Todays topic is whether its OK to switch verb tenses in conditional sentences. It all started with a grammar question about was and were. On the Grammar Girl Facebook page, Veronica wanted to know whether she should write If the test was readminister

发表于:2018-12-01 / 阅读(137) / 评论(0) 分类 跟谢孟媛学语法

Section C How not to Cheat? You're taking a science test and are unsure of an answer. While the teacher is busy, you notice you can see the test answers of the student next to you. Would you look clos

发表于:2018-12-04 / 阅读(93) / 评论(0) 分类 全新版大学英语听说教程第一册

THE MAKING OF A NATION - American History: Life in the 1970s and '80s STEVE EMBER: Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION -- American history in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. This week in our series, we look back at some of the social issues and c

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(69) / 评论(0) 分类 2012年VOA慢速英语(一)月

This is the VOA Special English Education Report. This week in our Foreign Student Series the subject is grades. Most American colleges and universities use the grading system of A, B, C, D and F. An A is worth four points, a B three points, a C two

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(71) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA慢速英语2009年(三)月

This is the VOA Special English Education Report. This week in our Foreign Student Series, we continue our discussion about grades. Would you want a doctor who got high marks in medical school just for trying really, really hard? Apparently many col

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Students Dress for Success in School and Life What am I going to wear to school today? is what she asks herself each morning, but not on Mondays. Thats when she puts on a nice outfit that makes her feel important and confident. At school, Diana and t

发表于:2019-01-14 / 阅读(65) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2012年(十二月)

School are well known reservoir of contagion, where students share all sorts of communicable conditions, coughs, cold, flu, you name it. But gems are the only things kids can catch from their friends. If they are lucky, they could come down with 4.0.

发表于:2019-01-20 / 阅读(46) / 评论(0) 分类 Scientific American(二)月

今天我们要学的词是translate。 Translate, 大家都知道,Translate, 是翻译的意思。不过,translate还有另外一个意思,那就是转变,变成。Translate words into actions, 把言辞落实为行动。The parents hope the

发表于:2019-02-02 / 阅读(51) / 评论(0) 分类 英语单词荟萃

Dear Annie: My daughter allows her 8-year-old son to stay up late at night, watch adult TV and eat lots of sweets. She strongly resents any suggestion that this is not a good thing. The 15-year-old son spends a vast amount of time text messaging, lis

发表于:2019-02-15 / 阅读(39) / 评论(0) 分类 英语时差8,16

Senior high school students received their NCEA results last week. NCEA means National Certificate of Educational Achievement. Students in Year 11 need to get 80 credits at Level 1. Some of these credits are from work done in class and this is called

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(47) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

今天我们要学的词是peer pressure。 Peer, 是同伴,同龄人;peer pressure, 就是来自同伴的压力。 Teenagers tend to give in to peer pressure, 青少年很容易受同龄人的影响。 Peer pressure plays a part in youth drinkin

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