After school one winter day, Jacks mother told him to go out and play in the snow. But its so cold outside, Mother! Jack said. Put on your coat and your hat and your mittens, his mother said. You can build a snowman before your father comes home. Im

发表于:2018-12-18 / 阅读(29) / 评论(0) 分类 Children’s Stories-儿童故事集

[00:00:04] My son came home from three years in the navy. 我儿子在海军服役三年,终于回家了。 [00:07:26] It was a real red letter day for you. 那天对你来说可真是个大喜的日子。 [00:11:56] Yeah. 的确如此。 [00:12:19

发表于:2018-12-26 / 阅读(57) / 评论(0) 分类 迷你对话学地道口语

A red letter day Red tape 红颜色这个字,就是英文里的 red,也经常出现在美国的成语和俗语里,有时是正面的,有时是反面的。例如,我们在中文里说,铺上红

发表于:2019-01-06 / 阅读(164) / 评论(0) 分类 美国习惯用语

to go haywire 火冒三丈,非常生气 美国的农民一般都是用一根细的铁丝把乾草一捆捆地捆起来。这种捆乾草的铁丝在英文里叫做:haywire。每当一个农民要喂牲口的时候,他就用斧头把铁丝砍断。可

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(42) / 评论(0) 分类 美国俚语

我们经常把非常快乐或值得庆贺的日子称为red-letter day,日历上也把节日用红色标示。但是你知道这样的习俗是什么时候开始形成的吗? red-letter day是一个有着非常悠久历史的短语,其最初的应

发表于:2019-02-20 / 阅读(31) / 评论(0) 分类 英语口语

When I was six years old I broke my leg 六岁那年,我摔伤了 腿 I was running from my brother and his friends 那时候我哥哥和他的朋友追着我跑 Tasted the sweet perfume of the mountain grass I rolled down 就在摔倒的时候 我意

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