Yael: Want some soymilk, Don? 雅艾尔：想喝点豆浆吗，唐？ Don: I'll pass, thank you. 唐：不用，谢谢。 Yael: What about some of this tofu salad? 雅艾尔：来点豆腐沙拉怎么样？ Don: Why are you pushing soy foods on me? 唐...
Imagine a friend of yours has invited you over for dinner to share a gourmet meal and an expensive bottle of wine. You really enjoy the meal and the wine and ask your friend where she got the stuff. She confesses that the gourmet meal was really a TV...
A local news report about a prenup and marriage breakup would make a fine satiric tale. Like an entertaining satire, the plot and characters of that report offer useful material for contemplation.It seems that a certain sugar daddy fell in love with...
Aristotle thought the stars were all exactly the same distance away, stuck to a dark shell that surrounded the Earth like the dome of a planetarium. Now we know that the farthest galaxy is over a billion times more distant than the nearest star. How...
Before MP3s and other forms of digitized music there were CDs. Before CDs came vinyl records. And before vinyl? 在MP3和其它形式的数字音乐盛行之前，CD已经出现。在CD出现之前有黑胶唱片,那么在黑胶唱片之前有什么呢...
Everybody loves the swimming pool. But how clean is the water in the average backyard or public pool? If you trust chlorine to take care of germs, you're in for a surprise. 人人都爱游泳。但是在普通人家后院的泳池和公共泳池里的水...
fight tooth and nail 全力拼博 In our civilized, modern life, we use our teeth for eating only, and our fingernails and toenails are used hardly at all, except for decoration. Among animals, however, teeth and nails are often used to collect food...
Don: Yael, see this glass full of water? 唐：雅艾尔，看见这杯装满水的玻璃杯吗？ Yael: Yes. 雅艾尔：是的。 Don: Watch me swing it around my head! 唐：看我让它在我头上摆动！ Yael: Look out!!!...Hey, how did you do...
If you've been outside before a rainfall in the spring, you might have noticed a particularly fresh or sweet smell that seeps into the air a few minutes before the first drops begin to fall. If you're familiar with this smell, it's a great way to pre...
Yael: Hey Don, what was your favorite subject in grade school? Science, right? 雅艾尔：嘿，唐，你在小学时最喜欢的课程是哪一门？科学课，是吗？ Don: I loved science, but my favorite part of school was definitely recess. 唐...
