'The Gift of the Magi,' by O. Henry One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. And sixty cents of it in the smallest pieces of money - pennies. Pennies saved one and two at a time by negotiating with the men at the market who sold vegetables an

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(132) / 评论(0) 分类 2016年VOA慢速英语(十二)月

开春了,李华和Larry正在商量种花种菜。今天我们要学两个常用语:apples to oranges和penny pincher. LH: Larry, 终于等到春天了,你说,咱们该种点什么花呢?是玫瑰还是杜鹃? LL: No way, those are too m

发表于:2019-01-15 / 阅读(46) / 评论(0) 分类 美国之音《流行美语》

We are pleased to share a traditional holiday story with you, 'The Gift of the Magi' by O. Henry. Karen Leggett adapted this story for VOA Learning English. Your storyteller was Shep O'Neal. The producer was Lawan Davis. One dollar and eighty-seven c

发表于:2019-01-21 / 阅读(223) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年VOA慢速英语(十二)月

white complexion is powerful enough to hide seven faults. 一白遮三丑。 A leopard cannot change it's spots. 江山易改,本性难移。 Never put off till tomorrow what may be done today. 今日事,今日毕。 Penny wise, pound foolish. 小事

发表于:2019-02-02 / 阅读(37) / 评论(0) 分类 实用英语

我们今天要学的习惯用语都围绕一个中心词汇:penny。Penny是分币。在英美等国的 钱币中penny价值最低。如今你几乎想不出一个penny能买到什么东西,所以有人甚至 提议不必再铸造penny了,然而

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(113) / 评论(0) 分类 美国习惯用语

1、A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed 千言万语不如一个行动。 2、He who is ashamed of asking is ashamed of learning 畏问之人耻于学。 3、Confidence is the first step on the road to success 自信是走

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