Taboo topics in American(part two) 3.Income You should never ever ask how much someone' s salary is.There's no way around this one.However,it' s perfectly appropriate to ask about their job title and what they do for a living.This informa

发表于:2018-11-30 / 阅读(108) / 评论(0) 分类 英语标准美文100篇

Topics: The Scottsboro Boys Trial; The Grammy Awards; so versus too; to bash; to whip the crowd into a frenzy Words: segregated racism to witness to rape verdict jury to testify to be paroled to pardon album to release to nominate so too to bash to w

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Topics: Miranda v. Arizona; Famous Americans: Rube Goldberg; to heal versus to cure; to give up versus to give in; no way Words: to take into custody to interrogate to confess defense prosecution justice to overturn sewer comic strip escalator boxing

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Topics: Lau v. Nichols; vaudeville; finally versus ultimately; trickle versus drizzle; coincidence Words: to immigrate bilingual education native language school board school district violation to be naturalized variety show magic comedian juggler to

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Avoiding Topics in Conversation Lila: Why arent you dating? I have so many friends who would love to go out with you. George: Lets change the subject. Talking about my love life isnt very interesting. Lila: But really, youre not getting any younger a

发表于:2018-12-03 / 阅读(83) / 评论(0) 分类 2015年ESL之就医和人际交往

So, even the more objective parts about being human are hard to describe. Like, conversation. 甚至很多关于人性的客观方面也很难描述。比如,对话。 Have you ever really tried to break down the steps? 你曾经尝试过分解谈话

发表于:2018-12-05 / 阅读(55) / 评论(0) 分类 TED演讲科技篇

Topics: Movies-The Usual Suspects; Tribal Colleges and Universities; effectiveness versus efficacy; to consider and to differentiate; common responses to Thank you Words: usual suspect version limp to round up innocent notorious tribal to force reser

发表于:2018-12-14 / 阅读(43) / 评论(0) 分类 空中美语初级

Topics: American Authors-Tom Wolfe; Aerosmith; to convince versus to compel; latter versus last; ultimate Words: journalist to research drama flashy streamline to hallucinate fiction bonfire unique soloist to dedicate (oneself) to be inducted to conv

发表于:2018-12-26 / 阅读(49) / 评论(0) 分类 美语听力 English Cafe

Topics: Ask an American-Independent Bookstores; ever since versus ever after; varied versus various; ability versus skill Words: homogenized digitized anonymous to crave to interact with institution voracious reader independent bookstore mega tactile

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Topics: American Presidents-James A. Garfield; to resign/draw/abandon match; gorgeous versus magnificent; nail in (someone's) coffin Words: to be raise canal to pursue session to nominate candidate slogan tow path administrative to appoint patronage

发表于:2018-12-26 / 阅读(41) / 评论(0) 分类 美语听力 English Cafe

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on WORDMASTER: how should a teacher handle controversial topics in the classroom? Rutgers University professor Barbara Lee gets asked that question all the time, as she recently did through an o

发表于:2018-12-30 / 阅读(69) / 评论(0) 分类 词汇大师(Wordmaster)

Topics: The Pledge of Allegiance; the Grateful Dead; user versus customer versus subscriber; Old Time Rock and Roll; hands down Words: pledge allegiance to recite indivisible atheist polytheist idolatry dissent psychedelic to hallucinate following hi

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Topics: Homelessness in the U.S.; prenups and postnups; Smiths the name, oils the game; to weep versus to cry, to see someone smile Words: homeless shelter substance abuse mental illness prenup postnup nuptials divorce division of property spousal su

发表于:2019-01-22 / 阅读(78) / 评论(0) 分类 美语听力 English Cafe

It's common for interviewees to prepare answers in advance but there are things that you should avoid doing. To some extent you can predict the kind of topics that you might be asked to talk about in the IELTS interview. This means that it is quite c

发表于:2019-02-02 / 阅读(50) / 评论(0) 分类 求职英语

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on WORDMASTER: we talk with Kelly Maxwell, co-director of the Program on Intergroup Relations at the University of Michigan. The program began about twenty years ago as a way to promote dialogue

发表于:2019-02-14 / 阅读(40) / 评论(0) 分类 英语单词大师-Word Master

The media center of China's upcoming two political sessions has now gone into operation. The first Sessions of the 12th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, or the CPPCC and the 12th National People's Congress, or the NPC are set to op

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Greg: Hi, Todd. Todd: Hey, Greg. Greg: Hey, thanks a lot for interviewing me and letting, I don't know, the world know about my book. Todd: No, problem. It's a good book. Greg: Yeah, I've noticed you don't have any topics like these on your web site.

发表于:2019-02-16 / 阅读(55) / 评论(0) 分类 英语趣味课堂

和老外聊天,怎么能聊出意思、聊出质量?除了老掉牙的寒暄,如何能储备、发展有意思的话题?今天节目分享实用建议。 关键词: 没话题,超尴尬 I often dont know what to talk to foreigners about: 和

发表于:2019-02-22 / 阅读(98) / 评论(0) 分类 美国文化脱口秀

Topic1 Duplicated ID CrackdownA crackdown on clearing up duplicating ID cards and Hukou has been carried out since 2013 and is expected to wrap up in 2016. The goal is to ensure one ID number and one Hukou for each and every citizen by the end of 201

发表于:2019-03-05 / 阅读(154) / 评论(0) 分类 英语角-圆桌会议

Topics: Ask an American: The meaning of work; apart from versus in terms of; off the cuff; also versus as well Words: to earn a living to come down to paycheck hustle greatly debt to pay off chain defined imaginative apart from in terms of off the cu

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