【一起闲话英语】一天当中的大餐与错过的一餐-Big meals and skipped meals

Gareth / England speaker Probably, my biggest meal is dinner. I do skip meals, but that's because of my work schedule; it kind of prevents me from eating lunch until very late in the day. I like to have a big breakfast, so that I can prepare for that

【一起闲话英语】组织利用好时间—Organising your time

Transcript: Host: On Star Students today were speaking to Peter who is going to tell us about the Pomodoro Technique, a system to help manage your time. It was invented by an Italian man called Francesco Cirillo in the 1980s. He called it the Pomodor

【一起闲话英语】道恩的家庭-Dawn's Family

Passage Transcript i have a mom a dad and a brother. and all four of us live in a house. and my dad is really tall. he has brown hair and he's six foot six, and he has blue eyes. and that's where i get my blue eyes. and my mom is really short. she is

【一起闲话英语】你有坏习惯吗？-Do you have any bad habits?

Warren / Canada speaker Yeah, I think I'm not very good at keeping clean. My wife is always getting upset that I'm leaving things out on the counter in the kitchen, or leaving my clothes in the bedroom in the wrong place, and I definitely have to imp

【一起闲话英语】你仰慕谁？-Who do you admire?

Sarah / England speaker In a way, I admire Margaret Thatcher. She was the first female prime minister in England. She was a very powerful, powerful woman. She broke any normal social norms associated with politics and the female gender. So, I admire

【一起闲话英语】你有足够多的小玩意儿吗？-Do you have enough gadgets?

Warren / Canada speaker I don't think I have enough gadgets. I think ... I don't think anyone should have too many, but I'm definitely wanting to have a few more devices to help me. Right now, I only have a regular cellphone, but I really wanted to g

【一起闲话英语】你是否在考试中作过弊？-Have you ever cheated on a test?

Katia / Mexico Oh, no. No, I never tried. Yeah, I'd rather fail the test than try to cheat. I wouldn't feel comfortable. Mak / Croatia speaker Yes, I did. Actually, well, I tried to cheat on our tests many times, which is not really good of me, but i

【一起闲话英语】乡间旅行-Field Trip

Tim / United States speaker My school didn't have field trips that we would go to, but there were events that we would have. A big event was homecoming, which is the first major sports game of the year, so people would celebrate that a lot and go and

【一起闲话英语】来自电影院的噪音-Movie Annoyance

Paul / England speaker The typical thing that annoys people, or annoys me, in the theater is the rustling and crunching of different food types, and also the kicking, whether it's intended or not, the kicking of the back of your seat. And also, in so

【一起闲话英语】第一印象-First Impression

Isma / Indonesia speaker My first impression of best friend was positive. I mean, she was really nice to me, and she helped me a lot with my studies and also adapting in a university. So, she was really nice, and until now, we're still best friends.

【一起闲话英语】谈谈你最喜爱的季节-What is your favorite season?

Lindsay / United States speaker My favorite season is summer. I love summer. There is no school. It's warm. The sun sets late. You can sit on your balcony and drink a beer and barbecue. I just think it's fabulous. My least favorite then obviously is

【一起闲话英语】网上购物-Shopping Online

Lindsay / United States speaker Yes, I've bought many things online. This year, I bought all of my family's Christmas presents online. I bought my mother a calendar, and I bought my father a golf bag online. And I bought my sister a gift certificate

【一起闲话英语】对于考试的看法-Tasking Tests

Rese / Botswana speaker I think.. all people learn, because they give you the opportunity to evaluate how much you know and how far you've gone with whatever it is that you're learning, and they give you a chance to also see how close you are with yo

【一起闲话英语】夺旗橄榄球—Flag Football

Passage Transcript i am a captain, of an American flag football team in my scho- at my college. it's an intramural team. and it consists of fourteen to fifteen players. while seven people play, on the field at once. the object of the game_ well, it's

【一起闲话英语】对于吸烟的态度—Attitudes Towards Smoking

Passage Transcript sometime earlier this year i took a trip to, England and France. uh, my family helped me out. uh... because i wanted to go see some friends in France. and i also had three people that i went to school with at Oxford. now, it was a

【一起闲话英语】一次去意大利的旅行—A Trip to Italy

Passage Transcript this summer i went to, Italy for what turned to be a three week trip with a friend of mine from college. it was a really a good experience. i have never been out of the country before and, for years i wanted to go. i had always wan

【一起闲话英语】理想的工作-Dream Job

Tres, United States speaker My dream job, absolute best job in the world, would be working for Bill Gates, and being able to give my advice for a price. He asks me what I think about Longhorn, it sucks, redo it, I get a few million. What do I think a

【一起闲话英语】你有洁癖吗？-Are you a clean freak?

Tres, United States speaker Clean freak? Those guys don't exist anymore. I'm a neo-clean freak. I cannot leave my house without scrubbing my bathroom floors, without washing down the kitchen, washing my dishes, even you know, scrubbing under my sinks

【一起闲话英语】世界上最好的工作—The best job in the world

Transcript: Once again the organisation which promotes Australia, Tourism Australia, is advertising the best job in the world. But this year, they have six jobs going, all for six months, with a great salary and extra spending money. If you think one

【一起闲话英语】马赛人和狮子—The Masai and the lions

Transcript: For thousands of years the Maasai people in Kenya had no doubts about their relationship with the lions who shared the land with them. They were enemies. The lions wanted to kill the tribes livestock and the Maasai had to protect the anim