Smile, Youre on a Candid Speed Camera This is NOT a birdhouse! In a familiar old-time movie scene, a policeman on a motorcycle hides behind a billboard, waiting to roar out, siren wailing, after a driver who's speeding past. In the 1950s, car-mounted

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(29) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2011年(四月)

Topics: American Movies-Toy Story; The United States Naval Academy; buddy versus chum versus pal; fee versus pay; Clean clams crammed in clean cans Words: animated perspective cowboy astronaut mission spaceship to escape commercial to be depressed fa

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如果你知道chum表示“(男孩之间的)好朋友”的话,你也许会奇怪chum change(一笔小钱)这种说法与chum有何渊源呢? 其实chum还有一个意思就是“鱼饵”,

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By Jim Malone Washington 02 January 2007 State Funeral service at the Washington National Cathedral for former President Gerald R. Ford, 2 Jan. 2007 Official Washington bid farewell to former President Gerald Ford on Tuesday. Mr. Ford, the 38th pres

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Larry跟李华一起吃中饭,他发现李华心情很糟糕。李华今天要学两个常用语,glum和chum. LL: Hey, Li Hua. You haven't eaten any of your food. Why so glum? LH: 如果你说的glum, 是沮丧的意思,那没错,我这两天心

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Mr. President? 总统先生 I want it over. 结束这一切 As soon as possible. 越快越好 Gut the bill, Frank. 修改法案,弗兰克 Do whatever's necessary to end this. 不惜一切代价结束罢工 Mr. President, if we give in now, 总统先生

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