By Mignon Fogarty Today were going to learn about the old writing adage Show, dont tell. The podcast edition of this article was sponsored by Smarties: the gluten-free, dairy-free, tamper-evident, low-calorie candies for Halloween. Buy Smarties this

发表于:2018-12-01 / 阅读(108) / 评论(0) 分类 英语语法视频

[00:44.62]OK, what do I need to beat you? [00:48.21]Double 14, or it's all over. [00:51.31]That's not going to be a problem. [00:55.24]Don't miss. Don't miss, don't miss, don't miss, don't miss, don't miss. [00:59.85]Um, are you actually doing that?

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(84) / 评论(0) 分类 听电影学英语—偶像有约

When we talk, sometimes we say things directly. 我们说话时,有时候会直接说。 I'm going to the store.I'll be back in 5 minutes. 我要去商店。我5分钟内回来。 Other times though, we talk in a way that conjures up a small scene.

发表于:2018-12-18 / 阅读(48) / 评论(0) 分类 TED演讲教育篇

本单元是关于 Helen 扭转败局的对话 Michal: I told you so! Tim: Hurry up, I'm getting soaked! Helen: What's going on here? What a mess! Dad'll kill me. Michal: It's the water. Tim didn't turn off it before trying to fix the tap. Helen: Honestly Ti

发表于:2018-12-26 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 公寓伙伴

核心句型: Seeing is believing. 百闻不如一见。 Seeing is believing是一句家喻户晓的谚语,其出处现已无法考证,是代代普通民众长期积累流传下来的思想。这个谚语用一个中国的成语来对照就是:

发表于:2018-12-31 / 阅读(87) / 评论(0) 分类 轻松日记商务职场篇

Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is mixed metaphors. Politicians often provide good fodder for language commentary, and one of Barack Obama's comments during the debates has been rattling around in my head for a while now. He made a comment that some

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(118) / 评论(0) 分类 英语语法 Grammar Girl

Believe it or not, the English language has about 25,000 idiomatic expressions. And some of the oldest ones have very interesting histories. Today our question involves an expression from early English literature. It comes from Dimitrije in Serbia. H

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(77) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年VOA慢速英语(十)月

Hi! This is Stever Robbins, host of the Get-it-Done Guys Quick and Dirty Tips to Work Less and Do More. Grammar Girl is working on her book this week and since I do a lot of public speaking, she asked me to talk about how to use similes and metaphors

发表于:2019-01-30 / 阅读(152) / 评论(0) 分类 英语语法 Grammar Girl