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There are two ways of expressing ability in English. One, can or could. Two, be able to. In negative sentences, theres no difference in meaning. So, I couldnt lift the piano and I wasnt able to lift the piano mean the same thing. However, in affirmat

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Welcome to Daily Tips on Learning English. Todays tip is on how different vowel lengths are used to differentiate words ending in voiced and voiceless consonants. Lets take an example. Theres something in my eyes. Theres something in my ice. The last

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Welcome to Daily Tips on Learning English. Todays tip is on using or omitting the English article a correctly.今天的主题是a这个冠词的使用 Theres no single rule that explains how to choose whether you should use a, use the or not use any

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Welcome to Daily Tips on Learning English. Todays tip is to be aware of how some verbs in English, transitive verbs, require an object. Not using an object after a transitive verb is a common mistake made by learners of English. For example, although

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Welcome to Daily Tips on Learning English. Todays tip is on sound linking. Remember that although written English has spaces between every word, spoken English doesnt have pauses after every word. As a matter of fact, long strings of words are all li

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Welcome to Daily Tips on Learning English. Todays tip is on how syllable stress can affect the meaning of words. Remenber that stressed syllables are said louder and are lengthened, and unstressed syllables are pronounced more softly, and often have

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pronunciation of the letter t. Of course the letter t is usually pounced t. But you may have noticed that in fluent speech, native speakers sometimes pronounced the t as d. That happens when the t comes between two voiced sounds. Do you know what sou

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Although auxiliary verbs are not usually stressed, when we want to strongly emphasize a verb, we stress the auxiliary verb. And if theres no auxiliary verb, we add one. These sentences are called emphatic sentences. For example, compare the sentences

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In English, Yes is always followed by affirmative statements. No is always followed by negative statements. This means you cant say, Yes, I havent eaten dinner yet. Or No, I did my home work. Chinese allows this, but English does not. Therere differe

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Welcome to Daily Tips on Learning English. Todays tip is on the difference in meaning between remember doing something and remember to do something. Lets take an example. Whats the difference between I remember locking the door and I remember to lock

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Welcome to Daily Tips on Learning English. Todays tip is on the difference in meaning between forget doing something and forget to do something. Lets take an example. Whats the difference between I will never forget to lock the door and I will never

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Lets take an example. Whats the difference between I regret to tell you that your father died and I regret telling you that your father died? Well, I regret to tell, I regret to say are used to inform someone of bad news in a polite way. Before you t

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try plus an infinitive, that is, to plus a verb, such as try to learn try to open try to read means to make an effort to do it. try plus a gerund, that is, verb-ing, such as try opening, try turning on, try giving means to experiment with a new or di

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Every student of English has my sympathy in his struggles with the English articles. They are one of the most difficult parts of learning English. First of all, I urge you to do this. Listen to native speakers. When you listen, listen carefully, sinc

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If you listen to previous daily tips, you will recall that content words, such as nouns, main verbs, adjectives and adverbs are normally stressed, and function words, such as personal pronouns, possessive adjectives and prepositions are normally not

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In a previous tip, I mentioned how in long sentences, it is necessary to pause between thought groups. However, relatively short sentences may also require pauses to help the listeners organize the stream of sounds correctly. Lets look at some exampl

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Remember that intonation is the rising and falling of the pitch of your voice. So shes here. is a statement, but shes here? is a question. But it isnt true that all questions have a rising intonation. Today, lets just look at the intonation of three

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Tag questions are used in two very different ways, and the difference depends on whether you use a rising or falling pitch at the end of the tag question. One way tag questions are used is to get your listener to agree with you about something you th

外教教你如何学英语

句子比单词重要 中国人学英语，最常用的方法是背单词，甚至有人以能背出一本词典为荣，但是词典上的解释是死的，语言的运用却是活的，机械的理解会造成很大的误解。词典不是最重要的，关键在于语境。可以说，单词没有多少实际运用的价值，机械记忆的单词量再大，也不会

经典双语笑话 第88期:让我教你

Let Me Show You How 让我教你 A young man hired by a supermarket reported for his first day of work. 一家超市雇用了一个年轻人，他第一天上班报到。 The manager greeted him with a warm handshake and a smile, gave him a broom,and