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【总第110期】

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 ::每日一词:: 
 
steal (v.) 偷。(过去时stole)
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A: Can I steal a minute of your time?
我可以耽误你一下吗?
B: Sure. But be quick, OK?
可以。但快点,好吗?
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 ::每日一句:: 


He showed his crocodile tears when aunt died.

姑姑去世时他流了几滴假惺惺的眼泪。
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大家知道,眼泪在英语里的说法是tear。英文里有一个说法,叫做:crocodile tears。crocodile是“鳄鱼”的意思,crocodile tears和我们常说的"猫哭老鼠假慈悲"是一样的意思。crocodile tears这个俗语来自一个古老的神话,说是鳄鱼往往发出一种哭的声音来引诱那些它们要吃的动物,然后一面吃一面流眼泪。这当然不会是事实,但这个说法已成常用语。下面我们来举个例子:
In his speeches the mayor always puts on a big show of crocodile tears for poor and homeless people. But I don't see him doing anything to help them.
这位市长在讲话的时候总是装得好像他对穷人和无家可归的人非常同情。但是,我并没有见到他做些什么来帮助他们。

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 ::每日一笑:: 

Where It Should Be Plugged mE2中国英语学习网

A mother is very good at using every chance to educate his son, who was only three years old. One day, she took a plug and said to her son, " Look, there are two pieces of copper, so it must be plugged in a place where there are two holes. Where do you think it should be plugged?" She waited for an answer expectfully .
"Plug in nose." is the answer.


中文:
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插在何处

  一位母亲十分善于利用每一个机会对孩子进行教育。她的儿子只有三岁。一天,她拿着一个插头对儿子说:“看,这里有两个铜片,那它一定要插在有两个孔的地方。你说它应该插在哪儿呢?”母亲期待着儿子的回答。
  “插在鼻子里!”儿子回答说。
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 ::每日一图:: 

"Boundless stretches of sand are the highways of Saharan Niger. Less than 500 miles [805 kilometers] of major paved roads serve a nation three times as large as California. Below the horizon a caravan heads for the town of Bilma to take on salt, a prized commodity. Another train laden with salt and other trade items heads toward markets at the desert's edge."
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Trading rockets for space elevators mE2中国英语学习网


Blasting a space shuttle away from Earth's gravity is the most dangerous and costly part of every mission.

Why not just take an elevator instead? A new development in the manufacture of molecule-size cylinders known as carbon nanotubes may make that a viable option.

In theory, space elevators need a fixed tether that stretches from an anchor on Earth to a station in space. A vehicle like a tram equipped with electric motors could climb this tether from Earth's surface into space.

There is still at least one major obstacle: developing a strong enough material for the tether. Scientists believe that carbon nanotubes could be that solution.

Scientists under Ray Baughman, director of the Nanotech Institute at the University of Texas at Dallas, have produced yards of woven, pure nanotubes in sheets measuring 2 inches (5 centimeters) wide. The method is easily scalable to produce sheets of any dimension and can roll them out as fast as 33 feet (7 meters) a minute.

The technique begins by building nanotubes. Gaseous carbon atoms deposit themselves onto a specially prepared surface in an oven. The surface "catches" the atoms in such a way that they cling to each other and form into tubes.

Scientists think that in the near future, you might see carbon nanotubes being used in everyday products, and maybe, just maybe, in a space elevator.
 
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When You Were Young :The Killers

When You Were Young :The Killers  The Killers 是一个来自美国拉斯维加斯的四人摇滚乐队,成立于2002年,属于轻重摇滚 ,风格介于流行与摇滚之间。《When You Were Young》是The Killers2006年10月份发行的专辑《Sam's Town》。歌词是非常有意思的:“他长的不像耶稣,倒像个绅士,像你年轻时想象的白马王子”,中国英语学习网每日英语频道推荐。
  
2004年,他们横跨大西洋,在大洋彼岸的英国火了起来。去年The Killers凭一张《Hot Fuss 》专辑获得了四项格莱美提名。其带有的英伦之音的歌唱风格吸引了众多的fans。他们喜欢The Killers的奔放的歌声、妙趣横生的音乐、动听的旋律,喜欢他们的键盘与吉他的错落有致的编配,喜欢他们音乐里充满的激情与才华,喜欢他们的独立姿态与摇滚精神。(有30分钟的缓冲,第一次听可能断续,第二次会很顺畅!)


When You Were Young   The Killers
You sit there in your heartache , Waiting on some beautiful boy to
To save you from your old ways , You play forgiveness
Watch it now ... here he comes, He doesn't look a thing like Jesus
But he talks like a gentleman , Like you imagined when you were young

Can we climb this mountain , I don't know
Higher now than ever before , I know we can make it if we take it slow
Let's take it easy , Easy now, watch it go
We're burning down the highway skyline
On the back of a hurricane that started turning
When you were young , When you were young

And sometimes you close your eyes and see the place
Where you used to live , When you were young
They say the devil's water, it ain't so sweet
You don't have to drink right now
But you can dip your feet , Every once in a little while

You sit there in your heartache , Waiting on some beautiful boy to
To save you from your old ways , You play forgiveness
Watch it now here he comes , He doesn't look a thing like Jesus
But he talks like a gentleman , Like you imagined when you were young
(He talks like a gentlemen, like you imagined when)
When you were young , I said he doesn't look a thing like Jesus
He doesn't look a thing like Jesus , But more than you'll ever know
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