When and how do you use these formal titles for females? Should you call every woman Mrs.? Miss or Ms.? Ms. Maura and Ms.Harp will tell you here.

发表于:2018-12-06 / 阅读(33) / 评论(0) 分类 英语博客-北美风情

Lesson 11 Spies in Britain英国的间谍 Alfred the Great acted as his own spy, visiting Danish camps disguised as a minstrel. In those days wandering minstrels were welcome everywhere. They were not fighting men, and their harp was their passport.

发表于:2018-12-24 / 阅读(92) / 评论(0) 分类 新概念英语85年上外美音版

图片1 Are you a chip off the old block? Are you similar to any relatives that came before you? In this episode we are talking about family, and how often family members look alike and act alike. There are many ways to talk about this, and some espe

发表于:2019-01-01 / 阅读(53) / 评论(0) 分类 英语博客-北美风情

图片1 As Harp and Robin explain in this episode, to tear a strip off someone, is to get very upset at them and to express that emotion in a very harsh and angry way. This could involve yelling or screaming, or just very angry, mean words. As you ca

发表于:2019-01-01 / 阅读(40) / 评论(0) 分类 英语博客-北美风情

图片1 Harp recently had a chat with Adam, a friend of Culips, when he was staying in Montreal. Adam currently lives in Japan and was back in Canada for a short time visiting before returning to Japan. While he was here we talked to him about his ex

发表于:2019-01-01 / 阅读(48) / 评论(0) 分类 英语博客-北美风情

Some movies and television shows can be very tense and dramatic, and weve got a handful of expressions to talk about them. This episodes all about the exciting things we see on screen or read in books that keep us wanting to know more and make us anx

发表于:2019-01-01 / 阅读(81) / 评论(0) 分类 英语博客-北美风情

Who doesnt like to play games? Weve got an episode for you all about board games, which ones are popular in Canada and which ones Harp and Maura have memories of playing. Have you heard of The Game of Life? Do you know Monopoly? Listen and learn here

发表于:2019-01-01 / 阅读(87) / 评论(0) 分类 英语博客-北美风情

Sometimes there are things that are not likely to happen, and weve got a few expressions to talk about them! Have you ever dreamed of flying to the moon? Or maybe you hope that your boss will give you the day off tomorrow. Fat chance. Listen to this

发表于:2019-01-01 / 阅读(49) / 评论(0) 分类 英语博客-北美风情

Heres an episode idea we got from Daniel on Facebook. Thanks again for the suggestion! In this episode, Harp and Maura talk about elementary and high school in Canada, including sharing their own experiences. They also tell you about different names

发表于:2019-01-01 / 阅读(43) / 评论(0) 分类 英语博客-北美风情

图片1 Before Christmas people are shopping for presents to give to their loved ones. After Christmas people shop to find things for themselves on sale. Some people love to go to the mall all the time and others like to stay away. In this episode Ha

发表于:2019-01-01 / 阅读(41) / 评论(0) 分类 英语博客-北美风情

图片1 In this episode we are talking about books! Harp and Maura review some of their favourite books and talk about why they love them. Youll also hear about different kinds of books, book-to-movie-adaptations, and e-books, the latest trend in boo

发表于:2019-01-01 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 英语博客-北美风情

图片1 Its March, and winter is still not finished in Montreal and Canada. Since Harp and Maura love to talk about the weather they decided to devote an entire episode to discussing it. They talk about all the things people do during winter, how sno

发表于:2019-01-01 / 阅读(34) / 评论(0) 分类 英语博客-北美风情

By Mil Arcega Washington, DC 18 April 2006 watch report Rising Gas Prices Crude oil futures hit $70 a barrel for the first time in seven-and-a-half months Monday, pushed higher by concerns over declin

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(94) / 评论(0) 分类 2006年VOA标准英语(四月)

DAVID GREENE, HOST: Americans are not just shopping online. They are buying pricey items on the Web. Nearly 3 out of 10 online shoppers in the United States have bought a product that costs a thousand dollars or more. That is according to an NPR/Mari

发表于:2019-01-17 / 阅读(69) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年NPR美国国家公共电台6月

FACT CHECK: President Trump's False Claims On Migrant Caravan, Tax Cuts AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: President Trump is campaigning hard with just two weeks to go till the midterm elections, and he's keeping the fact-checkers busy. We're going to take a look

发表于:2019-01-17 / 阅读(49) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年NPR美国国家公共电台10月

By Al Pessin Pentagon 11 January 2007 President Bush's decision to add more than 20,000 troops to the U.S. force in Iraq was controversial before it was even official. The big questions now are whether the move will improve the situation or make it

发表于:2019-01-27 / 阅读(80) / 评论(0) 分类 2007年VOA标准英语(一月)

图片1 This episode our idiom is to get under someones skin. This means to bother or annoy someone. We give tons of examples of how you can use it and look at similar expressions, like to rub someone the wrong way and to drive someone crazy. To find

发表于:2019-01-28 / 阅读(52) / 评论(0) 分类 英语博客-北美风情

图片1 Its one week until Valentines Day and to get you in the mood for love we are uploading our episode a week early! Maura talks a bit about the history of Valentines Day to start and then we listen to a REAL conversation between Robin and Harp a

发表于:2019-01-28 / 阅读(69) / 评论(0) 分类 英语博客-北美风情

图片1 Everyone eats, but we all have different habits and favorite foods. The food you eat is often cultural. In this episode Harp and Maura try to explain what Canadian food is. They also talk about comfort food and what typical North American com

发表于:2019-01-28 / 阅读(133) / 评论(0) 分类 英语博客-北美风情

By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 03 November 2009 Classic love songs have never gone out of style. Barbra Streisand's new romantic CD, Love is the Answer, became a surprise best seller and Rod Stewart's latest album, called Soulbook, has a generous sp

发表于:2019-02-12 / 阅读(40) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2009年(十一月)