美语听力 English Cafe 23

Topics: St. Patrick's Day, British versus American English, A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, Going to vs. will, Pod Words: patron AD missionary convert Harvest Festival public school coach = bus Tube, The Underground = subway lorry = truc

美语听力 English Cafe 24

Topics: Smoking Bans, British and American English II, they and he, wage vs. salary, blue vs. white collar, now vs. right now Words: secondhand smoke boots golashes Wellies trunk bonnet hood pants underwear trousers manual

美语听力 English Cafe 26

Topics: Political parties in the US, How to begin an email, Even vs. odd, Unless, Six feet under Words: Democratic Democrat Republican liberal conservative left-wing right- wing 3rd party Green Party Ralph Nadar consumer advocate legislature title Mr

美语听力 English Cafe 32

Topics: Rich Dad Poor Dad, how the US government works, sneak previews, this/that/these/those, so to speak, by all means, to begin with, under a spell, down to earth Words: self-help scheme executive legislative judicial congress branch supreme bill

美语听力 English Cafe 35

Topics: The Da Vinci Code, how Americans pay for retirement, I could use one, to hang out, care for vs. care about, tag vs. label, allow vs. permit vs. let, to take the Fifth Words: hoax semi-retire IRA/401K to draw a pension fixed income to hang out

美语听力 English Cafe 34

Topics: News anchors, public school curriculum, Mark Twain, dictionary vs. thesaurus, shortened words (rehab, lab, mag, celeb), apparent suicide, feature presentation Words: to flip through the channels remote control newscast spokesperson chairperso

美语听力 English Cafe 37

Topics: Mothers Day and Fathers Day, Seattle, TV show 24, should be going vs. should go, spur of the moment, slam dunk, relatively vs. extremely vs. tremendously, angry vs. mad vs. upset, off-the- shelf Words: gloom greeting card pacifist suburbs mot

美语听力 English Cafe 38

Topics: Newsmagazines, AMBER Alert, reading a map, Get out of here!, followed by, Excuse me vs. Im sorry, to have something on someone, to teeter on the brink Words in-depth worldwide to kidnap ransom foldout (map) legend (map) town city stream pond

美语听力 English Cafe 41

Topics: How to tip in the U.S., famous American museums, pronouncing a, comfortable vs. convenient, I used to vs. I use to, of course Words: direct flight to tip host/hostess waiter/waitress bellboy coat check maid concierge usher permanent collectio

美语听力 English Cafe 82

Topics: US advertising in other countries; Habitat for Humanity; bad-tempered vs. short-tempered; no pun intended; to be raining cats and dogs Words: advertising campaign ill-mannered overseas markets hip nerdy direct comparison to brag to backfire h

美语听力 English Cafe 80

Topics: Google Book Search, Clint Eastwood, village vs. neighborhood, to retrieve vs. to recover, cooking vs. cuisine Words: search engine ambitious to scan beta public domain copyright to infringe to err on the side of caution snippets bankable to c

美语听力 English Cafe 79

Topics: Ask an American - Working quote vs. offer, Somethings Gotta Give Words: role global market FDA clinical research to negotiate obstacles patients jargon multiple geography quote offer gotta to give

美语听力 English Cafe 77

Topics: American houses, what Americans think they need, using the before a countrys name, either vs. neither Words: natural disaster tornado brick cement foundation frame basement to crawl to come out to be unable to live without microwave oven just

美语听力 English Cafe 73

Topics: Philadelphia, jury duty, canary in a coal mine, rule of thumb Words: jury pool hardship to be excused impartial to get out of verdict trial cheesesteak diverse liberty canary coal mine rule of thumb

美语听力 English Cafe 86

Topics: Famous Americans: Frank Gehry, Memorial Day, odd one out, as good as it gets. film versus movie Words: architect iconic blueprints model (of a building) to observe (a holiday) to commemorate military service cemetery grave picnic race track l

美语听力 English Cafe 88

Topics: Yellowstone National Park, summer jobs for teenagers, Ill be in later versus Ill be in late, loudly versus aloud versus loud, pronouncing lounge, lunch, and launch Words: geyser faithful hot springs volcano lava pocket money to flip burgers t

美语听力 English Cafe 102

Topics: the Pledge of Allegiance, tomato as fruit versus vegetable, to be raised versus to grow up, buy versus purchase, to take the bull by the horns, can versus may versus could when asking for permission Words: pledge allegiance unison to stand fo

美语听力 English Cafe 95

Topics: Ask an American: Getting into an MBA program to spell out something, about to break, breakdown, conscience versus conscious Words: any number of marketing accounting undergrad/undergraduate to be admitted GMAT TOEFL to be right out of to set

美语听力 English Cafe 100

Topics: Traveling in the U.S., gimmick versus trick, to call em like you see em, spite versus respite, in demand versus on demand Words: the open road spats KOA hitch GPS pop-up AAA bicentennial gimmick trick to call em like you see em in demand on d

美语听力 English Cafe 69

Topics: Studying abroad in college, Americans and gun control, come and eat vs. come to eat, in spite of vs. despite Words: abroad junior year to count humanitarian to have a long way to go firearms amendment to bear (arms) to conceal to carry fronti