美国英语口语俚语(4) 1.ripoff 骗人的东西 What a ripoff! The new car I bought doesn't work! 真是个骗人货!我买的新车启动不了! 2.rock the boat 找麻烦 Don't rock the boat! Things are fine just the way they are. 别找麻烦...
真是大千世界无奇不有,睡睡觉居然脸被一只狗咬掉了...我们来看看下面的对话 J: Did you see the picture of the guy on the front page of the newspaper this morning? M: No, I havent had a chance to read the paper yet. J: Yo...
Chris: Well, actually, Lindsay, I have a surprise. A bit of news to tell you as well. I'm getting married. Lindsay: No way! Chris: Yeah. Lindsay: You're getting married? Chris: Yep. I'm actually getting married before you, probably in March. Lindsay:...
[1] Former Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin rallied with thousands of tea party activists for Nevada Senator Harry Reid. Palin told her fellow conservatives that Reid will have to explain his votes on health care and other issues in h...
1. A lawyer representing a driver who reported his Toyota Prius sped out of control on a California freeway is sticking by his client's story. A congressional memo raises questions about what happened to James Sikes. The attorney says he's unmoved by...
圣诞前的一个寒冷的夜里,他满心期待地排队等着买热腾腾的墨西哥玉米粉蒸肉时,发现前面有一位母亲因为把外套披在孩子身上而自己冻得瑟瑟发抖,迟疑片刻之后,他把自己的夹克脱下递...
A brief war with Russia two months ago thrust the small Caucasus nation of Georgia into the international limelight again and sparked sharp exchanges between Moscow and the West. Georgia has been at a strategic crossroads throughout history and rema...
By Deborah Tate Washington 12 July 2007 U.S. Senate (file photo) For the first time in U.S. Senate history, a Hindu clergyman delivered the chamber's daily prayer Thursday, but only after Capitol police removed several protesters who disrupted the se...
By Rory Byrne Phnom Penh 28 April 2007 The first textbook written by a Cambodian on the history of the Khmer Rouge has been published by the Documentation Center of Cambodia. Previous accounts of the Khmer Rouge era have all been written by foreign s...
By Kane Farabaugh New York, NY 25 September 2006 watch Clinton Global Initiative For the second year, former President Bill Clinton is seizing an opportunity in New York. Inviting world leaders in town for the General Assembly to join business execu...