There are two ways of expressing ability in English. One, can or could. Two, be able to. In negative sentences, theres no difference in meaning. So, I couldnt lift the piano and I wasnt able to lift the piano mean the same thing. However, in affirmat

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(77) / 评论(0) 分类 手把手教你学口语

Welcome to Daily Tips on Learning English. Todays tip is on using or omitting the English article a correctly.今天的主题是a这个冠词的使用 Theres no single rule that explains how to choose whether you should use a, use the or not use any

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(63) / 评论(0) 分类 手把手教你学口语

Welcome to Daily Tips on Learning English. Todays tip is on sound linking. Remember that although written English has spaces between every word, spoken English doesnt have pauses after every word. As a matter of fact, long strings of words are all li

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(84) / 评论(0) 分类 手把手教你学口语

Welcome to Daily Tips on Learning English. Todays tip is on how to distinguish the numbers 13, 30, 14, 40 ,15, 50,and so on. Theres often a lot of confusion when people use these words. People often have to ask, Did you say 16 or 60? If you look at t

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(65) / 评论(0) 分类 手把手教你学口语

Welcome to Daily Tips on Learning English. Todays tip is on how syllable stress can affect the meaning of words. Remenber that stressed syllables are said louder and are lengthened, and unstressed syllables are pronounced more softly, and often have

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(107) / 评论(0) 分类 手把手教你学口语

Welcome to Daily Tips on Learning English. Todays tip is on the difference in meaning between remember doing something and remember to do something. Lets take an example. Whats the difference between I remember locking the door and I remember to lock

发表于:2018-12-25 / 阅读(92) / 评论(0) 分类 手把手教你学口语

Welcome to Daily Tips on Learning English. Todays tip is on the difference in meaning between forget doing something and forget to do something. Lets take an example. Whats the difference between I will never forget to lock the door and I will never

发表于:2018-12-25 / 阅读(102) / 评论(0) 分类 手把手教你学口语

Lets take an example. Whats the difference between I regret to tell you that your father died and I regret telling you that your father died? Well, I regret to tell, I regret to say are used to inform someone of bad news in a polite way. Before you t

发表于:2018-12-25 / 阅读(72) / 评论(0) 分类 手把手教你学口语

try plus an infinitive, that is, to plus a verb, such as try to learn try to open try to read means to make an effort to do it. try plus a gerund, that is, verb-ing, such as try opening, try turning on, try giving means to experiment with a new or di

发表于:2018-12-25 / 阅读(75) / 评论(0) 分类 手把手教你学口语

Every student of English has my sympathy in his struggles with the English articles. They are one of the most difficult parts of learning English. First of all, I urge you to do this. Listen to native speakers. When you listen, listen carefully, sinc

发表于:2018-12-25 / 阅读(84) / 评论(0) 分类 手把手教你学口语

If you listen to previous daily tips, you will recall that content words, such as nouns, main verbs, adjectives and adverbs are normally stressed, and function words, such as personal pronouns, possessive adjectives and prepositions are normally not

发表于:2018-12-25 / 阅读(78) / 评论(0) 分类 手把手教你学口语

In a previous tip, I mentioned how in long sentences, it is necessary to pause between thought groups. However, relatively short sentences may also require pauses to help the listeners organize the stream of sounds correctly. Lets look at some exampl

发表于:2018-12-25 / 阅读(87) / 评论(0) 分类 手把手教你学口语

Remember that intonation is the rising and falling of the pitch of your voice. So shes here. is a statement, but shes here? is a question. But it isnt true that all questions have a rising intonation. Today, lets just look at the intonation of three

发表于:2018-12-25 / 阅读(88) / 评论(0) 分类 手把手教你学口语

Tag questions are used in two very different ways, and the difference depends on whether you use a rising or falling pitch at the end of the tag question. One way tag questions are used is to get your listener to agree with you about something you th

发表于:2018-12-25 / 阅读(78) / 评论(0) 分类 手把手教你学口语

Unit Twenty one [00:05.54]Story 1 [00:08.25]1.Listen to the 16 sentences. [00:14.18]Fill in the blanks in the sentences. [00:18.13]Then unmber the sentences in correct order to make a story. [00:23.88]Tom was at a pub one night. [00:29.02]He had too

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(126) / 评论(0) 分类 教你怎么听

今后,大家对贝克汉姆的称呼就不光是球星或者型男了,他多了一项头衔夜店老板。 David Beckham is a soccer star by trade, but apparently he also wants to add restaurant owner to his resume. He allegedly hopes to open a

发表于:2019-01-07 / 阅读(86) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

It is the latest way for the Queen to engage with her public. Hundreds of royal photographs have been placed online by Buckingham Palace. Some images are historic. Others were taken just weeks ago. The aim --- to illustrate the work of the modern mon

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游戏时耍赖: That doesn't count. 那不算! We weren't playing for real. 我们不是玩真的。 欠钱时耍赖: Money has been really tight lately... 最近手头有点紧 I've had so many other expenses... 我有太多其他的费用要付

发表于:2019-02-04 / 阅读(53) / 评论(0) 分类 英语口语

九句英语,教你耍赖 1、游戏时耍赖: That doesn't count. 那不算! We weren't playing for real. 我们不是玩真的。 2、欠钱时耍赖: Money has been really tight lately... 最近手头有点紧 I've had so many other expens

发表于:2019-02-11 / 阅读(73) / 评论(0) 分类 实用英语

Let Me Show You How 让我教你 A young man hired by a supermarket reported for his first day of work. 一家超市雇用了一个年轻人,他第一天上班报到。 The manager greeted him with a warm handshake and a smile, gave him a broom,and

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