PC Plod (plural PC Plods)
(Britain, informal, derogatory) A policeman (implying that he is dull and slow).

Welcome to This I Believe. An NPR series presenting the personal philosophies of remarkable men and women from all walks of life. I believe in figuring out my own way to do things. I believe in the power of numbers. I believe in barbecue. Well, I bel

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(183) / 评论(0) 分类 2007年NPR美国国家公共电台

When it was all over, Osa sat down. And I must confess that my own knees felt a trifle wobbly. 当一切都结束的时候,奥萨坐了下来。我必须承认,现在我有些站立不稳。 It had been a close call, and I would probably not have

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(113) / 评论(0) 分类 美国小学英语教材6

ROBERT GARCIA, HOST: What's up, everybody? Peace. Just heads up, there may be some strong language in this episode. ADRIAN BARTOS, HOST: Ooh (ph) - some bad words. GARCIA: (Laughter). NEAL BRENNAN: I did a show on the Lower East Side. It just felt li

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(136) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年NPR美国国家公共电台11月

Hi, I'm Sue Callaway, Car Column for Fortune magazine, and I'm here in Barlia today to drive one of the rarest cars on Earth, the Maybach Exelero. It's a one of kinda hand-built eight-million-dollar 700 horse power monster. What does it feel like to

发表于:2018-12-11 / 阅读(138) / 评论(0) 分类 万花筒2007年

If you imagine the 4,500-million-odd years of Earth's history compressed into a normal earthly day, 请你想像一下。把地球的45亿年历史压缩成普通的一天。 then life begins very early, about 4 A.M., with the rise of the first simpl

发表于:2018-12-18 / 阅读(134) / 评论(0) 分类 万物简史

通常我们都认为,在网上购物的价格相对于实体店要便宜一些.但是,近来美国的一项调查显示,你用不同的设备购物有可能需要付的价格不一样,比如说,用苹果手机购物,那可能你要多付一些钱了

发表于:2019-01-01 / 阅读(108) / 评论(0) 分类 双语趣听精彩世界

Despite Climategate, IPPC Mostly Underestimates Climate Change Speaking at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, James McCarthy of the Harvard Medical School Center for Health and the Global Environment noted

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(206) / 评论(0) 分类 60秒科学

This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. Each year, Americans throw away millions of tons of electronic devices. That means business is good for a small electronics recycler in Chantilly, Virginia. Company President Jeremy Faber established

发表于:2019-01-12 / 阅读(165) / 评论(0) 分类 2010年VOA慢速英语(十一)月

And, we found the way to keep kids in school and maintain parent's involvement in their children's education. By providing nutritious meals in schools we have decreased the number of dropouts and we have eradicated malnutrition among our students. 我们

发表于:2019-01-18 / 阅读(209) / 评论(0) 分类 偶像励志英语演讲

Not to ruin your happy childhood memories, but cartoons may not be so innocent as they appear to be. 尽管我们不想毁了你那快乐的童年记忆,但这些卡通片似乎并非看起来那样的天真无邪。 The Smurfs 《蓝精灵》 Ther

发表于:2019-01-19 / 阅读(176) / 评论(0) 分类 中英双语新闻

Paying people a compliment appears to activate the same reward center in the brain as paying them cash, Japanese researchers said on April 23. They said the study offers scientific support for the long-held assumption that people get a psychological

发表于:2019-01-22 / 阅读(281) / 评论(0) 分类 英语时差8,16

By the autumn the animals were tired but happy. 直到秋天,动物们都挺累的,却也愉快。 They had had a hard year, and after the sale of part of the hay and corn, the stores of food for the winter were none too plentiful. 说起来他们已

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SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- Hewlett-Packard(HP) on Thursday announced that it will keep its personal systems group ( PSG) and continue to sell personal computers. HP objectively evaluated the strategic, financial and operational impact of spin

发表于:2019-02-04 / 阅读(183) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Business 商业报道 Microsoft and the PC industry 微软和PC行业 Defenestrated 即将被抛弃 Steve Ballmer is a casualty of the personal computer's rapid decline 史蒂夫鲍尔默是个人电脑产业迅速下滑的牺牲品。 UNTIL August 2

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(200) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人商业系列

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- Hewlett-Packard (HP) on Monday unveiled a new business desktop computer, days after the world's largest personal computer (PC) maker announced its plan to sell its PC business. The company said the new model, HP Com

发表于:2019-02-11 / 阅读(194) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

And it'll be a permanent presence 这将会是长程计划 where each mission adds more capability and eventually 每次登月任务都会增强我们在月球上的作业效能 we'll just have people living there. 最后会有人住在月球上 This

发表于:2019-02-27 / 阅读(194) / 评论(0) 分类 神秘的月球

Eradicating these bad habits 改掉坏习惯 Neglecting to set goals. 疏于制定目标 Having goals gives you hope and the ability to lookforward to a better future, and working towards those goals makes you feel good about yourself and your abilit

发表于:2019-03-06 / 阅读(165) / 评论(0) 分类 英语听力广播—Listening
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