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Standard usage includes those words and expressions understood, used, and accepted by a majority of the speakers of a language in any situation regardless of the level of formality. As such, these wor
美式英语走红香港 Hong Kong was a British colony for 156 years before reverting to Chinese control in 1997. English is still widely spoken and taught today, but many are now opting to learn American English instead of the British variety. 香港
本单元是关于铤而走险的对话 Alice: Are you enjoying yourself, Helen? Helen: Do you know what? I'm having a really good time. Thanks for dragging me out, guys. Tim: It's just nice to see you smiling, Helen. Helen: Hey, is that Paul over there? Tim: He
Tongue-tied Several weeks ago I was riding in a cab when the driver's eyes caught mine in the rear view mirror and he said,
AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on WORDMASTER: The Olympic flame may be out in Vancouver, but we're just getting fired up over terms related to fire. RS: We lit on the idea after our friend and fellow master of words Grant Bar
icy encounters 不友好的相遇 As the viking princess, that magnificent cruise liner, slowly made her way along the icy waters to the north of iceland, the travellers were admiring the growing number of icebergs and the polar ice sheet looming in the d
Today, Bonnie Trenga will help us figure out whether a fast-food chain is on the cutting edge of grammar, or its just being creative with verb tenses. Its time to dissect the McDonalds advertising slogan Im loving it. An ESL teacher named Devaki wrot
NASA Keeping Watch on the Earths Health 美国国家航空航天局保持关注地球的健康 The past year has been the busiest 12-month period for the American space agency in more than 10 years. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration,
Scientists Predict Wet Winter for Dry American West 科学家预测湿润冬季或缓解美国西部干旱状况 Much of the western United States is suffering from extreme drought conditions. U.S. officials are blaming the lack of rainfall and snow
Freudian Slip and Other Types of Psychobabble 佛洛伊德式失言及其他类型的心理呓语 Now, the VOA Learning English program Words and Their Stories! 现在是Voa英语学习词汇掌故栏目。 Each week, we tell about and explain saying
Making Bamboo a Common Building Material 竹子是一种常见的建筑材料 Bamboo is one of the worlds most useful plants. For thousands of years bamboo has been used in many different ways -- from food to medicine to clothing and, in small ways,
Is Email Stressing You Out? 铺天盖地的邮件是否会让你压力山大 From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. 这里是VOA慢速英语健康生活频道。 Few people would disagree that email makes our lives easier. Bu
This is the first in a two-part Business English Pod series on idioms related to gambling. 这是有关赌博的习惯用语的2节商务英语播客的第1节。 As gambling involves money and risk, its not surprising that we use gambling idioms in
Lesson Ten.Steven and Mike are in the studio. They're getting ready to leave.Listen. Are you ready,Steven?It's almost noon. Hang on.I have one more phone call to make. Hang on is an idiomatic expression.It meanswait. Another way fo sayingHang on.I ha
Lesson Eight.Maria and Mike are at the studio. In the conversation Maria tells Mie that everyone is..what? Is everyone happy?Is everyone good?What does Maria think everyone is? Now listen to their conversation. Mike!I'm so happy that you're directing
AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster: we answer some of your mail. RS: Listener Benny Kusman is from Indonesia, but tells us he is staying in Malaysia. Here is the first of his two questions: AA: If I have two books,
Broadcast on COAST TO COAST: June 17, 2004 AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster: a Web site that offers an interesting look at United States life and history, through examples of how Americans use rhetoric, the langua
February 9, 2005 AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster: more junk English. RS: Back in 2001, we talked to writer Ken Smith about his book Junk English. In his words, Junk English is much more than sloppy grammar. Most
语言的类型 标准用法包括那些为使用这种语言的大多数人在任何场合下理解、使用和接受的词和短语,而不论该场合是否正式。 这些词和短语的意义已很确定并被列入了标准词典中。 相反,
There's an interesting illustration of this. 举一个有趣的例子。 I have to go slightly obscure, but really you should seek it out. 可能这个例子没那么直观,但是你应该可以理解。 There's a movie by the Canadian film directo