中美合作还是竞争非洲

It's a hot frontier for global investment. And both China and the US want a stake. So far this year, President Obama has visited Ghana（n. 迦纳） and Egypt. Secretary of State Clinton wrapped a seven-nation African tour. President Hu stopped in Mali

不择手段背单词(733):beam横梁; 船幅; 船舷

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3.4 The world outside the window 窗外的世界

Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room. One man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon to help drain the fluid from his lungs. His bed was next to the rooms only window. The other man had to spend all his ti

精美英文欣赏:窗外的风景

躺在床上的人听着同伴的描述，享受着这一分一秒带来的快乐。他知道了一个孩子如何差一点掉进湖里，身着夏日衣裙的女孩又是多么美丽。同伴的描绘让他觉得自己几乎是亲眼看到了外面发

乔布斯传记：iPad发布后的沮丧

众所周知，今天的ipad系列平板电脑已经是苹果公司旗下最为成功的产品之一了，其销售业绩屡创高峰，同时也为苹果公司带来了丰厚的利润。苹果季报显示，公司上个财政季度累计销售出了

SSS 2010-01-12

If youve ever had a garden or grown flowers in a window box, youve probably heard that you shouldnt water your plants at high noon because their leaves might scorch. Now a study in a journal called New Phytologist confirms that water droplets can foc

高三词汇(单元) Unit8-13

[00:00.00]change one's mind anyhow argument misunderstanding [00:05.09]改变注意 ad.不管怎样 n.辩论 n.误会，误解 [00:10.19]ashamed Cincinnati counter disappointment [00:14.72]a.惭愧,害臊 n.辛辛那提(美国城市) n.柜台 n.失望；

A Story of Hope

Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room. One man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon to help drain the fluid from his lungs. His bed was next to the room's only window. The other man had to spend all his t

比蒙障碍 Beamonesque

Bob Beamon established himself as the favourite in the 1968 long jump by winning 22 of 23 meets in the pre-Olympic season. He almost met with disaster in the qualifying round. After fouling his first two attempts, he had only one try left. His teamma

Lesson 16 - RIGHT ON THE BEAM / FLY BY THE SEAT OF ONE'S PAN

Right on the beam To fly by the seat of his pants 美国英语当中有许多成语和俗语都和过去的历史有关系。例如，美国开拓西部的过程给美国语言增添了不少色彩。可

2nd Chronicles 历代志下18

18Now Jehoshaphat had great wealth and honor, and he allied himself with Ahab by marriage. 2Some years later he went down to visit Ahab in Samaria. Ahab slaughtered many sheep and cattle for him and the people with him and urged him to attack Ramoth

【时间旅行者的妻子】16

Clare counts. I race around picking underwear and socks from the floor, collecting spoons and coffee cups from various horizontal surfaces and chucking them into the kitchen sink. As she says Nine hundred and sixty-seven, I remove the tie from her ey

【时间旅行者的妻子】23

We ate. Everyone sang Happy Birthday and I blew out the candles. I dont remember what I wished for. I was allowed to stay up later than usual, because I was still excited by all the things wed seen, and because I had slept so late in the afternoon. I

英语博客(A cup of English):Mousetrap

Beginners. We have a mouse in our garage. There might be more than one. The one I have seen is small, grey, and causes a lot of mess. As much as I love animals, I'm afraid we have to put down a mousetrap. My husband bought a box of traps a long time

该睡觉时就睡觉！床上办公坏处多

1 in 5 of us spend between 2 to 10 hours per week working from bed. 五分之一的人每周在床上工作2-10小时。 There was an interesting article by Sue Shellenberger in The Wall Street Journal last year about the increasing amount of work be

美老人携亡妻照片就餐 箴言感动网友

Even when he has lunch by himself, he never dines alone. 即使他是一个人在吃午餐，但他也并不孤独。 A loving husband headed to a California In-N-Out Burger last week for a date with his wife, who died five years ago. He propped up a

9月份中国人民币贷款增长超预期

Chinas local-currency loans and broader liquidity grew more than expected last month but at rates nowhere close to the acceleration seen earlier this year. 上月，中国本币贷款和更广义流动性的增长超过预期，但增速远不及今年

月亮和六便士 第二十一章(1)

Chapter 21 第12章 I let him take me to a restaurant of his choice, but on the way I bought a paper. 我让他带我到一家他选定的餐馆，但是在路上走的时候我买了一份报纸。 When we had ordered our dinner, I propped it agains

英语美文：窗口

2个重病的男人在医院的病房里，其中一位可以起床到窗口看看，另外一个不能起床的就问他看到什么？于是这个男人向他绘声绘色地描述他看到的风景，直到他死去..... Two men, both seriously ill

【饥饿游戏】08

Peeta Mellark. Peeta Mellark! Oh, no, I think. Not him. Because I recognize this name, although I have never spoken directly to its owner. Peeta Mellark. No, the odds are not in my favor today. I watch him as he makes his way toward the stage. Medium