听播客学英语 248 足球狂热

In less than two weeks time, the football World Cup competition begins in Germany. Football fever is already sweeping the country. There are articles in the newspapers and programmes on television. Many people have placed English flags in the windows

听播客学英语 250 垃圾

Litter means things that people throw away in a public place, like a street. Things like cigarette ends, crisp packets, old newspapers or Coca-Cola cans. Litter makes a place look untidy and dirty. We ought to put our litter in a litter bin, or take

听播客学英语 251 真的很开心

I am sure you know what real means. If something is real, it exists you can touch it, or see it, for example it isnt imaginary, or something you have made up. So really means in reality or in truth. Kevin tells Joanne that he is going shopping. But R

听播客学英语 249 Eden Rock

I have another poem for you today. It is called Eden Rock and it is by Charles Causley, who lived in Cornwall in the far south-west of England. In the poem he imagines his parents as they were when they were young. His father is wearing a tweed suit,

听播客学英语 265 That will do

In English we have some words which have so many possible meanings that it sometimes seems that they can mean almost anything. One of these words is get. Another is do. In colloquial English, we often use the expression that something will do. For ex

听播客学英语 269 承办

In the last episode, Carol told us about painting coffins. A person who organises funerals is called an undertaker (or a funeral director but the normal word is undertaker). An undertaker will talk to the family of someone who has died about the sort

听播客学英语 268 克莱尔的卧室

Claire Williams is 20 years old. She is a student and lives at home with her parents in a town called Whitehaven. Her bedroom is a mess. Or at least it was a mess. Time and again, her parents asked her please to tidy it, but somehow she never managed

听播客学英语 267 不要不辞而别

I have another one of Margarets poems for you today. It is called Dont Leave Without Saying Goodbye. Dont Leave Without Saying Goodbye Dont slink away with not even a word. Remember I love you, remember what we have shared. If you left without a good

听播客学英语 266 雄鹿和母鸡

Kevins friend George is getting married to Sharon. A week before the wedding, George invites his friends to a stag party. They start in a pub, and then go on to a club where there is deafening music and they all drink too much. The next day, Kevin fe

听播客学英语 264 受伤

To hurt someone normally means to cause them pain, for example by hitting them. But it can also mean to offend someone, to hurt their feelings. In the last episode, Kevin complained about Joannes mother coming to lunch. Joanne was hurt Kevin had hurt

听播客学英语 263 神秘博士

One of the best bits of news in the past week has been that BBC TV is to show a new series of Dr Who. Let me explain. Dr Who was a classic science-fiction programme on childrens television in the 1970s. Dr Who and his companions traveled the universe

听播客学英语 262 世界上最昂贵的三明治

Selfridges is the name of a big store in central London. There are also Selfridges stores in Birmingham and Manchester. Selfridges is upmarket that means, many of the things that it sells are exclusive, high-quality or simply expensive. Do Selfridges

听播客学英语 261 夏洛特

Today I would like to introduce to you a poem by Allan Ahlberg. Allan is a well known writer of poems for children. He used to be a school teacher, and he understands the things that interest children, and also the way that children speak. The poem i

听播客学英语 260 如何在车里睡觉

Earlier this week, I talked about the sandwich which Selfridges are selling for the ridiculous price of ?85. Today I want to talk about a very different side of modern Britain. A few days ago I found a very interesting blog. It is written by a woman.

听播客学英语 259 休息

The expression to take time off means to have a break from work, or school, or whatever you are doing. We can say, for example, I have a day off, or I am taking a day off, or I need a day off. Sometimes we say what we are having a day off from for ex

听播客学英语 258 兽医

My friend Sarah is a vet. I have asked her to tell us about a typical days work. I am a veterinary surgeon and work for a charity called PDSA, which stands for the Peoples Dispensary for Sick Animals. We treat pets belonging to people who are on stat

听播客学英语 257 医生

English children have hundreds of Doctor, Doctor jokes. These jokes all have the same form. Someone goes to the doctor and explains what is wrong with them, and the doctor replies. Grown-ups think these jokes are dreadful children love them. Here are

听播客学英语 256 如何花100万英镑

Last week, my daughter came home from school. She told us that, as her homework, she had to spend a million pounds. We told her that she didnt have a million pounds. In fact in her money box she had precisely ?12.47, and a book token. Then she explai

听播客学英语 255 多佛海滩

I have something rather more difficult for you today. Matthew Arnold was an English poet who lived from 1822 to 1888. One of his most famous poems is Dover Beach. Dover is a town on the south coast of England. It is the place where you take a ferry t

听播客学英语 41 一切都好

There is a well-known line in Shakespeares play A Midsummer Nights Dream which goes, The course of true love never did run smooth. It means that when you fall in love, there are always complications, and accidents and difficulties. That is the theme