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Topics: Brown v. Board of Education; yearbooks in American schools; indeed; none of them is/are; down to the wire Words: case party landmark decision inferior to rule to enroll to desegregate yearbook keepsake peers hairdos autograph indeed none of t

美语听力 English Cafe 168

Topics: American Cities: Detroit; wills, living wills, and advance healthcare directives; solution and solve vs. resolution and resolve; family vs. household Words: waterfront property synonymous unemployment rate to cross racial lines last will and

美语听力 English Cafe 169

Topics: Alternative energy; Monticello; criticize versus chastise versus chasten; please inform versus please be informed; to denominate Words: alternative nonrenewable resources environmentally friendly documentary political spectrum to advocate for

美语听力 English Cafe 191

Topics: American Cities: Dallas; conservative Christian/fundamentalist universities; to wear (someone) out; shrink; already Words: convention center trade show barbeque Bible Belt evangelicalism vocal fundamentalist conservative Christian right stric

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Topics: Alcatraz; The Simpsons; using negation with an infinitive; heaven versus heavens; kind of versus sort of versus type of Words: to escape guard jailbreak cover-up cell haunted animated dysfunctional family trouble-maker pacifier merchandise le

美语听力 English Cafe 208

Topics: Beauty pageants and controversies; the National Weather Service; like versus same as; how do you do?; whats up; have a good one Words: beauty pageant to be judged contestant articulate talent poise crown sash demeaning forecast warning to dis

美语听力 English Cafe 210

Topics: American Cities (Territories): Puerto Rico; People Who Work for Celebrities; cooperation versus collaboration; instance versus instantaneous versus instant; pronouncing wont and want Words: appointed resident mainland diaspora celebrity in th

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Topics: Ask an American: Bartering; waiting versus awaiting; use of the infinitive; answering yes to a negative question Words: marketing produce to establish brand in turn down agriculture to barter quaint charming initiative to wait to await

美语听力 English Cafe 242

Topics: Preventing Violence in Schools Post Columbine; American Territories: U.S. Virgin Islands; although versus even though; lite; rate versus rank Words: campus massacre outcast bullied minor to claim clique to retaliate Caribbean inhabitant exoti

美语听力 English Cafe 279

Topics: Famous Authors: Harriet Beecher Stowe; Death Valley National Park; idiom versus slang; a chunk of rural wilderness; the rest of (something) Words: abolitionist slavery livelihood fugitive to prompt cabin stereotype to set aside valley arid ha

美语听力 English Cafe 277

Topics: Famous Americans: John Dewey; the X Games; phrases used to talk about peoples jobs; for the lack of; be that as it may Words: reform progressive education theoretical posthumously medal extreme sport parachute to snowmobile steep to flip spec

美语听力 English Cafe 269

Topics: Minimum wage; cyber crime; I will want to versus I would want to; except for; conversely Words: wages subject to indexed to inflation consumer price index opponent to nickel and dime cyber to hack identity theft copyright infringement handle

美语听力 English Cafe 266

Topics: Ask an American: minority doctors; if I were; I wish I were; near versus close; to hold (something) against (someone) Words: study to establish practice outcome credibility health professional to result compliance prescription exchange truly

美语听力 English Cafe 265

Topics: The Extension Courses System; Famous Americans: Lizzie Borden; Boston accent/dialect and the Boston Brahmin; to speak out of turn Words: to be enrolled hobby offbeat palm reading certificate step- hatchet prime suspect sensational to speculat

美语听力 English Cafe 214

Topics: Psychological pricing; daytime soap operas; target versus objective versus purpose; the silent b: slumber versus plumber; there, there Words: whole number to make change to round up/down chain soap opera longest-running bizarre plot twist clo

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Topics: American Cities: Houston; how to become a police officer; incredible versus unbelievable; to rule the roost; to sort out Words: to be named after oilfield cultural offering urban sprawl lot size low/high urban density forensics ride-along end

美语听力 English Cafe 216

Topics: Steroid use and other doping in professional sports; The Juilliard School; shell-shocked; way to go; be good Words: performance-enhancing drug steroid bodybuilder dose acne to cheat to dope prestigious audition humanities to rehearse composer

美语听力 English Cafe 232

Topics: The Godfather; Graceland and Elvis; to hinder versus to hamper versus to impede; the hunt is on; quick and dirty tips Words: godparent mafia bribery corruption brutal to legitimize stillborn sideburns the rest is history mansion recording stu

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Topics: Apollo Theater; Famous Americans: Susan B. Anthony; to talk down to; to bail on; had better versus would rather Words: talent to make (ones) debut jazz legend to bill (oneself) executioner to revive landmark status to play a pivotal role suff

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Topics: DUIs and Mothers Against Drunk Drivers; Famous Americans: Martha Stewart; traffic versus transit; at all versus not at all; describing someone who works from home Words: influence impaired sobriety penalty to lobby non-profit fatality busines