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今天我们给大家介绍两个以 smoke为主的常用语。首先我们要讲的是：To go up in smoke. 大家知道，smoke就是烟。To go up in smoke是指某项工程，或某个交易没有取

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NPR 08-17:Griffin's Accomplishments, Both On Screen and Off悼

From game shows such as Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune, the entertainer and impresario built a multimillion-dollar empire This is All Things Considered from NPR News. I'm Debbie Elliot. Entertainer Merv Griffin died today in a Los Angeles hospital.

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She called up the cable company. The cable representative asked how he could help her. She said she didn't have a picture. The TV screen was black, except for two words in big white letters: Please Wait. She said, 'Please Wait' for what? What am I wa

VOA常速英语2007年-Author Blake Snyder Tells How to Write a Screen

By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 19 November 2007 The current strike by Hollywood writers highlights the role of the screenplay as the foundation of a movie. Movies tell a story, and Blake Snyder, the author of books on screenwriting, says they often t

2007年VOA标准英语-Former CIA Officer Testifies White House 'Reckl

By Dan Robinson Capitiol Hill 16 March 2007 Former undercover CIA officer Valerie Plame, who has been at the center of a controversy involving the role White House officials played in revealing her identity, has testified in public for the first tim

Artificial Leaf Turns Sunlight into Electric Power

Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have turned to Mother Nature for inspiration, inventing a device that mimics photosynthesis, the process plants use to convert sunlight and water into usable energy. MIT chemistry professor Dani

美国国家公共电台 NPR Screen Time Reality Check — For Kids And Parents

DAVID GREENE, HOST: 'Tis the day after Christmas, and all through the house, many kids probably are not stirring because they're joyfully lost in digital devices. Many parents know that well. Maybe the kids are playing with that new app or game on th

Makers of China-made big screen aim to break IMAX monopoly

HEFEI, April 9 (Xinhua) -- DMAX, a large film screen made with Chinese independent technology, on Monday was put into commercial use in a cinema in the eastern province of Anhui, as developers hope to break the IMAX monopoly in China's booming film m

Too much screen time bad for children

BEIJING, Oct. 12 (Xinhuanet) -- Children who spend hours each day watching television or playing computer games have more psychological（心理的） difficulties than those who don't, according to a study published in the US journal Pediatrics（小儿

学个词Learn a Word 第405期 Screen

今天我们要学的词是screen。 Screen, 有检查的意思。All women over 50 should be screened for breast cancer regularly, 凡是五十岁以上的妇女都要定期进行乳腺癌的检查。 美国全国铁路客运公司将首度开始对乘

2007年VOA标准英语-Animation Film Festival Ready for Small Screen

By Mil Arcega Washington 06 July 2007 Mobile phone technology is not just revolutionizing the way we communicate - it's also changing the way we are entertained. Take movies for example: once limited to the big screen, consumers can now watch movies

每日一词【405】screen：检查

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Cannes to celebrate Bollywood on screen

PARIS, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Bollywood will share the spotlight at the 64th Cannes Film Festival from May 11 to 22, with a special film showcasing India's unique film culture, organizers announced Friday. Bollywood - The Greatest Love Story Ever Told,

2007年VOA标准英语-Keep What You Find at the Crater of Diamonds Pa

By Yi Suli Murfreesboro, Arkansas 13 February 2007 watch Crater of Diamond report Each year thousands of visitors go to a small town in rural Arkansas in search of diamonds. The Crater Diamonds Park claims that it is the world's only diamond site wh

Zhang Ziyi named ScreenSingapore ambassador

BEIJING, May 26 (Xinhuanet) -- Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi has been named the ambassador(大使) for the ScreenSingapore 2011, organizers have announced. Zhang will join directors Oliver Stone and Wayne Wang to promote the first international film eve

"The Grandmasters" to hit big screen on December 18

BEIJING, April 19 (Xinhuanet) -- Wong Kar Wai's martial arts biopic The Grandmasters is set for release on December 18, Sina Entertainment reports. The movie is based on the life story of Wing Chun grandmaster Yip Man, the legendary martial arts mast

苹果iPad Pro平板电脑将于今日开始网上订购

Apple Inc said its iPad Pro will be available to order online on Wednesday and arrive at stores later this week. 苹果公司近日宣布，其最新产品iPad Pro平板电脑周三开始可以从网上订购，并于本周稍晚在苹果商店开售。

怎样彻底清洁你的移动设备

TAKE a look at your mobile device. Do you see oily fingerprints and lint on the touch screen? Dust and crumbs forming particulate frost in the corners? Is that a hair stuck at the screen's edge? 看看你的移动设备。看到触摸屏上油油的指

美国俚语：万人迷

美国俚语：万人迷 他用的香水型号、他穿的衣服品牌、他理的每种发型 他的一切都是人们效仿的楷模；他的成功、他的失败、他的微笑、他的落泪 他的一切都紧紧抓住人们的眼球！有他的球