美语听力与发音技巧 第22期(a和the 的用法) Welcome to Daily Tips on learning English. Today’s tip is on using the articles “a” and “the” correctly. More specifically, today’

发表于:2018-11-30 / 阅读(109) / 评论(0) 分类 美语听力与发音技巧

Today's topic is capitalizing tricky nouns like Ground Zero, Internet, and Earth. The podcast edition of this article is sponsored by SleepPhones--pajamas for your ears. Get $5 off your order with the code grammar at http://www.sleepphones.com/gg . P

发表于:2018-12-01 / 阅读(171) / 评论(0) 分类 跟谢孟媛学语法

A man had two dogs: a Hound, trained to assist him in his sports, and a Housedog, taught to watch the house. When he returned home after a good days sport, he always gave the Housedog a large share of his spoil. The Hound, feeling much aggrieved at t

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(153) / 评论(0) 分类 Aesop’s Fables-伊索寓言

A middle-aged man, whose hair had begun to turn gray, courted two women at the same time. One of them was young, and the other well advanced in years. The elder woman, ashamed to be courted by a man younger than herself, made a point, whenever her ad

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(97) / 评论(0) 分类 Aesop’s Fables-伊索寓言

A Peacock spreading its gorgeous tail mocked a Crane that passed by, ridiculing the ashen hue of its plumage and saying, I am robed, like a king, in gold and purple and all the colors of the rainbow; while you have not a bit of color on your wings. T

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(117) / 评论(0) 分类 Aesop’s Fables-伊索寓言

Exercise 1-29: Making Set Phrases CD 1 Track 42 Pause the CD and add a noun to each word as indicated by th e picture. Check Answer Key,beginning on page 193. 图片1

发表于:2018-12-03 / 阅读(207) / 评论(0) 分类 标准美语发音的13个秘诀 CD1

The tandem cyclist, with a fiery companion. And No.4, another strange passenger. This time it's Patches the horse who enjoys trips to the drive through. Very nice, hold to there. And No.3, the dog is apparently friends with the chicks, a little bit

发表于:2018-12-11 / 阅读(61) / 评论(0) 分类 万花筒2008年

Title: The Goblins Christmas Writer: Elizabeth Anderson Genre: Poetry Preface to The Goblins Christmas poem Once upon a time I visited Fairy-land and spent a day in Goblin-town. The people there are much like ourselves, only they are very, very small

发表于:2018-12-18 / 阅读(55) / 评论(0) 分类 Children’s Stories-儿童故事集

【句子对照】 I'd like to do a dry run of our presentation. I need more practice using the microphone. 为了演出,我想排练一次。我应该多掌握一下如何使用麦克风。 【关键俚语】 dry run (noun phrase) 英:a practice session, a rehearsal 中:演习,排练

发表于:2018-12-24 / 阅读(131) / 评论(0) 分类 俚语口头禅

【句子对照】 Don't be a total birdbrain. The directions are completely clear. 别犯傻了,方向很清楚。 【关键俚语】 birdbrain (noun) 英:[offensive] a stupid, unintelligent person 中:愚蠢的人,轻佻的人

发表于:2018-12-24 / 阅读(136) / 评论(0) 分类 俚语口头禅

Lesson One.We are going to practice the pronunciation of plural nouns. [00:-1.00]Notice there are three different pronunciations for the plural ending s.Listen. [00:-2.00]one drees tow dresses one skirt two skirts [00:-3.00]one sweater two sweaters [

发表于:2018-12-25 / 阅读(61) / 评论(0) 分类 洪恩环境英语

The exit, exit, is where you leave the freeway. 出口(exit)是你离开高速公路的路口。 It can be a noun or it can be a verb. 它既可以作名词也可以作动词。 To exit means to leave, and normally, in a public building, a hotel

发表于:2018-12-28 / 阅读(76) / 评论(0) 分类 ESL杰夫的一天

Daniel: So we're talking about holidays. Is there any really, really good holidays that you remember? Hana: Well, one of my favourite holidays was when I went to Greece a couple of years ago with my family. Daniel: Wow, Greece, I've never been there.

发表于:2018-12-29 / 阅读(65) / 评论(0) 分类 英语趣味课堂

Although it is Spring now, the last few days have been very cold in parts of New Zealand. In some grape growing areas, the temperatures have dropped to minus 5 degrees at night. During the spring, new leaf buds develop on the vines and frost can kill

发表于:2018-12-31 / 阅读(97) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

Several listeners have written with questions on when to use the definite article the, the indefinite article a, or neither. For example, Tracy W. wrote, Which is correct: Thank you for taking time to review my application, or Thank you for taking th

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(79) / 评论(0) 分类 英语语法 Grammar Girl

Grammar Girl here. Todays topic is collective nouns, nouns that describe a group, such as family, orchestra, and board. Guest-writer Bonnie Trenga writes, There are around 200 collective nouns in the English language (1). Sometimes they take a singul

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(100) / 评论(0) 分类 英语语法 Grammar Girl

1. A military plane crashed shortly after take-off from Dover Airforce Base in Delaware early today. There were 17 people on board. All survived. The plane had apparently just taken off when the pilot

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(123) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2006

1. The finger-pointing continues after senators failed to pass an immigration bill Friday. Supporters of the measure received only 38 of the 60 votes needed to protect it from amendment s. The bill of

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(120) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2006

1. With American flags in hands, tens of thousands of demonstrators packed the streets in downtown Dallas. The massive crowd is urging federal lawmakers to pass immigration reform that will legalize a

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(139) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2006

Topics: Famous Americans: Weird Al Yankovic; Alcoholics Anonymous; figure out versus realize; kind of; noun + --ee and --er Words: weird parody to make light of relevant alcoholic addicted anonymous to break an addiction sober support group to abstai

发表于:2019-02-23 / 阅读(77) / 评论(0) 分类 美语听力 English Cafe