![]() | This lamp smells like an orange and it's made from orange peels (皮). Ohmie is a 3 D-printed lamp made by a company from Italy. Each lamp is made from the peels of two or three oranges. It takes about two hours to print the lamp. Now the company is selling the lamp for about $70. |
![]() | Which streets have more shade (阳凉) or a cold drink shop?Now, people in Barcelona can know that the app Cool Walks will help people find the shadiest road between two places when they're walking outside on a hot day. It works out the shade from trees and buildings according to the sun's path, hour by hour, as the sun moves. |
![]() | British bike rider Callum Skinner and scientist Alex Macdonald made a pair of sunglasses. The HindSight glasses can help bikers see behind themselves without turning their head. They only need to change focus (焦点) to see forwards and backwards. It also helps keep bikers safe on the road. |
![]() | Autumn is a great time to see beautiful colors in nature. But color-blind people never get a chance to enjoy them一until now. In the US state of Tennessee, there are special viewfinders (取景器) in many tourist sites. They can help colorblind people see all the colors of autumn. |
A. Whenever you get a chance, practise. B. Here are several suggestions for you. C. But it is a great way to improve your pronunciation. D. Look at the words while listening to the recording. E. Don't be afraid of making mistakes when you give a speech. F. You can't correct your pronunciation when you don't know its rules. |
A. Sandwich got its name from John Montagu, the Fourth Earl of Sandwich. He loved playing cards so much that he didn't want to stop for meals. So he put meat between two pieces of bread. And then it became popular. | B. In the book The Wizard of Oz, brave and kind girl Dorothy comes to Oz by accident. She meets the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman and the Lion there. To make their dreams come true, they begin their adventures. |
C. In the book The Old Man and the Sea by Hemingway, old fisherman Santiago hasn't caught any fish for 84 days. But he never gives up and finally catches a big one. | D. The history of computer printers began in 1938 when inventor Chester Carlson invented a dry printing process. In 1953, the first high-speed printer was developed by Remington-Rand. |
E. Computers are playing an important part in our life and they can do important jobs. It's not strange that a car runs without a driver because it has a computer system to control it smartly. | F. Su Bingtian set a new Asian record at the Tokyo Olympics 一 he got a personal best of 9. 83 seconds in the men's 100 m semifinals and became the first Chinese athlete to reach the men's 100 m final at the Olympics. |