英语课程计划-National Tooth Fairy Day

February 28 is National Tooth Fairy Day. This day celebrates one of childhoods make-believe visitors. Others include Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny. The Tooth Fairy comes in the middle of the night after a child loses a milk tooth. Parents tell the

Cherry Cox讲故事 14 Ben's tooth

Ben's tooth Ben was eating an apple at school, ow! he said. Oh, look! My tooth has come outand here it is, in my apple! Ben went to show his teacher. Look, Mrs. Green, he said, My tooth has come out. Here's a little box to put it in, said Mrs, Green.

VOA标准英语2012--Nail Polish Business Booms In Weak Economy

Nail Polish Business Booms In Weak Economy In a factory north of Los Angeles, glass bottles are filled, boxed and then shipped to more than 100 countries around the world. This is the home of OPI, a company that produces nail polish for women from th

Days of Painful Tooth Repair May Be Over

Days of Painful Tooth Repair May Be Over From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. Many people fear a visit to the dentist. They are not so much afraid of the doctor, but of the dental equipment and treatments. Well, fear no mor

儿童故事集：麦克斯韦失去了一颗牙-Maxwell Loses A Tooth

Maxwell put up his hand and waited for his teacher, Mrs. Gilbert, to notice him. Do you have a question, Maxwell? she asked. Its more like a problem, Maxwell said. I lost my tooth. Maxwell stood up and held out his hand to show his class his baby too

英语笑话：a tooth pulled 拔牙

a tooth pulled A man and his wife entered the dentist's office. The man said, I want a tooth pulled. We're in a big hurry, so forget about any pain killers. The dentist said，You're very brave. Which tooth is it? The man said to his wife, Show him y

趣味青春英语 第93期:Nail biter

Idiom: Nail biter 恐怖的，吓人的东西 Hit the book: Mass Incredible Emotion Complex Universe Personality Coordination

第70期: idiosyncrasy, kindness, lamp, magazine, nail

说一口流利的英语，从简单的单词开始。 听听，读读，背背，今天你的词汇量又增加了5个。 单词/词义 中英例句 单词听读 idiosyncrasy [ 7idiE5siNkrEsi ] One of

轻松日记商务职场篇61:拼命讨好老板

核心句型： He leans over backwards to please his immediate superior. 他拼命讨好他的顶头上司。 lean over backwards字面理解就是：身体使劲地向后倾斜，这种姿势对于一般人来说应该很难做到，而且做起来也

英语小达人 163 A Nail or a Fly

A Nail or a Fly 钉子还是苍蝇 One day an old gentleman whose eyesight was failing came to stay in a hotel room with a bottle of wine in each hand. On the wall there was a fly which he took for a nail. So the moment he hung them on it, the bottle

英语博客-北美风情 205、This episode’s a nail-biter

Some movies and television shows can be very tense and dramatic, and weve got a handful of expressions to talk about them. This episodes all about the exciting things we see on screen or read in books that keep us wanting to know more and make us anx

VOA慢速英语2018--Dead as a Doornail

Believe it or not, the English language has about 25,000 idiomatic expressions. And some of the oldest ones have very interesting histories. Today our question involves an expression from early English literature. It comes from Dimitrije in Serbia. H

美国习惯用语:328 fight with teeth and nails

我想大家都熟悉fight个词。它的意思是斗争、搏斗或者奋斗。你也许还听过这样一个谚语: he who fights and runs away will live to fight another day。这个谚语显然是说：生活中斗争是无可避免的。既然人生

美国习惯用语:342 nail down

在日常会话或者写作中恰到好处地使用习惯用语能让您的语言别有风味。我们今天要学的习惯用语都包括这个词: nail。它的意思是钉子。但是nail也可以作动词，意思是用钉子钉。例如，我们要

英语俚语天天说 第44期:年纪大,年头久 long in the tooth

释义： Long：长的，tooth：牙齿；字面来看呢，long in the tooth是牙齿长的意思； In english：Old in age. Mostly used when referring to people or horses.英文里指的是年纪大，一般指的是人或者一匹马； 来源：

英文短篇故事（纽约）507 The Truth About a Tooth

He dreamed that one of his teeth had fallen out. He told his classmate. She said, In my country, such a dream means a relative is going to die soon. He asked, Really? Any particular relative? She said, Yes. It depends on which tooth falls out. He sai

儿童英语：牙齿仙女 TOOTH FAIRY-1

Primitive peoples believe that hair, nail clippings, and lost teeth remain magically linked to the owner even after they have been disconnected from his body. As any voodoo artist will tell you, if yo

英语词汇大全：Paired words

heart and soul 一心一意 ebb and flow 人世盛衰 cloak and dagger 秘密的行动 law and order 秩序 move heaven and earth 不遗余力 part and parcel 不可或缺 pomp and ceremony 盛典 rain or shine 不论如何 rank and file 大众 (figh

学个词Learn a Word 第651期 Nailbiter

今天我们要学的词是nailbiter。 Nailbiter, 作为名词，一般是指紧张的比赛，或是充满悬念的影片。 The film was described as a suspenseful nailbiter by the critics, 影评人士说，这部影片充满了悬念。上星期天

Nail Polish Business Booms In Weak Economy

While many U.S. businesses are suffering in the weak economy, one industry has been picking up speed. Women are now spending more money on their nails. They are getting more daring - straying from the basic shades of red and painting blues, greens an