Stuck up/unfriendly/pretentious
> "I didn't want to take the job, because everyone working there was stoosh" or
> "that club is stoosh

Financial experts agree that part of the economic slowdown over the last few years can be attributed partly to the demise of the so-called dot-coms. Investors threw lots of cash at these start-up internet businesses, despite having no clear idea of h

发表于:2018-12-05 / 阅读(119) / 评论(0) 分类 英语听力文摘 English Digest

The complex vocalizations of songbirds are learned, not inherited. Some even have regional accents. Wrens, thrushes and other songbirds don't hatch with their impressive musical talents. They learn to sing their extensive repertoires by listening to

发表于:2018-12-05 / 阅读(108) / 评论(0) 分类 英语听力文摘 English Digest

President Bush says the key to a strong economy is the creation of more small business. But statistics show that most startups are doomed to fail. However, the experts agree that with planning and hard work a new company can beat the odds. This morni

发表于:2018-12-05 / 阅读(121) / 评论(0) 分类 英语听力文摘 English Digest

In a small town there lived a merchant named Manibhadra. He and his wife were very generous and kind. Everyone in the town knew them and visited their house and enjoyed their hospitality. One day. Manibhadra lost all his ships in a storm at sea. They

发表于:2018-12-12 / 阅读(124) / 评论(0) 分类 英语小短文

In the 17th century, the French scientist Pierre Gassendi knew that light traveled faster than sound. When a gun fired far away, he could see the flash of gunshot long before he heard the report. Gassendi tried to measure the speed of sound by clocki

发表于:2018-12-31 / 阅读(143) / 评论(0) 分类 英语听力文摘 English Digest

By Nico Colombant Abidjan 10 February 2006 Host nation Egypt has defeated Ivory Coast in the final of the 2006 African Cup of Nations. In the divided West African country, the loss has also dashed hop

发表于:2019-01-07 / 阅读(242) / 评论(0) 分类 2006年VOA标准英语(二月)

Jessica: Kate, where are you from? Kate: I'm from London in England. Jessica: OK, and your heritage is..? Kate: My heritage is Irish. My grandparents were Irish, both sets of grandparents. Jessica: Oh, wow. What part of Ireland were they from? Kate:

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(126) / 评论(0) 分类 原版英语对话1000个

Cloning Pets Is animal cloning for real? I want to have my cat cloned. Well, animal cloning technology exists, but pet cloning isnt quite there yet. And it may never be. Why not? I could think lots of people could want to have copies of their pets. T

发表于:2019-01-26 / 阅读(125) / 评论(0) 分类 英语听力文摘 English Digest

AntIntrigue 蚂蚁的阴谋 Don: Hey,antslives are full of intrigue. Take slave-making ants. They invade other ants nests, kill some of the adults, and then steal the larvae and take them back to their own nests. The larvae learn who they belong to b

发表于:2019-01-26 / 阅读(122) / 评论(0) 分类 英语听力文摘 English Digest

The Ant and the Dove An ant went to the bank of a river to quench its thirst, and being carried away by the rush of the stream, was on the point of drowning. A dove sitting on a tree overhanging the water plucked a leaf and let it fall into the strea

发表于:2019-01-26 / 阅读(119) / 评论(0) 分类 英语听力文摘 English Digest

Dai: OK so, Sharron, youre from Wales. Sharron: Thats right. Dai: In a place called Pembrokeshire? Sharron: Yes. Dai: Tell me about what you do there. Sharron: I work for Pembrokeshire Coast National Authority which is an organization that helps land

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(134) / 评论(0) 分类 原版英语对话1000个

Ant Attack! Imagine this. Youre coming home to your gated community after a long day of work. As you stop to show the guard your ID, a mugger jumps out from behind a bush and grab s you by the mouth. Okay, that last part sounded a little weird, but t

发表于:2019-02-16 / 阅读(127) / 评论(0) 分类 英语听力文摘 English Digest

Bedtime Blues 尿床的困扰 Never a happy topic, bed wetting is a very distressing problem for five to seven million American kids. If we cant explain why some people like to pick on these kids, can we at least shed some light on what causes bed we

发表于:2019-02-24 / 阅读(148) / 评论(0) 分类 英语听力文摘 English Digest

The Parts of Metabolism 新陈代谢到底是什么? What is metabolism really? Statements like he can eat a lot because he has a fast metabolism are somewhat misleading. Metabolism isnt about the digestion of food in your stomach; its the name giv

发表于:2019-02-24 / 阅读(150) / 评论(0) 分类 英语听力文摘 English Digest

The Lithic Principle 我们生活的星球上自然法则是亘古不变的吗?我们人类是不是自我感觉太过于良好? Time again for the mailbox.Let's see.Here:A Moment Of Science,I heard recently that if the laws of nature were change

发表于:2019-02-24 / 阅读(134) / 评论(0) 分类 英语听力文摘 English Digest

Nutrigenomics 营养基因组学(nutrigenomics 或nutritional genomics,又叫营养遗传学 nutrigenetics)是研究营养素和植物化学物质对机体基因的转录、翻译表达及代谢机理的科学。 膳食是影响人体健康最重

发表于:2019-02-24 / 阅读(132) / 评论(0) 分类 英语听力文摘 English Digest

The Denatured Egg White 煮鸡蛋还有那么多学问哪?在煮鸡蛋过程,鸡蛋会发生哪些变化呢? 蛋白质变性(protein denaturation)是指蛋白质在某些物理和化学因素作用下其特定的空间构象被改变,从而导致

发表于:2019-02-24 / 阅读(131) / 评论(0) 分类 英语听力文摘 English Digest

Acanthostega 这种生物已经演化出前后肢,但每肢都有8趾。这种生物是从鱼类进化到两栖类的过渡产物。而且,它具有更多的鱼类特征,如有鳃、鳍和只能在水中起作用的感官。伦敦自然历史博

发表于:2019-02-24 / 阅读(137) / 评论(0) 分类 英语听力文摘 English Digest

Nice Set of Pipes 尽管管风琴对我们来说还是比较生疏的乐器,但它的发音原理与我国民间流传至今仍在使用的古老乐器芦笙十分近似。据史料记载,公元前250年前古希腊工程师克提西比奥(Ktes

发表于:2019-02-25 / 阅读(148) / 评论(0) 分类 英语听力文摘 English Digest

A Pain in the Ear 耳痛是一种常见病,耳痛为常见症状,常因耳部疾病引起(原发性或耳源性耳痛),也可因耳部邻近器官或其他器官疾病所致(继发性或反射性耳痛)。耳痛的严重程度与病变的

发表于:2019-03-09 / 阅读(411) / 评论(0) 分类 英语听力文摘 English Digest
学英语单词
alternate order
altrnaria fasiculata (cook et ellis) jone et grout
angulus mastoideus ossis parietalis
antibook
antifoaming agents
arylpentafluorosilicate
average superficial velocity of two-phase mixture
belgian ticking
betold
bourdons
braking torque of an integrating instrument
breloque
Callow cell
car-tyre
cardioplegic asystolia
carry look ahead generator
childhood sclerodermatomyositis
cooling section
creative activities
Dame Partington
de-incline
dichlorovos
dinosaur pen
distillation equilibrium
dithiophosphates
drum furnace
electronic feed gate controller
Enrolled Nurse
esie
faiditus xiphias
fatigue test of materials
floating leaf
fold of tympanic cord
frame bending
front quarter vent
gear lift
gene dosage
general statement
glycim
grony
gusset plane
Hidaka-sammyaku
holdup piping
hypo-ovarianism
hypochordal
inferior trunk
interfuses
johnny-come-lately
Kapan
line template
list of son
Lobaria islandica
long-term credit delivery
Manerbio
mililani town
Millboro
modular converter
mouldy
nasal cavities
Nemex
NewsCorp
normal burden rate
nuclear sex
nuryev
odor pollution
on all counts
operating analysis
oral mucosa
order saprolegnialess
phanerophyta immersa
photorearrangement
place to the account of
polling order
quadratic logarithm
Rabdosia grandifolia
rain-affecteds
Ray, C.
regulation rod
retriever boat
RNID
rough saw cut
sardan
Schonlein-Henoch disease
seedy
sequential operations
sisyrinchium atlanticum
smokin'
society for the advancement of education
spark plug resistance tester
speech-writing
speed of sound
state debt
subaltern
submarine tunnel survey
technical jargon
transaction-based compensation
under suction state
uniform source
wag ... tongue
well-hung
Xistoliberis