In a recent episode, you learned that adverbs do not always end in -ly, so perhaps you now think differently about adverbs. Wait a minute, though. Should we have said, Think different, as Apple does in its advertising slogan? Lets explore verbs and a

发表于:2018-12-01 / 阅读(141) / 评论(0) 分类 跟谢孟媛学语法

Today were going to see if we are allowed to drive slow instead of slowly. May we jump high or sit up straight? What about the advertising slogan Eat fresh? Yes, today is adverb day, with a sprinkling of adjectives. The podcast edition of this articl

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Exercise 1 -46: Regular Transitions of Nouns and Verbs CD 2 Track 15 In the list below, change the stress from the first syllable for nouns to the second syllable for verbs.This is a regular, consistent change. Intonation is so powerful that you'll n

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(48) / 评论(0) 分类 标准美语发音的13个秘诀 CD2

Life is not a matter of counting the days. It's making the days count. 生活不是数着日子过去,而是让每个日子都变得有意义。 图片1

发表于:2018-12-20 / 阅读(51) / 评论(0) 分类 Daily English-2016.09

本单元是关于悲伤的再见的对话 Tim: Well cousin Michal, this is goodbye. Alice: You've been a great friend to us all and a great flatmate too. Michal: Thanks you guys. Tim: Bye Michal and give my love to Uncle Kazimierz. Michal: Yeah, I will. Tim: Ali

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Exercise 1-47: Regular Transitions of Adjectives and Verbs A different change occurs when you go from an adjective or a noun to a verb. The stress stays in the same place, but the -mate in an adjective is completely reduced [-m't], whereas in a verb,

发表于:2018-12-27 / 阅读(100) / 评论(0) 分类 美式英语正音训练

Beginners. Pumpkins, pumpkins, big, fat, and round. Children love them, and adults too. They grow all Summer; turn color from green to orange. Some stay small, but others get bigger and bigger. I have some in my garden. One, two, three, four. One for

发表于:2019-01-01 / 阅读(63) / 评论(0) 分类 英语博客 A cup of English

The upcoming elections. Advanced. With the upcoming elections just around the corner, the United States is abuzz with discussions, arguments, accusations, and predictions. I think that it is actually a good thing. Whenever people get together and air

发表于:2019-01-01 / 阅读(55) / 评论(0) 分类 英语博客 A cup of English

Hey Mom, technology is amazing! Advanced. The other day when I picked my children up from school, my oldest boys handed me their school pictures. Once a year, as in most schools, the children have their photographs taken. It adds some importance to t

发表于:2019-01-01 / 阅读(65) / 评论(0) 分类 英语博客 A cup of English

By Mignon Fogarty Today's topic is bad versus badly, and to make it fun we have a celebrity smack down. On this week's Celebrity Apprentice, Donald Trump corrected Cyndi Lauper. Here's a clip. [audio clip] Not only is Donald Trump not very nice, but

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(111) / 评论(0) 分类 英语语法 Grammar Girl

Remembering Robert Goldstein, NPR's Music Librarian And Our Friend play pause stop mute unmute max volume 00:0005:57repeat repeat off Update Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Fla

发表于:2019-01-17 / 阅读(61) / 评论(0) 分类 2016年NPR美国国家公共电台10月

Beginners. Recycling is something that I do willingly. My children know all about it. At school the teachers tell them about how to not be wasteful, and how they can become involved in recycling. About every two weeks, my daughter and I load up the c

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Beginners. My mother told me that when she was a young mother, my older brother would never leave her alone. He always wanted to be held. She would hold him even when she vacuumed. Clingy is the word. I was different. I always wanted to do my own thi

发表于:2019-01-28 / 阅读(69) / 评论(0) 分类 英语博客 A cup of English

Beginners. Doreen is a neighbor of mine. She also happens to be a good friend. She lives just three houses away. We joke that my children have adopted her as another grandma. My two youngest children go and visit her all the time, and she makes sure

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图片1 There are also many verbs containing the work break. At Culips we always try to break expressions down for you; To break something down means to break it into smaller parts and explain it. Other break verbs in this episode for you include bre

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图片1 Beginners. Doreen is a neighbor of mine. She also happens to be a good friend. She lives just three houses away. We joke that my children have adopted her as another grandma. My two youngest children go and visit her all the time, and she mak

发表于:2019-02-17 / 阅读(152) / 评论(0) 分类 英语博客 A cup of English

The flooding in Queensland has now reached Brisbane. Some of the towns north of Brisbane, which had the earlier floods, have become flooded again. This time the Brisbane River has already flooded its banks. Workers in the central city were told not t

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(70) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语