I think writing is the most difficult skill in English. I'm not sure why. Some students are really good at speaking, but their writing is terrible. Why can't they just pretend they're speaking but write it all down. You certainly have more time to th

发表于:2018-12-04 / 阅读(73) / 评论(0) 分类 听一分钟英文-W

In English, the traditional word order of a statement is subject + verb. Never do we change the order except when asking a question. Or do we? If you listened closely, you may have noticed that my statement beginning with the word never failed to fol

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年VOA慢速英语(十一)月

In last weeks Everyday Grammar, we told you about a few kinds of inversion that are useful in academic writing and common on the TOEFL. But there are others. Today, well talk about three more. In fact, I already used one kind in my introduction. Comp

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(70) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年VOA慢速英语(十一)月

09 Getting Feedback on Writing GLOSSARY marked up edited; revised; corrected, usually by drawing lines and commentsin red ink * The professor marked up Jims essay because he used the passive voiceinstead of the active voice. draft an initial version

发表于:2018-12-17 / 阅读(96) / 评论(0) 分类 2011年ESL之日常生活

Voice 1 Welcome to Spotlight. Im Liz Waid. Voice 2 And Im Joshua Leo. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live. Voice 1 In Kenya, a young man sits in his hi

发表于:2018-12-19 / 阅读(80) / 评论(0) 分类 环球英语 Spotlight

Re-writing A: These two sections need to be re-written, Jerry. The last guy that did this really mixed things up. B: Yeah, I could tell that. Thats no problem. I can probably get it re-done by tomorrow. Whens our meeting with the boss? A: Not until n

发表于:2018-12-25 / 阅读(76) / 评论(0) 分类 办公室英语口语

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on WORDMASTER: encouraging high school students to write about the issues they want the next U.S. president to address. RS: That is the aim right now of the National Writing Project, a federally

发表于:2018-12-30 / 阅读(58) / 评论(0) 分类 词汇大师(Wordmaster)

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on WORDMASTER, our guest is the author of a new book called On Words: Insight Into How Our Words Work -- and Don't. RS: Paula LaRocque has worked for many years as a writing instructor and newsp

发表于:2018-12-30 / 阅读(72) / 评论(0) 分类 词汇大师(Wordmaster)

Truman Capote developed a new kind of writing with his nonfiction novel, In Cold Blood Written by Dana Demange VOICE ONE: I'm Faith Lapidus. VOICE TWO: And I'm Bob Doughty with PEOPLE IN AMERICA in VOA Special English. Today we tell about Truman Capo

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(131) / 评论(0) 分类 名人轶事

Grammar Girl here. Todays topic is readability. And just to mix things up, Im bringing in Adam Freedman to host todays show. Adam is the author of The Party of the First Part, a witty, entertaining book about legalese that goes on sale September 4. I

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

Todd: OK, Jeff, you're a writer. Jeff: A little bit. Todd: OK. Jeff: Hobby! Todd: OK. Talk about writing. Jeff: I write, I think you... writers write about what they know. So, and I don't know much so...so it's difficult, difficult to be a writer. No

发表于:2019-01-06 / 阅读(47) / 评论(0) 分类 原版英语对话1000个

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster: we have a special guest to discuss creative writing. CHITRA DIVAKARUNI: My name is Chitra Divakaruni, and I am a writer and also a professor of creative writing at the University

发表于:2019-01-18 / 阅读(51) / 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: advice from a writing coach. RS: Jack Hart is a managing editor at The Oregonian newspaper in Portland. We talked to him last year about the classic writing guide by William Strun

发表于:2019-01-18 / 阅读(51) / 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: advice from a writing coach. RS: Jack Hart is a managing editor at The Oregonian newspaper in Portland. We talked to him last year about the classic writing guide by William Strun

发表于:2019-01-25 / 阅读(46) / 评论(0) 分类 词汇大师(Wordmaster)

Todd: OK, John, you were saying that you taught writing in AmericaJohn: Yeah. Todd: OK, and you said it was a paperless class. John: Paperless classTodd: OK, what does that mean, a paperless class? John: Basically, it means that we didn't use paper.

发表于:2019-01-30 / 阅读(57) / 评论(0) 分类 英语访谈对话

Todd: OK, hello! Alex: Hi! Todd: Hi, what's your name? Alex: Alex Cromer. Todd: Cromer! Alex: Yes, sir. Todd: And how do you spell that? Alex: C-R-O-M-E-R Todd: OK, and where are you from Alex? Alex: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Todd: OK, what's Pittsbu

发表于:2019-02-07 / 阅读(43) / 评论(0) 分类 原版英语对话1000个

Todd: OK, John, you were saying that you taught writing in America. 托德:约翰,你说过你在美国教授写作课程。 John: Yeah. 约翰:没错。 Todd: OK, and you said it was a paperless class. 托德:你还说那是无纸化课程。

发表于:2019-02-12 / 阅读(51) / 评论(0) 分类 实战口语情景对话

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on WORDMASTER, our guest is the author of a new book called On Words: Insight Into How Our Words Work -- and Don't.RS: Paula LaRocque has worked for many years as a writing instructor and newspa

发表于:2019-02-14 / 阅读(54) / 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 teaching method that emphasizes writing not only in English classes but also in other disciplines. RS: It's called writing across the curriculum, and it's an old idea, but one t

发表于:2019-02-14 / 阅读(37) / 评论(0) 分类 英语单词大师-Word Master

这支单曲是007系列电影主题曲第一首获得了英国单曲榜冠军的歌曲。这首歌获得了73届金球奖的最佳原创单曲奖项以及第88届奥斯卡金像奖的最佳原唱歌曲。 I've been here before 我曾经成功过 But

发表于:2019-02-19 / 阅读(52) / 评论(0) 分类 英乐时空