美语听力 English Cafe 221

Topics: Ask an American: Watching TV on the Internet; to search versus to look for versus to seek; pushing up daisies; do you have any idea? Words: dominant programming to turn to (something) as opposed to to cut across generational lines tech-savvy

美语听力 English Cafe 220

Disneyland; government property seizures and auctions; state; on the prowl; pronouncing the vowel i and the vowel combinations ee and ea; time after time Words: theme park ride fantasy frontier to seize property tied to to make way for auction bid su

美语听力 English Cafe 219

Topics: The medical marijuana controversy; Famous Americans: Woody Allen; sky versus skies; meltdown and crack down; less is more/more is less; pronunciations of live Words: medical properties chemotherapy nausea appetite to prescribe dispensary cann

美语听力 English Cafe 218

Topics: Explaining TV show names; Mount McKinley and mountaineering; highest versus tallest; CEO versus CFO versus CIO Words: sitcom scrubs on the fringe widow weed trek mountaineering to climb peak route summit to stretch highest tallest CEO CFO CIO

美语听力 English Cafe 216

Topics: Steroid use and other doping in professional sports; The Juilliard School; shell-shocked; way to go; be good Words: performance-enhancing drug steroid bodybuilder dose acne to cheat to dope prestigious audition humanities to rehearse composer

美语听力 English Cafe 215

Topics: American Cities: Houston; how to become a police officer; incredible versus unbelievable; to rule the roost; to sort out Words: to be named after oilfield cultural offering urban sprawl lot size low/high urban density forensics ride-along end

美语听力 English Cafe 214

Topics: Psychological pricing; daytime soap operas; target versus objective versus purpose; the silent b: slumber versus plumber; there, there Words: whole number to make change to round up/down chain soap opera longest-running bizarre plot twist clo

美语听力 English Cafe 213

Topics: Famous Americans: Janis Joplin; compulsory education and truancy laws; to bask; to brace; to palm off; to follow ones hunch(es) Words: blues to catch the attention of lead singer solo artist to struggle with to relapse compulsory to play hook

美语听力 English Cafe 217

Topics: Ask an American: sleep and weight gain; to slip through (one's) fingers; drink versus beverage; individually versus separately versus independently Words: pretty much anecdotally largely half-eaten buffet to shift to graze shift worker disrup

美语听力 English Cafe 265

Topics: The Extension Courses System; Famous Americans: Lizzie Borden; Boston accent/dialect and the Boston Brahmin; to speak out of turn Words: to be enrolled hobby offbeat palm reading certificate step- hatchet prime suspect sensational to speculat

美语听力 English Cafe 266

Topics: Ask an American: minority doctors; if I were; I wish I were; near versus close; to hold (something) against (someone) Words: study to establish practice outcome credibility health professional to result compliance prescription exchange truly

美语听力 English Cafe 267

Topics: Video-game violence; ROTC; should have done versus should have to do; just versus only; to learn as (one) goes Words: realism insensitive arcade minor rating system console officer branch ranking Dont Ask, Dont Tell gay should have done shoul

美语听力 English Cafe 268

Topics: Famous Authors: Stephen King; Traffic School; cost versus charge versus fee; in a New York minute; couple Words: horror psychic clown series to follow the book lifetime achievement traffic school drivers ed to speed to lose (ones) drivers lic

美语听力 English Cafe 269

Topics: Minimum wage; cyber crime; I will want to versus I would want to; except for; conversely Words: wages subject to indexed to inflation consumer price index opponent to nickel and dime cyber to hack identity theft copyright infringement handle

美语听力 English Cafe 270

Topics: Famous Americans: Eleanor Roosevelt; Renaissance fairs; admit versus confess; mix versus blend; chick flick Words: paralyzed to stick by (ones) side First Lady role newspaper column press conference civil rights delegate instrumental period c

美语听力 English Cafe 271

Topics: Ask an American: Latinos in Higher Education; per se; it pays to (be) Words: role model to look up to (someone) to drop out to hit the exit doors to retire to follow in (ones) footsteps vacuum scholarship to integrate mentor to keep in touch

美语听力 English Cafe 272

Topics: Famous Songs: God Bless America and Kate Smith; The American Girl Dolls; provided that versus as long as; g as in gansta; to suck Words: patriotic to set (something) aside prayer to bless to stand beside foam rendition seventh-inning stretch

美语听力 English Cafe 278

Topics: The English-Only Movement; Famous Songs: The Yellow Rose of Texas; kinda; to drink the Kool-Aid Words: movement to date back to to assimilate cohesive blow symbolic folk song mulatto to seduce soldier to break (ones) heart to march kinda to d

美语听力 English Cafe 277

Topics: Famous Americans: John Dewey; the X Games; phrases used to talk about peoples jobs; for the lack of; be that as it may Words: reform progressive education theoretical posthumously medal extreme sport parachute to snowmobile steep to flip spec

美语听力 English Cafe 276

Topics: Ask an American: Commuting; start versus begin versus start off versus start on; a place to live versus a place to live in; might-have-been Words: congestion central public transportation to switch over to gradually rush hour peak in excess a