This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Today we have a test for you -- a vocabulary quiz. The words are all related to agriculture. We start with two questions about terms for plants. Ready? First question: What do we call a plant that l

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A Bad Taste in My Mouth 词汇掌故:和嘴相关的词汇 Now, the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. 现在是美国之音慢速英语词汇掌故节目。 People use their mouths for many things. They eat, talk, shout and sing. T

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Improve Your Writing with Inversion, Part 1 In English, the traditional word order of a statement is subject + verb. Never do we change the order except when asking a question. Or do we? If you listened closely, you may have noticed that my statement

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Words and Their Stories: Losing It 词汇典故:无能为力 I'm Susan Clark with the Special English program, WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. 我是苏珊克拉克,以下是本期美国之音慢速英语词汇典故节目。 Tom Smith is the best hitte

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Words and Their Stories: Feel The Pinch 词汇典故:手头拮据 I'm Susan Clark with the Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. 这里是美国之音慢速英语词汇典故节目,我是苏珊克拉克。 In the nineteen thirties, a s

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Words and Their Stories: Belittle 词汇典故:贬低 Now, the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. 现在是美国之音慢速英语词汇典故节目。 Todays word is belittle. It was first used by Thomas Jefferson, the third pre

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Mayday! Mayday! Mayday! 关于求救信号Mayday! Now, the VOA Special English program Words and Their Stories. A listener from Venezuela sent us a question about the meaning of the expression mayday. He wrote that he often hears this expression in m

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In recent weeks, we have talked about how people learning a foreign language can be fooled by false friends. These are words that look or sound alike in other languages, but have completely different meanings. Today we will consider a few examples of

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STEVE EMBER: This is Steve Ember. SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: And this is Shirley Griffith with the VOA Special English program, EXPLORATIONS. Today we present the second of our two programs about the history of the English Language. (MOVIE) STEVE EMBER: Last

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Words and Their Stories: English Expressions With Kick 词汇典故:Kick的相关词汇 Now, the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. 这里是美国之音慢速英语词汇典故。 (MUSIC) From birth to death, the word kick has be

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Words and Their Stories: Top Brass I'm Susan Clark with the Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. 我是美国之音慢速英语词汇典故节目主持人苏珊克拉克。 The Italians have an old saying, Il dolce far niente. The words m

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Health Report - A New Reason for Why the Deaf May Have Trouble Reading This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Deaf people may have no trouble communicating English words through American Sign Language, or ASL. But studies of ASL users show th

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Words and Their Stories: Mouth Expressions 词汇典故:Mouth Now, the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. 现在是美国之音慢速英语词汇典故节目。 People use their mouths for many things. They eat, talk, shout and si

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Words and Their Stories: Farm Expressions 词汇典故 - 和农田相关的短语 Now, the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. 这里是美国之音慢速英语词汇典故节目。 In the early days of human history, people survived

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Get Your Kick with Words 词汇掌故:Kick相关词汇 Now, the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. 这里是美国之音慢速英语词汇掌故。 From birth to death, the word kick has been given an important part in expressing

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Is Writing Notes by Hand Better Than Typing? 手写笔记比打字记录更好么? From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Report. Many college students have given up taking class notes by hand. Instead, they type on laptop or tablet computers.

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Everyday Grammar: Mastering Reported Speech We often need to tell others what someone else said . There are two ways to do this. One is to say the same words and use quotation marks . That is direct speech . The other method is to summarize , or tell

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Common French Words in American English 词汇典故:美式英语中的常用法语单词 Now, the VOA Learning English program Words and Their Stories. Bonjour! Just kidding. We are speaking English. But today we are featuring French words that we u

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S.O.S. In Other Words, Help! 词汇掌故:国际求救信号SOS Now, the VOA Learning English program, Words and Their Stories. 现在是美国之音慢速英语词汇掌故节目。 Different people have different ways of saying things their own spe

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Learn Why 'The Proof Is in the Pudding' Now, the VOA Learning English program Words and Their Stories. Each week we teach expressions often used in American English. We explain how to use them and sometimes where they come from. But do not take my wo

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