今天我们给大家介绍两个以 smoke为主的常用语。首先我们要讲的是:To go up in smoke. 大家知道,smoke就是烟。To go up in smoke是指某项工程,或某个交易没有取

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(97) / 评论(0) 分类 美国习惯用语

By Leta Hong Fincher Washington, D.C. 20 July 2007 Almost two years after Hurricane Katrina devastated the U.S. Gulf Coast, the National Guard says it remains ill-prepared to respond to a sudden disaster. Some lawmakers are calling for better plannin

发表于:2019-01-12 / 阅读(97) / 评论(0) 分类 2007年VOA标准英语(七月)

BEIJING, Oct. 12 (Xinhuanet) -- Children who spend hours each day watching television or playing computer games have more psychological(心理的) difficulties than those who don't, according to a study published in the US journal Pediatrics(小儿

发表于:2019-01-31 / 阅读(82) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

今天我们要学的词是screen。 Screen, 有检查的意思。All women over 50 should be screened for breast cancer regularly, 凡是五十岁以上的妇女都要定期进行乳腺癌的检查。 美国全国铁路客运公司将首度开始对乘

发表于:2019-02-04 / 阅读(69) / 评论(0) 分类 英语每日一词

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) -- Utah Jazz may miss Mo Williams in Monday's game as the starting point guard suffered an injured right thumb, the NBA club announced on Sunday. Williams sustained the injury in a loss on Saturday at Miami and will be fu

发表于:2019-02-09 / 阅读(51) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

今天我们要学的词是off-guard。 Off-guard, 是没有提防,缺乏警惕的意思。以色列炮轰加沙后,联合国在加沙地区的一位高级官员说, We were caught off-guard by the operation, 这次行动让我们丝毫没有防备

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(36) / 评论(0) 分类 英语单词荟萃