Getting to Know Gerunds and Infinitives Welcome to another episode of Everyday Grammar on VOA Learning English. English learners have difficulty with gerunds and infinitives. A gerund is the ing form of a verb that functions the same as a noun. For e

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(62) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年VOA慢速英语(一)月

[ti:UNIT 1 You can write poetry Lesson 6 Say It in Five] [0:00.784]UNIT 1 第一单元 [0:02.144]You can write poetry 你可以写诗 [0:06.040]Lesson 6: 第6课: [0:07.893]Say It in Five 五行诗 [0:10.871]THINK ABOUT IT! 想一想! [0:12.481]

发表于:2018-12-10 / 阅读(144) / 评论(0) 分类 河北教育初中英语(初中起点)九年级下

pie?in?the?sky画饼充饥 英文释义 A?bright?and?attractive?but?improbable?orunrealistic?reward. (NOTE:?hyphenated?when?usedas?a?modifier?before?a?noun) 例句 EXAMPLE:?The?new?company?president?told?the?unhappy?employees?that?everything?would?be

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Commonly Confused Words: Part Two From VOA Learning English, this is Everyday Grammar. This week, we continue explaining commonly confused words in the English language. Ashley: That reminds meAdam, do you still have my grammar book that I let you bo

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(69) / 评论(0) 分类 2016年VOA慢速英语(五)月

The 1995 film Dead Man has a strange opening scene. Actor Johnny Depp is sitting on a train. A man sits down across from Depps character, and speaks to him: Look out the window. And doesn't this remind you of when you were in the boat, and then later

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1. To join two independent clauses, use a comma followed by a conjunction, a semicolon alone, or a semicolon followed by a sentence modifier. 2. Use commas to bracket nonrestrictive phrases, which are not essential to the sentence\'s meaning. 3. Do n

发表于:2018-12-18 / 阅读(62) / 评论(0) 分类 雅思英语

1. To join two independent clauses, use a comma followed by a conjunction, a semicolon alone, or a semicolon followed by a sentence modifier. 2. Use commas to bracket nonrestrictive phrases, which are not essential to the sentence/'s meaning. 3. Do n

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【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

发表于:2018-12-27 / 阅读(87) / 评论(0) 分类 美国常用英语俚语

From VOA Learning English, this is Everyday Grammar. The 1954 American film On the Waterfront helped make actor Marlon Brando a star. Brando played the main character, a dockworker named Terry Malloy. In the film, Malloy meets face-to-face with a gan

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(126) / 评论(0) 分类 2017年VOA慢速英语(六)月

In the 1998 film Saving Private Ryan, actor Tom Hanks plays the part of Captain Miller. The fictional Captain Miller was an English teacher before becoming a soldier and fighting in World War II. In one scene, Captain Miller describes how he has chan

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(317) / 评论(0) 分类 2017年VOA慢速英语(九)月

English speakers express likes and dislikes in so many ways. By now, youve learned how to use words such as like, enjoy, love, or even hate. For example: She really likes the new professor. We enjoy restaurants by the water. I love traveling to dista

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[00:11.28]lesson 5 [00:44.25]Do you mind if I smoke? [00:48.93]Would you mind if I smoked in the office next door? [00:54.67]I wonder if I could use your phone. [01:03.53]May Can Could I ... [01:25.29]I'm sorry,but it's not allowed. [01:29.84]I'm afr

发表于:2019-01-06 / 阅读(151) / 评论(0) 分类 高中英语人教版高二

1. Entertainment mogul Merv Griffin has died. The man behind Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune passed away Sunday from prostate cancer . He was 82 years old. 2. A bizarre shooting on a Dallas freeway leaves a police officer seriously wounded. The officer

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(130) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2007

1. Efforts to reach six Utah coal miners trapped more than 1500 feet underground will take at least three days. That's according to one of the mine's owners who says rescuers aren't sure the men survived the cave-in. There has been no word from them

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1. President Bush and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown agree fighting terrorism is a top priority. The two leaders met at Camp David for the first time since Brown took office, replacing Bush's longtime ally Tony Blair. In addition to policy talks

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Demonstrating How to Use Demonstratives From VOA Learning English, this is Everyday Grammar. Have you ever wondered about the differences between the words this, that, these and those? These words are called demonstratives. Demonstratives tell who or

发表于:2019-01-12 / 阅读(68) / 评论(0) 分类 2016年VOA慢速英语(六)月

[0:0]notion noun novel概念,观念,想法 名词 小说 [0:50.7006]nowhere nuclear nucleus nuisance任何地方都不 核子,核能的 核心 讨厌的人,讨厌的东西 [1:37.1282]numerous nursery nylon众多的,许多的 托儿所,保育室 尼龙 [2:10.9287]objection objective obligation o

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An Abstract Noun Teacher: What's an abstract noun, Jane? Jane: I don't know, madam. Teacher: What, you don't know! Well. It's the name of a thing which you can think of but cannot touch. Now, give me an example. Jane: A red-hot poker, madam. 抽象名词

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In this blog post weve already considered how to get business meetings started, but what about when we need them to end? Meetings cant go on forever so its important to have a way to bring them to a conclusion. Here are some phrases to help you finis

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Hi, everyone. Hows your day going? This morning, the Metro was loud, hot and crowdedagain. And the train driver kept stopping and starting so I lost my footing and bumped into someone. Ugh. I need a different way to get to work! But what? Oh, I know:

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