常春藤解析英语【31】Vertical Gardens垂直花园

Vertical Gardens 垂直花园 by Marcus Maurice More than 30 years ago, a French scientist named Patrick Blanc went to Thailand to study plants. This adventurous young man traveled to the heart of a tropical rainforest and set up a platform at the to

美国习惯用语: Lesson 256 - to go up in smoke / smoke screen

今天我们给大家介绍两个以 smoke为主的常用语。首先我们要讲的是：To go up in smoke. 大家知道，smoke就是烟。To go up in smoke是指某项工程，或某个交易没有取

生活英语词汇：报纸缩略词语

报纸缩略词语 一.房屋广告 amens amenities 环境舒适 kit kitchen 厨房 appl appliances 家用电器 lse lease 租房协议 apts apartments 独立房屋 lge large 大 avail available 可提供 LR living room 起居室 bach bachelor 单人套

英语听力短文30 A Black TV Screen

She called up the cable company. The cable representative asked how he could help her. She said she didn't have a picture. The TV screen was black, except for two words in big white letters: Please Wait. She said, 'Please Wait' for what? What am I wa

10-4 砖块

The Brick About ten years ago, a young and very successful executive named Josh was traveling down a Chicago neighborhood street. He was going a bit too fast in his sleek 1 , black, 12 cylinder 2 Jagu

King Cyrus' Cylinder

NB: This is not a word for word transcript Yvonne: Hello, I'm Yvonne Archer, this is 6 Minute English and thanks to Alice for joining me today. Alice: Hi Yvonne. Yvonne: Hello Alice. Now recently, an artefact - a very old piece of art - which many hi

VOA标准英语2012--South Korea Researches Vertical Farming for Food Security

South Korea Researches Vertical Farming for Food Security Agriculture in high-rise buildings is the dream of some scientists and architects around the globe. But it soon could be reality. Just outside of Suwon, a city 30-kilometers south of the capit

英文蓝调歌曲：Brick And Lace - Dont stop

Anyting mi want yuh know, you haffi give me Loving pon di menu, bring it urgently I like what you got, make sure bring it hot Waah sizzle up di pot for me Your sex without a limit like platinum see That's how you gotta give it, baby put it on me Make

Makers of China-made big screen aim to break IMAX monopoly

HEFEI, April 9 (Xinhua) -- DMAX, a large film screen made with Chinese independent technology, on Monday was put into commercial use in a cinema in the eastern province of Anhui, as developers hope to break the IMAX monopoly in China's booming film m

Too much screen time bad for children

BEIJING, Oct. 12 (Xinhuanet) -- Children who spend hours each day watching television or playing computer games have more psychological（心理的） difficulties than those who don't, according to a study published in the US journal Pediatrics（小儿

每日一词【405】screen：检查

今天我们要学的词是screen。 Screen, 有检查的意思。All women over 50 should be screened for breast cancer regularly, 凡是五十岁以上的妇女都要定期进行乳腺癌的检查。 美国全国铁路客运公司将首度开始对乘

眼睛疲劳不用烦，8个方法助舒缓

With today's dependence on electronics for work, play and just about anything to do with productivity, you may often find yourself staring at screens for more than 10 hours a day. With this in mind, it's important to protect your eyes by minimizing h

Cannes to celebrate Bollywood on screen

PARIS, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Bollywood will share the spotlight at the 64th Cannes Film Festival from May 11 to 22, with a special film showcasing India's unique film culture, organizers announced Friday. Bollywood - The Greatest Love Story Ever Told,

Zhang Ziyi named ScreenSingapore ambassador

BEIJING, May 26 (Xinhuanet) -- Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi has been named the ambassador(大使) for the ScreenSingapore 2011, organizers have announced. Zhang will join directors Oliver Stone and Wayne Wang to promote the first international film eve

经济学人: 清理海洋垃圾 (1)

Few things exercise green sensibilities more these days than marine plastic litter. 如今没有什么能像海洋塑料垃圾那样更能唤醒人们的环保意识。 The detritus looks unsightly when it washes up on beaches, and cruel when it chok

"The Grandmasters" to hit big screen on December 18

BEIJING, April 19 (Xinhuanet) -- Wong Kar Wai's martial arts biopic The Grandmasters is set for release on December 18, Sina Entertainment reports. The movie is based on the life story of Wing Chun grandmaster Yip Man, the legendary martial arts mast

经济学人267:测量 质量效应

Science and technology 科学技术 Measurement 测量 Mass effect 质量效应 A better way to clean the world's one true kilogram 清洁世界上真正一千克的更好方法 IN SEVRES, on the outskirts of Paris, sealed beneath a triplet of bell j

委婉语的使用

He is a bicycle doctor. 此句不能译作:他是个骑单车的医生,因句中的doctor是委婉语(euphemism), 是某种职业的美称,故不作医生解,而是表示repair man的涵义, 因此应翻译为他是个自行车修理工. 委婉语起源

【饥饿游戏】43

Now the Gamemakers will always be able to trace my whereabouts in the arena. Wouldnt want to lose a tribute. As soon as the trackers in place, the ladder releases me. The woman disappears and Cinna is retrieved from the roof, An Avox boy comes in and

听电影学英语-快餐帝国3

[00:02.32]- Really? - Yeah. Its true. -真的吗? -真的 [00:04.80]Just here in town for a couple of days seein where the Big Ones come from. 我只是在这儿出差 调研大块头的原料地 [00:09.32]- Here? - Oh, no, not here. -这里? -噢 不是