中英双语新闻——My ears hurt! Send us a decent commentator

Soccer fans across China moaning about the quality of commentary during this World Cup should remember: Youre not alone. 本届世界杯期间，每位对赛事解说怨声载道的中国球迷要记得：你不是一个人。 All over the world, if

【荆棘鸟】第十章 04

There were ten children in that humpy, none of whom possessed a pair of shoesnot that shoes mattered much in torrid Longreach. Luke senior, who shore for a living when he felt like it (but mostly all hefelt like doing was drinking OP rum), died in a

美国有线新闻 CNN 2016-6-21

In the realm of ruminant, there are sheep and then there`s Sheila. Sheila is a little more sheep than other sheep. Sheila was lost in a forest six years ago, without a shepherd or a shearer. But after being rescued recently, Sheila dropped 46 pounds

新西兰英语 803 No ‘man ban’ for Labour

The Labour Party will not ban men from becoming candidates for election in some seats. The Labour Council wants to discuss the idea during the Labour Party conference in November of having 50% women MPs. However, David Shearer, the leader of the Labo

新西兰英语 692 Labour Party Leadership

First check back to November 18th about the Labour Party conference. During the conference last weekend, David Cunnliffe refused to say if he supported David Shearer as Leader of the Opposition. This looked as if Mr Cunnliffe wanted to challenge Mr S

新西兰英语 693 Labour Party Conference

The Labour Party held their annual conference over the weekend. More than 500 members attended. A member is someone who pays a membership fee to belong to the Labour Party. This includes the 34 Labour Members of Parliament. The Leader of the Oppositi

VOA慢速英语 2007 0213a

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Goats are raised not just for their milk and meat, and their ability to control weeds and help renew grasslands. They can also be valuable for their hair. Cashmere comes from cashmere goats and ango

VOA慢速英语2010年-Agriculture Report - Want Truly Homema

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Goats are valuable not just for their milk and meat. Or for their ability to control weeds and help renew grasslands. Or even for their ability to be gentle around children. Goats can also be valuab

英美人天天都在说的4000句 59:fifth wheel

[00:01]R：I feel like kind of a fifth wheel around here. Is there anything I can do? [00:04]A：I don't know. Is there anything you can do? [00:09]R：Well, I can drive that loader. [00:12]I have a Class Two rating. [00:16]A：Be my guest... [00:31]

辛沛沛NO-BOOK 辛沛沛口语提高版下册A Lesson 39 Free

Lesson 39 Free 1.There's no free lunch. 2.Are you free this afternoon? 3.I give it to you for free. 4.He's very free with his money. 5.He's such a free and easy guy. 6.We had a real free-for-all debate. 7.I don't want a free ride like that. 8.We all

美国小学英语教材4:第112课 收羊毛(3)

THE SHEARING 剪羊毛 It was not long before they could see the flags flying over the tents, and then the tents themselves. 没过多久，他们就看到飘动的旗帜，然后是帐篷。 When they reached the place where the horse was to be left

欧洲杯: 足球也脱欧 冰岛2-1英格兰

England's failed footballers will return home after the country's most humiliating defeat in its history made them a worldwide laughing stock. 英格兰足球队经历了其足球史上最耻辱的一次失败，这成为了众所皆知的一大笑柄。

美国国家公共电台 NPR Stephen Hawking, Who Awed Both Scientists And The Public, Dies

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: One of the most famous scientists of our time has died. Stephen Hawking was a theoretical physicist whose early work on black holes transformed how scientists think about the nature of the universe. But his fame wasn't just a res

【荆棘鸟】第三章 10

我不明白，你怎么早没想到呢。他说。 哦，我想到了。不过，直到最近我才想到我最不希望发生的事就是有许多贪婪的人急不可耐地等着我咽下最后一口气。只是在最近，我的寿终之日似乎比

【荆棘鸟】第三章 11

Meggie pulled a square of white towel from the huge pile sitting by the stove warming and spread it carefully on the work table, then lifted the crying child out of the wicker crib. The Cleary hair glittered sparsely on his little skull as Meggie cha

【荆棘鸟】第三章 12

尽管她由于没有时间练习，指法早已生疏，除了弹一些最简单的小片段以外，再也弹不出什么别的了。每逢这种时候，他总是坐在窗下的丁香花与百合花前，闭目谛听着。那时，他的眼前便飘

【荆棘鸟】第六章 14

Michael Carson*and his baby son were entombed there in an imposing marble vault, a life-size angel on top of its pediment with sword drawn to guard their rest. But perhaps a dozen less pretentious plots ringed the mausoleum, marked only by plain whit

新西兰英语 141 Mt Albert Electorate

When Helen Clark left Parliament, the Labour Party announced there would be a by-election in Mt Albert to find a replacement MP. Russell Norman, co-leader of the Green Party, and John Boscawen of the ACT Party both want to be the MP for Mt Albert. Th

美国语文第二册 第22期:剪羊毛

LESSON 24 第24课 thoroughly 透 month 月 dried 干的 dyed 染色 cuts 削减 shearer 采煤机 sheep 羊 those 那些 spun 纺 dirt 污垢 otherwise 除此以外 woven 编织 cloth 布 wool 羊毛 rub 擦 SHEEP-SHEARING 剪羊毛 Sheep are washed

新西兰英语 538 Labour Party Leadership

After the Labour Party lost the election, the leader, Phil Goff, resigned. Later this week the Party will choose another leader. They will choose between two men David Shearer and David Cunliffe. Both men have been speaking at Labour Party meetings.