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Oxfords Word of the Year IsToxic The Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year istoxic. 牛津词典的年度词汇是toxic。 The British publisher defines the adjective toxic as poisonous. The word first appeared in English in the 1650s. It came from th

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New Program Helps Speed Up Childrens Understanding of Language Learning to read provides a foundation for future learning in all areas of study. But reading is more than just sounding out words. Students need to understand what those words mean. And

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Now, its time for the VOA Learning English program Words and Their Stories. On this show we explore the origins, meanings and usage of common expressions in everyday English. Today we talk about a very common place a corner. This word has many uses a

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EXPLORATIONS - How English Evolved Into a Modern Language This is Steve Ember. 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.

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The 1995 film Dead Man has a strange opening scene. Actor Johnny Depp is sitting on a train. A man sits down across from Depps character, and speaks to him: Look out the window. And doesn't this remind you of when you were in the boat, and then later

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Man Hopes to Define Every English Word with a Limerick There are many different methods for studying languages and learning new words. One man has come up with his own unusual way to define the meanings of words - through rhyming. He uses words that

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Word Search is a fun word puzzle. People learning English can play. People teaching English can play. Each puzzle is for one player. The player searches for hidden words. The hidden words are on a grid. The grid contains 100 squares or more. Each squ

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Now, it's time for Words and Their Stories from VOA Learning English. On this program we talk about words and expressions that we use in everyday conversation. Today, we will talk about the word smart. Like many words, smart has lots of different mea

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The film Casablanca is one of the most famous American movies of all time. At the end of the film, the actor Humphrey Bogart says a heartbreaking farewell to the woman he loves. Bergman: But what about us? Bogart: We'll always have Paris. Besides aff

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Is Blood Thicker Than Water? Now, the VOA Learning English program Words and Their Stories. On this program we explore expressions often heard in American English. And sometimes we get it wrong -- very wrong! But to be fair, there are simply some exp

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Agriculture Report - Test Your Word Knowledge With a Quiz About Farm Terms This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Today we have a vocabulary quiz. We start with two questions about terms for plants. OK, first question: What is the name f

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Belittle Now, the VOA Special English program Words and Their Stories. Todays word is belittle. It was first used by Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States. Many years ago, a French naturalist, the Count de Buffon, wrote some book

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Amazon's Tool for Reading, One Word at a Time Last week Amazon announced Word Runner, a new tool for reading Kindle books. Word Runner is a software update that shows one word at a time, instead of words, sentences and paragraphs on one page. Amazon

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What is the 2016 Word of the Year? The American dictionary Merriam-Webster has named surreal its 2016 Word of the Year. Merriam-Websters Learners Dictionary defines the adjective as very strange or unusual or having the quality of a dream. The word e

It Sounds Like...Onomatopoeia!

It Sounds Like...Onomatopoeia! The world is full of different sounds. Some sounds are pleasing to hear, like a bird's voice. Other sounds hurt your ears, like a loud machine. But how do we explain in words what a sound is? For example, how do you des

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Modal verbs are helping verbs. We use them with main verbs to help us express ability, possibility, necessity and permission. Todays question is about a modal that is commonly confused with an expression. Heres the question, which comes from a listen

VOA慢速英语2012 Words and Their Stories: Chickenfeed

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