天方夜谭英文故事：The Three Wisemen and The Camel

Once there lived a man in a small village in Arabia. He had a camel. Whenever he went on a journey, he went along with his camel. At one such journey, he lost his camel unexpectedly. He was in search of his camel. He asked everyone, Have you seen my

美国习惯用语-第869:get wise to

我有个朋友在政府部门工作。他这工作以前可是个肥缺，经常用公款吃喝旅游。可好景不长，这种挥霍公款的行为被发现了，他被调查机构请去喝茶了。这让我想到了一个习惯用语，那就是:

英美人天天都在说的4000句 1、a feather in sb.’s c

[00:17]R：Louis,I'll make a deal1 with you. [00:19]Instead of this petty charge you have against him, you get something really big, [00:22]something that would chuck him in a concentration camp for years. [00:26]Be quite a feather in your cap, would

出国旅游口语一本通 第47期:Looking for sb 找人

第47期:Looking for sb 找人 Y:I just called Mr.Smith in Room 201，but there was no reply.Would you find out if hes still staying there? Y:我刚才打电话给住在201号房的史密斯先生，但没有人接电话。请你查一下他是否还住

趣味青春英语 第123期:Not sb's keeper

Idiom: Not sb's keeper 不是某人的监护人 Hit the book: Quibble Consensus Absolve Conspiracy Coverup Retrofitting Flaw

词汇大师-- Wise Writing Instead of '-Wise'

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on WORDMASTER, our guest is the author of a new book called On Words: Insight Into How Our Words Work -- and Don't. RS: Paula LaRocque has worked for many years as a writing instructor and newsp

新西兰英语 794 GCSB

The Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) is our spy organisation. At the moment, it can only legally spy on foreigners in New Zealand. However this organisation made a mistake spying on Kim Dotcom because he is a permanent resident. Also,

100个儿童英语小故事: The Wise Old Lady 聪明的老妇人

046 The Wise Old Lady A long time ago, there was a young man who wanted to be a writer. He wanted to get married and to live writing compositions, but he couldn't discover what he had to write. He couldn't come up with any good stories, and it seemed

美国俚语:Beat sb to the draw什么意思?

Beat sb to the draw 意思是：比别人抢先一步 例句： We lost the project. Rainbow Company beat us to the draw. 这个项目我们没有拿到，因为彩虹公司抢先了一步。 Mary wanted to buy that painting by Picasso, but another m

美国俚语:Make it up to sb什么意思?

make it up to sb补偿 对进行弥补（指对人） 例句： I don't know what I can do to make it up to you. 我不知道该怎样补偿你。 Ill make it up to you, I promise. 我会补偿你的，我保证。

英美人天天都在说的4000句 38: carry a torch for sb

[00:00]R：You carry a torch for a girl you dated in high school. [00:03]In high school! For God's sake. You're 22! [00:05]D：Leave me alone! [00:06]R：If you want Caitlin, then talk to Veronica and be with Caitlin. [00:09]If you want Veronica, the

英美人天天都在说的4000句 36: call sb. names

[00:01]F：Why do you do that? [00:02]S：What? [00:04]Call him names. Run him down all the time. [00:07]S：Because, because that's what he is, Mr. Frodo. [00:10]There's naught left in him but lies and deceit. [00:13]It's the Ring he wants. It's all

英美人天天都在说的4000句 199:worth sb.’s salt

[00:01]D：Hey, you're getting good at this! [00:03]They're gonna think you like it! [00:04]E：Pays the bills. How are you, Don? [00:08]D：Huh, it's...day to day. [00:13]E：If she saw how good you look right now, she'd be back. [00:16]I read the O

英美人天天都在说的4000句 155:sb.'s name is mud

[00:00]J：Shit! Hey, get down! Hey! [00:07]C：Hey! Is this what they call copping a feel? [00:09]J：What? No! Get up. Jesus! [00:13]C：What's your name? [00:14]J：My name? Mud... if anybody sees you.

英美人天天都在说的4000句 121:not know sb. from adam

[00:00]N：That does it! Out, you two pixies! Go through the door or the window! [00:04]G：Nick, what's wrong? [00:06]N：What do you call me? You calling me Nick? [00:09]G：Well, Nick, that's your name. [00:10]N：I don't know you from Adam's off

阿里与软银成立合资公司SB Cloud

Alibaba and SoftBank have announced a new joint venture targeting Japans competitive cloud computing market. 阿里巴巴(Alibaba)和软银(SoftBank)宣布成立一家新的合资公司，瞄准日本竞争激烈的云计算市场。 The new company,

英美人天天都在说的4000句 166: stand sb. up

[00:00]C：So what happened? [00:03]K：He never came. [00:05]C：He stood you up. [00:06]K：I wouldn't exactly characterize it in that way. [00:09]I think something happened. Something terrible and unexpected that made it impossible for him to... [

英美人天天都在说的4000句 180:the cat gets sb.’s t

[00:00]S：Cat got your tongue? You weren't so silent this morning. [00:04]A：This morning... yes, I wasn't quite myself. [00:07]S：Well, it's a shame whoever you were couldn't be here tonight. [00:09]A：Cut it out, Susan. We've got to talk.

【简明语法】7.4 It's for sb.和 It's of sb.

1）for sb. 常用于表示事物的特征特点，表示客观形式的形容词，如easy, hard, difficult, interesting, impossible等： It's very hard for him to study two languages. 对他来说学

英语单词大师：Wise Writing Instead of '-Wise'

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on WORDMASTER, our guest is the author of a new book called On Words: Insight Into How Our Words Work -- and Don't.RS: Paula LaRocque has worked for many years as a writing instructor and newspa