美语听力 English Cafe 237

Topics: Famous Americans: Tyler Perry; NASA; to think on (ones) feet; plural for iPod Touch and other proper nouns; recognition versus acknowledgement Words: musical adapted uninhibited recurring to cross-dress no-nonsense to be nominated space in or

美语听力 English Cafe 241

Topics: Ask an American: The Princess and the Frog; pronouncing address; to cut the bull/ bullsh*t; outspoken versus vocal Words: fairy tale extension of (ones) disbelief dreamland hand-drawn down here to break (someones) heart merger to bring back t

美语听力 English Cafe 240

Topics: DUIs and Mothers Against Drunk Drivers; Famous Americans: Martha Stewart; traffic versus transit; at all versus not at all; describing someone who works from home Words: influence impaired sobriety penalty to lobby non-profit fatality busines

美语听力 English Cafe 239

Topics: The CIA; The Wizard of Oz; deliverable; stress versus pressure; you had me at hello Words: intelligence peacetime secretive speculation espionage covert torture regime change wizard tornado scarecrow plot deliverable stress pressure you had m

美语听力 English Cafe 238

Topics: Yosemite National Park; PETA and animal rights; to rebuild versus to reshape; to mind your Ps and Qs; tag questions Words: national park developed valley striking cliff animal rights suffering factory farm tactic fur undercover arson to rebui

美语听力 English Cafe 236

Topics: Ask an American: The Cherokee Language; regard versus consider; remember versus memorize; knock on wood Words: tense tone inflection bits and pieces from the heart to provide for trustworthy foster as if to regard to consider to remember to m

美语听力 English Cafe 235

Topics: Types of prisons and the parole system; American cities: Austin; using prepositions with the days of the week; for the world to owe (one) something; late/early morning, afternoon, and evening Words: prison to pose a threat solitary confinemen

美语听力 English Cafe 234

Topics: Classic game shows; the sister cities program; beyond a reasonable doubt; infinite versus permanent versus eternal; forward versus forwards Words: game show classic on the air to make a comeback contestant showcase deal newlywed to make whoop

美语听力 English Cafe 233

Topics: Apollo Theater; Famous Americans: Susan B. Anthony; to talk down to; to bail on; had better versus would rather Words: talent to make (ones) debut jazz legend to bill (oneself) executioner to revive landmark status to play a pivotal role suff

美语听力 English Cafe 228

Topics: Patriotic songs; Carnegie Hall; grande versus venti (at Starbucks); troop versus troops; (something) is ghostwritten Words: patriotic to bless prayer national anthem prairie foam ocean current hall to seat acoustics to be lined with to be eng

美语听力 English Cafe 232

Topics: The Godfather; Graceland and Elvis; to hinder versus to hamper versus to impede; the hunt is on; quick and dirty tips Words: godparent mafia bribery corruption brutal to legitimize stillborn sideburns the rest is history mansion recording stu

美语听力 English Cafe 231

Topics: Ask an American: social media and job searches; go ahead, make my day; years old versus year old Words: to scratch the surface theres no telling wild, wild west tremendous social media to enhance credibility thought leadership buddy to dictat

美语听力 English Cafe 230

Topics: Woodstock; Walter Reed Army Medical Center; a lot versus a load of; indicate versus signify; Hispanic versus Spanish Words: to be billed as concert-goer hippy mud bell-bottoms documentary flagship veteran wounded in battle rehabilitation negl

美语听力 English Cafe 229

Topics: American Cities: Milwaukee; Neighborhood Watch/Citizens Arrest; to look versus to look like; not by the hair of my chinny-chin-chin; pretty + (adjective) Words: brewery on the shores of waterway per-capita violent crime suspicious to interven

美语听力 English Cafe 227

Topics: Vampires; The Second City (comedy group); to sway versus to persuade versus to convince; get a life!; to ramp up Words: vampire to suck stake genre trilogy to be torn between to slay craze to crave improv to rehearse scripted to sway to persu

美语听力 English Cafe 226

Topics: Ask an American: The meaning of work; apart from versus in terms of; off the cuff; also versus as well Words: to earn a living to come down to paycheck hustle greatly debt to pay off chain defined imaginative apart from in terms of off the cu

美语听力 English Cafe 225

Topics: Gay Rights Issues: Gay Marriage and Don't Ask, Don't Tell; Famous Americans: Oprah Winfrey; sneak preview; instead of versus rather than; a lot versus lots Words: gay rights spouse civil union to object military sexual orientation media perso

美语听力 English Cafe 224

Topics: Hip Hop Culture; The New York Stock Exchange; effectiveness versus efficiency; jilted; hence versus thus Words: hip hop DJ to rap graffiti breakdancing / breaking oppressive stock exchange stock trading floor NYSE Composite Index base value p

美语听力 English Cafe 223

Topics: Social networking; government-run lotteries; the use of on with the days of the week; to travel in/by; individual versus personal Words: social networking application post to keep in touch privacy discreet lottery scratcher / scratch-it ticke

美语听力 English Cafe 222

Topics: The Mormon/LDS Church; school lunches; using in or on with body parts; fall off versus fall down; a dollar down and a dollar a week Words: denomination angel revelation polygamy mob to distance (oneself) from afterlife tithe missionary to go