英语单词大师：Carnival Jargon

Memorial Day weekend is almost here, and with it, the unofficial start of America's summer season. Traditionally, Memorial Day is the busiest day in the year for traveling carnivals with their trained animals, games of chance and sideshow acts, compl

英语单词大师：Your Own Words

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster -- we talk to language columnist and author Barbara Wallraff about her new book. It's called Your Own Words. In it, she explains, quote, how to outsmart the reference books and be

英语单词大师：TESOL Convention

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and today on Wordmaster -- it's TESOL time! RS: Next week is the thirty-eighth annual convention of the group known as TESOL: Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages. TESOL says there are one-point

英语单词大师：Future of English

English is fast becoming the language of science around the world, but what is its future among everyday speakers? One expert points out that the percentage of native English speakers is declining globally while the languages of other rapidly growing

英语单词大师：Political Rhetoric

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster -- political rhetoric in America. RS: This time, Howard Dean didn't scream. He finished what he called a solid second behind John Kerry in the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday. AA:

英语单词大师：'Wall Street Words

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster -- we invest some time with the author of a book about financial terms. SCOTT: Stock markets around the world have done fairly well, but in the U.S. money has come back into stocks

英语单词大师：Spanglish

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster -- we talk with the author of a book called Spanglish: The Making of a New American Language. RS: Ilan Stavans is a professor of Latin American and Latino Culture at Amherst Colleg

英语单词大师：Gestures

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster -- the language of non-verbal communication. Two writers, Melissa Wagner and Nancy Armstrong, have put together a book of one-hundred-eight gestures and their various, and sometime

英语单词大师：Telephone Etiquette

MUSIC: Hanging on the Telephone/BlondieAA: Im Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on WORDMASTER -- some tips on telephone etiquette. MUSIC: ...dont leave me hanging on the telephone, dont leave me hanging on the telephone... RS: One perso

英语单词大师：TESOL Teacher

AA: Ive Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble. This week on Wordmaster -- come with us to the American Midwest to meet a young man who teaches English to speakers of other languages ... lots of other languages. RS: His name is Josh Atherton. He taught Eng

英语单词大师：Race Terms

AA: This is Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster -- as delegates in South Africa discuss racism, we discuss the language of race. RS: About thirteen percent of Americans are African American. They are now rivaled in number by

英语单词大师：Bird Terms

AA: Im Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on WORDMASTER with spring time approaching here in the United States our thoughts turn to bird watching. RS: Birds are easy to spot in everyday speech. A hierarchy in an organization is called a

英语单词大师：Electronic Mail

AA: Im Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on WORDMASTER -- the language of electronic mail. TAPE: CUT ONE -- NAOMI BARONAs e-mail is developing more and more users, its also developing more and more styles. Theres one style that says be

英语单词大师：Lida Baker: Modals

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster, meet the modals! RS: Modals are words like can, could, will, would, may, might, and must. The list goes on. And they can be tricky to learn. AA: We get more of an introduction fro

英语单词大师：Medical Interpreters

AA: Im Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster: a special report about the linguistic challenges that health care workers face in the United States as a result of the nation growing immigrant population. RS: A recent study found

英语单词大师：Corporate Crime

AA: Im Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster -- a timely accounting of some slang related to business fraud. BUSH: Every corporate official who has chosen to commit a crime can expect to face the consequences. No more easy mon

英语单词大师：Getting a Job2

AA: Im Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster -- surviving a job interview! RS: Heres the first bit of advice from human resources consultant Sharon Armstrong: Its not just words you have to think about, but also how you expres

英语单词大师：Proverbs in AE2

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster we have part two of our look at proverbs in American English. RS: We continue our conversation with Wolfgang Mieder, a professor of German and folklore at the University of Vermont

英语单词大师：Proverbs in AE1

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster: proverbs in American English. RS: It's tempting to call Wolfang Mieder the proverbial expert from out-of-town. A professor of German and folklore at the University of Vermont, he

英语单词大师：Crafting a Complaint

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster: a lesson in complaining. RS: English teacher Lida Baker is with us from Los Angeles to discuss a topic suggested by one of our listeners, an English teacher in Iran. His students