今天我们要讲的美国习惯用语是:burn at the stake. 大家都知道,burn是烧的意思; stake是木桩的意思。Burn at the stake原指中世纪的时候,异教徒在火刑柱上被烧死。不言而喻,作为习惯用语,bur

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(81) / 评论(0) 分类 美国习惯用语

Are you a stakeholder? Helen: This is Real English from BBC Learning English. I'm Helen. Zo: 大家好,欢迎收听地道英语,我是刘佳。 Helen: Today we're going to look at words and phrases that have recently become part of the English language. Zo: 地道

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The war crimes trial of former Bosnian Serb political leader Radovan Karadzic has again put the spotlight on the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. Karadzic has appeared before the court in the Hague twice since he was arrest

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PARIS, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- French telecom giant Vivendi said Wednesday it has sold its remaining stake in NBC(美国全国广播公司) Universal to U.S. General Electric (GE) for 3.8 billion U.S. dollars. Vivendi has concluded ... the sale of the re

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Glencore PLC and Qatar have agreed to sell the bulk of their nearly 20% stake in Russian oil giant PAO Rosneft to a Chinese energy company. The deal, worth about 9 billion U.S. dollars, gives China Energy Fund Committee (CEFC) a 14.2% stake in Rosnef

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将近一百五十年前有人在美国加州的一条河里发现了光灿灿的金块。这条消息立即传向四面八方,掀起了一股淘金热。发财梦促使八万多人跋山涉水争先恐后地涌到加州的旧金山。 这段被称作

发表于:2019-02-19 / 阅读(70) / 评论(0) 分类 美国习惯用语