If you're confused about that versus which, don't feel bad. It's one of the most common topics people ask me about. I used to work as a technical writer, and I'd often edit documents in which people used the wrong word. More than once, I'd put in the

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(57) / 评论(0) 分类 英语语法 Grammar Girl

On a recent program, we explained that knowing just a few root words in English can help you understand the meaning of hundreds more words. To refresh your memory, a root word is the simplest form of a word. For example, two forms of the root for the

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(57) / 评论(0) 分类 2017年VOA慢速英语(十二)月

Every year around the Thanksgiving holiday, a strange ceremony happens in Washington, DC. The president stands outside the White House, gives a brief speech and then officially pardons a turkey. A pardon is a declaration that someone will not be puni

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(85) / 评论(0) 分类 2017年VOA慢速英语(十一)月

Oops! I spilled some coffee. Hmm Let me think about it. Woohoo! Thats great news. Lets celebrate. To the untrained ear, sounds like oops hmm and woohoo may seem like nonsense. But in English, these sounds carry a lot of meaning. We call them interjec

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By the Way vs. Mind You English phrases can be difficult to remember since the meaning of each individual word may not give any clue as to a phrases meaning. 英语短语可能很难记住,因为各个单词的含义可能无法给出任何关于短语

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Noise is everywhere. I bet there isnt a place on Earth where you cant hear anything. I live in the city, so noise is everywhere. Sometimes it gets to me. I really want to have a button to turn it off. Its amazing how much noise there is around us. We

发表于:2019-01-05 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 纯正英语一分钟

This is no longer the time to negotiate unfortunately. We went on the street on 25th and we wanted to negotiate. We wanted to talk to our government.We were, you know, knocking on the door.They decided to negotiate with us at night with rubber bullet

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(108) / 评论(0) 分类 CNN2011年(二)月

It can be easy to run through the maze of life without pausing to think of its meaning. 人生是一座迷宫,要时不时停下脚步思索人生的意义。 Does what Im doing matter? More importantly, does it matter to me? 我所做的是否有意

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(65) / 评论(0) 分类 励志英语

When you told me you loved me当你说你爱我的时候 Jessica Simpson 歌手:杰卡西 辛普申 Once一次 Doesn't mean anything to me对我来说并不意味着全部 Come来吧 Show me the meaning of complete告诉我完美的意义 Where 哪里

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You were always there to hold my hand When times were hard to understand But now the tides of time have turned They keep changing Seasons range, but you remain the same A steady heart, a sun to reign You'll be the light that's shining bright High abo

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Commonly Confused Words Part 3: Homophones From VOA Learning English, this is Everyday Grammar. This week, we are looking at more commonly confused words in the English language. Todays subject is homophones. Homophones are two or more words that sou

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白领英语晨读-061 True Meaning of Life 生活的真谛

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The worst thing you can do in life is to say no to love. 语音讲解: 单词发音 worst 英 /wɜːst/ 美 /wɜːrst/ life /laɪf/ 词间连读 the worst thing you can do in life /əwɜːstɪŋ'jukənduwɪnlaɪf/

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the power of location 灵感发源地 Your Existence 你的存在 Would you say that your life has meaning? I can't imagine you wouldn't, so look for creativity in the most obvious place it could be: inside yourself. Every day is a tiny part of the g

发表于:2019-01-17 / 阅读(48) / 评论(0) 分类 英语听力广播—Listening

托福考试中,词汇类题目对考生托福词汇积累的考查很明显。今天为大家带来新托福词汇类问题解题指导,希望对大家托福备考有所帮助。 通常情况下,被考到的单词或短语对于理解文章的一

发表于:2019-01-17 / 阅读(47) / 评论(0) 分类 托福英语

And we believe that these responses in higher-order areas are induced or become similar across listeners 我们认为,听众这些相似的大脑高层次区块反应, because of the meaning conveyed by the speaker, and not by words or sound. 是由

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AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster: we answer a few questions from listeners that really call for a dictionary editor. RS: We called Peter Sokolowski, associate editor at the nation's oldest dictionary publisher, Me

发表于:2019-01-18 / 阅读(60) / 评论(0) 分类 英语单词大师-Word Master

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster -- a new way to learn slang. RS: It's a pack of sixty cards with slang terms on one side. Definitions and synonyms are on the back, plus a humorous illustration. AA: Jen Bilik says

发表于:2019-01-18 / 阅读(79) / 评论(0) 分类 英语单词大师-Word Master

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster: more of our discussion of gerunds and infinitives with English teacher Lida Baker. RS: A gerund, remember, is a verb ending in -ing but used as a noun. An infinitive is a verb wit

发表于:2019-01-18 / 阅读(58) / 评论(0) 分类 英语单词大师-Word Master

讲解文本: out of the blue 出乎意料,突如其来 There are so many things out of the blue in our life. 生活中就是有这么多出乎意料。 The job offer came out of the blue. 这个工作机会来的很突然。 疯狂练习吧!

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