Olympic Diver Mellisa Wu Jumps Off a Tall Ship

Australian Olympic diver Melissa Wu has swapped the spring board for the bow of a tallship to launch the International Tall Ship Festival in Sydney. CRI's Australia correspondent Wang Xiao has more. The tallship is berthed at Campbell Cove on Circula

国家地理:Giraffe: Tall Tale 长颈鹿

What do you know about giraffes? Well, you almost certainly know they are the tallest quadrupeds on earth, capable of growing up to 19 feet tall. You may know that this height allows these vegetarians to eat the very nutritious leaves of the acacia t

俚语口头禅:A tall order

【句子对照】 Financing your studies may seem like a tall order, but there is plenty of help available. 为你学习提供资金的要求太苛刻了点，不过可以给你很多帮助。 【关键俚语】 a tall order 英：difficult thing to do 中：离谱的要求

英文短篇故事（纽约）153 The Tall Boy Who Bragged

Im so tall! he bragged to his classmates. I'm so tall! he bragged to his grandparents. I'm so tall! he bragged to his little sister. He was only 12, but he was a head taller than most of his classmates. You're going to be so tall when you grow up, hi

美国常用英语俚语:A tall order

【句子对照】 You knucklehead! How could you have mixed the dog food with the cereal? 你这个笨蛋！你怎么会把狗食和谷类混到一块呢？ 【关键俚语】 knucklehead 英：A stupid person 中：笨蛋

美国习惯用语: Lesson 189 - STAND TALL / STAND-OUT

在今天的节目里，我们再来讲两个以stand这个字为主的习惯用语。To stand就是站立的意思。Stand这个字往往跟别的字合在一起用，最普通的就是：to stand up

冀教版小学英语(三起)--第四册 UNIT 3-Lesson 18 Are you short or tall?你高还是矮?

UNIT 3 All about Me 有关我的全部 Lesson 18 Are you short or tall?你高还是矮? 1.How tall are you?你有多高? Let's get to work,class!开始上课了,同学们! Kim,you're first!可姆,你是第一个! How old are you,Kim?你几岁了,可姆

UNIT 3 Body and Feelings Lesson 20: How Tall Are You?

[ti:UNIT 3 Body and Feelings Lesson 20: How Tall Are You?] [00:01.33]UNIT 3 第三单元 [00:03.41]Body and Feelings 身体和感觉 [00:06.92]Lesson 20: 第20课： [00:08.72]How Tall Are You? 你多高？ [00:11.76]1. [00:13.38]Are you short or tal

学究男乐队：Passion Pit - Let Your Love Grow Tall

Here Comes The Good Times是2002年爱尔兰国家队参加世界杯时的队歌，蛮欢快好听的一首，有Westlife的歌迷应该知道，这首歌是我们的美人Nicky和爱尔兰的众多歌手一起合唱的，中间也有Nicky同学的独唱

VOA标准英语2012--Tallgrass Still Waves Undisturbed on the Plains

Tallgrass Still Waves Undisturbed on the Plains One-third of North America - stretching from what is now Indiana in the Midwest westward to the Rocky Mountains - and northward from Texas deep into Canada - was once uninterrupted prairie, where Plains

O'Sullivan roars into snooker worlds' semis

SHEFFIELD, England, May 2 (Xinhua) -- Three-time Crucible winner Ronnie O'Sullivan became hot favourite to claim a fourth title of the world snooker championship after he rallied to beat Neil Robertson 13-10 on Wednesday in a final before the final t

Nadal reaches French Open semis

PARIS, June 6 (Xinhua) -- Defending champion Rafael Nadal beat fellow Spaniard Nicolas Almagro 7-6 (7-4), 6-2, 6-3 on Wednesday to reach the French Open semifinals without dropping a single set. Nadal, whose only loss at Roland Garros came at the fou

Nadal to play Ferrer in semis at French Open

PARIS, June 6 (Xinhua) -- Defending champion Rafael Nadal beat fellow Spaniard Nicolas Almagro 7-6 (7-4), 6-2, 6-3 on Wednesday to set up a semifinal clash with David Ferrer at the French Open. Against the 12th-seeded Almagro, Nadal saved four break

Valencia draw Barcelona in Copa del Rey semis first leg

MADRID, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- FC Barcelona and Valencia drew the first leg of their Copa del Rey semifinal 1-1 in Valencia's Mestalla Stadium on Wednesday. Valencia opened the scoring through Jonas Goncalves, only for Carles Puyol to equalize for Barca

"Super Dan" edges Japanese Sasaki to reach semis

LONDON, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) -- Defending Olympic champion Lin Dan dropped a game to Japanese shuttler Sasaki Sho before winning the hard battle Thursday evening, so as to advance into the semifinal of men's singles. Both left-handed players, their compet

Chinese pair enter men's table tennis semis at London Olympics

LONDON, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) -- Top seed Zhang Jike of China beat Jiang Tianhyi of Hong Kong, China, in five sets to cruise into the men's singles semifinals at the Olympic table tennis tournament on Wednesday. The world champion, world number one and hot

Who Was Thomas Jefferson 托马斯·杰斐逊 Chapter 1 Tall Tom

Thomas Jefferson was born in 1743 on his familys plantation, Shadwell, in central Virginia. Virginia was one of thirteen colonies belonging to Great Britain. By the calendar used then, his birth date was April 2. By todays calendar his birth date was

Djokovic beats Berdych to reach Australian Open semis

MELBOURNE, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- Defending champion Novak Djokovic bounced back from a marathon five-set fourth-round match just 48 hours earlier as he reached the Australian Open semifinals here on Tuesday after beating Czech Tomas Berdych 6-1, 4-6, 6

英文诗歌 One Inch Tall

One Inch Tall If you were only one inch tall , you'd ride a worm to school. The teardrop of a crying and would be your swimming pool. A crumb of cake would be a feast And last you seven days at least , A flea would be a frightening beast If you were

听播客学英语 57 Tall stories

Today we discover the word tall, and we learn about tall stories. I guess you know what tall means in your own language if you dont, stop listening now and look the word up in a dictionary. Here are some examples of the way we use tall. We can talk a