听基础单词,练听力第8期:每只海豹"average"费用8万

【今日基础词】Average 【Transcript】 The average cost of saving one seal was $80,000. At a special ceremony, two of the most expensively-saved animals were released into the wild among cheers and applause from people. A minute later, a kille

人生之求03-巨大的挑战

[00:00.00]Big Challenges 巨大的挑战 [00:05.19]Keep staring! I might do a trick！ [00:09.67]Thats the message on a T-shirt of mine. [00:13.63]People stare at me all the time [00:15.91]so I thought this shirt would be funny. [00:18.22]See Im a dwarf.

CNN 2011-04-01

We have not made any decision about arming the rebels or providing any arms transfers so there has not been any need to discuss that at this point. We did discuss non- lethal assistance. We discussed ways of trying to enable the transition national c

英文短篇故事（纽约）88 Search for a Legal-Size Envelope

Burt's dad had lost his marriage certificate. He had lost it 40 years ago. But he had never needed it. Now he needed it. He called Burt. Can you pick up a copy of my marriage certificate? I already called the city clerk in New York City. You only nee

英文短篇故事（纽约）45 What Size Do You Wear?

He asked his wife what size pants she wore. I don't know, Annie said. I bought all my pants in China. Sizes are different in America. They went downtown to Century 21. They took the escalator to the third floor. She asked a worker where women's dress

新西兰英语 789 The cost of housing

A new OECD report shows that New Zealanders pay more for their housing than most other developed countries. On average, New Zealanders spend 26% of their income on a place to live either paying rent or paying a mortgage. The average for all OECD coun

英语小达人 57 Just Average

Just Average 普普通通 In my third year of school, something happened and my attitude about working hard changed. I'm not sure what it was, but something encouraged me to study a little harder for this one particular test we were going to have at

地道英语在线听-Size Zero 零号

How thin is too thin? Yang Li: 大家好，欢迎收听BBC 的地道英语， 我是Yang Li。 Diarmuid: And Im Diarmuid. In Real English we look at words and expressions you might not find in your dictionary. Todays expression is size zero. Yang Li: 这个表达是用来

What size?

A man walked into a dress shop and told the clerk he wanted to buy a surprise formal evening gown (礼服, 睡袍)for his wife. What size? asked the clerk. The man shrugged blankly. Trying to help, the clerk inquired, Well then, what are your wife's

学个词Learn a Word 第874期 size up

今天我们要学的词是size up。 To size up, 对某个人或某件事进行估计、评定。She is sizing up her romantic rival, 她仔细揣摩情敌的实力。The candidate sized up the situation and decided to withdraw, 这位候选人对选战

近60年来英国女性平均体型的变化

These two pictures illustrate the extraordinary way that women's bodies have changed in the last 60 years. 上面两幅图显示了近60年来女性身材发生了惊人的变化。 In 1957, the average-sized British woman was 5ft 2ins tall, weighed

光棍节必会英语词组：size up

光棍节这天，单身的男女见面第一个动作，必定是相互打量对方，是否合乎心意呢？结果就不得而知了。如果对方正好是你那个Mr. right，就要用到下面这个英语短语了，一起来看看吧。 size u

与美国小学生一起学英文第5册 第2期:火星

Mars 火星 Mars is a planet. 火星是行星。 It is next to the Earth. 它紧邻地球。 Its size is about one fourth of the Earth. 它约有四分之一个地球大。 Mars is not far from the Earth, but the environment is very different. 火星离

英语歌曲:摇滚小美女新作No Average Angel

摇滚小美女新作No Average Angel 相信你一定可以被她欢快的节奏所吸引的。 歌手：Tiffany Giardina 歌曲：No Average Angel Stupid chosen blind ambition Blowin' up the television It's your life, a never ending video Prada shoe

大多数男性不爱模特，更爱普通女性身材

Men find averagely shaped women more attractive than fashion models and Playboy centrefolds, claim scientists. Researchers found that men preferred the shape of ordinary women, equivalent to dress size 14, than so-called super-attractive models, acco

英文原版对话1000个:873 Average Aussie

Todd: So, Rebecca, how would you describe the average Australian? Like if you had to stereotype an Australian, what would you say? Rebecca: I suppose a stereotypical Australian would be in board shorts, thongs, as in flip-flops, and outside, having a

每日一词【874】size up：估计、评定

今天我们要学的词是size up。 To size up, 对某个人或某件事进行估计、评定。She is sizing up her romantic rival, 她仔细揣摩情敌的实力。The candidate sized up the situation and decided to withdraw, 这位候选人对选战

英语歌曲:Ocean Size Love

Ocean Size Love Leigh Nash I know what I'm doing may be dumb I know I should not be staring at the sun But the thought of it leads me to temptation It's the same whatever side you're on Separated we are delicate and small And the space, between us, l

英文短篇故事（纽约）252 Proud of His Average Son

Jerry had a son. He named him John. Jerry didn't want John to be the best. He didn't even want John to be better. He wanted John just to be average. That way our boy won't get hurt. You get hurt if you try to climb too high. It's safer to be part of

英语听力精选进阶版 6470

Has your waistline expanded recently? How about your feet? Researchers have discovered human feet are increasing in size to cope with the extra weight we're putting on them due to obesity. According to a recent survey in Britain by the College of Pod