Jacky’s Funny Self-Portrait Hello, my name’s Jacky Earl and I’m a bank clerk but I’ve recently been made 1)redundant, I’ve got no pension, earn nothing and I thought I’d make my life reall

发表于:2018-11-28 / 阅读(141) / 评论(0) 分类 疯狂英语2004年

Grammar Girl here. Todays topic is cement versus concrete. Guest writer Sal Glynn writes: Accuracy is important. You might think concrete and cement are interchangeable, but you'll quickly find that you're mistaken when some guy at Home Depot rolls h

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(81) / 评论(0) 分类 英语语法 Grammar Girl

这首歌出自pixies,是美国另类摇滚乐队。乐队当时将朋克和独立吉他摇滚结合起来,邋邋遢遢、大起大落的脏吉他、跌跌撞撞的情绪、流行摇滚的亲和力这些后来Grunge的看家本领在他们的身上

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This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Rice hulls, or husks, are the protective coverings on grains of rice. Rice with just its hull removed is brown rice. Rice without its hull or bran is white rice. Once rice is harvested, the hulls ar

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DAVID GREENE, HOST: And now, how one family found a way to stay in their neighborhood, even after their rent doubled. They moved into someone's backyard. This is the latest from the NPR Cities Project. UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN #1: I was a part of the commu

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MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Portlandia begins its eighth and final season tonight on IFC. The sketch comedy TV show put Portland on the map as the capital of earnest urbanism at a time when words like artisanal and locavore were sweeping the nation. It

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