Museums
From Boston to Los Angeles, from New York City to Chicago to Dallas, museums are either planning, building, or wrapping up wholesale expansion programs. These programs alrea

人生成功第3课：Always will I seek the seed of triumph in every adversity
  There is no better school than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve my performance next time. Never again will

    The secret of being miserable is to have the leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not. So don’t bother to think about it! Spit on your hands and get busy. Your blood will start circulating; your mind will start ticking and pretty soon this whole posit

A Healthy New Me!
一个健康的新我！
It’s extremely important to always have a goal.
I have a new goal this month.
I am going to totally improve my health.
I must do this for myself.
I must do this for my family.
I will try to t

Suburbanization
If by "suburb" is meant an urban margin that grows more rapidly than its already developed interior, the process of suburbanization began during the emergence of th

实用英语：乘飞机旅行英语100句
 
  1   I want a package deal including airfare and hotel.
    我需要一个成套服务，包括机票和住宿。

【New words and expressions】生词和短语
★reward n 报偿
give sb reward给...报偿(n)
reward sb with sth用...奖赏...
I write sth with a pen.(with 表示 “用” )
reward sb for sth因为...给某人奖赏
...reward him for the first prize
★virtue n 美德
strongpoints 长处, merit优点
shortpoints短处 weak points弱点
★d

【New words and expressions】 生词和短语
★temporarily  adv 暂时地
★inch  n 英寸(度量单位)
foot 英尺(pl. feet ); mile 英里
★space  n 空间
注意读音浊化, 六个爆破音中有三个清辅音 [ptk] 在 [s] 后面是要浊化为对应的三个浊辅音 [bdg] 又如 school [sku:]
★actually  adv 实际上
＝in fact
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【New words and expressions】生词和短语
★hot adj 带电的, 充电的
hot热的, hot-hot-hot : 麻辣烫
hot-wings : 辣鸡翅
hot-tempered : 火暴(脾气)的    temper n 脾气 v. (冶金)回火、锻炼, 调和, 调节
hot line : 热线
hot topic : 热门话题
hot cake : 热蛋糕
hot dog : 热狗
It sells like a hot cake/cakes 表示一个东西的畅销,

【New words and expressions】生词和短语
★sticky adj 粘的
as sticky as glue和胶水一样粘
★finger n 手指
thumb大拇指
index finger食指 (index  n vi vt)
middle finger中指
ring finger无名指
little finger小指
toe 脚趾
★pie n 馅饼
★mix v 混合, 拌和
mixture n混合物
★pastry n 面糊
★a

【New words and expressions】生词和短语
★gold n 金子
gold  n /golden  adj
sth be made of gold由金子做成的
gold watch; gold ring
golden sun金色的太阳
Silence is golden沉默是金 (silence  n.静, 寂静, 沉默, 静默 vt.使沉默, 使安静 v.压制)
golden : 金色的, 宝贵的
golden opportunity宝贵的机会 (opportunit

【New words and expressions】 生词和短语
★sound n 声音
sound v  听起来
adj 合理的 等于reasonable  adj.合理的, 有道理的, 通情达理的, 讲道理的
I have a piece of sound advice.我有一个合理的建议
Soundly adj 香甜的: sleep soundly
任何声音都可以说 : sound n
voice n 人的声音
noise n 和周围不和谐的声音, 躁音
★excitement n 激动,

【New words and expressions】生词和短语
★madam n .(对妇女的尊称)太太; 夫人
ma’am n. <口>夫人, 太太, 女士, 小姐 = madam
★jeans n 牛仔裤
trousers n.裤子, 长裤 / pants  n.裤子, 短裤
★hesitate v 犹豫, 迟疑
hesitate to do sth
make up one's mind
hesitation n.犹豫, 踌躇
without hesitation毫不犹豫 : Without hesi

【New words and expressions】 生词和短语
★blessing n 福气, 福分 bless 保佑 : God bless you 上帝保佑你
Bless you / bless my country 保佑我的国家
★disguise  n 伪装
in disguise穿着伪装的
a blessing in disguise因祸得福
a curse in disguise  (curse  n.诅咒, 咒语, 祸根, 祸因 vt.诅咒, 咒骂, 降祸, 使受罪)
spy

【New words and expressions】 生词和短语
★bark v 狗叫
the dog is barking
somebody is barking某人在咆哮
★press v 按, 压
pressure  n.压, 压力, 电压, 压迫, 强制, 紧迫
★paw n 脚爪
cat's paw被人所利用的人(由寓言而来)
I don't want to be a cat's paw我才不想被人利用
★latch n 门闩
bar门闩,但与latch是有区别的
★expert n