2007年NPR美国国家公共电台一月-A Broken Foot, an Artificial Leg, and a R

Recording technology has changed a lot over the years, but you can still do one essential thing. You sit in front of a microphone and you tell a story, which here we are again this Friday morning because it's time for StoryCorps. It's an oral history

美国经典英文演讲100篇:"Checkers"

Richard M. Nixon:

新概念3词汇 49-50

Lesson 49 rambling 布局凌乱的，结构松散的 She had a huge,rambling country house called'The Gables. 她有一栋巨大的乡间别墅，布局凌乱，名叫山墙庄园 Behind him stood his house,great,rambling and very new. 他身后是他的

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Delbert figured the bill would be a little over $15. He had bought seven Hersheys Special Dark 5-ounce chocolate bars. They were on sale, reduced from $1.49 to $1 each. He had studied the various deals on toilet paper. You need a calculator to figure

法语歌曲：danse avant de tomber

Danse avant de tomber 《只要不摔倒，跳吧

CNN 2011-01-20

It was just after noon here at the Caribe Hotel where Jean-Claude Duvalier emerged from the third floor hotel room where he has been staying. He came over to the railing at the edge and he waved to the crowd of people, mostly journalists here and cam

【中级类英语听力】22

Let's learn how to play the game of checkers. Two players choose one color of the round disks known as checkers. In this particular game, the checkers are red and black. There are 12 black checkers and 12 red checkers. The checker board consists of 6

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Rod was a manager at House Depot. He worked about 50 hours a week. He loved his job, although the extra hours cut into the time he could spend with his three little girls. One morning he was supposed to go home at 7 a.m. Instead, he stayed on to help

原版英文故事与诗歌：Eye Halve a Spelling Chequer…

Eye halve a spelling checkerIt came with my pea sea.In this poem some words have been substituted by homophones - words with the same sound but different spelling. It proves that computer spelling checkers are not infallible! Eye Halve a Spelling Che

CNN 2010-10-11

You want an example of something toxic? Take a look over my shoulder here. That red sludge spilled out of a reservoir at an aluminum plant on Monday. This happened in the European nation of Hungary. This stuff is toxic. Around 250 people had to leave

VOA标准英语2010年-If You're Ever in Indianapolis, Check

For generations, people in Indianapolis, Indiana, have been going to the Roof. But it's not on their housetop, or even outside. The Roof, as locals call it, is the Indiana Roof Ballroom. It's an enchanting dreamland on the top floor of an old theater

VOA标准英语2011--International Trademark Laws Vital to Global Businesses

International Trademark Laws Vital to Global Businesses Companies go to great lengths to protect their trademarks and logos. A recent conference by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) highlighted the importance and the difficulty of

卖房英语对话-Setting an Asking Price(1)

A: How much do you think that I should ask for my house? B: Well, there are a lot of factors involved in setting an asking price. A: What do you look at when setting an asking price? B: We need to look at the selling prices for similar homes in the a

地道英语对话：Noisy Neighbors(2)

A: I am really losing patience with my noisy neighbors! B: They are noisy, all right. What do you think is making that sound? A: I think they are hammering some new flooring down in their living room. B: Do they usually make a lot of noise? A: I can

英文短篇故事（纽约）465 Those People Will Never Change

On Alternate Earth, there are Stripers and Checkers. The Stripers have stripes. The Checkers have checks. Stripers and Checkers with only two colors are rich and powerful. Those with fifty colors are the middle class. Those with 100 colors are often

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Books and Arts;New French film；Friends united；An unlikely comic hit； 文艺；法国新片；最强拍档；独特的喜剧冲击； French film-makers are good at turning out silly comedies that foreigners find unwatchable. They have a better

经济学人99:一部不大可能成为大片的喜剧

Books and Arts; Book Review;New French film; Friends united;An unlikely comic hit; 文艺；书评；新法国电影；朋友一心；一部不大可能成为大片的喜剧； French film-makers are good at turning out silly comedies that foreigners

原版英语小短文 184. Carry the Groceries Home (2)

Two weeks later, Brian bought a sturdy wooden stick. He took it into Gristedes. He bought his groceries. The checker put them in four double plastic bags. He took the stick and the four heavy bags outside. He put the bags on the sidewalk. He put two

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Let's look at the amount of space that is between Andrew Bogut's feet and parquet floor as he hops from spot to spot 我们来看一个空间，就是安德鲁-博古特的脚与地板之间的空间，他在旋转跳跃的时候 That's too much gap 脚