Today's topics: Wasting time at work, California's reputation, Carpet in the US, Call signs, Yet vs. Still Words: Employee Blog To kill time Hollywood Venice Beach Land of fruits and nuts To migrate Rug

发表于:2019-01-22 / 阅读(49) / 评论(0) 分类 美语听力 English Cafe

Topics: Smoking Bans, British and American English II, they and he, wage vs. salary, blue vs. white collar, now vs. right now Words: secondhand smoke boots golashes Wellies trunk bonnet hood pants underwear trousers manual

发表于:2019-01-22 / 阅读(62) / 评论(0) 分类 美语听力 English Cafe

Topics: Ask an American - Working quote vs. offer, Somethings Gotta Give Words: role global market FDA clinical research to negotiate obstacles patients jargon multiple geography quote offer gotta to give

发表于:2019-01-22 / 阅读(48) / 评论(0) 分类 美语听力 English Cafe

Topics: American houses, what Americans think they need, using the before a countrys name, either vs. neither Words: natural disaster tornado brick cement foundation frame basement to crawl to come out to be unable to live without microwave oven just

发表于:2019-01-22 / 阅读(52) / 评论(0) 分类 美语听力 English Cafe

Topics: Philadelphia, jury duty, canary in a coal mine, rule of thumb Words: jury pool hardship to be excused impartial to get out of verdict trial cheesesteak diverse liberty canary coal mine rule of thumb

发表于:2019-01-22 / 阅读(52) / 评论(0) 分类 美语听力 English Cafe

Topics: the Pledge of Allegiance, tomato as fruit versus vegetable, to be raised versus to grow up, buy versus purchase, to take the bull by the horns, can versus may versus could when asking for permission Words: pledge allegiance unison to stand fo

发表于:2019-01-22 / 阅读(74) / 评论(0) 分类 美语听力 English Cafe

Topics: Ask an American: Getting into an MBA program to spell out something, about to break, breakdown, conscience versus conscious Words: any number of marketing accounting undergrad/undergraduate to be admitted GMAT TOEFL to be right out of to set

发表于:2019-01-22 / 阅读(75) / 评论(0) 分类 美语听力 English Cafe

Topics: Traveling in the U.S., gimmick versus trick, to call em like you see em, spite versus respite, in demand versus on demand Words: the open road spats KOA hitch GPS pop-up AAA bicentennial gimmick trick to call em like you see em in demand on d

发表于:2019-01-22 / 阅读(46) / 评论(0) 分类 美语听力 English Cafe

Topics: Studying abroad in college, Americans and gun control, come and eat vs. come to eat, in spite of vs. despite Words: abroad junior year to count humanitarian to have a long way to go firearms amendment to bear (arms) to conceal to carry fronti

发表于:2019-01-22 / 阅读(56) / 评论(0) 分类 美语听力 English Cafe

Topics: Ask an American: Raising children one of those, reply versus answer, customer versus purchaser Words: to be in competition stressed out to get (someone) into (something) to pause to build self-esteem competent capable its all about the (somet

发表于:2019-01-22 / 阅读(48) / 评论(0) 分类 美语听力 English Cafe

Topics: The Dred Scott Decision; the zodiac; to snag versus to hitch; in the moment versus at the moment; Ill tell you something Words: slave free state to sue trigger to overrule lighter topic zodiac astrology trait horoscope broad pick-up line to s

发表于:2019-02-15 / 阅读(61) / 评论(0) 分类 美语听力 English Cafe

Topics: Ask an American: Business travel in the U.S.; bang for your buck, original versus initial, the longest word in English Words: remote awesome to work out cool a major pain slippers to tuck/untuck to beep trail to keep (something) to a minimum

发表于:2019-02-15 / 阅读(55) / 评论(0) 分类 美语听力 English Cafe

Topics: Ask an American: Business travel in the U.S.; bang for your buck, original versus initial, the longest word in English Words: remote awesome to work out cool a major pain slippers to tuck/untuck to beep trail to keep (something) to a minimum

发表于:2019-02-15 / 阅读(53) / 评论(0) 分类 美语听力 English Cafe

Topics: D.B. Cooper; the Underground Railroad; extend versus expand; God forbid; brown-bag lunch Words: to hijack threat unsolved mystery flight attendant bomb parachute in exchange for frayed unconvinced slave to escape to be sympathetic toward to e

发表于:2019-02-15 / 阅读(49) / 评论(0) 分类 美语听力 English Cafe

Topics: Stephen Foster and his songs; ish suffix; California casual; If it be your will Words: preeminent minstrel camptown to bet nonsense rendition posthumously dewdrop to lull dreary weary copyright California casual if it be (ones) will

发表于:2019-02-20 / 阅读(63) / 评论(0) 分类 美语听力 English Cafe

Topics: Movie - Apocalypse Now; getting your child into a private school, K-12; relating to versus related to; down with (the king); to qualify Words: apocalypse to be set in renegade to command mission horror napalm triumphant ambitious transcript p

发表于:2019-02-23 / 阅读(95) / 评论(0) 分类 美语听力 English Cafe

Topics: Famous Americans: T.S. Eliot; log and log in/log on; explanation versus interpretation; pronouncing consonant clusters Words: distinguished disillusionment New England to break from pedantic vulgar erudite to breed essay critic a product of (

发表于:2019-02-23 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 美语听力 English Cafe

Topics: The Innocence Project; Craigslist; percent versus percentage; the in crowd/place; to swear in Words: innocence criminal convicted to exonerate DNA testing evidence classified ad personals carpool resource to swear by in to swear in

发表于:2019-02-23 / 阅读(52) / 评论(0) 分类 美语听力 English Cafe

Topics: Ask an American: student exchange programs; begs the question; face value; at the time versus then Words: to test (one's) limits TV production wrestling choir to come down here to host (someone) famine drought to take (ones) place unity begs

发表于:2019-02-23 / 阅读(55) / 评论(0) 分类 美语听力 English Cafe

Topics: The U.S. Supreme Court; microloans/microcredit; less than (X) days versus up to (X) days; mainstream account; words ending in ic versus ical Words: to appeal Supreme Court Supreme Court Justices to take (ones) place to appoint to bork credit

发表于:2019-02-23 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 美语听力 English Cafe