We are going to catch things in this podcast, and yes there will be a new phrasal verb as well to catch up with. Like many common English verbs, catch is irregular. The past tense of catch is caught. So, I catch, I caught, I have caught. If you look

发表于:2019-02-19 / 阅读(81) / 评论(0) 分类 听播客学英语

There is a well-known line in Shakespeares play A Midsummer Nights Dream which goes, The course of true love never did run smooth. It means that when you fall in love, there are always complications, and accidents and difficulties. That is the theme

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A: All right, so this is what we are going to do. Ive carefully mapped this out, so dont screw it up. Mr. Rabbit, you and Mr. Fox will go into the bank wearing these uniforms. We managed to get repli- cas of the one the guards wear when they pick up

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A: This is such a beautiful day! Great for sailing! B: It sure is! The water looks so nice! Anchor the boat for a little while. Im going to take a dip. A: Why are you doggy-paddling? I taught you how to swim! Do your breast stroke! B: I get too tired

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A: Miss, your salad. B: Mmm, looks good! Im positively famished. A: And for you, sir... C: Thank you. A: Enjoy. B,C: Thank you. C: I cant believe shes on a date with me! Im so lucky! I must be the luckiest guy in the world! I want to scream at the to

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My friend Sarah is a vet. I have asked her to tell us about a typical days work. I am a veterinary surgeon and work for a charity called PDSA, which stands for the Peoples Dispensary for Sick Animals. We treat pets belonging to people who are on stat

发表于:2019-03-01 / 阅读(127) / 评论(0) 分类 听播客学英语

In English we have some words which have so many possible meanings that it sometimes seems that they can mean almost anything. One of these words is get. Another is do. In colloquial English, we often use the expression that something will do. For ex

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In less than two weeks time, the football World Cup competition begins in Germany. Football fever is already sweeping the country. There are articles in the newspapers and programmes on television. Many people have placed English flags in the windows

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In English, we use the word get (or its past tense got) very often. Sometimes we say get by itself; sometimes we say get as part of a phrasal verb such as get in or get up. And we use get/got to mean many different things. If I get a newspaper, it me

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Last week, the police in Denia in eastern Spain made a gruesome discovery. They found a decomposing body in a rubbish tip underneath a motorway bridge. The body was that of Colin Nodes, who was British, and a criminal with a long and colourful histor

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When we have several days of very hot weather, we call it a heatwave.In Britain, we are having a heatwave at present. In fact, we are having record high temperatures. Yesterday, 19 July, was the hottest July day on record. The highest temperature (36

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Often we need words to explain how probable something is. Lets look at some examples. Will it rain today? There are dark clouds in the sky. It will definitely rain Will it rain today? There are no clouds in the sky. It will certainly not rain this mo

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How are your teeth? How often do you go to the dentist? Here is part of a poem by Pam Ayres. Oh, I wish Id looked after my teeth, And spotted the perils beneath, All the toffees I chewed, And the sweet sticky food, Oh, I wish Id looked after my teeth

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In our lives we have lots of machines and electrical equipment things like cars and washing machines, video recorders and mobile phones. Most of the time they work OK. But sometimes they do not. Todays podcast is about the words we use when something

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Every year, a prize is awarded to an artist who is British born or who works in Britain. It is called the Turner prize. It is named after the famous British artist J M W Turner. In previous years, some of the art and artists which have won the Turner

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Todays podcast is about the expression getting on. What does it mean? Well, if I ask someone How are you getting on? I mean How much progress have you made?. It is easiest to explain with some examples. Example number one. I ask my children, How are

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A: Next please! Hello sir, may I see your passport please? B: Yes, here you go. A: Will you be checking any bags. B: Yes, Id like to check three pieces. A: Im sorry, sir. Airline policy allows only two pieces of checked luggage, at twenty kilograms e

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A: Hey man... I really like your pad. Those lava lamps are far out! Thanks for letting me crash here tonight. B: Its no problem, brother! I wanted a pad where people could come, listen to music and just hang loose, you dig what Im saying? A: I dig it

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A: Hey man! Hows it hanging? B: Hey man! Everything is just groovy baby! A: Did you go to the roller rink on Saturday? I heard it was far out, man! B: I wanted to, but I ran into this foxy lady that just moved to my block! I was chatting her up a bit

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A: And therefore, global warming is the greatest de- ception of the early 21st century. Questions? B: Uh yeah. In the lecture you said there s more evidence in the scientific record supporting global cooling? A: Well, yes, essentially, the historical

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