奥运英语56

Yang: Mandy, Would you like to come for dinner tonight? Yang: Mandy, 你想今天晚上来吃晚饭吗？ Mandy: Dinner? Where? Mandy: 晚饭？在哪儿？ Yang: At the new Five Spices restaurant in Chaoyang. Yang: 在朝阳区的 Five Spices 餐厅。 Mandy: What kind of fo

【轻松英文阅读】奥林匹克的那些事儿

Speaking of Olympic trivia, the Sochi Olympics are already breaking many records. Probably the most surprising is the cost of the games. According to some estimates, this will be the most expensive Olympic Games ever, summer or winter. In fact, at 51

漫画搞定六级词汇(音频+文本) 第9期

图片1 metal n. 金属 例句：This metal is harder than that one. 这种金属比那种硬。 metallic adj. 金属(性)的 例句：Fannie' s shovel struck against something metallic when she wasplanting flowers in the garden. 当芬妮在花园里种

英语听力文摘 English Digest 664 白金为何是白色的

What Makes White Gold White? Many people associate the metal gold with the color gold. But, some gold jewelry is not golden at all: its white. 图片1 Golden Color Gold is one of the heaviest and softest metals. Pure gold, called 24-carat gold, is so

CNN 2012-02-21

President Obama`s administration says it`s more concerned with what`s in coins than who`s on them. The penny in your pocket might look like copper, but copper actually makes up less than 3 percent of a one-cent coin. And the main metal in nickels ain

英文书摘精选 What Makes White Gold White?白金为何是白色的?

Many people associate the metal gold with the color gold. But, some gold jewelry is not golden at all: its white. 很多人都认为金子就应该是金色。但一些黄金首饰的颜色并不是金色，而是白色。 Golden Color 金色 Gold is

英语听力文摘 English Digest 620、白金为何是白色的？

What Makes White Gold White? Many people associate the metal gold with the color gold. But, some gold jewelry is not golden at all: its white. Golden Color Gold is one of the heaviest and softest metals. Pure gold, called 24-carat gold, is so soft th

VOA慢速英语20060727a

EDUCATION REPORT - 'Iron Science Teacher' and More at the ExploratoriumBy Nancy Steinbach Broadcast: Thursday, July 27, 2006 This is the VOA Special English Education Report. The Exploratorium is hous

英语四级语法复习必备专项训练(5)

1.He drove very fast to _______ that red car. A. scatter B.overtake C.site D.sponsor 2.Slides are sometimes called ________ film. A. whistle B.vigorous C.robot D.transparent 3.Professor Smith _______the most important part in his paper. A. omitted B.

英语四级考试语法复习精选专项习题(5)

1.He drove very fast to _______ that red car. A. scatter B.overtake C.site D.sponsor 2.Slides are sometimes called ________ film. A. whistle B.vigorous C.robot D.transparent 3.Professor Smith _______the most important part in his paper. A. omitted B.

投资者寻求避险:黄金、石油价格上涨

Gold, Oil Prices Up as Investors Seek Safe Haven 投资者寻求避险:黄金、石油价格上涨 NEW YORK The up-and-down prices of oil and gold mirror the unsettled world situation, and both reflect the economic squeeze most nations currently face

原版英语对话：Having a Cold(2)

A: How are you feeling today? B: I have a terrible cold! A: Where do you think you picked that up? B: A lot of people in my gym have it. Maybe I got it from the equipment. A: Have you taken anything for it? B: I think that I am just going to rest and

英语四级听力-短对话 211

Passage One 26. A. They were possibly caused by man. B. They were mostly caused by volcanoes. C. They were certainly caused by nature. D. We know nothing about their causes. 27. A. Afraid. B. Excited. C. Curious. D. Indifferent. 28. A. Copper and iro

英特尔推出Alloy项目 正式进军虚拟现实

Intel has unveiled its newest virtual reality headset called Project Alloy. Through this gadget, the company introduces the concept of merged reality. 近日，英特尔公司推出了其名为Alloy项目的最新虚拟现实头戴设备。通过这一

英国学生科学读本 第37期:关于便士(1)

Lesson 37 All About A Penny 第37课 关于便士 When I was a little boy, pennies, and halfpennies, and farthings were made of pure copper. But copper is too soft a metal to stand the rubbing which coins get. So these old pennies soon became so smoo

经济学人236:金属,自己愈合吧 Metal,heal thyself

Metal, heal thyself 金属，自己愈合吧 Materials science: Researchers have devised an ingenious way for the damaged surfaces of metals to repair themselves when they come to harm 材料科学：研究人员构想出了一种新颖独特的方法，

如何地道表达“冷死了”？

1. It's freezing/chillyout there! 外面冷死了! 2. It's a bit nippytoday, but I will still run my usual distance。 虽然今天有点冷，但我还是会坚持和往常跑一样远的。 3. There is a real nip in the airtoday。 今天寒气袭人

英语听力文摘 English Digest 324、可乐的神奇清洁能力

The Cleaning Power of Soft Drinks! 饮料的神奇清洁能力 Lets begin with a cleaning tip: If you have some tarnished or corroded brass that you want to clean, an old brass candlestick for example, you can use Coca-Cola, or any other cola soft dr

解析GRE考试八个难词

GRE词汇对考生们的要求是比较高的，并且一些疑难的词汇会为考生们造成困扰，小编为考生们汇总了GRE考试八个难词，并做了相关解析。 abhor 憎恶，厌恶：恐惧或憎恨;痛恨 (ab-away-远离，hor-

奥斯卡小金人：你可能不知道的十个真相

The Oscar statuette is the symbol of the Academy Awards. Here are some facts about the trophy itself. 奥斯卡小金人是奥斯卡金像奖的象征。这里有一些关于奖杯本身的事实。 1. The original design of Oscar was by MGM art dire