2015年ESL之日常生活 08 Speaking About the Future

Speaking About the Future Robert: These designs are really futuristic- looking. Mara: Im trying to be forward-thinking and imagine what the world will be like in 50 to 100 years. Robert: You think that the world will be filled with space-age gadgets

2014年ESL之旅行交通购物 06 Using GPS When Driving

Using GPS When Driving Justin: Okay, were ready. Lets get on the road. Fay: Wait! We dont know where were going. Were strangers in a strange land. Wheres our guide? Justin: We dont need a guide. See this? Its GPS and itll help us navigate to where we

2014年ESL之日常生活 02 Converting to Another Religion

Converting to Another Religion Debbie: Okay, Im off. Ill be back around eight oclock. Marcelo: Hey, where are you going in such a hurry? Debbie: Im going to my religious education class. Marcelo: Religious education class? Whats that about? Debbie: W

2014年ESL之日常生活 01 Recovering After a Setback

Recovering After a Setback Carl: Come on, lets go. I have $500 burning a hole in my pocket. Shelly: Where are we going? Carl: Were going to the track. I have a tip on a sure thing for one of this afternoons races. This is exactly what I need after la

2013年ESL之日常生活 08 Cheering Someone Up

Cheering Someone Up Eleanor: Isnt it a beautiful day? The sun is shinning; the birds are singing. Its good to be alive! Porter: Okay, Pollyanna, go spread good cheer somewhere else. Eleanor: Whats wrong with you? You must have woken up on the wrong s

2013年ESL之日常生活 11 Talking to a Bank Teller

Talking to a Bank Teller Bank Teller: Can I help you? Antonio: Yes, Id like to deposit this check. Bank Teller: Please fill out a deposit slip and be sure to endorse the check on the back. Antonio: Here you are. Ive already filled out a slip and sign

2013年ESL之日常生活 13 Checking on the Status of an Application

Checking on the Status of an Application Leo: Heres the mail. Denise: Did I get anything? Leo: No, sorry. Are you expecting something? Denise: Yeah, Im waiting for a decision letter about my application to the McQ program. I should hear any day now.

2013年ESL之就医和人际交往 10 Getting a Marriage License

Getting a Marriage License Yves: Help me fill out this application for our marriage license. Vanessa: Cant you do it? Im really busy with work right now. Do as much as you can and just ask me if you dont know something. Yves: Okay, Ill try, but Im re

2013年ESL之就医和人际交往 05 Using Caffeine as a Stimulant

Using Caffeine as a Stimulant Joan: Hi, how are you? What are you doing? What is this? Roberto: Whoa! Youre very high- strung this morning. Joan: Am I? I am a little wired. Ive been up all night trying to finish an assignment for one of my classes. R

ESL露西的一天 第100期:清洁与放松讲解(5)

Well, in the story Lucy says that she needs to mop her bathroom and to scrub her tub. 故事中，露西说她需要用拖把拖下浴室，并擦洗浴缸。 Scrub, scrub is a verb, which means to clean something by using a lot of energy - by using

ESL露西的一天 第99期:清洁与放松讲解(4)

So, to put something away means to put it where it belongs. 所以，把东西收起来的意思就是把它放回它所属的地方。 Often, this means putting it in a closet or somewhere where you store it or keep it so that people can't see it. 通

ESL露西的一天 第97期:清洁与放松讲解(2)

A rag, rag, or a rag, depends on what part of the country you are from, 抹布，抹布，还是抹布（发音不同），与你来自哪个国家哪个地区有关， in my part of the country, we say rag, I take out a rag and start dusting the liv

ESL露西的一天 第98期:清洁与放松讲解(3)

The rug that Lucy has looks filthy. 露西的地毯看上去肮脏不堪。 Filthy, filthy, is another word for dirty. 肮脏的是脏的另一种表示。 So, the rug on the floor looks dirty, so she gets out the vacuum and vacuums it. 地板上的地

ESL露西的一天 第91期:晚餐与甜点讲解(6)

Sometimes people just say foil instead of aluminum foil; they mean the same thing. 有时人们只说箔纸，不说铝箔纸；它们的意思是一样的。 It's like a sheet of paper but it is made of metal, and you can use it to wrap things in -

ESL露西的一天 第89期:晚餐与甜点讲解(4)

Lucy preheats her oven and then takes out a package of ready-made cookies. 露西预热她的烤箱，然后拿出一包现成的饼干 。 To preheat, preheat, means to heat, in this case, the oven to get it ready to cook something. 预热，预热，

ESL露西的一天 第88期:晚餐与甜点讲解(3)

Well, Lucy is not bad at dating, I don't think; she is bad at geography. 露西约会还不错，我不这么认为；她的地理差。 Geography, geography, is the study of where things are - the location of things. 地理，地理，就是研究事物

ESL露西的一天 第62期:乘坐公共交通工具去上班(2)

I like my job but it takes over an hour to get there from my part of town. 我喜欢我的工作，但从我这边到那里要花一个多小时。 First, I walk three blocks to the subway station and swipe my monthly pass to get through the turnstil

ESL露西的一天 第64期:工作与午餐讲解(1)

Episode six is called At My Desk and at Lunch. 第六课叫做工作与午餐。 When we say we are at our desk, we mean we are sitting next to or by our desk. 当我们说在办公桌前时，我们的意思是我们坐在桌子旁边或桌子前。

ESL露西的一天 第69期:工作与午餐讲解(6)

Lucy says that she has a conference call at the end of the day, 露西说她在这天结束时有一个电话会议。 meaning during the last part of the day, with the head office. 意思是说，在这天的最后一段时间，与总部。 The hea

ESL露西的一天 第70期:工作与午餐讲解(7)

In Lucy's story, she says that she didn't pack a lunch, 在露西的故事中，她说她没有打包午餐。 so she asks her supervisor if she wanted to go with her to lunch. 所以她问她上司是否愿意和她一起去吃午饭。 To pack, pac