中级英语听力lesson 12

Gentleman Jim has worked out a plan to rob a bank. He's telling his gang, Fingers Jones and Ginger Robertson about the plan. Listen to their conversation. Fingers: Let's see. You're going to walk up t

北外英语中级听力-12

Gentleman Jim has worked out a plan to rob a bank. He's telling his gang, Fingers Jones and Ginger Robertson about the plan. Listen to their conversation. Fingers: Let's see. You're going to walk up the counter and you're going to start writing a che

Marvel Adds Indigenous Superhero from Canada’s North

A new superhero has been added to Marvel Comics Champions series. Her name is Amka Aliyak. She is known as Snowguard. Amka Aliyak is an Inuit teenager from northern Canada. She comes from Pangnirtung, a town in the territory of Nunavut. Inuit is the

蒙面侠佐罗 第6章:修士费利佩(1)

Chapter Six: Friar Felipe 第六章：修士费利佩 Captain Ramon returns to the Presidio. He is furious. 队长雷蒙回到了要塞。他相当愤怒。 I must punish Lolita, her family and Zorro for their insults! he thinks. 我必须惩罚洛丽塔

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Every villain has his Achilles' heel. And microscopic scoundrels are no exception. The challenge for those who wish to ward off microbial bad guys is to identify that weak spot. Now, scientists studying the toxoplasmosis parasite think they've done j

电梯坠落如何逃生？

Let's say you're an international spy and a dastardly villain has just used his laser eye to cut the cable to your elevator car, sending you plunging hundreds of stories to your death. Everyone knows the best way to survive such a fate would be to ju

经济学人129:罢工中的篮球运动

America's debt 美国债务 Shame on them 真丢人！ The Republicans are playing a cynical political game with hugely high economic stakes 共和党人见利忘义，不顾巨大经济风险，玩弄政治游戏 Jul 7th 2011 | from The Economist pr

经济学人127:权势大亨们和飞机制造企业

Fat cats and corporate jets 权势大亨们和飞机制造企业 Why is it so unrewarding for politicians to bash the rich in America? 为什么美国政客都不愿意对富人进行打击呢？ Jul 7th 2011 | from the print edition THE corporate je

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Bouguer and La Condamine thus had spent nearly a decade working toward a result they didn't wish to find only to learn now that they weren't even the first to find it. Listlessly, they completed their survey, which confirmed that the first French tea

研究：有女儿的CEO对员工更好

Next time you're looking for a job, it might be worth checking the gender of the chief executive's children. 下次找工作时，还是先查查顶头上司的孩子是男是女吧。 Research has found that having a daughter significantly impacts h

新的工作，7件事不要碰

Beginning a new job is exciting and terrifying at the same time. It gives you the opportunity to start over which is especially wonderful if you didn't leave your last job on good terms. Even if your separation from your former employer was amicable,

2007年VOA标准英语-Bald, Bold and Blue

By Larry London Washington 18 June 2007 Bald, in black clothing, covered in blue paint -- these are the three most eye-catching features and characteristics of the Blue Man Group, a creative theatrical organization that features a trio of mute drum p

《叶问3》：甄子丹携手泰森全美公映！

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英文摇滚歌曲：Ancient Bards - Only The Brave

[Alron] Making our way through the reign of the elves We resolutely follow our path The air is icy and sharp on this holy Blind Mountain We must reach the dwelling of the oldest elf We must never give up! For our souls are bold and we don't know what

TED演讲:电影中的男子气概(3)

Alison Bechdel is a comic book artist, 艾莉森贝克德尔是一个漫画作家， and back in the mid-'80s, she recorded this conversation 在80年代中期,，她记录下了她和一个朋友 she'd had with a friend about assessing the movies th

万万没想到：震惊你的8个英国冷知识

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麦当劳叔叔不会老去：引领午餐新时尚

Some thought the brand was dead and buried. Not anymore, it seems. Your favorite pop stars are dying, but McDonald's refuses to. Like the villain at the end of an action movie, just when you think it's breathed its last it comes back up, snarly-faced

咱们裸熊 第47期:熊熊维持影院秩序

I know to you I may seem cold and unfeeling, but it's only because deep down, I yearn to be loved. 我知道对你来说我可能冷酷无情，但那是因为在内心深处我渴望被爱。 Ugh. That Jared is so phony. 呃。这杰拉德好做作。

英文歌曲 浴火重生：Britney Spreas-Criminal

浴火重生：Britney Spreas-Criminal 2011年的布兰妮，来势汹汹，像浴火重生的凤凰一般席卷全球。我想，人总是在经历低潮后才能飞到更高的顶端俯瞰世界。布兰妮确实如此。之前的负面消息是在一

经济学人:中国人为何爱看宫斗剧(1)

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