“Traitor” Van Persie, as he has been called by some Arsenal fans, fits in well at Manchester United – being the lead scorer, he helped United beat Chelsea 3-2 on Oct 28.
His ambition outweighs (超过) loyalty. What do you think of his choice?
要表达对别人的善意和帮助的感谢，我们可以用owe a debt of
gratitude/thanks to这个词组。意为have a good reason to be very grateful to someone，即“欠……的情；非常感激”。 Ready to take a Furby home?
今年最火的智能宠物“菲比精灵”。 词数 229 建议阅读时间 5分钟 Its big eyes can easily catch your attention and if you take it home, it can offer you more than the average teddy bear. Meet Furby, the hottest toy this year. Furby was first introduced six years ago. It could “listen” to
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conversations. When you patted its head, it could say a number of words. At that time, the toy was considered so advanced (先进的) that the US government even banned (禁止) it from its National Security Agency offices – fearing it might repeat top-secret information to unofficial ears.
This year the toy has made a comeback, with several new high-tech features. The most amazing improvement is the embedded (内置的)
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smartphone and tablet (平板电脑) apps, which allow you to feed the creature and translate its words into English.
But Furby can do more than you think. It learns words from human speech, so that the more you talk to it, the more it can talk back. Despite its cute appearance and intelligence, the Daily Mail describes the Furby as “a challenging (有挑战性的) toy”. In fact, it is not so much a toy, but a pet, asking for lots of care and attention. Your actions will directly impact (影响) how the toy develops.
Even the most minor neglect (微小的忽视), such as forgetting to feed it, may have disastrous (灾难般的) result. And it’s often very difficult to please the Furby once you’ve upset it.
So what would you prefer: a relaxing toy or a challenging Furby? Swiftly upload these songs 一起欣赏斯威夫特大热单曲吧。 词数 162 建议阅读时间 3分钟
IF you are looking for some new tracks to put on your MP3 player, why not download (下载) Red – the new album by US singer Taylor Swift. The CD came out on Oct 22. According to The Wall Street Journal, it sold more than 1 million copies in its first week in US stores. We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together is one of the album’s hit songs. It shot to the top of the iTunes best-sellers list in 25 countries, setting a new record for paid downloads by a female artist. It tells the story of a breakup. Here are some of the lyrics: I remember when we broke up the first time
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Seeing this is, and had enough, it’s like We haven’t seen each other in a month When you, said you, needed space, what? When you come around again and say
Baby, I miss you and I swear (发誓) I’m gonna change …
Animal talent show 动物才艺表演 游戏玩法
两个人一组，事先不要读故事。其中一个人按照横线下面的提示让另一个人想出一个单词，然后由第一个人填在横线上。最后，一起大声朗读，欣赏你们的杰作！
It’s ____________(day of the week) today. There is an
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____________(your home city).
My cat ____________(卡通角色) is one of the performers. I have trained (训练) her for many ____________(minutes/ days/ months /years ) for the show. She can ____________(verb) while riding on a(n) ____________(animal). But is she good enough2 to win? The first performer is a(n) ____________(color) pig. He can draw with his ____________(body part). Next up is a dog. He ____________(动词第三人称单数) with one foot. Finally it is
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____________(相同卡通角色)’s turn. She looks a little ____________(形容词) at first. But she performs so
____________(副词). “____________(感叹词)!” people yell (喊叫). I hear the judges (裁判) name3 my cat the winner. Hurray! Can you catch a yawn? 打哈欠为什么会传染？
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IT happens all the time. As soon as you see or hear someone yawn (打哈欠), you cannot help but do it too. It is clear to see that yawning is contagious (有感染力的). “Contagious yawning is a very interesting behavior,” Catriona Morrison at the University of Leeds,
UK, told the BBC. “You don’t need a visual cue (视觉上的暗示)... you don’t even need to think about it.”
This phenomenon has left scientists puzzled for years. In fact, many animals yawn, even snakes and lizards (蜥蜴), but only humans, chimpanzees (黑猩猩) and dogs can be affected by others’ yawning – or “catch a yawn”, as it is called. This suggests that the reason we yawn when others do is psychological (心理上的).
Contagious yawning shows that you share others’ feelings and want to connect with them, even though it is done without thinking, according to Discovery.com. It looks like yawning is more than just a sign of sleepiness or boredom.
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