美语听力 English Cafe 275

Topics: American Presidents: George Washington; SeaWorld; power versus force; The Hurt Locker and Inglorious Basterds; How bad can it get? Words: colonel to resign to boycott unanimously to set precedent hatchet dentures sea ride roller coaster attra

美语听力 English Cafe 273

Topics: It's a Wonderful Life; Cape Cod; backward versus backwards; to agree with versus to agree to versus to agree on; howdy Words: unselfishness fraud to take (one's) anger out on (someone) to commit suicide guardian angel inspirational cape year-

美语听力 English Cafe 290

Topics: Charles Manson and the Tate murders; air marshals; to reach versus to arrive; to go off; to be out of (ones) league Words: troubled armed robbery following conspiracy death sentence cult air marshal undercover to disarm in pairs background in

美语听力 English Cafe 291

Topics: Ask an American: Artists as ambassadors; log versus timber versus lumber; to bump into Words: concept narrative partner to realize spiteful collaboration like-minded creative to sponsor vision to engage propaganda lasting log timber lumber to

美语听力 English Cafe 292

Topics: Buffalo Soldiers; Famous Songs: Oh My Darling, Clementine; to be concerned about/in/with; to erase versus to delete; how do you say... for written English Words: buffalo regiment park ranger prejudice to disband darling miner to drown to exca

美语听力 English Cafe 279

Topics: Famous Authors: Harriet Beecher Stowe; Death Valley National Park; idiom versus slang; a chunk of rural wilderness; the rest of (something) Words: abolitionist slavery livelihood fugitive to prompt cabin stereotype to set aside valley arid ha

美语听力 English Cafe 242

Topics: Preventing Violence in Schools Post Columbine; American Territories: U.S. Virgin Islands; although versus even though; lite; rate versus rank Words: campus massacre outcast bullied minor to claim clique to retaliate Caribbean inhabitant exoti

美语听力 English Cafe 289

Topics: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest; Joshua Tree National Park; to the extent that versus in light of versus in the face of; Im going versus Im going to; adverb placement - accidentally Words: cuckoo asylum to fake to serve (one's) sentence to an

美语听力 English Cafe 264

Topics: On the Waterfront; Famous Songs: Swing Low, Sweet Chariot; bet versus wager versus gamble; U.S. versus U.S.A.; cant help (doing something) Words: waterfront mob union deed whistleblower to give away the ending uplifting slave to do (something

美语听力 English Cafe 212

Topics: Ask an American: Bartering; waiting versus awaiting; use of the infinitive; answering yes to a negative question Words: marketing produce to establish brand in turn down agriculture to barter quaint charming initiative to wait to await

美语听力 English Cafe 211

Topics: U.S. government reparations; TV home shopping networks/shows; neither do I versus so do I versus either I; to talk with versus to talk to; to put the cart before the horse (to put the horse before the cart) Words: reparations to make up for (

美语听力 English Cafe 210

Topics: American Cities (Territories): Puerto Rico; People Who Work for Celebrities; cooperation versus collaboration; instance versus instantaneous versus instant; pronouncing wont and want Words: appointed resident mainland diaspora celebrity in th

美语听力 English Cafe 209

Topics: The Golden Age of Hollywood and the studio system; the busing controversy of the 1970s; as well versus also versus too; to take into account; why as an interjection Words: cinema silent movie of all time classic studio to have (someone) on sa

美语听力 English Cafe 208

Topics: Beauty pageants and controversies; the National Weather Service; like versus same as; how do you do?; whats up; have a good one Words: beauty pageant to be judged contestant articulate talent poise crown sash demeaning forecast warning to dis

美语听力 English Cafe 207

Topics: Ask an American: Nursing; responsible versus accountable; -wise; to double back Words: handmaiden keystone interaction consistently to give care to pull (someone) through to come up to (someone) to proceed to measure to specialize out in acut

美语听力 English Cafe 205

Topics: Alcatraz; The Simpsons; using negation with an infinitive; heaven versus heavens; kind of versus sort of versus type of Words: to escape guard jailbreak cover-up cell haunted animated dysfunctional family trouble-maker pacifier merchandise le

美语听力 English Cafe 204

Topics: Fraternities and sororities; the foster care and adoption system; scholarship versus grant; commie Words: fraternity sorority rush to pledge initiation ceremony service organization hazing exclusionary to take (someone) in foster care to adop

美语听力 English Cafe 203

Topics: The Red Cross; Casablanca; to estimate versus to evaluate versus to appreciate; to let (someone/something) be; aim versus goal Words: cross crescent humanitarian victim natural disaster blood drive first aid shelter to be set in to be wanted

美语听力 English Cafe 206

Topics: NASA; Famous Americans: Jackie Robinson; conference versus meeting versus session; second to none; narrative versus story Words: outer space to spur on space race advocate to orbit height of (something) league segregated fan racial slur to un

美语听力 English Cafe 202

Topics: Ask an American: civility; sour versus tart; (something) is king; thorough versus comprehensive Words: to get out in front tone of voice on the go slower-paced courtesy detrimental put off by captive audience to take up to give way to analogu