The cabby has his own special place from which he looks at life. His view of people is simpler, perhaps, than the view of a man who does any other kind of work. From the high seat of his cab, he looks down upon everybody. People are not important to

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(42) / 评论(0) 分类 2017年VOA慢速英语(八)月

A horse laugh The last laugh 笑是最好的药品。不管这句话对不对,美国大众读物「读者文摘」的一个笑话拦就是用这句话来做标题的。但是,笑并不一定总是显

发表于:2019-01-14 / 阅读(67) / 评论(0) 分类 美国习惯用语

to pull no punches straight from the horse's mouth 大多数人都认为诚实和坦率是一个很好的品质,尽管我们不见得每时每刻都能够做到,美国人也不例外。在美国的日

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By Jim Stevenson Elmont, New York 08 June 2008 Big Brown has fallen shot of winning horse racing's so-called Triple Crown, finishing last at the Belmont Stakes in New York. As VOA's Jim Stevenson reports, the race belonged to an unlikely winner. Da'

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By Jim Stevenson Elmont, NY 07 June 2008 Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Big Brown runs Saturday in New York in his bid to become horse racing's first so-called Triple Crown winner in 30 years. As VOA's Jim Stevenson reports from Belmont Park, f

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今天我们要学的几个习惯用语都有这个词horse。 Horse大家都熟,是几乎遍布世界各地的马。 早在四千五百年前,居住在中亚地区的游牧民族就已经开始驯服野马供人坐骑或参与战事了。直到一

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