Topics: The Great Smoky Mountains National Park; Famous Songs: Oh! Susanna; whichever versus whatever; tar-and-feather; mutually exclusive Words: smoke old-growth forest salamander settler log cabin banjo true love still nonsensical dialect from memo

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IMF to Revise US Growth Forecast, Sequester Blamed With across the board budget cuts all but guaranteed, some government agencies already have placed a freeze on hiring. At the Federal Aviation Administration, up to 40 thousand workers expect to see

发表于:2019-01-14 / 阅读(44) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2013年(三月)

Today's topics: Spam, Valentine's Day, the Winter Olympics, In terms of, Must vs. have vs. got to, Possessives, To raise vs. to rise Words: scam fraud card jewelry pendant fabric stuffed animals figure skating Michelle Kwan Bode Miller to party downh

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Today's topics: The Oscars, Pimps, Down to the wire, And so forth, and I or It? Words: To come down with a cold Academy Awards To give out awards It's hard out here for a pimp To be nominated Pimp my ride To sell out Smog inspection/check Headlights

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Topics: American houses, what Americans think they need, using the before a countrys name, either vs. neither Words: natural disaster tornado brick cement foundation frame basement to crawl to come out to be unable to live without microwave oven just

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Topics: U.S. Census, Driving While Texting, as well as versus as long as, change versus alter versus modify versus transform Words: census household questionnaire gender privacy Driving While Texting (DWT) Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) drunk crackd

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Topics: becoming a lawyer in the U.S., famous lines from American movies, proper versus appropriate Words: attorney state bar admission bar exam to hurt (someones) feelings to beg frankly black market to refuse to have class contender bum to be uncon

发表于:2019-02-15 / 阅读(50) / 评论(0) 分类 美语听力 English Cafe

Topics: Gallaudet University, U.S. call signs for radio and TV stations, outfit versus gear versus equipment, pronouncing law and low, so versus very Words: deaf hearing-impaired student body American Sign Language to appoint Board of Trustees facult

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Topics: Ask an American: Business travel in the U.S.; bang for your buck, original versus initial, the longest word in English Words: remote awesome to work out cool a major pain slippers to tuck/untuck to beep trail to keep (something) to a minimum

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Topics: New York Theater District/Broadway shows; Barbie dolls/G.I. Joe; I dont have versus I have no, in the street versus on the street, identifying yourself on the phone Words: district mainstream controversial cutting-edge lucrative figurine infa

发表于:2019-02-15 / 阅读(63) / 评论(0) 分类 美语听力 English Cafe

Topics: U.S. zoning laws; how to become a TV or movie screenwriter; unless versus if, in versus at for locations, persecute versus prosecute Words: zoning law urban sprawl mixed-use zoning high-density neighborhood exclusionary affordable housing str

发表于:2019-02-15 / 阅读(187) / 评论(0) 分类 美语听力 English Cafe

Topics: U.S. Mint; how auctions work; cache versus cash; listen to versus listen for Words: mint coins circulation worn out to melt down to deface pennies auction high-end antique bid cash cache cachet to listen to to listen for

发表于:2019-02-23 / 阅读(46) / 评论(0) 分类 美语听力 English Cafe

Topics: Brown v. Board of Education; yearbooks in American schools; indeed; none of them is/are; down to the wire Words: case party landmark decision inferior to rule to enroll to desegregate yearbook keepsake peers hairdos autograph indeed none of t

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