wanhope (plural wanhopes)
(Britain dialectal or archaic) Lack of hope; hopelessness; despair.
Vain hope; delusion.

On National Geographic Channel's Taiwan to the World 2, we take a look at some of the exciting things that are going on right here on our island. First, step inside the secret world of the great kung fu1 masters of Taiwan. Then, find out how Taiwanes

发表于:2018-11-30 / 阅读(105) / 评论(0) 分类 常春藤生活英语

Once there were two friends Kanakaksha the owl and Sumitra the swan. Sumitra was the king of the swans. But Kanakaksha was an ordinary owl. He was afraid to let Sumitra know that he was a poor owl. So he told Sumitra that he was also a king and also

发表于:2018-12-12 / 阅读(77) / 评论(0) 分类 英语小短文

Long time ago, there lived a King. He was lazy and liked all the comforts of life. He never carried out his duties as a King. Our King does not take care of our needs. He also ignores the affairs of his kingdom. The people complained. One day, the Ki

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(51) / 评论(0) 分类 英汉幽默故事选读

People from several villages are said to have made it to higher ground before mud and rock engulfed their homes. Among the survivors (幸存者) found by rescue teams are 200 from Hsiaolin village, reports the Taiwan Central News Agency. However, des

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(61) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

This Easter weekend vintage planes fly over Wanaka for three days. These are the warbirds. Some are old, some have been rebuilt and some are copies of old planes like the Fokker D-8 flown by the Germans in World War 1. It was called The Flying Razor

发表于:2019-01-27 / 阅读(69) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

BEIJING, Oct. 8 (Xinhua) -- Czech third seed Tomas Berdych muscled out top seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France here on Saturday to reach the final of the 2.1-million-U.S.-dollar China Open ATP tournament, while Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska saw off Ital

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