NB: This is not a word for word transcript Alice: Hello, I'm Alice. Stephen: And I'm Stephen. Alice: And this is 6 Minute English! This week were talking about sat navs. Stephen: Sat navs thats short for satellite navigation systems. Alice: Theyre th

发表于:2019-01-07 / 阅读(89) / 评论(0) 分类 六分钟英语

There lived a heron by a big lake. He used to catch fish and eat them. But he had become old and could not catch fish like before. He went without food for many days together. I have to think of a plan. Otherwise I won't live for long, thought the he

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shrimp crab 不管是英文还是中文,人们往往用动物的名称来形容人,例如骂人的时候说某人像猪,像狗,或者赞扬某人鹤立鸡群等。美国人有时把人形容为像

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Walk straight,said a mother crab to her daughter,stop dragging yourself sideways all the time. Mother,replied the daughter,just show me how.If you walk straight yourself I will copy you. Don't expect people to do things you would not do

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为了让那些没空逛市场的顾客也能购买到新鲜的大闸蟹,江苏省南京市一家公司在当地数个地铁站安装了螃蟹自动售货机,消费者只需通过简单的操作,就可以按照大小进行选择,购买自己相

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By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi, Kenya 06 December 2007 Kenya's capital, Nairobi, is home to one of Africa's largest dumpsites. A recent United Nations study found that nearly half of the children surveyed who live near the dumpsite suffer from serious med

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