英语口语1+1:An arm and a leg

美国故事 SENEWS-2007-1215-FEATURE

Now, the Special English program American Stories. Our story is called The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County. It was written by Mark Twain. Here is Shep O'Neal with the story. A friend of mine in the East asked me to visit old Simon Wheele

美国故事 SENEWS-2007-0825-FEATURE

Now, the Special English program American Stories. Today's story is called The White Heron. It was written by Sarah Orne Jewett. Here is Kay Gallant with the story. The forest was full of shadows as a little girl hurried through it one summer evening

美国故事 SENEWS-2007-1124-FEATURE

Now the VOA Special English program American Stories. Our story is called The Animals Give Themselves from the book Cloud Walker by Joe Montour published by Forum Publishing. Mr. Montour is a native American from the Mohar nation. He has written sto

美国故事 SENEWS-2007-1110-FEATURE

Now the Special English program American Stories. And our story today is called ''Judge''. It was written by Walter D. Edmonds. Here is Harry Monroe with the final part of our story. When Charlie Hestle died, he left a wife and nine children. They l

美国故事 SENEWS-2007-1229-FEATURE

Now, a VOA Special English story for the New Year. It is called Bright Hill. Our storyteller is Shep O'Neal. A few days before Christmas, Chantal Yardley visited Jacob Samuels in the old people's home. Do you know they aim to blow it up? said Mr. Sa

美国故事 SENEWS-2008-0202-FEATURE

Now the Special English program American Stories. Our story today is called The White Circle. It was written by John Bill Coliton. Here's Shep O'Neal to tell you the story. As soon as I saw Anvol sitting in the apple tree, I knew we would fight, I a

美国故事 SENEWS-2007-0804-FEATURE

Now, the Special English program American Stories. Our story this week is Keesh. It was written by Jack London. Here is Shep O'Neal to tell you the story. Keesh lived at the edge of the Polar Sea. He had seen thirteen suns in the Eskimo way of keepin

美国故事 SENEWS-2007-0707-FEATURE

Today's story is adapted from the young adult novel Stepping on the Cracks by Mary Downing Hahn. This book won the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction. The story is about Margaret Bayger, an 11-year-old girl. She tells her about her life in a s

美国故事 SENEWS-2007-0811-FEATURE

Now, the Special English program American Stories. Our story today is Hard Rock Maple. It is about two people living in New England. They seem like the hard rock maple trees often found in that area, nothing can make them move. Today's story was writ

美国国家公共电台 NPR New Play About 'Roe V. Wade' Is A Prism For Looking At The American Divide

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Just about every American adult has heard the names Roe and Wade. Roe v. Wade was the 1973 Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion in the United States. Not so many people know about the real people involved, and now a new pla

第24期: arm, finger, head, noisy, newspaper

说一口流利的英语，从简单的单词开始。 听听，读读，背背，今天你的词汇量又增加了5个。 单词/词义 中英例句 单词听读 arm [ B:m ] There must be something wr

国家地理:Octopus Loses Arm 章鱼逃命大法

Here in the Timor Sea off northern Australia, take a look at a creature that seems to have the soul of a riverboat gambler. It moves through turf dominated by large hungry predators, and it fights these predators in a way that will astound you. This

新西兰英语 794 GCSB

The Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) is our spy organisation. At the moment, it can only legally spy on foreigners in New Zealand. However this organisation made a mistake spying on Kim Dotcom because he is a permanent resident. Also,

与美国小学生一起学英文第11册 第6期:光谱

Spectrum 光谱 Do you know what a spectrum is? 你知道光谱是什么吗？ It is a series of colored lights. 它是复色光。 How can we see a spectrum? 我们怎么能看到光谱？ When you see sunlight through a prism, you may see a rainbow

与美国小学生一起学英文第10册 第10期:棱镜

Prisms 棱镜 Why can we see rainbows after rain? 我们雨后为什么能看到彩虹？ We can see rainbows after rain because droplets of moisture in the air work like a big prism. 这是因为空气中的水滴就像一个大棱镜。 So what is

娱乐新闻：约翰梅尔盛赞女友水果姐新单

歌曲：Katy Perry-Roar Roar, the first cut off of Katy Perry's upcoming album Prism, hit the airwaves last week and went right to the top of the Billboard charts (for digital songs). One person who is particularly fond of the song (besides everyone

Lesson 22 - TWIST ONE'S ARM / CHARGE SOMEONE AN ARM AND A LE

To twist someone's arm To charge someone an arm and a leg 今天我们要讲的两个习惯用语是由 arm，也就是手臂和leg，也就是腿这两个字组成的。我们要介绍的第一个词汇

2007年VOA标准英语-Montgomery County Opens Controversial Day Labor

By Jeffrey Young Washington 22 May 2007 To most Americans, the governments in their towns and regional areas called counties are the governments they interact with the most. And alongside these local governments are groups of citizens who work on the

美国习惯用语:537 A shot in the arm

我们今天要学的习惯用语都有这样一个关键词： shot。 Shot最普通的解释是开枪射击，然而它用在不同的地方会产生不同的意义。例如在今天要学的第一个习惯用语里， shot这个词的原意是打针