It's Not Worth a Hill of Beans! 一文不值 Now, the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. 这里是美国之音慢速英词汇掌故节目。 In the early days of human history, people survived by hunting wild animals, or gathering w

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(25) / 评论(0) 分类 2013年VOA慢速英语(十一)月

今天我们要讲的美国习惯用语是:spill the beans。 Spill是洒的意思,beans是豆子的意思。那spill the beans就是豆子洒了吧?其实,这个习惯用语真正的意思是泄漏秘密。 不久前,我家里人偷偷为我

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He was in the coffee section at the supermarket. He saw a new brand of coffee beans. The brand was VeryGood. The package looked nice. Nice packages usually contain nice products. The package said French Roast. He loved French Roast. But he usually bo

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It's Not Worth a Hill of Beans 这真的不重要 Now, the VOA Special English program Words and Their Stories. In the early days of human history, people survived by hunting wild animals, or gathering wild grains and plants for food. Then, some peop

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I work for McDonalds and make sure everyone that matters to me never orders anything that comes out of the 'McCafe' machine as these are routinely neglected, in practically all the McDonalds. Not only are staff not properly trained in its cleaning an

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From VOA Learning English, this is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in Special English. Im Avi Arditti. And Im Faith Lapidus. Today, we report on caffeine and two popular drinks: tea and coffee. We tell about a study that found black tea is better for your health

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