1) An airplane made by Boeing, competetor of Airbus. It is the fastest subsonic jet in the world, crusing at .855 Mach, or 85% of the speed of sound. The 747-400 can seat up to 630 passengers. It has 4 engines; however, it can still fly with only two operational engines. It is used for international flights.
> 1) When we flew from San Francisco to Taipei, we flew on a 747-400.

今天我们要讲的美国习惯用语是:an albatross around one's neck。Albatross是一种名字叫信天游的海鸟, neck 是脖子。An albatross around one's neck, 按字面来理解,它的意思是:挂在脖子上的信天游。但是

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begrudge, [bi'grʌdʒ] v 嫉妒;吝啬;舍不得给 【例】She did not begrudge the money 她从不吝啬。He begrudged his friend the award 他嫉妒的他朋友获奖。 【记】beg乞讨,rudge=rude粗鲁的。粗鲁的乞讨。有这样一

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On Wednesday night, Parliament passed the second reading of the same-sex marriage bill. It still has to pass the third reading, which should be some time soon. However, usually the second reading is the most important so probably this bill will be pa

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While it's still hard for some of us to believe that the 747 has now been around for 40 years, as it's about to get even bigger. Boeing has unveiled a new even larger 747. The aircraft, by the way, for which the term jumbo jet was coined, in part to

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今天我们要学的词是rebound。 Rebound是反弹的意思。很多经济学家预计,美国经济会在今年晚些时候走出衰退的低谷,但是各地情况有所不同。While some cities are poised for a quick rebound, others face a

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今天我们要学的词是rebound。 Rebound是反弹的意思。很多经济学家预计,美国经济会在今年晚些时候走出衰退的低谷,但是各地情况有所不同。While some cities are poised for a quick rebound, others face a

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Piero: Whats all this? Annie: Im visiting my sister and brother-in-laws new ranch next month and Im getting ready for it. I know Im a city girl, but I plan to fit right in on that ranch and work alongside all of the other cowboys. Piero: Well, you lo

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Jeff: So where are you from? Tim: I'm from Oregon. It's right above California. It's on the West Coast of America. Jeff: So the State of Oregon. Tim: It's on the West Coast between California and Washington. Jeff: So you're neighbor states, say Calif

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Dialogue 1 Mark: Jingjing, you know more about the World Cup than I do. Would you mind walking me through the tournament? 马克:京晶,你知道世界杯比我多,你愿意带我了解一下这个赛事吗? Jingjing: What's the matter? You d

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Subject : Well, lets cut to the chase. 迷你对话 A: I have said so much. But could you tell me why you dont want to sign the contract. 我已经说了这么多了,但是你能告诉我你为何想签这合同吗? B: Well, lets cut to the chase

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Daily Life - Getting A Pet Who would not want a pet. A nice lufy dog or cat. How about a talking bird. Ferrets are also cute. However, pets are a huge responsibility. Who wants to clean up after a dog or cat. Today lets learn about getting a pet.

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Julia: Well, you do have a flaw after all. Harrison: Oh yeah? What's that? Julia: Your job. Harrison: I thought women liked doctors. Julia: We do like lab coats, but the flying around everywhere is not so good. Harrison: I'm only going to San Francis

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For as the mightiest elephant is but a terrier to Leviathan, so, compared with Leviathan's tail, his trunk is but the stalk of a lily. 因为在大鲸看来,最大的象也不过是条狗罢了,所以跟鲸尾比较起来,象鼻就不过是一支

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lose weight 减肥 If I eat less, I'll lose weight. 少吃点的话,我可以减掉体重的。 You look like you've lost weight lately. 你最近好像瘦了点了。 She's been weak ever since and she's lost weight. 自从那时候开始她就一病

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台湾籍旅美老师今天交给我们的句子是: One of the most consoling aspects of animals it might be a dog, a sheep, a lizard or a beetle is that their priorities have nothing whatsoever to do with our own perilous and tortured agendas. Th

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abramoff
absconding defendant
act of terrorism
actinyl fluoride
alderaan
anacephalize
ante-mortem
antilock braking system
antislaver
Arneth's index
articular facet of costal tubercle
audio database
barbitals
basic aniline dyestuff
blocked voltage
breakdown noise
caecium
Cairneyhill
calcified leiomyoma of uterus
camp shirt
carbon oxybromide
Catananche caerulea
cawayan r.
chain plate
Chen Duxiu
chirchiq (chirchik)
chlorine resistance
continous contact coking
cup seal
deprive someone of
diaper bond
dissymmetrical net
dolicheremaeus elongatus
dominitrix
draught line
duotal
ecumene
electrical-appliances
erlang b formula
extinction probability
eyerman
faddeev-popov ansatz
ferro-magnetic core
Flindt's spots
fundraising
Gentiana arisanensis
Gothic Revival
hard waste
high bloomery furnace
Hirschau
HLA complex
hydraulic sheet metal drawing press
illegal terminator
Independence County
Katanda, L.
keep up appearance
Krause's membrane
latent symmetry
malts
measurement of discontinuity
Mesochara
motoring run
multiple valued memory
non-conference operator
normal-circular pitch
Nowinka
off-line security assessment
oil of bitter orange
olecranon (or olecranon process)
pedersens
peel-coat film
petroleum processing flow
pipe instrument
postpartisanship
prairie mallows
primary cryoglobulinemic nephropathy
Pyhäselkä
pyroretin
quatrevingt-treize
rachipagus
recessus costodiaphragmaticus
reflectin
residential permit
Roegneria kokonorica
salmoite (tarbuttite)
savourlessness
scandent plant
seekers
sound code file
Sperry Corporation
swamp hickory
text-hand
thermoelastic wave
thermoregulators
top firing
total package
transcontinental geophysical survey
tscheffkinite
unit exception
water dock
wayneschot
whorster