听一分钟英文：No-不

Sometimes I like the word no, and sometimes I hate it. It is a very powerful word, even though it has just two letters. I dont like the word no when I have been for a job interview and didnt get the job. I also hate this word when I ask someone on a

听一分钟英文：Translation-英文

Translation is a tricky business. There are so many things that are very difficult to translate from one language to another. Of course lots of words are easy. A book is a book in all languages. But is it? In English you can go by the book if you wan

听一分钟英文：Music-音乐

What would life be like without music? I wonder how music started. It is an important part of every culture on Earth. I wonder when we first became interested in music. I also wonder when we first become interested in music. Is it when we are a baby?

听一分钟英文：Birthdays-生日

Birthdays are brilliant. Im 62 years old and I still love them. I dont think Ive ever had a bad birthday. In fact, I think birthdays get better and better the older you become. Sure, kids love birthdays because they get presents and get to eat cake.

听一分钟英文：Dreams-梦想

I dream almost every night. I have a lot of dreams and I remember most of them. Im not sure what they mean. Some of them are quite strange. One day Ill have to buy a book on dreams and see if I can interpret them. When I was a little kid, I had reall

听一分钟英文：Gossip-八卦

I hate gossip. It really gets on my nerves. I really dont understand why people gossip about other people. My office is full of gossips. They have nothing better to do. Surely there are more important things to talk about. Gossip isnt true. Thats why

听一分钟英文：Furniture-家具

I have a passion for furniture. I love it. I particularly love antique furniture. I love going round old houses and looking at all the beautiful sofas and chests and cabinets from hundreds of years ago. Making furniture used to be a real art. They do

听一分钟英文：OK-好的

I like the expression OK. I dont know why. Its so useful. Everyone in the world understands what it means. It must be the only word that everyone knows. Is it a word or is at an abbreviation? We spell it okay but abbreviate it as OK. I wonder how man

听一分钟英文：Restaurants-饭店

I love restaurants. I never get tired of going to them. I go to restaurants a lot. Maybe three times a week. I have my favourite restaurants, which I go to regularly. The waiters know me and I usually get very good service. But I also like trying new

听一分钟英文：Studying-学习

Love it or hate it, studying is one of the most important things we do in life. We all start school around the age of four and then its study, study, study. Some of us are good at it and like it. Some people even become lifelong learners and study in

听一分钟英文：Radio-收音机

Its amazing how radio is still with us. Everyone thought that television would kill radio. It didnt. Then music videos and MTV came along. That didnt really affect radio either. It seems radio is becoming more and more popular these days. You can tun

听一分钟英文：Teeth-牙齿

Nowadays everyone wants perfect teeth. People want to have the same teeth as Hollywood or Bollywood movie stars. Every fashion, film or music magazine is full of photos of people with lovely teeth. My teeth arent straight. My two front teeth are croo

听一分钟英文：Coffee-咖啡

Scientists and doctors cant make their minds up about coffee. One study says its really bad for us and the next report says its good for us. Ive even read that 10 cups a day is good for our brain. I like a cup of coffee at certain times of the day. I

听一分钟英文：Clothes-衣服

I have too many clothes. I have many clothes Ive only worn once. Sometimes I even find something at the back of a drawer that I never even wore. I bought it, put it away, and then forgot about it. Im sure I dont need so many clothes. I dont think any

听一分钟英文：Medicine-药物

I dont understand how anyone can like medicine. Ive never liked it. I used to refuse to take it as a kid because the taste was so disgusting. Im not sure whether or not medicine is a good thing. Im sure that most of the time our body will recover nat

听一分钟英文：Hair-头发

I never know what to do with my hair. Sometimes I want it long, sometimes I want to cut it all off. My hair is a little unmanageable. It never does what I want it to. Its very thick. When its long and I have lots of split ends so I have to go to the

听一分钟英文：Weather-天气

The weather means different things to different people. I come from England, so the weather is always a big topic there. People in England can't deal with the weather. A tiny bit of snow, and no one goes to work. Two days of thirty-degree temperature

听一分钟英文：Men-男人

Are men really from another planet? A lot of women think so. There are a lot of books about how strange men are. This is rubbish. Men are men, the same as women are women. Of course men are not perfect, no one is. Men actually have done a lot of bad

听一分钟英文：People-人们

People are strange, when they are strangers. Thats from a famous song. I do agree with it, although I do think all people are strange. Its a good thing that people are strange. If we were all the same, life would be boring. Its the fact that we are a

听一分钟英文：Sport-运动

Are you good at sport? Im not, but I love watching and playing all kinds of sport. My favourite sport is football the kind with the round ball, not American football. I wasnt very good at football when I was a kid. This did not stop me playing. I pla