词汇大师(Wordmaster)--Gossip

AA: This is Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster -- did you hear? We're going to talk about gossip! RS: Idle talk, chatty talk, rumors or facts of an intimate nature -- these are some dictionary definitions for what Americans

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--How America Got Its Name, Part 2

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster -- how a piece of land between Europe and Asia got the name America. RS: The name honors the Italian-born explorer and navigator Amerigo Vespucci. America first appeared on a world

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--Writing Thank-You Notes

Broadcast on Coast to Coast: November 28, 2002 MUSIC: Thank You For ... /Hall and Oates AA: No, thank you -- for listening! I'm Avi Arditti. RS: And I'm Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster: Some advice on how to write a thank-you note, as ma

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--T Is for Trouble

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster: a pronunciation question from Quebec, Canada. RS: Nam-Thien Khuu writes by e-mail, I have heard [that the letter 't' is silent when it comes after a stressed syllable]. Am I right

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--How America Got Its Name, Part 1

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble with Wordmaster. Some time ago, a listener wrote to ask if there is a difference between America and United States. We think this is a good time to answer that question. RS: Recently we read about an effort by

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--Language of Terror, Part 1

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster -- language and the impact of the September eleventh terrorist attacks on the United States. RS: Start with something as simple as the date. September eleventh, or 9-11 as American

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--Learning English Online

MUSIC: My Internet Girl/Aaron Carter (lyrics) You've got e-mail ... AA: E-mail is just one of the benefits of the Internet. I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on WORDMASTER we look at learning English online. RS: Charles Kelly is an

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--Spider-Related Expressions

Broadcast on Coast to Coast: May 30, 2002 Re-broadcast on VOA News Now: June 2, 2002 AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster -- etymology meets entomology! The new movie Spider-Man inspired us to untangle some spider-rel

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--'Predicting New Words'

Broadcast on Coast to Coast: September 19, 2002 Re-broadcast on VOA News Now: September 22, 2002 AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble and this week on WORDMASTER -- Predicting New Words: The Secrets of Their Success. RS: That's the title of a new

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--New Words

INTRO: As long has language has existed, it has been in a constant state of change, and as long there have been dictionaries lexicographers have been trying to keep up with those changes. James Donahower reports on the flood of new words entering the

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--'Minority' and 'AHANA'

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on WORDMASTER: Has the word minority outgrown its usefulness? RS: Minority means less than half. In the United States, members of non-European racial and ethnic groups are generally referred to

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--Weasel Words

Broadcast on Coast to Coast: May 9, 2002 Rebroadcast on VOA News Now: May 12, 2002 AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster -- advice for battling weasels of a wordy sort. RS: Weasels are small, nasty animals. Their reput

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--Slangman: 'Hansel and Gretel'

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on WORDMASTER -- wishing you good health over the holidays, with Slangman David Burke. RS: Once again, just for our listeners, Slangman David Burke has rewritten a popular children's fairy tale

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--Chicago Manual of Style

Broadcast on COAST TO COAST: July 24, 2003 AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on WORDMASTER -- a look at the book writers turn to settle questions of style. RS: University of Chicago Press is just out with the 15th edition of the

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--Slangman: Names Used in Slang

Broadcast on COAST TO COAST: July 17, 2003 AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on WORDMASTER -- names used in slang. RS: Take Johnny come lately. That's an opportunist who tries to gain from something started by others. AA: We cer

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--Hypercorrection

Broadcast on COAST TO COAST: March 11, 2004 AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster -- getting hyper about correctness. RS: English once had a system where nouns took different forms depending on whether they were the su

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--Internet Terms

First broadcast: February 2, 2005 Personal computers and the Internet have become vital tools for everything from communications and research to entertainment and office work. Not surprisingly, new words connected with these technologies are becoming

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--Sound Change, Part 2

First broadcast: January 19, 2005 AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster we talk about regional changes in American English with University of Pennsylvania linguist William Labov [la-BOVE]. Imagine a situation like this

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--Linguistic Profiling

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster: linguistic profiling. WALT WOLFRAM: What I mean by linguistic profiling is to hear a voice and on the basis of that voice make a judgment about that person which would sort of rat

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--Slangman: Food-Related Slang

Broadcast on COAST TO COAST: September 18, 2003 AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster: a fresh look at a topic we did with Slangman David Burke in Los Angeles five years ago this month: food-related slang. This time, h