大学六级对话理解-18

国家地理:M1A1 ABRAMS Supertank - 12 M1A1主战坦克

Kill them all. You know I did and that was tough to live with, er, for a long time. I was angry, because the, the, the way we prosecuted that particular mission--you know, send the Tank Company down this crowded road that was already covered in burni

《俞敏洪GRE红宝书》朗读-a10

attenuate v.变薄,变弱 attest v.证明 attic n.阁楼,顶楼 attire v.穿着,装扮 n.衣服 attorney n.律师 attribute n.属性,品质,v.把归于 attribution n.归属 attrition n.消磨,磨损 at

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-08-07

A band of clouds stretching from southern Queensland through to New South Wales will bring stormy showers. Patchy cloud over South Australia, New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania will generate scattered showers. Some isolated showers about the Quee

【转学】填写转学申请-Filling out a College Application

A: What are you doing? B: I'm just filling out applications. A: Applications for what? B: I'm filling out college applications. A:But you're already in college. B:I am going to transfer. A: What school are you going to transfer to? B: I still need to

【突破英文对话】Thanks for Filling Me In 谢谢你让我知道

3. Thanks for Filling Me In 谢谢你让我知道 A: This seat taken? B: No, go ahead, be my guest. I havent seen you before. Are you new in engineering? A: Yeah, I just switched my major from computer sciencetoo much math! I couldnt take the pressur

胡敏读故事记单词托福词汇017

Lesson 17 Life Beyond Injury 走出伤痛的生活 Words: atrophy n. 萎缩 attach vt. 系，缚 attachment n. 依恋，喜欢；连接物；附件 attain vt. 到达，获得 attend vt. 参加；入学；照顾 attendant n. 侍者，护理人员；adj. 伴随的 attire n. 穿着，装饰（正规服装总称

365个英语简短小故事-149. The Toilet Tank (2)

Henry went out to the front of the apartment building and turned off the main water valve. No one was home in the building except Stanley, so Henry didnt have to warn the neighbors about the shutoff. Back in the bathroom, Henry flushed the toilet. Th

365个英语简短小故事-148. The Toilet Tank (1)

Stanley had just finished brushing his teeth. He noticed water flowing into the toilet bowl. That's strange, he thought. The water continued to seep into the bowl. Stanley lifted the toilet tank top. The tank was half full, but the water was slowly r

The Clever Little Tailor

Once upon a time there was a princess who was ever so proud: if any man came to woo her she would set him a riddle, and if he couldn't guess it he was laughed to scorn and sent packing. She also had it made known that whoever did guess the answer to

VOA标准英语2011--Tom Principato's Family, Friends Inspire

Guitarist Tom Principato has been a mainstay on the Washington, D.C. blues scene for more than 40 years. Tom's new CD was inspired by family, friends and collaborators who helped shape his life on and off the stage. Like many kids growing up in the 1

Summit Showcases Initiatives to Alleviate Power Shortages in Africa

Summit Showcases Initiatives to Alleviate Power Shortages in Africa Investors and power developers from around the world gathered in Washington last week to push ideas and efforts to alleviate the shortages of electricity that plague many African cou

美国习惯用语:524 tank town...

当年是铁路把美国的大西洋海岸和太平洋沿岸连接了起来。今天要谈的习惯用语就是从那个年代流传至今的。先学的三个习惯用语都诞生在一百多年前。当时大多数美国人还过着乡居生活，但

The Grounded Conductor

Tom is applying for a job as a signalman for the local railroad, and is told to meet the inspector at the signal box. The inspector decides to give Tom a pop quiz, asking, What would you do if you realized that two trains were heading towards each ot

英语听书《海底两万里》第329期 第23章 珊瑚王国(26)

Meanwhile, as the sun got progressively higher, it lit up the watery mass more and more. The seafloor changed little by little. 太阳陆续上升，照得水底更加明亮了地下也渐渐起变化。 Its fine-grained sand was followed by a genuin

微电子辞典-1

Abrupt junction 突变结 Accelerated testing 加速实验 Acceptor 受主 Acceptor atom 受主原子 Accumulation 积累、堆积 Accumulating contact 积累接触 Accumulation region 积累区 Accum

学个词Learn a Word 第1548-think-tank

今天我们要学的词是 think tank. Think tank 智库。比如，The Heritage Foundation is a well-known conservative think tank. 传统基金会是一个著名的保守派智库。A think tank in Beijing recommended China adjust its one-child po

600 million middle-class Chinese by 2020: think tank

600 million middle-class Chinese by 2020: think tank HAIKOU, Nov. 3 (Xinhua) -- China's rapid urbanization will greatly increase its number of middle-class people to 600 million and support an economic growth between 7 percent and 8 percent annually

美国俚语:tank town 为火车供水的小城镇

当年是铁路把美国的大西洋海岸和太平洋沿岸连接了起来。今天要谈的习惯用语就是从那个年代流传至今的。今天学的习惯用语也是诞生在一百多年前。当时大多数美国人还过着乡居生活，但

英语听书《白鲸记》第355期

Nevertheless, the old sea-traditions, the immemorial credulities, popularly invested this old Manxman with preternatural powers of discernment. So that no white sailor seriously contradicted him when he said that if ever Captain Ahab should be tranqu