笑，除了laugh和smile，你還能想到哪些詞？
傻笑、狂笑、偷笑……英文裡表達笑的詞其實非常豐富。
1 smile 微笑
▌例句 When Jensen saw me, he smiled and winked at me.
詹森見到我時，笑著朝我眨了眨眼。
2 laugh 出聲的笑
▌例句 Hiddleston gave a deep rumbling laugh at his own joke.
希德斯頓對自己講的笑話報以朗聲大笑。
3 beam 笑容滿面
▌例句a beaming face 笑容滿面
▌例句 Joseph's entire face beamed with happiness.
約瑟夫的臉上洋溢著幸福的笑容。
4 grin 露齒而笑
▌例句 Benedict was grinning like an idiot when telling his mum that he had been nominated for an Oscar.
MP3音檔 (按右鍵可下載聽)：
http://online1.tingclass.net/voaspe/2015/20150114sa_tech.mp3
中英文稿：
We'll be hearing a lot more about the so-called “Internet of things” in 2015. But what good are all these intelligent, network-connected appliances in your home if you can't easily control them?
2015年，我們將會聽到更多關於“物聯網”的消息。但如果不能輕易地操控它們，那家裡這些智能的、連網設備對你還有什麼好處可言?
\Fear not! A couple of teenagers at England's Manchester Creative Studio have developed a wristband that tracks your pulse—so it can turn on your TiVo box when you nod off, ensuring that you don't miss the rest of your show. The device can also trigger the TiVo to resume the program when it senses that you've woken up.
別擔心！英國曼徹斯特創意工作室的兩個少年發明了一個可追踪你脈搏的腕帶——它能在你打盹的時候，打開數位錄像盒，確保你不會錯過任何節目。當它感覺到你醒來時，該裝置還可以觸發錄像機使節目恢復播放。
The students built what they call the KipstR with support from Virgin Media, as part of the company's Switched on Futures initiative. Virgin Media customers will be able to try out the KipstR during the Christmas holiday.
作為該公司“開啟未來”創新合作項目的一部分，這兩個學生在維珍傳媒支持下研發了他們稱之為“KipstR”的腕帶。聖誕期間，維珍傳媒的客戶將能夠試用“KipstR”腕帶。
Beyond guaranteeing that you don't miss a moment of valuable television programming, such biometric gizmos someday might be able to sleep-control other aspects of your domestic Internet of things. Imagine the lights dimming and the thermostat lowering automatically when slip off to dreamland.
除了能確保你不會錯過一個有價值電視節目的任何一刻，這種生物識別裝置將來有可能從其它方面“睡眠控制”家中的“物聯網”設備。想像一下當你進入夢鄉時，燈光能夠自動調光、調溫器能夠自動降溫。
MP3音檔 (按右鍵可下載聽)：
http://static.iyuba.com/sounds/minutes/602.mp3
中英文稿：
Hello and welcome to The English We Speak from BBC Learning English. I’m Neil.
大家好，歡迎收聽BBC英語教學的地道英語。我是尼爾。
Hello, I’m Helen. Neil, can I ask you about something?
大家好，我是海倫。尼爾，我能問你一些事情嗎？
Yeah, sure. What’s on your mind?
嗯，當然。你心裡在想什麼呢？
Well, Theodora and Alma are my best friends, but they are not talking to each other because of a straw.
嗯，希歐多爾拉和阿爾瑪是我最好的朋友，但卻因為一根稻草不跟彼此說話了。
新人入職的10個超實用句型
新入職時一般都需要提交一些個人資料，並了解公司的相關規定，下面這些句子或許能幫你更加順利入職。
1. Please respond to this conditional offer before May.15th if you accept it.
接受此offer，請於5月15日前回覆。
2. On the condition that you hand in the medical check, you can be prepared to sign the contract on May. 22nd.
上交體檢表後，可以準備在5月22日簽約。
3. This offer will be valid upon your passing the legal procedure from former employer.
此offer 在你與上家公司完成法定離職手續後生效。
4. You should include envelope of the copies of your citizen ID, your highest school record, your ICBC account ID and a copy of your one-inch photo.
在你提交的信封中，請放入你的身份證複印文件，最高學歷複印文件，銀行帳號複印文件及一張一寸照片。
5. Your position will be sales manager, and this position will report to the district manager.
你的職位是銷售經理，此職位直接向地區經理報告。
6. Annual bonus includes two parts, the fixed bonus and variable bonus.
年終獎金包括兩個部分，固定獎金和浮動獎金。
MP3音檔 (按右鍵可下載聽)：
http://online1.tingclass.net/voas…/2014/20141003sa_space.mp3
中英文稿：
The universe seems to be full of dark matter, yet no one knows what it's made of. The best guess is that invisible particles called weakly interacting massive particles, or WIMPs, contribute all this missing mass. And that idea matches the latest data generated by the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, or AMS, experiment. This instrument lives on the International Space Station, and it may be seeing direct signs of dark matter. The study is in the journal Physical Review Letters. [M. Aguilar et al, (AMS Collaboration ), Electron and Positron Fluxes in Primary Cosmic Rays Measured with the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer on the International Space Station]
宇宙中似乎充滿了暗物質，但是沒有人知道暗物質是由什麼成分組成的。現在的最佳猜想就是，暗物質是由我們肉眼所看不見的，被稱為大質量弱相互作用粒子所組成的（簡稱WIMP）。且這一猜想和阿爾法磁譜儀（AMS）實驗所得出的最新數據相吻合。阿爾法磁譜儀被安放在國際空間站，而且是可能看到暗物質直接徵象的儀器。這項研究被發表在《物理評論快報》上。
The AMS catches charged particles flying through space. Its new results show more positrons than expected. Positrons are the antimatter counterparts to electrons. Normal astrophysical processes create some positrons, but not as many as AMS registered. One possible explanation is that these excess positrons are a by-product of dark-matter interactions. That is, they're being created by the elusive WIMPs.
阿爾法磁譜儀觀測到帶電粒子從太空中飛過。新的觀測結果顯示，這些電離子所攜帶的正電比預期要多，正電子是電子的反物質。正常的天體物理運動過程中是會產生一些正電子的，但是並不像阿爾法磁譜儀中所觀測的那樣多。這就是說，這些正電子是由神秘的大質量弱相互作用粒子所產生的。
When two WIMPs collide, they can annihilate each other, giving rise to other particles—such as positrons. The data from AMS so far match these predictions.
當兩個大質量弱相互作用粒子相互碰撞時，它們就會彼此進行消滅，來產生像正電子這樣的另外的粒子。到目前為止，來自阿爾法磁譜儀的數據與這些預測相符。
The positrons might also have a more mundane source, such as the spinning stars called pulsars. Time will tell if the space-based AMS has indeed seen the first sign of what makes up dark matter—or if we're still stuck in the dark .
—Clara Moskowitz
MP3音檔 (按右鍵可下載聽)：
http://x8.tingvoa.com/…/Submerged-Lost-City-Really-Bacteria…
中英文稿：
Tourists snorkeling off the Greek island of Zakynthos in 2013 thought they had made a fabulous discovery: the remains of a lost city. They saw what appeared to be paving stones and the bases of columns in the blue water. But when the Greek government sent in researchers, they didn't find any other remnants of human activity, such as pottery. So scientists at the University of Athens and the University of East Anglia in Englandteamed up to investigate.
在2013年希臘紮金索斯島潛游的旅客們認為，自己發現了一項了不起的建築：一座消失城市的殘骸。他們在藍色的海水裡看到了鋪石路以及圓柱。但是，當希臘政府派研究人員調查時，他們沒有發現人類活動所留下的任何殘骸，如陶瓷。所以，雅典大學和東安格利亞大學的科學家開始進行調查。
Julian Andrews, professor of environmental sciences at East Anglia, at first questioned his Athens colleague, geologist Michael Stamatakis.
朱利安•安德魯斯，是東安格裡亞大學的環境科學的教授，首先，提問了他的雅典同事，一位地質學家。
“When I first saw the pictures I said to Michael, 'are you sure they're not real?' Because they really do look like columns. And he said, 'No no, definitely there's definitely something going on here more than more than that.'
當我第一次見到時，我跟邁克爾說，“你確定嗎”?因為，看起來只像幾個柱子。邁克爾說,”絕對不止這些。”
After analyzing the mineral content of the formations, Andrews agreed.
在分析其構成的礦物質成分後，安德魯表示同意。
