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Apatientsaid ， Doc ， duringmyoperationIheardyouuseafour-letterwordthatscaredmeverymuch. Thesurgeonreplied ， Whatwordwasthat? Iheardyousay ， 'Oops!'thepatientanswered. Notes: 1.Apatientsaid ， Doc ， duringmyoperationIheardyouuseafour letter

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AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on WORDMASTER: We continue our conversation with Rutgers University English professor Jack Lynch. RS: His latest book is The Lexicographer's Dilemma. In it he challenges the idea of treating dic

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AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster: the second part of our conversation with Erin McKean, editor-in-chief of American dictionaries for Oxford University Press. RS: We start by talking about the proper way to get to

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VOA标准英语2012--'Word on Street' Impacted Language in 2011

'Word on Street' Impacted Language in 2011 While 2011 is over, some of the words that came to define the past year are still very much with us, and may be for years to come. Since 2011 was an especially busy year for grassroots political action, many

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AA: This is Avi Arditti and this week on Wordmaster -- the language of peace. Robert Johansen is a professor at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame. He says peace has a guarded place in the American voca

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AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster: a lesson in regional English in the American South. RS: And to give you that lesson is a woman who wrote to us from Alabama named Donna Akins. Donna Akins is not an English teache

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--'We're Americans, We're Not Refugee

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster: What to call the homeless of Hurricane Katrina? RS: Some have called them refugees. We asked Oxford English Dictionary consultant Ben Zimmer for a history of this word. BEN ZIMMER

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--'The Language Police,' Part 2

Broadcast on Coast to Coast: May 8, 2003 AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble and this week on Wordmaster -- a response to the issues we raised last week when we talked about a new book called The Language Police: How Pressure Groups Restrict Wha

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今天我们要学的词是abuzz。 Abuzz, 意思是嘈杂的，喧闹的。 The conference room was abuzz when I walked in, 我走进会议室的时候，里面十分嘈杂。 Wall Street is abuzz with speculations that some banks might be nationali

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Broadcast on COAST TO COAST: July 10, 2003 AA: I'm Avi Arditti, Rosanne Skirble is away. This week on WORDMASTER -- a look at some of the ten-thousand new words and meanings in a popular American dictionary. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary co

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1793 trade-in 今天我们要学的词是trade-in. Trade-in 是以旧换新的意思。Apple plans to launch an iPhone trade-in program, encouraging consumers to upgrade to the iPhone 5. 苹果公司计划启动苹果手机以旧换新的项目，以鼓

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学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 1795 showstopper

1795 showstopper 今天我们要学的词是showstopper. Showstopper 意思是精彩的表演，或是吸引人的事物。New York is a city rich in landmarks and showstoppers for visitors to experience. 纽约有各种地标和吸引人的景点，给