now the ball is in your court to start the ball rolling 美国人非常喜欢运动。凡是在各种运动中出类拔萃的人都成了人们心目中的大明星。这些明星的收入每年可以高

发表于:2019-01-06 / 阅读(90) / 评论(0) 分类 美国习惯用语

今天我们要讲的第一个习惯用语是:bait and switch。Bait就是钓鱼时用的鱼饵,或者是一种引诱。在这个习惯用语里,bait就是引诱一个顾客上圈套,付高价来买不值这个价钱的东西。Switch就是很快

发表于:2019-01-14 / 阅读(109) / 评论(0) 分类 美国习惯用语

BBC Learning English 6 Minute English Jargon Busters Yvonne: Hello, this is '6 minute English' - I'm Yvonne Archer William: And I'm William Kremer. Hello! Yvonne: Thanks for joining me, William! Now today, we're going to do a bit of glossing, play i

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Who You Gonna Call? OPHIRA EISENBERG, HOST: Let's meet our next two contestants. First up, Josh Polenberg. You're a grant manager at Pfizer and you're obsessed with board games. JOSH POLENBERG: I am... EISENBERG: ...Obsessed. OK, what is a board game

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我们上次讲了几个和棒球赛有关的习惯用语。美国人喜欢棒球,同时也喜爱其它球类运动,所以不仅围绕棒球产生了不少习惯用语,还有更多的习惯用语是以ball - 球,这个词为中心的。这就是

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(99) / 评论(0) 分类 美国习惯用语

In the kitchen yesterday, I was considering all of the language that we are exposed to around the house. Containers of food and cleaning fluids can all teach us a lot of a new language. Even some small appliances often have instructions of some kind

发表于:2019-02-07 / 阅读(37) / 评论(0) 分类 英语博客 A cup of English