Now, it's time for Words and Their Stories. Each week, we try to have a new story. In these stories, we explain English words and expressions. Often, they come from day-to-day events in our lives and become part of the language. The expression pass t

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(28) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年VOA慢速英语(一)月

Part A Passage 1 For all his vaunted talents, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan has never had much of a reputation as an economic forecaster. In fact, he shies away from making the precise to-the-decimal-point predictions that many other econom

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to skin someone alive skin game 我们曾经给大家介绍过几个和皮肤,也就是英文里的skin这个字有关的习惯用语,其中有: skin deep,就是

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Thousands of players from more than 115 countries took part this year in the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. And by Friday, only nine were left, the lucky finalists for the main event in November. The World Series of Poker has a 40-year history,

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1. Why've you got such a long face? 你干吗拉着个脸? 2. I never know whether my boss likes my work or not -- he is a real poker face! 我从来也不知道老板到底喜不喜欢我的工作。他脸上可真是一点表情都没有。 3. Tell

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1. Why've you got such a long face? 你干吗拉着个脸? 2. I never know whether my boss likes my work or not -- he is a real poker face! 我从来也不知道老板到底喜不喜欢我的工作。他脸上可真是一点表情都没有。 3. Te

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