每日一词【5】opt for：选择

今天要学的一个词组是：opt for。 Opt for就是选择。比如，美国国务卿赖斯在紧张处理中东事务后： ...opted ...for a piano recital featuring classical pieces for her performance..., 意思是她选择举行钢琴独奏会

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by Adam Freedman Todays topic: Nullification. Can states opt out of federal laws they dont like? And now, your daily dose of legalese: This article does not create an attorney-client relationship with any reader. In other words, although I am a lawye

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PUSSY-CAT AND QUEEN Pussy-cat, pussy-cat, Where have you been? Ive been to London To look at the Queen. Pussy-cat, pussy-cat, What did you there? I frightened a little mouse Under the chair.

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Stravinsky's 'Rite of Spring' Celebrates 100 The opening notes of The Rite of Spring are iconic and beloved today. But for many audience members who came to the Ballet Russes in 1913, they were unwelcome. A bassoon had likely never been performed in

VOA标准英语2012--Growing Number of Runners Opt to Run in Bare Feet

Growing Number of Runners Opt to Run in Bare Feet Michele Musacchio runs without shoes whenever she can. She started running in her bare feet nine months ago because she was looking for a way to exercise without joint pain. My hips had been hurting,

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Grammy-winning jazz guitarist Lee Ritenour gets a little help from his friends, namely some of the world's greatest guitar players, on his new album, 6 String Theory. Lee's all-star showcase is a celebration of the instrument he mastered more than a

VOA标准英语2010年-Americans Opt for Cheaper Funerals

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单词超市第5期 opt for

今天要学的一个词组是：opt for。 Opt for就是选择。比如，美国国务卿赖斯在紧张处理中东事务后： ...opted ...for a piano recital featuring classical pieces for her performance..., 意思是她选择举行钢琴独奏会

2007年VOA标准英语-South African Sound Inspires Lee Ritenour's Lat

By Doug Levine Washington 05 February 2007 Guitarist Lee Ritenour has been keeping busy ever since he left the popular jazz quartet Fourplay. Since his departure in 1998, he went back to work making solo albums, including his latest effort inspired

每日一词【909】rite of passage：人生进入新阶段的

今天我们要学的词是rite of passage。 Rite of passage, 指人生进入新阶段的礼仪。A sweet 16 birthday is a rite of passage into adulthood for teenagers, 十六岁生日是青少年进入成年的标志。Getting a driver's license ha

Dead Cat

Jim let his dog out to relieve himself late one night. He watched some TV, and then remembered to let the dog back in. When he opened the door, he was shocked at what he saw! In his dog's mouth was his neighbor's cat, dead! Bad dog! BAD DOG! said the

The Cook and the Cat

A certain cook，rather more educated than his fellows，went from his kitchen one day to a neighbouring tavernhe was of a serious turn of mind，and on that day he celebrated the anniversary of a friend's death－leaving a cat at home，to guard his

Dick and His Cat

Dick and His Cat I Once there was a boy called Dick. He was very poor: his father and mother were dead and he had no friends to help him. One day he heard some men speaking: one man said, I shall go to London, for London is a very big city, and its s

The Old Cat

An old woman had a cat. The cat was very old; she could not run quickly, and she could not bite, because she was so old. One day the old cat saw a mouse; she jumped and caught the mouse. But she could not bite it; so the mouse got out of her mouth an

The Cat and the Bell thecatandthebell

There were many mice in a house. The man of the house got a cat. The cat killed many of the mice. Then the oldest mouse said, All mice must come to my hole tonight, and we will think what we can do about this cat.' All the mice came. Many mice spoke,

学个词Learn a Word 第909期 rite of passage

今天我们要学的词是rite of passage。 Rite of passage, 指人生进入新阶段的礼仪。A sweet 16 birthday is a rite of passage into adulthood for teenagers, 十六岁生日是青少年进入成年的标志。Getting a driver's license ha

美国国家公共电台 NPR Frozen Food Sales Feel The Heat As Consumers Opt For Fresh

DAVID GREENE, HOST: Call this the freezing out of frozen food - you know, TV dinners, which were a novelty when they first showed up in national supermarkets back in the 1950s. (SOUNDBITE OF AD) UNIDENTIFIED VOICE ACTOR: It's the first and only three

学个词 5:opt for

今天要学的一个词组是：opt for。 Opt for就是选择。比如，美国国务卿赖斯在紧张处理中东事务后： ...opted ...for a piano recital featuring classical pieces for her performance..., 意思是她选择举行钢琴独奏会