ESL杰夫的一天 第2期:起床讲解(1)

Our story begins by me describing how much I do not like getting up. 故事的开始是我在描述我有多么讨厌起床。 To get up means to get out of your bed, to stand up after you have been lying down on a bed. 起床的意思就是离开床

ESL杰夫的一天 第9期:起床讲解(8)

You could be an early riser; you could be a late riser. 你可以当一个早起的人，也可以当一个晚起的人。 The word riser comes from the verb to rise, rise, which, in this case, means to get up. 起床者这个单词来源于动词上升

ESL杰夫的一天 第4期:起床讲解(3)

So, we have a comforter and we have a light blanket. 所以，我们有一床被子和一条薄毯。 Usually, there is a top sheet, sheet, that you put over you in between your body and the blankets, 一般来说，有一个上层床单，sheet是你放

ESL杰夫的一天 第14期:清洁讲解(3)

The toilet, toilet, is what you use to go to the bathroomwhat you use to get rid of things from your body, we might say. 马桶（toilet），就是你去卫生间会用到的东西也就是你用来排泄的。 When you are done using the toilet, yo

ESL杰夫的一天 第15期:清洁讲解(4)

The mouthwash, mouthwash, (all one word) 漱口水（mouthwash），（是一个字） is a liquid like water, but it has something in it that helps clean your teethclean the inside of your mouth; that is mouthwash. 是像水一样的液体，但它含

2016年ESL之日常生活 05 Being in a Severe Storm

ESL Podcast 1186 Being in a Severe Storm Shana: Hey, did you hear that? Theres a severe storm coming. Lets hope for the best. Aecio: Yeah, I hope it doesnt leave a lot of damage. We havent recovered from the aftermath of the last big storm. Shana: No

2016年ESL之日常生活 01 Cancelling a Service

ESL Podcast 1171 Cancelling a Service Diana: Youve reached customer service for Bully Services. How may I help you today? Phillip: Id like to cancel my service. Diana: Why do you want to cancel? Phillip: Im switching to another company with cheaper s

ESL Podcast 942 – Daily Chores on a Farm

Cesar: Rise and shine! Its time to get to work. Karol: What?! Its four oclock in the morning. The sun isnt even up yet. Cesar: You live on a farm now. We have a lot of chores to do before sunup and we need to start doing them now. Karol: Ill milk the

ESL Podcast 941 – Types of Shopping Areas

Sarah: Come on! We only have two more hours before the stores close and I want to make it to the outlet stores. Aidan: I thought that when you asked if I wanted to spend the day together, you meant wed go somewhere for lunch, go to a movie, or just h

ESL Podcast 936 – Working With the IT Department

Whenever I have a technology problem at work, I try to solve it myself. Its not that I know a lot of about technology. In fact, the opposite is true. Im pretty much a computer illiterate, but I still try. Why do I bother? The answer is the IT departm

2011年ESL之日常生活 04 Trying to Remember

04 Trying to Remember GLOSSARY to hurry up to rush; to do something more quickly than usual * Hurry up! We need to run to the bus stop or well miss the bus! combination the series of numbers, usually three sets of two digits, needed toopen a door, li

2011年ESL之日常生活 10 Listening to a Political Speech

10 Listening to a Political Speech GLOSSARY to talk out of both sides of (ones) mouth to say different things to differentpeople; to present different opinions about a single thing when speaking withdifferent people * Libby often talks out of both si

ESL露西的一天 第103期:清洁与放松讲解(8)

That's what I do; I just look at the pictures. 我是这么干的，我只是看看图片。 After a few minutes, Lucy's phone rings and it's her best friend Marlene, 几分钟后，露西的电话响了，是她最好的朋友马琳， and she says,

ESL露西的一天 第109期:准备上床睡觉讲解(4)

Lucy takes her dirty clothes and puts them into a hamper. 露西把脏衣服放进脏衣篮里。 A hamper, hamper, is also sometimes called a clothes hamper, and it's a little box, you can think of it as, 脏衣篮有时候也叫洗衣篮，你可以把

2011年ESL之商务英语 11 Ending a Business Relationship

11 Ending a Business Relationship GLOSSARY to break the news to tell someone something he or she does not want to hear;to share bad news with someone * The hardest part of being a doctor is having to break the news to the familywhen the patient has p

2009年ESL之商务英语 04 Working in a Bad Economy

04Working in a Bad Economy GLOSSARY economy the financial system where things are made, bought, andsold in a particular country or region * How much of Floridas economy depends on tourism? to take its toll to have a negative or bad influence on someo

2015年ESL之商务英语 14 Breaching a Contract

Breaching a Contract Sandra: I dont know what to do. Our contractor installed the wrong equipment and now were having major problems. Ive tried contacting her, but shes dodging my calls. The trouble is Ive already paid her in full. Antonin: Well, tha

2011年ESL之商务英语 18 Working Without Supervision

18 Working Without Supervision GLOSSARY to oversee to monitor and supervise; to carefully watch how other people aredoing their work, making sure everything is running smoothly * The regional sales manager will be responsible for overseeing all of th

2011年ESL之日常生活 03 Having Problems Concentrating

03 Having Problems Concentrating GLOSSARY drivers test a written and driving exam that one must pass before one canreceive a drivers license * For the drivers test, youll need to know the maximum speed limit in residentialareas and on freeways. distr

2012年ESL之餐饮娱乐 10 Talking About Movies

Talking About Movies Martin: What did you think of that movie? Joanna: It was okay, but Im not really into big-budget movies with a lot of special effects and big-name stars. Martin: Oh, youre a film snob. I bet you only watch indie films made on a s