Clarence Cleans His Roof

Clarence Cleans His Roof It was an important thing 1) shoveling snow and the quality of your work could be seen by anybody driving by in a car, so people tried to get every last 2) speck of snow off t

NPR 2011-06-26

At New York's legislature, a victory for gay marriage supporters. The bill has been signed by Governor Andrew Cuomo, and its due to take effect in 30 days. Correspondent Kemmie Getts reports not everyone is pleased. The Senate approved the bill 33-29

NPR 2011-08-29

From NPR News in Washington, Im Louise Schiavone. Irene continues its northern track, now a tropical storm strength. How they spend the weekend torrent of a path from North Carolina to New England. At least 18 people have reportedly died across 8 sta

NPR 2010-05-24

Scathing criticism is building against BP, the latest coming from Interior Secretary Ken Salazar. He just wrapped up his fourth trip to BP's offices in Houston to get a progress report on the oil spill cleanup in the Gulf of Mexico. Salazar was not h

英语博客-北美风情 256 To hit the roof

What makes you angry? What does it take to make you to hit the roof? Today weve got a bunch of expressions for you to use when talking about a person who gets very angry very quickly. When this happens, its like the person loses control and suddenly

CNN 2011-05-08

The President has made the decision not to release any of the photograghs of the photographs that deceased Osama bin Laden. And there is no doubt that Osama bin Laden is dead. Certainly there is no doubt among al-Qaeda members that he is dead. And so

【租住公寓】房顶漏水-Roof Leaking

A: May I speak with the property manager, please? B: Hello, this is the property manager. How may I help you? A: During that horrible rainstorm last night, my roof began to leak. B: What room was the leak in? A: It was in our bedroom. B: Are you on t

国家地理-2008-06-30 Green Roofs Are Nothing New 草坪屋顶有利环保

Walk through any town or village in the Faroe Islands, located between Iceland and Scotland, and it will be hard not to notice the green grass roofed houses on every street. A local historian says, because of the lack of natural building resources o

地道英语对话：Roof Leaking(1)

A: Hello, may I speak with the property manager, please? B: Hello, this is the property manager. How may I help you? A: During that horrible rainstorm last night, my roof began to leak. B: What room was the leak in? A: It was in our bedroom. B: Are y

学个词Learn a Word 第715期 go through the roof

今天我们要学的词是go through the roof。 Roof 是房顶的意思。Go through the roof冲破房顶，意思就是超过了最高极限。The unemployment rate went through the roof, 失业率飞涨。Due to shortages, the price of wheat has

英语面试口语：电话求职

电话求职 581．Lianfu Company．May I help you？ 这里是联富公司，请问找谁？ 582．Hello，this is David Jones． 喂，这里是戴维琼斯百货公司。 583．Crest Trade House．Can I help you？ 这里是克莱斯特贸易所。愿

AP 2011-05-08

1. President Barack Obama says releasing photos of Osama Bin Laden's body could pose a national security risk. The White House says the president ultimately decided he did not want to make available graphic photos that could become a propaganda tool.

乔布斯传 第51期:热浪滚滚的时代(2)

But by the early 1970s a shift was under way. 但到了20世纪70年代初期，人们的想法开始转变。 Computing went from being dismissed as a tool of bureaucratic control to being embraced as a symbol of individual expression and liberation

【英文短篇小说】Rawdon's Roof

Rawdon was the sort of man who said, privately, to his men friends, over a glass of wine after dinner: No woman shall sleep again under my roof! He said it with pride, rather vaunting, pursing his lips. Even my housekeeper goes home to sleep. But the

双语有声阅读:Helicopter Crashes On Roof 直升飞机坠落

Helicopter Crashes On Roof 直升飞机坠落屋顶 Police are investigating the cause of the crash 警方正在调查坠机事件的原因 A family and three aircrew escaped unhurt after a police helicopter spun out of the sky and crashed through th

每日一词【715】go through the roof：超过了最高极限

今天我们要学的词是go through the roof。 Roof是房顶的意思。Go through the roof冲破房顶，意思就是超过了最高极限。The unemployment rate went through the roof, 失业率飞涨。Due to shortages, the price of wheat has g

著名商业广告语集锦

1.Time is what you make of it.(Swatch) 天长地久。（斯沃奇手表） 2.Make yourself heard.(Ericsson) 理解就是沟通。(爱立信） 3.Engineered to move the human spirit.(Mercedes-Benz) 人类精神的动力。（梅塞德斯-奔驰） 4.

AP 2011-05-13

1. River watchers say the Mississippi is starting to level out around Memphis and it could crest tonight, just shy of a record. More than 1,000 people have been forced to flee their homes. 2. Pakistan's prime minister is echoing President Barack Obam

美国国家公共电台 NPR How 'Fiddler On The Roof' (And Writing Its Sequel) Helped An Actress Find Closure

(SOUNDBITE OF PLAY, FIDDLER ON THE ROOF) UNIDENTIFIED ENSEMBLE: (Singing) Tradition. Tradition. MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: If you know any musicals at all, then you probably know the beloved Fiddler On The Roof, the story of Tevye, the dairyman, and his fa

乔布斯传 第311期:婚礼(5)

On March 18, 1991, Steven Paul Jobs, thirty-six, married Laurene Powell, twenty-seven, at the Ahwahnee Lodge in Yosemite National Park. 1991年3月18日，36岁的史蒂夫保罗乔布斯和27岁的劳伦鲍威尔在优山美地国家公园的阿瓦尼