美语听力 English Café 462

Topics: Movies - Singin in the Rain; Famous Authors Clare Booth Luce; to exchange versus to change versus to switch; to walk off; margin Words: subtitles talkie film studio rumor chorus girl technical problem to abandon private school to abuse corres

美语听力 English Café 463

Topics: American Presidents George H. W. Bush; architects let rip with a wave of ambitious and beautifully crafted buildings; to keep (someone) out of (ones) hair; pronouncing dead versus debt Words: to appoint ambassador liaison running mate foreign

美语听力 English Café 464

Topics: The Roaring Twenties; The Empire State Building; Indians (Asians) versus Indians (indigenous peoples); to blow up versus to explode; staging ground Words: decade booming to be independent roaring invention flapper corset jazz to improvise to

美语听力 English Café 465

Topics: Famous Songs If I Had a Hammer; How to Become a Social Worker; to dismantle versus to disassemble; guilt versus blame; to cross the great divide Words: folk song tune labor rights reasonable civil rights movement to hammer out justice hospice

美语听力 English Café 461

Topics: The Basics of Basketball; Flea Markets; grass versus herb; delectable versus palatable; be my guest Words: offense defense to substitute to block to foul to dribble flea collectable antique second hand bargain to negotiate grass herb delectab

美语听力 English Café 451

Topics: Ask an American Beards and facial hair; sin versus transgression; totally versus definitely; I ever go there Words: to be geared more towards fashion beard tattoo alternative to spill over masculinity sexual vitality Greek mythology facial ha

美语听力 English Café 452

Topics: Lau v. Nichols; vaudeville; finally versus ultimately; trickle versus drizzle; coincidence Words: to immigrate bilingual education native language school board school district violation to be naturalized variety show magic comedian juggler to

美语听力 English Café 453

Topics: Famous Americans Amelia Earhart; Prom; ethics versus morals; on the very first day versus on the very day; to warrant and to address Words: stunt flying exhibition biplane record aviator solo laboratory navigator senior class to promenade cou

美语听力 English Café 454

Topics: Movie The Shawshank Redemption; The Pentagon; to go ahead versus straight ahead; cheesy and quirky; a few quarters short of a buck Words: redemption to be convicted sentence parole inmate tax warden diploma swamp stable Cold War mission to go

美语听力 English Café 455

Topics: American Presidents James Monroe; to oppress versus to suppress versus to repress; fruit and vegetables versus fruits and vegetables; file not sent/file not supported Words: delegate to appoint governor envoy Secretary of State prosperity for

美语听力 English Café 456

Topics: Ask an American Offensive mascots; capacity versus capability; to punch in versus to punch out; to put the cat among the pigeons Words: mascot racist slur over the objection of (someone) offended by victimized nations capital bigoted insensit

美语听力 English Café 457

Topics: Famous Songs Mack the Knife; Monument Valley and the Valley of the Gods; stem versus stalk versus shoot; using ones middle name as ones first name; indeed Words: gangster moritat up-tempo jackknife billow to ooze cement serial killer reservat

美语听力 English Café 458

Topics: Miranda v. Arizona; Famous Americans: Rube Goldberg; to heal versus to cure; to give up versus to give in; no way Words: to take into custody to interrogate to confess defense prosecution justice to overturn sewer comic strip escalator boxing

美语听力 English Café 459

Topics: The Scottsboro Boys Trial; The Grammy Awards; so versus too; to bash; to whip the crowd into a frenzy Words: segregated racism to witness to rape verdict jury to testify to be paroled to pardon album to release to nominate so too to bash to w

美语听力 English Café 460

Topics: American Musicals and Movies - Grease; Workers Compensation Laws; whirl versus swirl versus eddy; to be curious versus to wonder; beloved Words: senior year reputation rebel good girl to exaggerate workers compensation to sue federal to put a