美语听力 English Café 455

Topics: American Presidents James Monroe; to oppress versus to suppress versus to repress; fruit and vegetables versus fruits and vegetables; file not sent/file not supported Words: delegate to appoint governor envoy Secretary of State prosperity for

美语听力 English Café 454

Topics: Movie The Shawshank Redemption; The Pentagon; to go ahead versus straight ahead; cheesy and quirky; a few quarters short of a buck Words: redemption to be convicted sentence parole inmate tax warden diploma swamp stable Cold War mission to go

美语听力 English Café 461

Topics: The Basics of Basketball; Flea Markets; grass versus herb; delectable versus palatable; be my guest Words: offense defense to substitute to block to foul to dribble flea collectable antique second hand bargain to negotiate grass herb delectab

美语听力 English Café 465

Topics: Famous Songs If I Had a Hammer; How to Become a Social Worker; to dismantle versus to disassemble; guilt versus blame; to cross the great divide Words: folk song tune labor rights reasonable civil rights movement to hammer out justice hospice

美语听力 English Café 464

Topics: The Roaring Twenties; The Empire State Building; Indians (Asians) versus Indians (indigenous peoples); to blow up versus to explode; staging ground Words: decade booming to be independent roaring invention flapper corset jazz to improvise to

美语听力 English Café 462

Topics: Movies - Singin in the Rain; Famous Authors Clare Booth Luce; to exchange versus to change versus to switch; to walk off; margin Words: subtitles talkie film studio rumor chorus girl technical problem to abandon private school to abuse corres

美语听力 English Café 445

Topics: Movies Titanic; The Ford Motor Company and the Model T; holiday versus feast versus celebration; impunity versus retaliation versus notoriety; to think of versus to think about Words: maiden voyage iceberg to sink fictional flashback architec

美语听力 English Café 438

Topics: Movies A Streetcar Named Desire; Bryce Canyon National Park; lockout versus walkout versus strike; Sweet Sixteen, Elite Six, and Final Four; to dote on Words: performance to adapt leave of absence to intimidate controversial censor national p

美语听力 English Café 442

Topics: American Presidents Woodrow Wilson; junction versus intersection versus interchange; proprietary versus patent; to bluff (ones) way into a secure area Words: income tax salary graduated antitrust market to merge to campaign league occupation

美语听力 English Café 488

Topics: American Musicals/Movies-The Producers; The Statue of Liberty; sponsored by versus powered by versus encouraged by; putting the crunch back; hoochie Words: producer flop to seduce scam flamboyant fishy liberty torch tablet to commemorate pede

美语听力 English Café 493

Topics: Americans Abroad-The Founding of Liberia; The Gateway Arch; to struggle versus to fight versus to carry on; to churn and burn; hipster doofus Words: to sponsor to colonize liberty to declare intention abolitionist gateway arch to expand memor

美语听力 English Café 435

Topics: American President James Madison; function versus reception versus banquet; worthy versus worth it; all of a sudden versus out of the blue Words: Constitution plantation delegate Federalist checks and balances amendment to capture opponent ne

美语听力 English Café 537

Topics: American Authors-Walt Whitman; The Supremes; abbreviated versus concise versus succinct; to withdraw versus to retreat; to stretch Words: printer to observe poetry taboo edition revision indecent immoral supreme signature sophisticated solo a

美语听力 English Café 533

Topics: American Presidents-John Tyler; The Hindenburg Disaster; result versus consequence versus outcome; ready versus willing; to keep (someone) in the loop Words: delegate to follow in (someone's) footsteps legislature to run for office to resign

美语听力 English Café 528

Topics: Movies-The Usual Suspects; Tribal Colleges and Universities; effectiveness versus efficacy; to consider and to differentiate; common responses to Thank you Words: usual suspect version limp to round up innocent notorious tribal to force reser

美语听力 English Café 529

Topics: Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys Book Series; Famous Americans-Martha Graham; enterprise versus entrepreneurship versus start-up Words: series fictional detective mystery pseudonym role model classical to choreograph technique exaggerated jerky

美语听力 English Café 531

Topics: American Movies-Laurel and Hardy Films; The New York Public Library; to proofread versus to copyedit; no longer versus anymore; wild card Words: comedy to star to direct sound effects to make a mess to sympathize public research institution m

美语听力 English Café 538

Topics: Famous AmericansDaniel Boone; Famous SongsSomewhere over the Rainbow; to distract versus to foil versus to thwart; to reach versus to achieve; pronouncing hare, hear, here, hire, her, hair, heir Words: to explore wilderness rural frontier to

美语听力 English Café 539

Topics: Famous AmericansSally Ride; American PresidentsMillard Fillmore; rational versus rationale; killing it in the cost per wear category; to requite Words: physics outer space astronaut to train space shuttle satellite to investigate role model c

美语听力 English Café 543

Topics: The Jason Bourne Films; American Presidents-Andrew Johnson; to shiver versus to tremble versus to quiver; at-risk student Words: identity amnesia troubled supremacy ultimatum rumor tailor to secede to veto citizen to impeach reputation to shi