【英语语言学习】学习一门新语言的四个原因

The language I'm speaking right now is on its way to becoming the world's universal language, for better or for worse. Let's face it, it's the language of the internet, it's the language of finance, it's the language of air traffic control, of popula

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 泰国胖猴子开始减肥

This is AP News Minute. President Donald Trump left the White House early Friday afternoon for the flight to Saudi Arabia in the start of his first international trip as president. He will also visit Israel, the Vatican and Belgium. He left without a

假日避免增重的7个技巧

The holidays are a time where festive calorie-packed foods start coming out of the woodwork. It is also a time where people tend to overeat and put on a few pounds. Can you avoid gaining weight while still being able to enjoy the delicious holiday fo

今年全球发债6.6万亿美元创纪录

Global debt sales reached a record this year, led by companies gorging on cheap borrowing costs that are now threatened by Donald Trumps pledge to fire up the US economy. 今年全球债务发售达到了创纪录的水平，主要发债方是那些积

流行美语 (Popular American) 317

Larry真准备跟李华一起出去吃饭，外面突然下起了瓢泼大雨。今天我们要学两个常用语：it's raining cats and dogs和I'm so hungry I could eat a horse. LH: Larry, 我好象从来没见过这么大的雨。 LL: I know, it's

【荆棘鸟】第五章 05

Meggie thought they were wearing underclothes, for they were clad in long black tights and vests with closely fitting grey trunks from waists to midthighs. On their chests, big white Roman capitals said JIMMY SHARMAN'S TROUPE. NO two were the same s

【荆棘鸟】第六章 09

倏忽即逝的链状闪光在云层里驰掣游动，时而飞出云底，时而钻入云中，明明灭灭，蔚为壮观。草原中被雷电击中的孤树散发着焦糊味，冒着烟；他们终于明白这些孤零零的牧场卫士为何死去

短期暴饮暴食坏处多 保持身材更难

A short period of gorging on junk food has a more permanent effects on body size and the way it stores fat even after the initial weight is lost, the study found. The gluttony changes fat mass the percentage of fat in the body for more than two years

We Don't Need a Food Revolution

We Don't Need a Food Revolution A lack of technique behind the stove is, in the end, as complicit in harming human health and the environment as the confinement pig or the corn-fed steer. We need radical thinking, but we don't need a revolution. We d

颠覆三观：最新调查表明早餐无用

It has long been hailed as the most crucial meal of the day, vital for getting the body going and preventing overeating later on. But breakfast may not be so vital after all, if new research is to be believed.Contrary to popular belief, the study fou

美国男子骑鲨鱼 鲨鱼贪吃不理他

To everyone sitting on their couches watching Shark Week: that's cool I guess. I prefer to go out, jump in and ride them like a horse. Steve Fernandez did just that with a 20,000lbs whale shark off the coast of New York City. 坐在沙发上看鲨鱼周

美国研究生入学考试难句解读-3

Themolecularapproachtodetecting peptidehormonesusingcDNAprobes shouldalsobemuchfasterthanthe (60)immunologicalmethodbecauseitcan takeyearsoftediouspurifications toisolatepeptidehormonesandthen developa

研究显示:适量巧克力可促进大脑认知功能

Good news for chocolate lovers: eating the sweet treat has been found to have a positive association with cognitive performance, according to a new study. 接下来这个消息对巧克力爱好者来说绝对是极好的：根据最新一项研究显示

万物简史 第433期:小生物的世界(4)

With this ability to evolve rapidly goes another, even scarier advantage. 有了这种能力，另一种更加吓人的优势会很快产生。 Bacteria share information. Any bacterium can take pieces of genetic coding from any other. 细菌能共享信

英语访谈对话 327 Sunday

I had a really nice day today. It's Sunday today, so obviously I got nothing to do so I went to meet my English friend Ben in a place called Harajuku in Tokyo, which is a great place to hang out in on Sundays anyway, but we found this amazing sushi r

原版英语对话1000个:327 Sunday

Eli: I had a really nice day today. It's Sunday today, so obviously I got nothing to do so I went to meet my English friend Ben in a place called Harajuku in Tokyo, which is a great place to hang out in on Sundays anyway, but we found this amazing su

实战口语情景对话 第305期:Sunday 周日

I had a really nice day today. It's Sunday today, so obviously I got nothing to do so I went to meet my English friend Ben in a place called Harajuku in Tokyo, which is a great place to hang out in on Sundays anyway, but we found this amazing sushi r

留美老师带你每日说英文 第882期:饥饿感和饱足感

台湾籍旅美老师今天交给我们的句子是： Being hungry generates a powerful, often unpleasant physical sensation that's almost impossible to ignore. After you've reacted by gorging on your morning pancakes, you start to experience an opp

【饥饿游戏】45

I continue running until the woods have hidden me from the other tributes then slow into a steady jog that I think I can maintain for a while. For the next few hours, I alternate between jogging and walking, putting as much distance as I can between

TED演讲:学习新语言的四个理由(6)

So for example, The Cat in the Hat Comes Back, a book that I'm sure we all often return to, like Moby Dick. 例如，《戴帽子的猫回来了》，这本书我相信很多人还经常读，又如《白鲸记》。 One phrase in it is, Do you know