常春藤生活英语【61】27 Dresses

Jane is great at taking care of everyone in her life. She has even assisted 27 friends in planning their weddings. Now, she is busy helping her sister put together a dream wedding. There is just one problem: Jane is in love with her sister's fiance1,

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Day two of testimony by the nations top military commander in Iraq, General David Petraeus told the House lawmakers while Iraqi security forces did well in recent fighting in Basra, he said overall theyre what he called a mixed bag. Petraeus also to

2006年VOA标准英语-Russia Presses Iran to Cooperate with IAEA

By Margaret Besheer Washington 29 April 2006 Mohammad Saeedi (file photo) Iran says it will not stop enriching uranium despite growing pressure from the international community. On Saturday, Russia ap

【英语早间课堂】话说地道美语 Lesson 24(1)

我们先来听三个句子： 1. In a flash the evil intent of the vice-president usurping power hit the president right between the eyes. 2. Let us suppose that Mary hit John right between the eyes, what will he do? It's no doubt he wants to spend

第四册第8篇：书籍

8. Books 书籍 The good books of the hour, then, --I do not speak of the bad onesis simply the useful or pleasant talk of some person whom you cannot otherwise converse with, printed for you. Very useful often, telling you what you need to know; ver

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228. In lands of uproars and upheavals在充满骚乱和动荡的国家 upgrade-utter John Sanders has covered many exciting events over the years while writing as a freelance journalist. Tired of his life back in Kansas, where everything had a borin

20 Years Later, Indonesia Reflects on Its Democratic Experiment

Indonesia marks its 20th anniversary as a democracy this month. The country won its independence from the Netherlands in 1945. But, for 30 years, the military ruler Suharto led the country. He resigned in 1998 as a result of the Indonesian Reformasi,

2007年VOA标准英语-Ukraine's Political Crisis Enters Second Week

By Lisa McAdams Moscow 10 April 2007 Ukraine's political crisis enters its second week, with no signs of a breakthrough. Pro-reform President Viktor Yushchenko and Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, a supporter of closer ties with Moscow, have held mo

Liu Xiang, Robles set for Birmingham showdown

LONDON, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- Reigning Olympic champion and world record holder Dayron Robles will go head-to-head with reigning world indoor champion Liu Xiang of China in a blockbuster 60m hurdles race at the Aviva Grand Prix next Saturday. It will be

2006年VOA标准英语-Iran Presses on With Nuclear Work Despite World

By Gary Thomas Washington 18 December 2006 Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, right, and President of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, Reza Aghazadeh, left, visit Natanz uranium enrichment facilities, 15 Feb 2006 While much of the world's atte

2006年VOA标准英语-IAEA Director Presses for Dialogue With North K

By Catherine Maddux Washington 24 October 2006 IAEA's Director General Mohamed ElBaradei The Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency says dialogue with North Korea and Iran is the only way to resolve disputes about their nuclear a

2007年VOA标准英语-Britain Presses Demand for Sailors' Release in

By Sonja Pace London 29 March 2007 Britain is pressing its demand for the immediate release of 15 sailors and marines, seized by Iranian Revolutionary Guard forces last Friday, while Tehran is warning of delays and says an apology would help speed u

2006年VOA标准英语-President Bush Presses for Immigration Ref

By Margaret Besheer Washington 25 March 2006 Adrian Juarez, left, and Irturo Contrirs participate in a march by immigrant rights supporters President Bush is urging Congress to move ahead with immigra

2006年VOA标准英语-UN Security Council Delegation Meets With

By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 06 June 2006 A delegation from the United Nations Security Council is in Sudan Tuesday to persuade the Sudanese government to accept U.N. peacekeepers into the volatile Darfu

美丽新世界Brave New World 第13章(10)

John, do you think I might have my clothes? 约翰，你认为我可以穿上衣服吗？ He picked up the bell-bottomed trousers, the blouse, the zippicamiknicks. 他抓起了她那灯笼裤、女短衫和拉链内衣裤。 Open! he ordered, kicking

学个词Learn a Word 第1522-throne

今天我们要学的词是 throne. Throne is spelled t-h-r-o-n-e, throne. Throne 是王位，统治的意思。This year marks the 60th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II's ascension to the British throne.今年是英国女王伊丽莎白二世登基

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Frequent hand-washing in my job as a medical technologist and the harsh Alaskan weather combined to give me very dry skin. One night as I prepared for bed, I rubbed my hands with petroleum jelly and covered them with a pair of old white gloves. As I

2007年VOA标准英语-Rice Presses Hamas to Renounce Violence

By David Gollust Washington 19 March 2007 U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Monday the new Palestinian unity government should unequivocally renounce violence to gain international recognition and enter peace talks with Israel. Rice confe

一些英语惯用语的翻译

英语中有很多惯用表达，它们可以用汉语思想编码去交换，在一定的语境中也好像说得通，但在这样的理解基础上去翻译它们，却不能准确传达原文的含义，因此误译也就在所难免。这些容易

惯用语翻译 不可想当然

一、有些英语(论坛)惯用语表达的真正含义是其喻义或引申义，如果只将其字面意义直译出来，就可能产生误译。 1. In a flash the evil intent of the vice-president to usurp power hit the president between the eye