美国习惯用语:775 Brownie Points

今天我们要讲的美国习惯用语是：Brownie Points. Brownie是指七、八岁大的女童子军成员。童子军培养这些孩子的集体观念、组织、社交等各种能力。Brownies完成各种任务后，就可以得到特殊的奖励

情景会话口袋书人际篇96:买房(4)

13. We want to go to the estate agent and see what they have. 我们打算去找房地产中介看看有什么房子。 还能这样说： We will see the houses through the estate agent. We'd like to go to the estate agent to see what they offer. 应用

爆笑英语口语 第34期:必须要这样活着

Language Points a decent salary. You got a very decent job. He's a very decent man. That was not decent. from a decent family

原版英语对话1000个:428 Strong and Weak Points

Simon: Yeah, I got a job interview coming up and I know they're gonna ask me about what are your strong points and your weak points. You know. Todd: Yeah, that's tough, because like I know my strong points and my weak points. Simon: Yeah, well, let's

Raptors bench records season-low 7 points in loss to Bucks

TORONTO, Dec. 13 (Xinhua) -- The Toronto Raptors' bench scored a season-low seven points in a 107-96 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks in NBA action on Sunday afternoon. Coming into the game, the Toronto reserves were ranked eighth in the league, averaging

Arenas revives with 37 points and McGrady enjoy first straight win

BEIJING, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- Gilbert Arenas made his brightest performance in China by scoring a season-high 37 points to lead Shanghai Sharks beat Xinjiang Guanghui 107-104 in Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) League on Sunday. Arenas, who just r

CBA Roundup: Crazy Douby sinks 75 points in Chinese league

BEIJING, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- Quincy Douby showed no mercy on Marcus-less Shanxi Zhongyu as he swept 75 points, the highest score in CBA franchise history, to help Zhejiang Chouzhou win 154-129 at home on Wednesday. The former record belonged to Andre

TED演讲：我为什么划船横渡太平洋(10)

I think there are probably three key points here. 我认为有三个关键问题。 The first one is about the stories that we tell ourselves. 第一个关键是我们对自己的认识。 For so long, I told myself that I couldn't have an adventure

美语听力 English Café 409

Topics: American Authors Rachel Carson; the board game Monopoly; gas guzzler and other car descriptors; money order; way to establish or way to establishing Words: conservationist environmental movement pesticide to eradicate compelling indiscriminat

学个词Learn a Word 第1629-score-points

今天我们要学的词是 score points. To score points 得分，指某种做法得到认可和表扬。The candidate accused his opponent of raising the issue only to score political points. 这位候选人指责说，对手是有意利用这个问题

微电子辞典-1

Abrupt junction 突变结 Accelerated testing 加速实验 Acceptor 受主 Acceptor atom 受主原子 Accumulation 积累、堆积 Accumulating contact 积累接触 Accumulation region 积累区 Accum

Parsons' career-high 32 points fuel Rockets' victory over Mavericks

HOUSTON, March 3 (Xinhua) -- Chandler Parsons scored a career-high 32 points to lift the Houston Rockets to an easy 136-103 win over the Dallas Mavericks Sunday night in Houston. The win ended the Rockets' nine-game losing streak to the Mavericks. Ja

Beckham banned for misconduct

WASHINGTON, July 5 (Xinhua) -- David Beckham will sit out the next game after he received a ban from Major League Soccer on Thursday for kicking a ball at an opponent in the Los Angeles Galaxy's loss at San Jose. Beckham kicked a ball at San Jose's S

Leverkusen and Schalke drop points at German Bundesliga

BERLIN, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- Schalke shared points with Augsburg following a goalless draw and Leverkusen were also held to a draw at Freiburg while Frankfurt inflicted Hoffenheim their 12th loss of the season at the 19th round in the German Bundeslig

Freibug, Frankfurt share points in German Bundesliga

BERLIN, Feb. 22 (Xinhua) -- Stunning sides Freiburg and Frankfurt shared points at the opener of the 23rd round following a goalless draw on Friday. Frankfurt staged a better first half whereas Freiburg almost broke the deadlock at the second half ow

China to mark up protected zones for its territorial sea base points

China to mark up protected zones for its territorial sea base points BEIJING, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- China's State Oceanic Administration (SOA) on Tuesday released a series of measures to select and protect areas as the base points of the country's ter

CCTV9英语新闻：Yi Gang: current reserve is reasonable

The deputy governor of China's central bank, Yi Gang, said in an interview with CCTV that China's foreign exchange reserve is within reasonable range. Our foreign exchange reserve increased from less than 300 billion US dollars in 2002 to 3.99 trilli

爆笑英语口语 第8期:on fire

Language Points on fire Damn, that party was on fire. You are on fire today.

爆笑英语口语 第3期:老江湖

Language Points sophisticated innocent seen the world I've been around the whole world. I have seen the world.

英文乡村歌曲：Anna Ternheim - Halfway To Fivepoints

How to get to fivepoints Make the wrong turn you know If you're thinking of going Think no more Who's taking you down there What's his name Let me know The price he offers Round the corner of love Halfway to fivepoints Is as far as you come Halfway w