生活英语情景口语:差点就没命见你了...

G: is everything alright? M: yes, everything is fine. G: what took so long? I thought your flight was supposed to arrive 3 hours ago! M: didn't they announce that our flight was delayed? G: I didn't hear anything about a delay. I thought everything w

Housing Maintenance Fund Hard to Apply

Here in China the housing maintenance fund is also known as the pension for apartments. Apparently, the fund is to be used for the maintenance and repair of property. However, applying to use the money is an extremely difficulty process. Li Dong has

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Fax machine maintenance A: Excuse me, Richard? Are you busy at the moment? B: Not really, Betty. What do you need? A: My fax machines on the blink. Would you take a look at it? B: Sure. I just need to do one other job first. How about if I come up ar

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A maintenance appointment A: Hello? Is this the Maintenance Department? B: Yeah. Thats right. What can I do for you? A: Were having a lot of trouble with our printer. Could you come and take a look at it sometime this afternoon? B: Let me see. Yeah,

学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 3055 maintenance

今天我们要学的词是maintenance. Maintenance 维修，养护。The U.S. Interior Department will hike fees at the most popular national parks to $35 a vehicle to raise funds for park maintenance. 美国内政部宣布，全美游客最多的国家

Eating Fish May Prevent Strokes

Broadcast: Jan 28, 2003 By by Mario Ritter and George Grow VOICE ONE: This is Sarah Long. VOICE TWO: And this is Bob Doughty with Science in the News, a VOA Special English program about recent develo

E-mail地址中的@符号

That little a with a circle curling around it that is found in email addresses is most commonly referred to as the at symbol. 小写字母a外加个圆圈，这一符号常出现在email（电子邮件）地址中，通常是作为at（在）的标记。

英语游戏:Is This It

Is This It The Strokes Can't you see I'm trying? I don't even like it. I just lied to Get to your apartment, now I'm staying Here just for a while I can't think 'cause I'm just way too tired Is this it? Is this it? Is this... it? Said they'd give you

Maintenance 维修服务

Key Sentences（重点句子） 142．There seems to be something wrong with the toilet． 我房间里的抽水马桶好像出了点毛病。 143．We'll send someone to repair it immediately． 我们会马上派人来修的。 144．What's the tro

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This is the VOA Special English Health Report. How safe and effective is the use of cough and cold medicines in children? An advisory committee of the United States Food and Drug Administration will meet in October to discuss this issue. There are q

VOA慢速英语20060111a

HEALTH REPORT - What Happens in a Stroke? Experts Liken It to a 'Brain Attack'By Cynthia Kirk Broadcast: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 I'm Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Health Report. Everyon

心血管疾病为我国公民第一大杀手

Cardiovascular diseases have been named the biggest killer of Chinese people in both urban and rural areas, according to a recently released report. 据最近发布的报告表明，心血管疾病已经成为了中国城镇人口和农村人口的第一

Lightning Safety

By Nancy Steinbach Broadcast: July 2, 2003 This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Health Report. Lightning is the release of electrical energy in the sky. Lightning can start fires. It also

每天3只香蕉能降低中风风险

Eating three bananas cuts your risk of a stroke, scientists say. A banana for breakfast, one for lunch and one in the evening would provide enough potassium to reduce the chances of suffering a blood clot on the brain by around 21 per cent. 科学家称

McIlroy wins US Open

WASHINGTON, June 19 (Xinhua) -- Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland won the 111st US Open at the Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Maryland, on Sunday. The 22-year-old won the title with a tournament record 16-under-par total of 268, carding a fin

芬兰学校将不再开设写字课

Handwriting is dead, long live keyboard skills! 书写已逝，键盘技能万岁！ So says the Finnish education system. From 2016 handwriting will no longer be taught in Finnish schools. And when a high-performing country like Finland makes an edu

VOA标准英语2012--Silent Strokes Tied to Memory Loss Among Older Adults

Silent Strokes Tied to Memory Loss Among Older Adults The results of a stroke are painfully evident as this patient struggles to get out of a wheelchair and walk again. Sudden numbness, physical weakness, difficulty speaking and comprehending and los

吃巧克力的好处与注意事项

【英文原文】 For most, chocolate is a guilty pleasure, may better, because it's so bad for you. Now, though, an extensive study has discovered that eating chocolate can be very good for your health. They can substantially reduce your risk of ha

Conrad Bain of "Different Strokes" dies at 89

BEIJING, Jan. 17 (Xinhuanet) -- Actor Conrad Bain, best known for his role in the TV sitcom Diff'rent Strokes, died at the age of 89, his daughter said on Wednesday. His daughter, Jennifer Bain, said to PEOPLE that her father died on Monday of natura

音乐咖啡厅:美国独立摇滚The Strokes(You Only Live Once )

演唱者 The Strokes 所属专辑 First Impressions of Earth 语种 英语 唱片公司 RCA 发行时间 2006年01月 Artist：The Strokes Song：You Only Live Once Some people think they're always right Others are quiet and uptight Others they seem so very nice nice nice