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Male: I think we better 1) review. Female: Yup good idea. Male: OK, the most important rule, the one that all the others serve to protect and 2) execute is that verbs and their subject must agree. Sin
Pronouns Male: OK, you got your verbs, you got your nouns, and you got your pronouns. Then there are your 1) modifiers like your adjectives, adverbs and prepositions. Female: This half-hour, we’ll d
shrug -耸肩 sightseeing-观光,游览 signature -签名,署名 significance -含义,意义,重要性 simplify -简化,使简单 sin-罪孽 sincere -诚挚的,真诚的 singular -单数的,非凡的 sketch -略图,草图,素描 skilled-熟练的,有技能的 skim -掠过,浏览 slap -拍,击打 sleeve -
Mother's Day is an important day all around the world, even though it started in North America and Europe. Not all countries celebrate it on the same day, but the most popular day is the second Sunday in May. It is, of course, a day to honour our mot
MUSICsound/unit02_newwords_b.mp3/MUSIC TITLENew Words/TITLE |@|1competition |n.|[U] the activities of competing |竞争 || ||There has always been intense competition between companies for bigger market shares. |公司之间一直进行着激烈的竞争
Before last season, the National Basketball Association (or NBA) announced it had more international players than ever before. And that number only continues to grow. When the 2016-2017 season started, the NBA said it had 113 international players. T
The English word foot has more than one meaning. In the United States, one meaning is a unit of measurement equal to 12 inches, or .3 meters. We use feet to measure height, length and short distances. Todays question is about when to use the plural o
Mother's Day is an important day all around the world, even though it started in North America and Europe. Not all countries celebrate it on the same day, but the most popular day is the second Sunday in May. It is, of course, a day to honour our mot
Prime Minister, John Key, is in the middle of a 10-day visit to Mexico, Colombia, Chile and Brazil. One of the reasons for his trip is to increase trade between New Zealand and these countries. When Mr Key was in Colombia, he invited 150 farmers from
First listen to November 12th 2012 and January 17th 2010 to hear about NCEA. More than 163,000 students received their NCEA results today. The results were available online and each student had their own password to see their own results. There are t
Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is What's with those people who talk weird? or regionalisms. Language is constantly changing, and a lot of people have asked me about how and why it happens. This isn't my area of expertise, but I've done a lot of rea
Before last season, the National Basketball Association (or NBA) announced it had more international players than ever before. And that number only continues to grow. When the 2016-2017 season started, the NBA said it had 113 international players. T
On November 11, the Louvre Abu Dhabi museum will open in the capital of the United Arab Emirates. The museum is part of a project designed to appeal to millions of visitors every year. The waterfront museum will hold hundreds of pieces of art represe
You probably know a lot of food words, such as bread, apple and rice. But knowing which foods are countable and which are not can be tricky. In todays Ask a Teacher, Abdo from Sudan writes: Question: How do I know which foods can be plural? For examp
Remember that damages is not the plural of damage, but actually has a different meaning. 记住:damages不是damage的复数形式,damages有其他的含义。 Damage means loss or injury to a person or property. It is an uncountable singular nou
Everyday Grammar: Problems with Pronouns and Gender 每日语法:代词和词性的问题 When I was on the train yesterday, I heard someone say this: Someone left their bag on the train. Can you find anything wrong with the sentence? If you looked i
How Much Do You Know about Quantifiers? 你知道多少量词? For VOA Learning English, this is Everyday Grammar. Today we are going to talk about different ways of expressing quantity in English. A quantifier is a word or number that shows an amoun
Everyday Grammar: When Nouns Act Like Adjectives 日常语法名词充当形容词 Welcome back to Everyday Grammar from VOA Learning English. The English language has an interesting way of classifying words. We organize words by their function or pu
National Grammar Day Is Here! Robert Lowth, bishop of London in the 18th century, wrote a book of grammar rules that are still used today. What will you be doing on Friday? How will you have spent your day? Do you have trouble understanding these que
Listening to his narrative I had completely forgotten the events of the previous night, the slain streetwalkers, and my suspicion of Holmes. At this point, Holmes continued, I knew that I needed to consult an expert. Mr. Wells, of whom I spoke earlie