Topics: Day of the Dead, Desperate Housewives, work vs. job. vs. occupation, older vs. elder Words: saint grave shrine skull desperate housewife suburbs soap opera melodramatic Emmy Award work job occupation older elder

发表于:2018-12-26 / 阅读(67) / 评论(0) 分类 美语听力 English Cafe

Topics: Yelp; Book Review: The Road; advocate versus lawyer versus attorney; any; salmon and count/mass nouns Words: yelp social networking profile review recourse escapism spare apocalypse deserted dog-eat-dog to grip quotation mark advocate lawyer

发表于:2018-12-26 / 阅读(52) / 评论(0) 分类 美语听力 English Cafe

Me and Mrs. Jones, we got a thing going on, We both know that it's wrong But it's much too strong to let it cool down now. We meet ev'ry day at the same cafe, Six-thirty I know she'll be there, Holding hands, making all kinds of plans While the jukeb

发表于:2019-01-10 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 奥斯卡最佳英文歌曲

The expression smoke like a Turk seems destined for the rubbish bin of history now that Turkey has introduced some of the toughest anti-smoking legislation in all of Europe. The new ban aims to curb Turkey's love affair with tobacco, which is blamed

发表于:2019-01-14 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2009年(七月)

C:(Three girls walk in.) Girl1: Hello, Pop! Pop:Good evening, ladies! Thanks for joining us. Girl1:Pop, I'd like you to meet Tiffany and Stephanie. Pop: Charmed! Can I get you girls anything? Shakes? Sundaes? Girl1:I'll take an Espresso. Girl2:That s

发表于:2019-01-14 / 阅读(68) / 评论(0) 分类 王强口语 第一册

(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) DAVID GREENE, HOST: All right. Today on StoryCorps, we are going to hear from two brothers. Russell Wadsworth is 28. Remmick is 27. They both have autism. As kids, they had trouble with social interactions, and they relied on eac

发表于:2019-01-16 / 阅读(47) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年NPR美国国家公共电台4月

Today's topics: Stealing art, Religions in the US, Walk the Line, I've had versus I had had, Jump across the pond, She's a complete knockout! Words: Archeological dig Artifact Curator To be on trail Getty Museum (Los Angeles) Metropolitan Museum of A

发表于:2019-01-22 / 阅读(71) / 评论(0) 分类 美语听力 English Cafe

Topics: Wills and estates, No big!, primordial soup, trouble vs. problem vs. issue vs. situation, answer vs. response vs. reply, though, device vs. gadget vs. gizmo vs. contraption Words: will estate to inherit heir to cut someone out of a will to co

发表于:2019-01-22 / 阅读(58) / 评论(0) 分类 美语听力 English Cafe

Topics: Obesity, greeting people in the United States, terrific, finally vs. eventually Words: to gain weight to hit (a certain age) overweight oversized obesity appetite to go on a diet a firm handshake cheek to hug to slap someone on the back to no

发表于:2019-01-22 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 美语听力 English Cafe

Topics: Graceland and Elvis, Boston, to have a leg up on someone, flat out, seeing eye dogs, to trip up Words to commit a crime criminal overdose estate landmark New England nickname to have a leg up on someone flat out blind to guide sight impaired

发表于:2019-01-22 / 阅读(57) / 评论(0) 分类 美语听力 English Cafe

Topics: Labor Day, charitable organizations in the U.S., safety vs. security, clutch vs. grip vs. grab Words: labor to barbecue muscular telethon to raise money to pledge money poster child charity tax exempt raffle rummage sale safety security to cl

发表于:2019-01-22 / 阅读(49) / 评论(0) 分类 美语听力 English Cafe

Topics: Labor Day, charitable organizations in the U.S., safety vs. security, clutch vs. grip vs. grab Words: labor to barbecue muscular telethon to raise money to pledge money poster child charity tax exempt raffle rummage sale safety security to cl

发表于:2019-01-22 / 阅读(40) / 评论(0) 分类 美语听力 English Cafe

Today's topics: Wasting time at work, California's reputation, Carpet in the US, Call signs, Yet vs. Still Words: Employee Blog To kill time Hollywood Venice Beach Land of fruits and nuts To migrate Rug

发表于:2019-01-22 / 阅读(52) / 评论(0) 分类 美语听力 English Cafe

Topics: St. Patrick's Day, British versus American English, A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, Going to vs. will, Pod Words: patron AD missionary convert Harvest Festival public school coach = bus Tube, The Underground = subway lorry = truc

发表于:2019-01-22 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 美语听力 English Cafe

Topics: Smoking Bans, British and American English II, they and he, wage vs. salary, blue vs. white collar, now vs. right now Words: secondhand smoke boots golashes Wellies trunk bonnet hood pants underwear trousers manual

发表于:2019-01-22 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 美语听力 English Cafe

Topics: Political parties in the US, How to begin an email, Even vs. odd, Unless, Six feet under Words: Democratic Democrat Republican liberal conservative left-wing right- wing 3rd party Green Party Ralph Nadar consumer advocate legislature title Mr

发表于:2019-01-22 / 阅读(51) / 评论(0) 分类 美语听力 English Cafe

Topics: Rich Dad Poor Dad, how the US government works, sneak previews, this/that/these/those, so to speak, by all means, to begin with, under a spell, down to earth Words: self-help scheme executive legislative judicial congress branch supreme bill

发表于:2019-01-22 / 阅读(70) / 评论(0) 分类 美语听力 English Cafe

Topics: The Da Vinci Code, how Americans pay for retirement, I could use one, to hang out, care for vs. care about, tag vs. label, allow vs. permit vs. let, to take the Fifth Words: hoax semi-retire IRA/401K to draw a pension fixed income to hang out

发表于:2019-01-22 / 阅读(183) / 评论(0) 分类 美语听力 English Cafe

Topics: News anchors, public school curriculum, Mark Twain, dictionary vs. thesaurus, shortened words (rehab, lab, mag, celeb), apparent suicide, feature presentation Words: to flip through the channels remote control newscast spokesperson chairperso

发表于:2019-01-22 / 阅读(71) / 评论(0) 分类 美语听力 English Cafe

Topics: Mothers Day and Fathers Day, Seattle, TV show 24, should be going vs. should go, spur of the moment, slam dunk, relatively vs. extremely vs. tremendously, angry vs. mad vs. upset, off-the- shelf Words: gloom greeting card pacifist suburbs mot

发表于:2019-01-22 / 阅读(69) / 评论(0) 分类 美语听力 English Cafe