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Topics: The song Amazing Grace; specialty cable/satellite channels; to slay, to kill, to murder, to slaughter; I love it versus Im loving it; dollar versus buck Words: amazing grace sin verse wretch channel cable satellite specialty cartoon package t

美语听力 English Cafe 178

Topics: Famous Americans: Sacagawea; NASCAR racing; to take its toll (on someone); you are/is; whatever versus whatsoever Words: to leave your mark on (something) expedition uncharted territory trapper to negotiate racetrack ratings to sanction serie

美语听力 English Cafe 171

Topics: America's Most Wanted; buying a first home; similar to but distinct from; on the side; a fair extent Words: wanted criminals to reenact tip resources grants down payment mortgage tax credits to shop around for real estate agent to make an off

美语听力 English Cafe 164

Topics: Naming Rights; Famous Americans: Cesar Chavez; Why Americans have middle names; future perfect tense; American versus U.S. as an adjective Words: naming rights donation connotations deal civil rights leaders migrant farm worker charismatic to

美语听力 English Cafe 167

Topics: Ask an American: underage drinking; to chalk (something) up to; fluke; quite; aint; domino effect and chain reaction Words: access consistency rebellious binge drinking DUI DWI assault date rape to model sexually transmitted disease unintende

美语听力 English Cafe 186

Topics: American Cities: San Diego; tabloid press and U.S. libel/slander laws; under (someones) thumb; precision versus accuracy; coming to you from Words: moderate climate urban renewal defense pharmaceutical press tabloids headlines shocking slande

美语听力 English Cafe 184

Topics: Native American casinos; YouTube; impact versus influence, created in/on/by; so far versus to date Words: to gamble casino autonomy reservation income heritage to upload excerpt to be copyrighted to sue offensive content to flag impact influe

美语听力 English Cafe 188

Topics: Regulating monopolies and antitrust laws; American songs: Happy Birthday; whilst versus while; to blow away (something); using do for emphasis Words: monopoly competitor antitrust law sanctioned to break up to appeal lyrics kindergarten to ca

美语听力 English Cafe 193

Topics: Classic comic strips with a political/social commentary bent; child protection laws; uncalled for; state versus status; as though Words: comic strip bent commentary wry editorial pages registry sex-offender parental consent abused neglected s

美语听力 English Cafe 199

Topics: The Rocky Horror Picture Show; civil disobedience; night versus evening; starring; force versus enforce versus reinforce Words: musical parody cult film costume squirt gun fraudulent demonstration march crack nonviolent repression civil disob

美语听力 English Cafe 206

Topics: NASA; Famous Americans: Jackie Robinson; conference versus meeting versus session; second to none; narrative versus story Words: outer space to spur on space race advocate to orbit height of (something) league segregated fan racial slur to un

美语听力 English Cafe 204

Topics: Fraternities and sororities; the foster care and adoption system; scholarship versus grant; commie Words: fraternity sorority rush to pledge initiation ceremony service organization hazing exclusionary to take (someone) in foster care to adop

美语听力 English Cafe 211

Topics: U.S. government reparations; TV home shopping networks/shows; neither do I versus so do I versus either I; to talk with versus to talk to; to put the cart before the horse (to put the horse before the cart) Words: reparations to make up for (

美语听力 English Cafe 289

Topics: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest; Joshua Tree National Park; to the extent that versus in light of versus in the face of; Im going versus Im going to; adverb placement - accidentally Words: cuckoo asylum to fake to serve (one's) sentence to an

美语听力 English Cafe 291

Topics: Ask an American: Artists as ambassadors; log versus timber versus lumber; to bump into Words: concept narrative partner to realize spiteful collaboration like-minded creative to sponsor vision to engage propaganda lasting log timber lumber to

美语听力 English Cafe 290

Topics: Charles Manson and the Tate murders; air marshals; to reach versus to arrive; to go off; to be out of (ones) league Words: troubled armed robbery following conspiracy death sentence cult air marshal undercover to disarm in pairs background in

美语听力 English Cafe 275

Topics: American Presidents: George Washington; SeaWorld; power versus force; The Hurt Locker and Inglorious Basterds; How bad can it get? Words: colonel to resign to boycott unanimously to set precedent hatchet dentures sea ride roller coaster attra

美语听力 English Cafe 276

Topics: Ask an American: Commuting; start versus begin versus start off versus start on; a place to live versus a place to live in; might-have-been Words: congestion central public transportation to switch over to gradually rush hour peak in excess a

美语听力 English Cafe 278

Topics: The English-Only Movement; Famous Songs: The Yellow Rose of Texas; kinda; to drink the Kool-Aid Words: movement to date back to to assimilate cohesive blow symbolic folk song mulatto to seduce soldier to break (ones) heart to march kinda to d

美语听力 English Cafe 272

Topics: Famous Songs: God Bless America and Kate Smith; The American Girl Dolls; provided that versus as long as; g as in gansta; to suck Words: patriotic to set (something) aside prayer to bless to stand beside foam rendition seventh-inning stretch