2010年ESL之日常生活 25 Installing Windows and Doors

25 Installing Windows and Doors GLOSSARY to bite off more than (one) can chew to try to do something that is too big ordifficult for one to actually do or finish * Erick tried to go to school full-time and work 30 hours per week, but he bit offmore t

新视野大学英语 读写教程第四册 unit1-c

Preview The first passage describes the change in feelings a woman experiences when she spends time with her husbands initially silent friend who both surprises and tempts her. The next passage is a discussion about the contrast between a family base

新视野大学英语 读写教程第四册 unit1-ab添加文本

(The Temptation of a Respectable Woman) Mrs.Baroda was a little annoyed to learn that her husband expected his friend, Gouvernail, up to spend a week or two on the plantation. Gouvernail's quiet personality puzzled Mrs.Baroda. After a few days with h

林超伦实战口译练习笔记 第119期:收购其他产品领域贸易公司

Organic growth was supplemented by the acquisition of other trading companies in related product areas including Union Merchants Overseas in 1968, Fox Roy Merchants and R. Verney in 1972 and J. C. Duffus in 1978. During the 1980's separate trading id

2009年ESL之旅行交通购物 02 Going to a Home Improvement Store

02 Going to a Home Improvement Store GLOSSARY to fix up to improve something; to make something better; to repair something;to correct what is broken or needs to be updated * Were going to fix up the office with some new paint and furniture. home imp

英语听力：2012-01-20 从南极到北极 From Pole To Pole—2

The penguins stay when all other creatures have fled because each guards a treasurea single egg rested on the top of its feet and kept warm beneath the downy bulge of its stomach. There is no food and no water for them. And they will not see the sun

英语听力：2012-01-22 从南极到北极 From Pole To Pole—3

But they are hungry and eager to reach their mother whos delayed feeding them on this special day. Now she lures them with the promise of milk, the only food the cubs have known since they were born, deaf and blind beneath the snow some two months ag

英语听力：2012-01-25 从南极到北极 From Pole To Pole—4

Day 10. And the mother has let her cubs a mile from the den. Its time to put them to the test. Theyve grown enormously in confidence, but they dont have their mothers sense of urgency. At last it seems that they are ready for their journey. And they

英语听力：2012-01-29 从南极到北极 From Pole To Pole—6

Midsummer on the tundra and the sun does not set. At these altitudes, the suns rays are glancing and not enough of their energy reaches the ground to enable trees to grow. Youll need to travel five hundred miles south from here before that is possibl

英语听力：2012-02-01 从南极到北极 From Pole To Pole—7

As we travel south, so the suns influence grows stronger. And at 50 degrees of latitude, a radical transformation begins. Summers here are long enough for broadleaf trees to replace conifers. Broadleaves are easier to eat and digest, so now animals c

英语听力：2012-02-05 从南极到北极 From Pole To Pole—9

The advance of the seasons brings constant change. As the suns influence diminishes in the north, so the deciduous forests of America begin to shut down, losing their leaves in preparation for the dark, cold months ahead. One season hands over to ano

英语听力：2012-02-08 从南极到北极 From Pole To Pole—10

The character of the forest changes as we descend, becoming ever darker and damper, favoring different kinds of animals and plants. Less than two percent of the sunlight reaches the floor. But even here there is extraordinary variety. In the Great Is

英语听力：2012-02-15 从南极到北极 From Pole To Pole—13

The sun beating down on tropical waters powers the weather systems of the globe. Moisture evaporates from the warming ocean and rises to create great storms. The winds generated out at sea sweep inland across the continents. As they travel across the

英语听力：2012-02-03 从南极到北极 From Pole To Pole—8

Deer are frequent casulties of the harsh winter. And these leopards are not above scavenging from a corpse. African leopards could never survive here. But the Russian cats have thick fur to shied them from the cold. There are only 40 Amur leopards le

英语听力：2012-02-24 从南极到北极 From Pole To Pole—17

Their secret is teamwork. Impala are their favourite prey. They start to hunt and the pack splits up. An aerial viewpoint gives a new insight into their strategy. As the dogs approach their prey, they peel off to take up separate positions around the

英语听力：2012-02-26 从南极到北极 From Pole To Pole—18

The dogs know their prey must come out or drown. Now its a waiting game. The rest of the pack are calling. Theyve made a kill in the forest and this is an invitation to join in the meal. The impala is in luck. A pack this size kills once a day and ev

英语听力：2012-02-17 从南极到北极 From Pole To Pole—14

All across southern Africa, all animals are journeying for the same reason. Buffalo join the great track. Nowhere else on Earth are so many animals on the move for the same urgent purpose. They are all heading for the swamps of the Okavango, a vast i

Refugees Returning From Burundi to Homes in Congo

By Lisa Schlein The U.N. Refugee Agency says large numbers of Congolese refugees have left Burundi and returned to the Democratic Republic of Congo in the past few days. The UNHCR says it is not encou

ESL Podcast 642 – Installing Windows and Doors

Vern: I really think weve bitten off more than we can chew. I like do-it- yourself projects, but installing a new window and a new door isnt as easy as it looks. Genevive: What we dont know, well learn as we go. Okay, weve removed the old window. Thi

ESL Podcast 446 – Going to a Home Improvement Store

Paige: I think we can get everything we need to fix up the house in one trip. What do you think? Vern: We can try. It seems like everybody had the same thought when they woke up this morning: Go to the home improvement store ! Paige: Yeah, its a litt