Have You Ever 'Scraped the Bottom of the Barrel?' Now, Words and Their Stories, a program from VOA Learning English. Today we talk about a problem we have all faced. It is when you have to make a decision, but the choices you have are not very appeal

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(22) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年VOA慢速英语(六)月

Over a barrel Over one's dead body 我们今天再来讲两个和over有关的习惯用语。第一个是: over a barrel. Barrel就是一只装东西的桶。那么,什么是over a barrel 呢? Over

发表于:2019-01-06 / 阅读(111) / 评论(0) 分类 美国习惯用语

HOUSTON, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- The price of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil is expected to be about 100 U.S. dollars per barrel in 2012, five dollars per barrel higher than the average price in 2011, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (

发表于:2019-02-02 / 阅读(90) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

今天还是要继续讲在大选期间新闻界常用来报道竞选运动的两个习惯用语。今天要学的第一个习惯用语是:in cahoots with。不少语言专家认为cahoots这个词可能来自法语中的一个词:cahute。 Cahut

发表于:2019-02-03 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 美国习惯用语

我们今天学的习惯用语都有这个词: barrel。 Barrel是大桶,用来载运啤酒、威士忌、食糖、汽油等各种货品。我们要学的第一个习惯用语是: scrape the bottom of the barrel。 Scrape是刮的意思。 Scrape t

发表于:2019-02-03 / 阅读(90) / 评论(0) 分类 美国习惯用语

Australia's independent body that advises on infrastructure is calling for investment in the nation's ports to be made a priority. Infrastructure Australia has released its latest annual list of priority projects across the nation. The report advises

发表于:2019-02-14 / 阅读(32) / 评论(0) 分类 澳洲ABC新闻快递2013年