酒店英语口语就该这么说 第102期:加隔板 借变压器

加隔板 我的壁橱里能再加个隔板吗？ A: Could I Save another shelf put in my closet? 我的壁橱里能再加个隔板吗？ B：Yes, we can do that for you, but there is a cost / but you will have to pay for if. 没问题，我们可以给

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Have you seen the Transformers film yet? Transformers is a new Hollywood blockbuster which has not only taken America by storm , it has also been a number one film in China as well. The film has earned over 100 million RMB and it has outdone all the

Fire breaks out at Texas nuclear power plant

HOUSTON, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- Fire broke out at a nuclear power plant Tuesday in the U.S. state of Texas, forcing one of two units to be shut down, U.S. media reported. No injuries were reported in the fire, which erupted in the Unit 2 main transformer

China builds first tower-type solar-thermal power station

China builds first tower-type solar-thermal power station BEIJING, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) -- The first tower-type solar-thermal power station in Asia has been built in northwest Beijing, chief of the program said on Monday. Wang Zhifeng, a researcher at th

经济学人61:用于油井的太阳热能

Science and Technology 科技 Solar heat for oil wells 用于油井的太阳热能 Mirrors in glasshouses 温室的反光镜... can be used to heat stones ...能用于加热石头 THERE is a lot of energy from ancient sunshine stored in the oil that

SSS 2011-11-16

Ever wander through a supermarket and past the open refrigerated cases that house cream cheese, butter and OJ? The refrigerated shelves are protected by jets of air that blow across the front. These jets form an air shield to keep the warm air out. T

英语笑话听力+文本：CD唱机

【生词预览】 decipher解读，technicals技术术语 【笑话原文】 CD Player While shopping for my first CD player, I was able to decipher most of the technicalses on the promotional signs. One designation had me puzzled, though, so I call

英语听力精选进阶版 6069

Transformers is a new Hollywood blockbuster which has not only taken America by storm, it has also been a number one film in China as well. The film has earned over 100 million RMB and it has outdone all the other American films at the box office in

经济学人65:玻璃房里的镜子

Science and Technology 科技 Solar heat for oil wells 用于油井的太阳热 Mirrors in glasshouses can be used to heat stones 玻璃房里的镜子.....可以用来加热石头 THERE is a lot of energy from ancient sunshine stored in the oil that

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Today a new geo-thermal power station was opened in Kawerau, in the eastern Bay of Plenty. Geo means earth and therm means heat. The power station uses hot steam from the earth. Like the geo-thermal power station at Wairakei, which opened in the 1950

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And she would tell him about the lovely music that came out of a box, and all the nice games you could play, and the delicious things to eat and drink, and the light that came when you pressed a little thing in the wall, and the pictures that you cou

男女对温度的感受不同?

It happens every summer: offices turn on the air-conditioning, and women freeze into popsicles. But until now, there was no data to understand why women felt cold and were slipping on cardigans while men just rolled up their sleeves at the same tempe

中国放松煤矿工作日限制

Chinas top planning body has relaxed working day restrictions on its coal mines after reduced output boosted prices, frustrating central planners desire to control both price and supply of the nations most important energy source. 中国最高规划机

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CANBERRA, Oct. 14 (Xinhua) -- Australian scientists have made the alarming discovery that sea levels have risen more in the past century than at any other comparable period in the past 6,000 years. Researchers from the Australian National University

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Volkswagen has devised a new catalytic converter that could fix the majority of the cars in the US affected by the diesel emissions scandal, as details emerge of its attempts to satisfy regulators. 大众汽车(Volkswagen)设计出一种新的催化转

英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable0929 - 出境游信用卡防盗刷攻略！

Topic 1-Demolishing Transformer Building Sparks Criticism on Wasting Money The main teaching building in Wuhan University which bears resemblance to a 'Transformer' has been demolished after 16 years since it was built. The controversy kicks in when

英语口语的常见问题

你是否注意到自己英语口语经常犯以下的毛病呢？ [错误一] many 和 much意思都一样，我想用哪个就用哪个。 [纠错] many 用来修饰可数名词的复数形式,如 pieces of chalk, erasers, desks, bowls of salad, do

英语听力文摘 English Digest 156、儿童新闻

Hi there, I'm Sonali from the BBC World News for Children Team. It's Friday the 4th of June. Coming up..... McDonald's has pulled Shrek glasses over health fears. There's been a massive fire in Bangladesh. And Stosur reaches the French Open final in

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Yesterday, the power went off in parts of eastern Auckland and Newmarket around 1.10pm. There was a fault in the transformer at the Penrose sub-station. This sub-station usually has three transformers but one was not working because it was being main

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有一种思念叫望穿秋水，有一种寒冷叫做忘穿秋裤。最近，全国各地的天气都变凉了，大家翻箱倒柜找出了尘封已久、又恨又爱的抗冻神物--秋裤。面对这种全世界恐怕只有中国人才穿的裤子，