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发表于:2018-12-26 / 阅读(50) / 评论(0) 分类 美语听力 English Cafe

Topics: Genealogy, Bill Cosby, to get down on your knees vs. to get down on one knee Words: blood relative miniseries ancestor to trace your family tree hyphenated American cemetery birth certificate Mormons stand-up comedian to tell a joke album car

发表于:2018-12-26 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 美语听力 English Cafe

Topics: Ask an American: Louisville Slugger; globe versus sphere versus orb; on/by horseback; to hit ones funny bone; to stub ones toe Words: on average peak production spring training butter churn to prevail Hall of Famer to say it best Louisville S

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I went to the dentist to get a check-up and cleaning. I showed up at the dentist's office a few minutes before 10. I gave the receptionist my name and told her that I had a 10 a.m. appointment. She said that the doctor was running a little late and t

发表于:2019-01-01 / 阅读(75) / 评论(0) 分类 地道美语播客

This is a special version of our podcast. There's no script for the podcast, because it is an unscripted interview by Dr. Lucy Tse with the host, Jeff McQuillan. Here are the questions that she asks: - Why did you decide to start ESL Podcast? - How d

发表于:2019-01-01 / 阅读(71) / 评论(0) 分类 地道美语播客

I can't believe I made it into San Francisco, at long last! This morning, I went to the airport to catch my 10 a.m. flight. I got there early to go through security. The folks at the TSA can really slow things down sometimes. Since I had an electroni

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

lesson/ddmybkMy interview is today. It is with a marketing company. It is a large corporation with its headquarters in San Francisco, CA. It also has satellite offices across the U.S. and in Europe. I'm not sure if this would be the right fit for me,

发表于:2019-01-01 / 阅读(68) / 评论(0) 分类 地道美语播客

Dear Jake, I wanted to thank you for all of the help you've given me over the past several weeks. Being laid up with pneumonia really caught me off-guard, but you went above and beyond in taking care of me. Before I got sick, we had only known each o

发表于:2019-01-07 / 阅读(49) / 评论(0) 分类 地道美语播客

I had to fly from Minneapolis to Los Angeles recently, and like most travelers, I've almost memorized the standard safety announcement made by the flight attendants. It goes something like this: Good afternoon and welcome to Flight 345, service to Lo

发表于:2019-01-09 / 阅读(57) / 评论(0) 分类 地道美语播客

I decided to switch banks recently, and after looking at my options, I went for Mar Vista National Bank. I drove over to the bank, parked next to the drive-through teller lanes, and walked inside. I made my way to the new accounts desk, and was greet

发表于:2019-01-20 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 地道美语播客

Judy: I've called this meeting so we can brainstorm some fundraising ideas. As you know, we're in danger of closing. Any thoughts? Stan: I thought that Juan was working on getting donors. Judy: He is, but we can't count on that coming through. Domini

发表于:2019-01-27 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 地道美语播客

One of my co-workers, Betty, was retiring this month after working for the company 23 years. I was put in charge of planning a retirement lunch in her honor at a restaurant nearby. The company was picking up the tab and it was up to me to set a day a

发表于:2019-01-28 / 阅读(67) / 评论(0) 分类 地道美语播客

I was at the store the other day. I'm so glad that the hotel I booked didn't turn out to be a dump. The last time I went on vacation, I booked it online sight unseen, and it turned out to be a run down hotel. This hotel was completely different. The

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I was just in time for my interview and I was very nervous. I walked up to the receptionist. She was talking into a headset and typing on her keyboard. David: Good morning. I'm David Laso. I have an appointment with Dale Mendoza at 10 oclock. Could y

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Phillip: So, have you heard the news? Mary: No, what's up? Phillip: I just heard that the company is planning to lay off 20 percent of the employees in the next two months. Mary: You're kidding! I knew they were looking for some way to cut costs with

发表于:2019-02-02 / 阅读(57) / 评论(0) 分类 地道美语播客

Marco: Hello. Claudia: Hey, Marco? It's Claudia. Got a minute? Marco: Sure. What's up? Claudia: I'm just wondering what's going on with you and Beth. Are you guys still going out? Marco: We went out for a while, but we never got serious. Why all the

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(49) / 评论(0) 分类 地道美语播客

Topics: Woodstock; Walter Reed Army Medical Center; a lot versus a load of; indicate versus signify; Hispanic versus Spanish Words: to be billed as concert-goer hippy mud bell-bottoms documentary flagship veteran wounded in battle rehabilitation negl

发表于:2019-03-05 / 阅读(200) / 评论(0) 分类 美语听力 English Cafe

Topics: Patriotic songs; Carnegie Hall; grande versus venti (at Starbucks); troop versus troops; (something) is ghostwritten Words: patriotic to bless prayer national anthem prairie foam ocean current hall to seat acoustics to be lined with to be eng

发表于:2019-03-05 / 阅读(195) / 评论(0) 分类 美语听力 English Cafe

Topics: Yosemite National Park; PETA and animal rights; to rebuild versus to reshape; to mind your Ps and Qs; tag questions Words: national park developed valley striking cliff animal rights suffering factory farm tactic fur undercover arson to rebui

发表于:2019-03-05 / 阅读(184) / 评论(0) 分类 美语听力 English Cafe

Topics: The CIA; The Wizard of Oz; deliverable; stress versus pressure; you had me at hello Words: intelligence peacetime secretive speculation espionage covert torture regime change wizard tornado scarecrow plot deliverable stress pressure you had m

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