大学生活英语-Using a Parking Meter(2)

A: Whoa, I never saw a meter like this before; how do you use it? B: It's simple, once you do it a few times. Do you know how the old one worked? A: I never used a parking meter before. B: So we start out by deciding whether you will use cash or a cr

大学生活英语-Using a Parking Meter(1)

A: Excuse me, could you help me figure out how to use this new parking meter? B: Sure, it was confusing for me also. Have you ever used a regular meter? A: Yes, I understood the old one. B: Well, on this one you can use coins or a debit or credit car

Dominican Felix Sanchez Favored to Olympic 400-Meter Hurdles

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第26期:Something Wrong with the Meter Y:What's the fare，please? Y:请问车费是多少呢? X:Twenty dollars and sixty cents. X:20.60美元。 Y:What?You're overcharging me! Y:什么?你一定多收我的钱了! X:No way.Look.That's what the mete

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barometer, [bə'r?mitə] n 气压计（测量大气压的仪器，用于天气预报）；晴雨表（用来记录或反映波动起伏） 【例】Opinion polls serve as a barometer of the public mood 民意测验是大众情绪的晴雨表。 【记】

每日一词【109】probe：彻底调查

今天我们要学的词组是probe。 Probe的意思是彻底调查。伊拉克政府最近调查萨达姆被处决时为什么会出现嘲弄等混乱局面，以及处决过程是如何被秘密录像的，Iraq is probing the disorder during Sadda

【突破英文词汇】meter, metr -- measure 度量

1. barometer /bəˈrɔmitə/ -- instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure as an aid in determining probable weather changes When the barometer indicates a rapid drop in air pressure, it means a storm is coming. 气压计显示出气压快速下降时

VOA标准英语2011--NASA Probe Proves Einstein Right

NASA Probe Proves Einstein Right Albert Einstein was right. The U.S. Space Agency (NASA) released data this week from its Gravity Probe B spacecraft, whose primary mission while in Earth's orbit was to test Einstein's 1916 Theory of Relativity. While

英语新词:这些meter后缀单词 你理解对了么?

英语新词:这些meter后缀单词 你理解对了么? anemometer n. 风力计，[气象] 风速计。 audiometer n. [耳鼻喉] 听度计，听力表；测听计；音响测定器。 barometer n. [气象] 气压计；晴雨表；显示变化的事物

单词超市第100期 probe

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Russia launches joint Mars probe

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Pressure

A 104 year-old woman was being interviewed by a reporter: And what do you think is the best thing about being 104? the reporter asked. She simply replied, No peer(窥视）pressure.

【大学生活】使用停车计时器-Using a Parking Meter

A: Excuse me, could you help me figure out how to use this new parking meter? B: Sure, it was confusing for me also. Have you ever used a regular meter? A: Yes, I understood the old one. B: Well, on this one you can use coins or a debit or credit car