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Topics: Redshirting; Mesa Verde National Park; to wrap up; to bother versus to interrupt versus to disturb; blind spot Words: to redshirt to count toward kindergarten cutoff to hold back peer prevalence cliff dwelling outcropping cave artifact to wra

美语听力 English Cafe 380

Topics: American Presidents - Andrew Jackson; Redwood National Park; safe versus save versus to save; to be implicated in versus to be involved in; one and only Words: prisoner of war duel to cede ugly bigamy forced relocation to dismantle in full to

美语听力 English Cafe 381

Topics: Ask an American - Participatory Science; to attend versus to take part in versus to participate in versus to join; standalone versus to stand alone; hair of the dog that bit me Words: limited taxa citizens science project sample to involve th

美语听力 English Cafe 382

Topics: Famous Songs - Chicken Fat; Hells Angels; other versus another; through; its a given versus it figures Words: surprise hit calisthenics orchestral accompaniment push-up flabby nuts to (something) angel helmet tattoo patch gang biker to let lo

美语听力 English Cafe 383

Topics: Famous Americans - Bobby Fischer; Kiss; barely versus scarcely; polite phrases used to refer to death; situation versus circumstance Words: chess match grandmaster child prodigy rivalry collusion seclusion to defend (ones) title to revoke hea

美语听力 English Cafe 384

Topics: The Hatfields and the McCoys; serving in the military to obtain U.S. citizenship; consistent with, in agreement with, coincide with, and identical to; software versus application versus app; to run out of versus to be out of Words: feud presu

美语听力 English Cafe 385

Topics: Famous Playwrights August Wilson; low-income housing; to keep in mind versus to bear in mind; goose down blanket and other bedding; beauty is only skin deep Words: firsthand experience African American experience aspiring public housing resid

美语听力 English Cafe 386

Topics: Ask an American Undocumented students and college tuition; stop thinking negatively; very; smoking hot Words: tough deserving to play by the rules in-state law-breaking fundamentally unfair incentive tuition to get a return on (ones) investme

美语听力 English Cafe 387

Topics: Movies - The Maltese Falcon; Napa Valley, California and wine country; usage of bit; abuse versus assault; to put (someone) in the picture Words: falcon private detective unscrupulous antihero hardboiled fiction cynical femme fatale suspensef

美语听力 English Cafe 388

Topics: Famous Americans - Sandra Day O'Connor; understanding American football; the meanings of to draw; out for lunch versus out to lunch; for crying out loud Words: attorney general appointed court of appeals justice swing vote abortion successor

美语听力 English Cafe 389

Topics: Famous Songs - Red River Valley; how recall elections work; to reduce versus to lessen versus to decrease versus to decline; sort/to sort; to intervene versus to interfere Words: to trace (somethings) origins to hasten to bid (someone) adieu

美语听力 English Cafe 390

Topics: American Authors - Emily Post; American Cities - Branson, Missouri; either versus both; to do a special on (someone/something) versus to do a segment on (someone/something); to towel off Words: finishing school/charm school debutante ball boa

美语听力 English Cafe 391

Topics: Ask an American - Inventing Frozen Foods; prize versus accomplishment versus award versus reward; what the heck?; wholesale Words: canned food disaster freezing point block to rot to thaw out mushy to bar freezer infrastructure distribution n

美语听力 English Cafe 392

Topics: American Presidents - Dwight D. Eisenhower; path versus route versus track; stuff; anon Words: combat invasion affable D-day to set the stage to fit in in a landslide down-to-earth to balance the budget desegregation Eisenhower doctrine milit

美语听力 English Cafe 250

Topics: Comic-Con; Famous Americans: Houdini; I just versus I have just; suit versus match versus fit; levity Words: convention comic book animation autograph fan magician escape artist handcuffs to debunk supernatural medium sance to suit to match t

美语听力 English Cafe 281

Topics: Ask an American: Sleep-deprived teenagers; to buy versus to purchase versus to acquire; to burn the candle at both ends; Lets versus shall we? versus why dont we? Words: out of it period to stay awake sleep-deprived cranky depression astonish

美语听力 English Cafe 248

Topics: Area 51 and Roswell; American Cities: Baltimore; that versus which; right away versus straightaway Words: conspiracy theory civilian tight-lipped UFO extraterrestrial to recover cultural center Midwest philanthropist refurbished black history

美语听力 English Cafe 244

Topics: Ellis Island; The Rat Pack; lots of versus a lot of; sleep versus asleep, wake versus awake, rise versus arise; alpha male Words: immigration to undergo inspection unsanitary family tree pop culture desegregation impromptu to sell out to rule

美语听力 English Cafe 287

Topics: Famous Authors: Edgar Allen Poe; womens colleges; business versus commerce versus trade; thank goodness; to be keen on Words: tale macabre to lament narrator knock raven nevermore descent into madness calculated model co-educational to questi

美语听力 English Cafe 262

Topics: Famous authors: Maya Angelou; Universal Studios; wise versus savvy versus clever; delicatessen; to end up versus to wind up Words: cage racism highly acclaimed to ban honorary degree ritual lecture circuit studio theme park ride set fa?ade wi