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Topics: Ask an American: Chocolate; dispute versus disagreement versus conflict; using times in comparing amounts; use of infinitive to phrases as adjective, adverb, or noun Words: comfort food to melt in (ones) mouth sensation hot off the presses to

美语听力 English Cafe 251

Topics: Ask an American: Obsolete; regarding versus concerning versus as for; can't be bothered; How you doing? Words: block soundtrack to tote ghetto blaster forefinger knob cultural reference next door otherwise to Tweet terse to water down regardi

美语听力 English Cafe 44

Topics: United States Postal Service, summer camp, whereas vs. but, RSVP (again), to be unable to make heads or tails of something Words: mail carrier mailbox FedEx parcel summer camp camper campfire to roast marshmallows camp counselor whereas to be

美语听力 English Cafe 48

Topics: After school activities, ethnic neighborhoods in Los Angeles, nude vs. naked vs. bare, anything but Words: athlete coach tournament yearbook orchestra marching band speech debate choir ethnic nude naked bare anything but to contradict

美语听力 English Cafe 51

Topics: Mount Rushmore, Indian summer, to cut to the chase, to jaywalk, current vs. present, to prove someone wrong Words: mount monument to carve Indian summer dog days (of summer) humidity severe heat wave to harvest harvest moon crops horizon opti

美语听力 English Cafe 17

Today's topics: Nicknames and shortened names, 'To kill two birds with one stone' and 'The early bird gets the worm,' May vs. Can, Using do + verb, Suite, and to wash down. Words: Sponsor Nick, Nicky Mike, Mikey Kathy, Kath Dave Alex Frank, Frankie L

美语听力 English Cafe 13

Today's topics: Spam, Valentine's Day, the Winter Olympics, In terms of, Must vs. have vs. got to, Possessives, To raise vs. to rise Words: scam fraud card jewelry pendant fabric stuffed animals figure skating Michelle Kwan Bode Miller to party downh

美语听力 English Cafe 16

Today's topics: Taking a survey, Special bonus podcast Secrets to Improving Your English, Housing prices in the US, To have vs. To be and the past participle. Words: Condo Condominium Mortgage Real estate Long-term To afford something

美语听力 English Cafe 30

Words: content to go away I don't suspect blog to dumb down opinion poll random sample Gallup Poll pollution global warming Green Party recycle proper nouns COB = Close of Business

美语听力 English Cafe 36

Topics: Popular words in the US media, People Magazine's Sexiest Man Alive, to make a spectacle of yourself, to go berserk, basically, I'm whooped, doozy, fault vs. defect vs. error, David versus Goliath Words: global warming avian flu aight = all ri

美语听力 English Cafe 39

Topics: Country music, July 4th celebrations, clever vs. smart, you formal vs. informal, college vs. high school, to ride vs. to drive, Tell me about it!, to throw in the towel Words: rural banjo cowboy stereotype crop declaration fireworks display s

美语听力 English Cafe 40

Topics: John McCain, Little League sports, how to pronounce years and hours, using some plus a number, to hock, larger than life, to cheat on someone, I might say vs. I can say Words: navy liberal conservative term of office league World Series 1800s

美语听力 English Cafe 78

Topics: Daylight Saving Time, March Madness, to solve vs. to resolve, She smells good vs. She smells well Words: Daylight Saving Time March Madness to spring ahead to fall back collegiate office pool to be favored winning record Sweet 16 opponent sem

美语听力 English Cafe 74

Topics: Ask an American: Being a single woman in the US, obviously vs. apparently, sorrow, to delay vs. to postpone vs. to defer Words full gradual to be partnered with to decorate to be willing and able to entirely satisfactory equality mutual commo

美语听力 English Cafe 87

Topics: Trouble with my car, Ask an American: Home Schooling, breakthrough versus to break through, to ride shotgun Words: to stick (something) into (something) ignition to turn over jumper cables to home-school to be better off primary character to

美语听力 English Cafe 90

Topics: State and county fairs, Stan Lee and Spider- Man, Miss versus Mrs. versu Ms., to be in bloom, in order to Words: fair to display agriculture livestock blue ribbon rides Ferris whee l county to be held fairgrounds tractors comic book publishin

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Topics: Ask an American: Interpreters pronouncing years and punctuation marks, school leavers and drop outs Words: interpreter to bring in parent-teacher conferences work habits to follow directions needs progress to border on disservice support acad

美语听力 English Cafe 92

Topics: Fourth of July, Preamble to the U.S. Constitution, Schoolhouse Rock, will versus shall, to come off Words: preamble founders to be in effect to be on display to set (words) to music union justice domestic tranquility welfare liberty posterity

美语听力 English Cafe 93

Topics: American cities: Las Vegas, Google and privacy on the Internet, red tape, to catch lightening in a bottle, pronouncing ordinal numbers Words: privacy personal data to compile to protect to leak users harsh allegations legalized gambling casin

美语听力 English Cafe 101

Topics: American cities: Honolulu fantasy sports camps, to freeze a bra, coupon versus voucher, illicit versus illegal Words: monarchy to annex to overthrow territory palace harbor fantasy to coach all-star autograph bra slumber party coupon voucher