美国之音《流行美语》 393 stuck in a rut...

Larry和李华星期六晚上待在家里，觉得有些无聊，他们会用到两个常用语：stuck in a rut和someone's cup of tea. LH: Larry, 好无聊啊! 你说干点什么好啊？ Larry: (Distracted) Huh? Uh, yea... that's nice, Lihua. LH: 什

2006年VOA标准英语-The Notorious Bettie Page Returns on the B

By Alan Silverman Hollywood 16 April 2006 A new film exposes an icon of 1950's pop culture in the United States: a pin-up model whose provocative photographs, though tame by today's standards, created

英文乡村歌曲：Justin Rutledge - Getting Away

I tripped on the steps of the Spanish stairs Cursing your beauty and gasping for air Youve got a way of getting away from me Through vineyards and fountains, mountains of miles Through decades of traffic, turnstiles Youve got a way of getting away fr

英文乡村歌曲：Justin Rutledge - Kapuskasing Coffee

Sometimes I find that I get too sentimental when I think of you Sometimes it helps to play some heavy heavy metal But somehow heavy metal makes me think of you too I met you on a road of corduroy and maple and I sang to you Early one morning drinking

2006年VOA标准英语-Massive Beirut Protest Calls for Lebanon's Gove

By Challiss McDonough Beirut 01 December 2006 Hundreds of thousands of opposition protesters rallied in central Beirut on Friday, in a Hezbollah-organized demonstration aimed at bringing down the government of Prime Minister Fuad Siniora. Thousands

VOA标准英语2011-Beirut Bids Farewell to Iconic Cafe

This week, Beirut said goodbye to an almost century-old coffee house that survived civil war, regime changes and countless political crises. Activists say it was one of more than a thousand historical landmarks that have disappeared from the city's l

英文原版对话1000个:570 Beirut Nights

Todd: So, Rina, you were saying Lebanon, or Beirut, has really good night clubs. (Mm-hm) Ah, what's a really cool night club in Beirut? Rina: My favorite night club was rated 5th in Maxim magazine, and it's called B. O. 18, and what it used to be was

地道美语听力播客:In a Rut

Woman: What do you want to do tonight? Man: I don't know. What do you want to do? W: I have no idea. Do you think we're in a rut? M: What do you mean? W: Well, we do the same things every weekend. We go to the same restaurants. We see the same friend

经典歌曲-老橡树上的黄丝带Tie a Yellow Ribbon Roun

经典歌曲-老橡树上的黄丝带Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree--Perry Como I'm comin' home, I've done my time Now I've got to know what is and isn't mine If you received my letter telling you I'd soon be free Then you'll know just wh

Tie

A man was crawling across the Desert dying of thirst, when a camel raced up and stopped. An Arab jumped down, opened a suitcase and said, Would you like to buy a tie?No,said the man, 'I need water, do you have water?' 'No,' said the Arab,' but I do h

流行美语 第132课 - to tie the knot / drop-dead gorgeous

Larry和李华今天去给他们的朋友Jim买结婚礼物。Jim下个周末就要结婚。今天李华会学到两个常用语：to tie the knot和drop-dead gorgeous. LL: I can't believe Jim is goin

2006年VOA标准英语-Protesters in Beirut Set Fire to Danish Co

By Edward Yeranian Beirut 05 February 2006 Protestors wave black and green Islamic flags in front of the burning building housing the Danish mission during a protest against publication of caricatures

学个词Learn a Word 第1388期　black-tie event

今天我们要学的词是black-tie event。 A black-tie event, 意思是要求穿正规晚礼服的正式社交活动。随着圣诞节的临近，很多公司都即将举行年终圣诞庆祝活动。 Some of the company parties are black-tie even

2006年VOA标准英语- Sirleaf Gets to Work, Nominations Scrutin

By Nico Colombant 18 January 2006 Now that inauguration festivities are over, Liberia's President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf is getting to work full time, while her choices for cabinet positions are being

VOA双语新闻2008年：Rice Condemns Latest Beirut Bombing

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice condemned the bomb blast that struck a U.S. embassy vehicle Tuesday in Beirut as an act of terrorism. During a press conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Rice said the United States will not be deterred in its

英文乡村歌曲：Justin Rutledge - Through With You

Ive got a plan to sing you back home To strike up the band and love you alone Silver the stars Golden the net Your mind is a book Your body a page Your fingers are pools Your beauty a cage I carry you home When after the rains The hemlocks are wet He

与tie有关的口语表达

说到单词tie，大家一定不陌生，世界杯小组赛阶段，好几场比赛都是以tie(平局)结束的。在我们的日常生活中，一般跟tie这个词有关的表达，都跟捆绑或者牵绊之类的意思有关。比如下面这些例

英文乡村歌曲：Justin Rutledge - Turn Around

Everyone's raining Everyone's pouring Everyone's hailing Everyone's storming Everyone's raging Everyone's roaring Everyone's raining Everyone's pouring Turn around, my love Everyone's staying Everyone's going Everyone's praying Everyone's glowing Eve

英文乡村歌曲：Justin Rutledge - Travel Light

Well I was doubling over the load on my shoulders Was a weight I carried with me everyday Crossing miles of frustrations and rivers a raging Picking up stones I found along the way I staggered and I stumbled down Pathways of trouble I was hauling tho

英文乡村歌曲：Justin Rutledge - Out Of The Woods

I think were out of the woods I think were out of the woods for good I that we should Be out of the woods. I think youre out of your head I think youre out of your head she said From the edge of the bed Youre out of your head. Is it true what is happ