Buying Food at the Concession Stand Jim: We only have three minutes before the movie starts. You grab two seats and Ill hit the concession stand. ... Suki: Can I help you? Jim: Yes, Id like a large popcorn and a hot dog with the works. Suki: Anything

发表于:2018-12-03 / 阅读(143) / 评论(0) 分类 2014年ESL之餐饮娱乐

今天我们要学的词是 capitulation. capitulation 的意思是投降,让步,被迫接受。As China's yuan sank to a 10-year low against the dollar, many speculate that Chinese authorities are likely to take measures to prevent a capitulatio

发表于:2018-12-04 / 阅读(122) / 评论(0) 分类 英语单词荟萃

Rescuers in New Zealand are still waiting to enter the Pike River coal mine where 29 men are trapped, including two Australians. Its been almost three days since a gas explosion rocked the mine near Greymouth on the South Island. Officials say levels

发表于:2018-12-11 / 阅读(111) / 评论(0) 分类 澳洲ABC新闻快递2010年

伊朗与五常加一将讨论伊核项目 Iran and and the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council plus Germany are set to resume talks on Iran's nuclear program Thursday in New York -- in a bid to reach an agreement before a November de

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迷你对话: A :They got a divorce at last. 他们最终还是离婚了。 B:It's inenvitable. Their love wasbuilt on the sand, and this is why their marriage has landed on the rocks. 这是不可避免的,他们的爱情缺乏坚实的基础,这

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【生词预览】 givein 让步, crawl 爬行 【笑话原文】 MyHusbandWillBeHomeSoon Amarriedmanwasvisitinghisgirlfriendwhensherequestedthatheshavehisbeard. OhJames,Ilikeyourbeard,butIwouldreallylovetoseeyourhandsomeface. Jamesreplied, Mywifel

发表于:2018-12-26 / 阅读(98) / 评论(0) 分类 英语笑话(MP3+文本)

Kenneth went to the movie theater. He likes to watch action movies. The more action, the better. He waited for his friends. They had planned to meet at 5 P.M. He waited outside. Twenty minutes passed. His friends were not there. He called one of them

发表于:2018-12-28 / 阅读(106) / 评论(0) 分类 英语第5级听力-English Level 5

A husband and wife drove for miles in silence after a terrible argument in which neither would budge. The husband pointed to a mule in a pasture. Relative of yours? he asked. Yes, she replied. By marriage. 一对夫妻开着车出去,走了很长一段时间谁也不

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(149) / 评论(0) 分类 英文笑话

Last weekend I saw a baseball game at Cleveland's Progressive Field, one concession stand specialized in over-the-top fun food. It offered the infamous fried Twinkie, fried cookie dough, even a deep-fried snickers bar. I decided to eat more healthful

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(115) / 评论(0) 分类 Scientific American(九)月

A Woodman came into a forest to ask the Trees to give him a handle for Ax. It seemed so modest a request that the principal tree at once agreed to it, and it was settled among them that the plain, hom

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(171) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

我们在这次节目里要讲的两个习惯用语也是fair这个字有密切关系的。第一个是:Fair game. Game这个字也是有许多解释,其中用得最普遍的一个意思就是:游

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Leading the news, the New South Wales government has ordered a statewide audit of prayer groups of public schools. Authorities will issue a memo or principles today, outlining their obligations to report extremism. Last week, police confirmed the stu

发表于:2019-01-16 / 阅读(113) / 评论(0) 分类 澳洲ABC新闻快递2015年

茶党不让步 政府难开门 A one-page letter - signed by almost one-fifth of the legislators in the U.S. House of Representatives - was a factor leading to a political stalemate and the U.S. government shutdown. Congress and President Barack Oba

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9. Several important legal questions arose in the contract negotiations. 在合同谈判中出现了一些重要的法律问题。 还能这样说: There exist some critical legal questions in the contract negotiations. Some significant legal quest

发表于:2019-01-21 / 阅读(126) / 评论(0) 分类 情景会话口袋书人际篇

Topic1 Hong Kong Students Read MoreWhat is the point of reading non-major-related books? Recently, a Peking University student comes back from an exchange program in the Chinese University of Hong Kong. When he tells his PKU classmates that he read l

发表于:2019-01-21 / 阅读(124) / 评论(0) 分类 英语角-圆桌会议

The number of fans attending Yankees games this spring has decreased from last year. In a TV interview, a Yankees spokesman listed various reasons for the decreased attendance. He said, Well, first of all, there's the weather. Spring has been cold an

发表于:2019-01-22 / 阅读(137) / 评论(0) 分类 英文短篇故事(纽约)

词汇畅谈(Vocabulary Build-up):roof 口语训练营(Everyday English):英语情景对话:别人可以指点,但不要指指点点! 语法天地(Grammar Talk):引导让步状语从句的连词although/though, even though, ev

发表于:2019-01-22 / 阅读(121) / 评论(0) 分类 趣味青春英语

今天我们要学的词是 ongoing。Ongoing 正在进行中的。We're having an ongoing discussion among ourselves on how to improve the show. 我们内部一直在讨论,如何提高节目质量。Police refused to reveal any details, citing th

发表于:2019-02-07 / 阅读(127) / 评论(0) 分类 英语单词荟萃

Subject: Lets get the ball rolling. 迷你对话 A: What is time now? 现在几点钟? B: It is nearly seven oclock. Lets the get the ball rolling. 将近七点钟,我们开始吧! 地道表达 get the ball rolling 1. 解词释义 Get the ball

发表于:2019-02-22 / 阅读(148) / 评论(0) 分类 迷你对话学地道口语

迷你对话 A: It is too bad today. 今天糟透了。 B: What happened? 怎么了? A: My som lost. I told him to stand rooted to the spot when I went shopping, but he ignored it. 我儿子丢了。我去买东西的时候告诉他站在原地不动

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