[Learn a Word] 第779课ratchet 日期:2012-04-02 12:37:05 点击:70 好评:0
音频下载 今天我们要学的词是ratchet。 Ratchet是一个机械部件,叫棘轮,推动机器向一个方向转动。做为动词,我们可以说: ratchet something up or ratchet something down, 意思是逐渐提高或是逐渐降低。...
[Learn a Word] 第778课Concrete 日期:2012-04-02 12:36:31 点击:57 好评:0
音频下载 今天我们要学的词是concrete。 Concrete具体的,实质性的。美中战略与经济对话星期二结束。美联社报道说,The United States and China ended two days of high-level talks with few concrete results, 美中结...
[Learn a Word] 第777课Look alike 日期:2012-04-02 12:35:50 点击:59 好评:0
音频下载 今天我们要学的词是look alike。 Look alike指长相极其相似的人。7月21号是美国著名作家海明威诞辰110周年。White-bearded David Douglas, 55, won the 2009 Ernest Hemingway look-alike contest, 55岁蓄着一脸白...
[Learn a Word] 第776课Tone down 日期:2012-04-02 12:35:09 点击:62 好评:0
音频下载 今天我们要学的词是tone down。 Tone down是降低的意思。法国总统萨科齐星期天慢跑锻炼时突然头晕摔倒,送往医院接受治疗。Friends and doctors urged him to tone down his hyperactive lifestyle, 朋友...
[Learn a Word] 第775课summer camp 日期:2012-04-02 12:34:28 点击:78 好评:0
音频下载 今天我们要学的词是summer camp。 Summer camp, 夏令营。Going to summer camp is a long tradition in the U.S. 送孩子去夏令营是美国一个历史悠久的传统。Some 8 million children attend summer camps each year, 每年...
[Learn a Word] 第774课To-do list 日期:2012-04-02 12:33:43 点击:49 好评:0
音频下载 今天我们要学的词是to-do list。 To-do list, 任务清单。For most procrastinators, it's a good idea to keep a to-do list of things that should be accomplished every day, 对于大多数喜欢拖延的人来说,给自己列个必...
[Learn a Word] 第773课bumpy road 日期:2012-04-02 12:33:05 点击:64 好评:0
音频下载 今天我们要学的词是bumpy road。 Bumpy road坎坷的道路。A bumpy road lies ahead for the U.S. auto industry, 美国汽车工业前途曲折。美国六月份失业率是9.5%。The current unemployment rate highlights the bump...
[Learn a Word] 第772课outnumber 日期:2012-04-02 12:32:21 点击:63 好评:0
音频下载 今天我们要学的词是outnumber。 Outnumber是超过的意思。China's Internet users have outnumbered the U.S. population, 中国的互联网用户人数已经超过了美国人口总数。Women continue to outnumber men on U.S....
[Learn a Word] 第771课approval rating 日期:2012-04-02 12:31:01 点击:70 好评:0
音频下载 今天我们要学的词是approval rating。 Approval rating是支持率的意思。Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party's approval rating fell to 20%, 日本执政党自民党的民众支持率滑落到20%。 A new survey shows that...
[Learn a Word] 第770课Backpack 日期:2012-04-01 12:28:15 点击:302 好评:0
音频下载 今天我们要学的词是backpacker。 Backpack是背包的意思,后面加上-er, 就成了背着背包徒步旅行的人,简称背包客。A backpacker packs all his or her stuff into a backpack, 背包客把所有东西都塞在一...
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Egypt has banned children from wearing hijabs to school. 埃及禁止儿童戴头巾...
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She gets around 60,000 letters a year. But now The Queen is looking for somebody ...
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