。 Helen: Today we're going to look at words and phrases that have recently become part of the English language. Z

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(126) / 评论(0) 分类 地道英语在线听

Wasn't I enough Didn't I amount to you I don't blame you for the love That I lost to her It will take time A lot of heartache too But I was in love I thought you were too No one compares if I'm honest I've beaten myself blue I wish you could've been

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(164) / 评论(0) 分类 音乐咖啡厅

Welcome to Talking Sport! Today we meet taekwondo fighter, Rohullah Nikpai. Rohullah is from Afghanistan and in 2008 he won his country's first ever Olympic medal. Taekwondo is a martial art that first became an Olympic sport in 2000. Join Natalie in

发表于:2019-01-05 / 阅读(136) / 评论(0) 分类 伦敦谈体育

The World's Greatest-R. Kelly yea, uh, yea uh, this is the world's greatest, yea uh, this is the world's greatest i am a mountain i am a tall tree oh, i am a swift wing sweeping the country i am a river down in the valley oh, i am a vision and i can

发表于:2019-01-10 / 阅读(147) / 评论(0) 分类 英文歌曲第一辑

By George Dwyer Washington, DC 01 May 2006 watch World Oil Peak report Rising oil prices have many consumers and business people wondering how long it will be before the price of a barrel of oil or a

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(197) / 评论(0) 分类 2006年VOA标准英语(五月)

一./i: /和/i/的发音区别 这两个音不仅仅存在长短的差别,更重要的还有音调高低的差别。/i: /和/i/虽是一长一短的一对,但它们的发音效果却不一样,发/i/音时,音不仅要短,舌面还要离开上

发表于:2019-01-17 / 阅读(468) / 评论(0) 分类 实用英语

制帽hatting 制帽材料 hatting 帽胚 hat felt 帽里 lining 帽圈 hat band 帽边 hat brim 帽檐 cap peak;peak;visor 帽顶 top of hat 帽护耳 cap tab;earflap;earlap;the eartab 帽徽 cap cockade;cap insignia;cockade 帽饰绒球

发表于:2019-01-17 / 阅读(113) / 评论(0) 分类 实用英语

国庆长假一直是旅游旺季,热门景区都是人山人海;加上高速公路免收通行费,许多有车一族选择自驾游,在高速上打起了羽毛球。这个国庆,要么在景区哭,要么在家里笑,你选哪一样? 国

发表于:2019-01-22 / 阅读(94) / 评论(0) 分类 美国文化脱口秀

The ups and downs of life may seem to have no predictable plan.But scientists now know there are very definite patterns that almost all people share.Even if youve passed some of your prime,you still have other prime years to experience in the future.

发表于:2019-02-01 / 阅读(92) / 评论(0) 分类 实用英语

Woohoo You Know You Really Wanna (HEY) , Wanna Tasty My , You Know You Wanna Get a Peak Wanna See My , You Wanna Put Your Lips Where Hips Are , Kiss On My , All Over My , All The Boys Think Its Cake When They Taste My , You Dont Even need A Plate , j

发表于:2019-02-03 / 阅读(125) / 评论(0) 分类 好听的英文歌曲

Statistics show that during the three-day vacation, more than 5.5 million tourists visited 150 scenic spots in Beijing. The popular alley, Nan Luo Gu Xiang, saw 150,000 tourists on its peak day, surpassing the peak flow of the Palace Museum. The po

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(161) / 评论(0) 分类 CCTV9英语新闻2014年05月

人生的起伏似乎没有可预知的模式,但是科学家现在发现有一些模式相当明确,绝大多数人都不例外。即使你度过了一些最佳时期,你仍然会在将来经历另外几个最佳时期。某些最佳期时期似

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(91) / 评论(0) 分类 英语美文

跟朋友发短信或者在网上聊天的时候,总是会看到lol,ttul等让人摸不着头脑的一些缩略语,想直接问人家吧,又怕被人家笑话。到网上一搜才发现,原来这些都属于textese(短信文),(lol是

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(87) / 评论(0) 分类 实用英语

Every mountain has a peak What is the secret ingredient of tough people that enables them to succeed? Why do they survive the tough times when others are overcome by them? Why do they win when others lose? Why do they soar when others sink? The answe

发表于:2019-02-07 / 阅读(109) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

北京出现连续高温天气,13日16时33分,北京地区电网最大负荷达到1831.2万千瓦,突破了2013年的历史最大纪录1776万千瓦,增长3.1%。 请看相关报道: Peak load in Beijing hit 18.3 million kilowatts (kW) a

发表于:2019-02-13 / 阅读(108) / 评论(0) 分类 英文语法词汇

Health official says the flu season that started in China's northern provinces in December is expected to peak with infections in the next few weeks. However, Ministry of Health spokesman Deng Haihua said the expected peak infection levels will not r

发表于:2019-02-14 / 阅读(97) / 评论(0) 分类 英闻天下

China braces for another travel peak BEIJING, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- China's transport networks are expected to experience another travel peak Saturday and Sunday, when millions of holiday-makers return as the week-long holiday draws to an end. Trains ar

发表于:2019-02-17 / 阅读(125) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻
学英语单词
.pl
absolute plotter control
accelerated ag(e)ing test
Alula-Fartak Trench
antiparamagnon
apalachee
armor-clad switch
astrophotogram
blow-dried
bromine cyan
bus-tickets
cellar deck
Chloralvan
cinesthesia
clarofusite
closterium gracile
coco de macao
columba janthina janthina
conductive fabric
conformationally
corridors of power
day-to-day maintenance
deficiency of spleen qi
delft-blue
departed saint
disturbers
dublins
epitheca
Fourneau 309
Fourneyron wheel
frostburn
geochemical reconnaisance
Gramade
hand shoveling of coal
hayel
his serum water
Huillapima
I. I. P.
idleful
inequable
interactions
iso container dimensions
Jewish holy day
LAA,L.A.A.
liquefied-pertroleum-gas engine
liquidi
manah
marimba gong
microlymphocytotoxicity
non-responders
off - shore wind
Ombai, Pulau
orange color
papse
pepsinuria
pipe quenching
plain-table
plastic sheeting
pneumonic tropica
predilects
preinjury
privy purse
Punch-and Judy
pyreticosis
R/AMP
rami musculares parasympathici (partis rhombencephalic?)
randwick
recoinings
redomiciles
refreshment trolley service
registered player
relative kinetic energy
resources and capabilities
right-centre
rotational moulding
rubber-resin alloy
search-stopping mechanism
shepherdings
Shetland pony
shipboard gravimeter
side-shake digger
span of slab
start-stop signal
strength of bladed disk
sulfonamide anemia
sybile
Synanthae
tabacism pulmonum
terre-tenant
thyro-laryngeal artery(or anterior thyroid artery)
triheptin
Tuapi
twisted-pair transmission line
unavoidable hazards
variable-depth sonar (vds)
veccia
violary
water control system
woggling
woundless
wrinkled pig leather
zellermayer