最近的英剧「Very British Problems」,异常火爆。 该剧起源于一个Twitter账号,该账号经常吐槽一些腐国人民独有的生活不能自理问题,矛头直指英国文化中繁琐至极的礼节,视角犀利,槽点到位,

发表于:2018-12-28 / 阅读(58) / 评论(0) 分类 早安英文

by Michael W. Flynn Today, I will answer the most common question I have received since I began this podcast: why do I include the following annoying disclaimer at the beginning of every episode: Although I am an attorney, the legal information in th

发表于:2018-12-30 / 阅读(48) / 评论(0) 分类 法律英语 Legal Lad

by Adam Freedman Todays topic: Cameras in the delivery room. And now, your daily dose of legalese: This article does not create an attorney-client relationship with any listener. In other words, although I am a lawyer, Im not your lawyer. If you need

发表于:2018-12-30 / 阅读(128) / 评论(0) 分类 法律英语 Legal Lad

Camile: That is a really good idea. Nathan: Thanks, but theres no way I can get past all of the gatekeepers in this company to get access to the president. Hes the only one who can green-light a project like this. Camile: Cant you present it to your

发表于:2019-01-01 / 阅读(57) / 评论(0) 分类 地道美语播客

Yuko: Whats all this? Reza: Were gearing up for the busy season. We dont want to get caught with our pants down like we did last season. Yuko: Last season, we had an unusual number of visitors because of the unseasonably warm weather. We cant expect

发表于:2019-01-01 / 阅读(101) / 评论(0) 分类 地道美语播客

Angel: Why are you driving at a snails pace? Georgina: This is an infamous speed trap. I dont want to get a ticket again. Angel: I dont see any squad cars along the road. Are you sure this is the right stretch of road? Georgina: Im sure. Those cops a

发表于:2019-01-01 / 阅读(60) / 评论(0) 分类 地道美语播客

Allen: Are you all right? Monica: Yes, were fine, but that blizzard really caught us off guard, especially this time of year. Have you seen the news? Allen: I just watched it. Overnight, the storm felled over 30 trees in and around the town and toppl

发表于:2019-01-01 / 阅读(76) / 评论(0) 分类 地道美语播客

Victoria: [clears her throat] Congratulations are in order. I just scored a product placement for our brand in the latest McQuillanator movie. Thank you, thank you very much. Gerard: Really? Thats great! Will it have a prominent place in the movie? V

发表于:2019-01-01 / 阅读(76) / 评论(0) 分类 地道美语播客

Eric: Who were you talking to on the phone? Melissa: My mother. I was commiserating with her about Dads retirement. Eric: Your father retired two months ago. That was a good thing, right? Melissa: Well, its good that he doesnt have to work anymore, b

发表于:2019-01-01 / 阅读(65) / 评论(0) 分类 地道美语播客

Grace: What happened to you?! Paul: I had a little accident at the game today. Grace: Little accident?! Youre limping and obviously in pain! Paul: I just pulled a muscle in my back and aggravated my runners knee, thats all. Its nothing to worry about

发表于:2019-01-01 / 阅读(61) / 评论(0) 分类 地道美语播客

Tom: Have you seen the news? Marianne: No, whats happening? Tom: People in McQuillanland are rising up against the dictator and rallying against his government. Marianne: Wow, this is big. I thought the dictator would order a media blackout and we wo

发表于:2019-01-01 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 地道美语播客

Lourdes: I need help. Valery: Sure, whats up? Lourdes: Im supposed to give a speech at the start of the conference next month and I dont know what to do. Valery: Its not that hard to plan out a speech. You start with an attention getter using humor o

发表于:2019-01-01 / 阅读(63) / 评论(0) 分类 地道美语播客

Andy: What are you doing? Sita: Im running some numbers for the new project. Andy: I thought that was Delias turf. Sita: Shes usually the go-to person for this type of information, but I need this info right now. Andy: Id be careful about stepping on

发表于:2019-01-01 / 阅读(67) / 评论(0) 分类 地道美语播客

Paul: All done. Samantha: Youre done with your paper? How can that be? Im just getting started. Paul: Im just a better student than you are. Samantha: Let me see that. You didnt write this. Paul: No, I didnt. I downloaded somebodys paper from some we

发表于:2019-01-01 / 阅读(84) / 评论(0) 分类 地道美语播客

Nancy: So, what do you think? Ron: Uh, that was interesting. Nancy: Thats all you have to say? I spent six months making this anti- drug film to show students in schools to try and deter illegal drug use. Ron: Well, Im not sure if it gets the point a

发表于:2019-01-01 / 阅读(89) / 评论(0) 分类 地道美语播客

Grammar Girl here. Today I'm going to play two listener comments that will lead us to a discussion of wordiness and idioms. Wordiness First, here's Tod in Canada from the todbits.com website: Can you help me correct people? Everyone that I know seems

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(62) / 评论(0) 分类 英语语法 Grammar Girl

Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is double words, Guest-writer Bonnie Trenga writes, Todays todays podcast podcast is is about words that are doubled, such as had had and is is. Words grammar checker automatically alerts you when you repeat a word, b

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(63) / 评论(0) 分类 英语语法 Grammar Girl

Grammar Girl here. Today I'm going to play two listener comments that will lead us to a discussion of wordiness and idioms. Wordiness First, here's Tod in Canada from the todbits.com website: Can you help me correct people? Everyone that I know seems

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(77) / 评论(0) 分类 英语语法 Grammar Girl

by Jason Marshall In the last few articles, weve talked about decimals and how theyre related to fractions through the process of division. Now, its time to turn our attention to some practical applications of these tools. Up first today were talking

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(172) / 评论(0) 分类 数学英语

My voice today sounds rather strange, doest it? Yes I have flu, and I am recording this podcast in bed. And in this podcast we will introduce or revise some vocabulary related to being ill. Kevin, the hero of our soap opera, Podcast People, fells ver

发表于:2019-02-16 / 阅读(50) / 评论(0) 分类 听播客学英语