词汇大师(Wordmaster)--If You Could Care Less

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster: Common Errors in English, from a professor who wrote the book. RS: Paul Brians began with a Web site. It got so popular, it led to a book called Common Errors in English Usage. No

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--A Guide to Writing

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster: some new elements in The Elements of Style. RS: The Elements of Style is a little book that for decades has served countless writers and editors. The two authors have long since p

词汇大师--'Talk to the Hand

I'm Nancy Beardsley, filling in for Avi Arditti and Rosanne Skirble. This week on Wordmaster we'll talk about bad manners-and how they're reflected in what people are saying and not saying to one another these days. Our guest is British writer Lynne

词汇大师-- Concise and Precise

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster: some advice about writing. RS: For the past 18 years, Jim Allan has run a secretarial center in Los Angeles. He offers typing -- and a lot more. He draws on his background as a co

词汇大师-- 'National Punctuation Day'

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster: the founder of National Punctuation Day. RS: Sunday was the day for a celebration of the lowly comma, correctly used quotes and other proper uses of periods, semicolons and the ev

词汇大师-- 'Islamofascism'

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster: extremism by any other name. RS: The term Islamofascism, or Islamic fascists, has prompted some debate. We were curious how the term fascism originated and how political scientist

词汇大师-- Understanding the Reasons for Grammar

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster: going beyond the rules of grammar. RS: Diane Larsen-Freeman is director of the English Language Institute at the University of Michigan. She believes grammar is better understood

词汇大师-- Learning English by Listening

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble. This week on Wordmaster: English teacher Lida Baker joins us from Los Angeles to talk about authentic listening materials. RS: It's the subject of her latest textbook, called Real Talk 1. LIDA BAKER: One of t

词汇大师-- How a Child's Ability

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster: age and the economics of learning English. RS: Our guest is Hoyt Bleakley, an economist at the University of Chicago. He and Aimee Chin at the University of Houston have studied t

词汇大师-- Teachers of English in Russia

I'm Avi Arditti and this week on Wordmaster: teaching English in Russia. (MUSIC) A lunchtime concert at Saint-Petersburg State University. Last month I had the opportunity to speak at two conferences -- one was a meeting of SPELTA, the St. Petersburg

词汇大师-- Pluto Is Reborn as a Verb

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster: our guest is Wayne Glowka, an English professor at Georgia College and State University. RS: He also chairs the New Words Committee of the American Dialect Society, which publishe

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--Grammar Lady: Listener Mail

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster -- we answer some listener mail, starting with this question sent by e-mail from Siva Kumar in Madras, in Tamil Nadu, India. RS: Dear Avi and Rosanne, I would like to know the oppo

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--Pronunciation in American English

Broadcast on Coast to Coast: April 10, 2003 AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble and this week on WORDMASTER -- a way to find out what people are talking about. First, though, a story. (SOUNDS OF RUSHING WATER) RS: Imagine a waterway. Fish rush b

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--Excuses

Broadcast on Coast to Coast: December 12, 2002 AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster: Just in time for those unattainable New Year's resolutions, the art -- and danger -- of making excuses. SCHLENKER: What excuses do i

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--TOEFL

Broadcast on Coast to Coast: July 25, 2002 Re-broadcast on VOA News Now: July 28, 2002 AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster -- TOEFL tips! RS: Each year close to one million people around the world take the TOEFL -- t

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--Grammar Lady: Only One You

Broadcast on Coast to Coast: August 29, 2002 Re-broadcast on VOA News Now: September 1, 2002 MUSIC: Only You/The Platters AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble. This week on Wordmaster -- what to do when there's only one you. RS: We're talking abo

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--Slangman'The Three Little Pigs'

Broadcast on Coast to Coast: April 18 Re-broadcast on VOA News Now: April 21 AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster -- we look at the teaching of English to non-native speakers at younger and younger ages. RS: Members o

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--English Teachers Convention, Part 2

AA: I'm Avi Arditti, and this week on WORDMASTER -- what's it like to be an English teacher in America today? I put that question to an expert at the recent convention of the National Council of Teachers of English, in Baltimore, Maryland. Meet Carol

通用商务：交际礼节英语词汇(5)

我们高兴地看到… We note with pleasure that … 这个日期贵方觉得合适吗？ I wonder if this date wuld be suitable for you? 不知你们上午谈的怎样？ I wonder how the meeting

通用商务：交际礼节英语词汇(4)

双方商定的议程 Schedule mutually agreed upon 开幕会议 Opening session 全体会议 Plenary session 开场白 Introduction 情况介绍 Presentation 小组讨论 Panel discussion 同有关单位