The Ant and the Dove An ant went to the bank of a river to quench its thirst, and being carried away by the rush of the stream, was on the point of drowning. A Dove sitting on a tree overhanging the w

发表于:2018-12-05 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 创世记

Jill is talking to her boyfriend, Mack. (J=Jill;M=Mack) J: You'd better watch your diet, Mack. You're getting really fat! M: It's alright. I'm not fat. I'm muscular. J: Muscular my foot! You're flabby

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(181) / 评论(0) 分类 赖世雄中级美国英语

Last time we were thinking about why some birds hop and other birds walk. We decided that you can't make any blanket statements about this, because there will always be exceptions. But in general it's true that larger birds are more likely to walk an

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to get off on the wrong foot to put one's foot in one's mouth 有的人一开始就给人一个坏印象是怎么说的呢? You should say: to get off on the wrong foot。 To get off on the wrong fo

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a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush 一鸟在手,胜似二鸟在林 a blank slate 干净的黑板(新的一页,新的开始) a bone to pick 可挑剔的骨头(争端,不满) a cat nap 打个盹儿 a ouch potato 躺椅上的马铃薯

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(35) / 评论(0) 分类 美国俚语

A huntsman set a snare by a lake.Many birds were caught in it.The birds were large;they seized the snare,and flew off with it.The huntsman began to run after the birds.A peasant saw himrunning after them,and he said:Where are you goin

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 趣味英语