语言小点心:Get On Like A House On Fire

1. If people get on like a house on fire, they: a) argue and fight with each other all the time b) have a very good, friendly relationship c) are in danger 2) This expression is: a) positive b) negative Today on Language Snacks we take a look at the

语言小贴士:亡羊补牢,为时未晚

1. The expression better late than never means: a) it isn't worth doing something if it is late b) doing something late is better than not doing it at all 2. In which of these situations could you say better late than never? a) the post brings a bir

语言小贴士第1期:一个模子印出来的

1. If we call someone a chip off the old block, we mean they are: a) good at making furniture b) police officers c) similar to their parents 2. What was the 'block' made of in the origin of this expression? 3. Which very well-known international fig

语言小点心:at a loose end

1. If you are at a loose end, are you: a) busy, with lots to do? b) free, and looking for something to do? c) lost? 2. This expression was originally used on: a) ships b) trains c) aeroplanes Today on Language Snacks we take a look at the expression

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--Lida Baker: Listener Questions

Broadcast on Coast to Coast: November 14, 2002 Rebroadcast on VOA News Now: November 17, 2002 AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster, English teacher Lida Baker answers some of your questions. RS: Starting with this fro

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

Broadcast on COAST TO COAST: August 28, 2003 SOUND: Seagulls, ship horn AA: I'm Avi Arditti, with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster -- the catch of the day, terms from the sea. Lots of nautical expressions have washed ashore into everyday

攻玉之石12-语言的力量

[00:00.00]The Power of Words 语言的力量 [00:04.86]A group of frogs were traveling through the woods, [00:10.22]and two of them fell into a deep pit. [00:14.04]When the other frogs saw how deep the pit was, [00:18.00]they told the two frogs that they

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--Slangman: Political Terms ('Cindere

Broadcast on Coast to Coast: November 7, 2002 Rebroadcast on VOA News Now: November 10, 2002 AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on WORDMASTER -- slang and idioms in American politics. RS: Tuesday was Election Day, and Slangman Da

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--Pronunciation of North American Eng

AA: I'm Avi Arditti; Rosanne Skirble is away. This week on Wordmaster: pronunciation the North American way. Our guest is Colleen Meyers. She teaches English to international teaching assistants at the University of Minnesota. She's also a co-author

词汇大师-- "Punctuation Rap"

Punctuation Rap PUNK, PUNK, PUNCTUATION PUNK, PUNK, PUNCTUATION I am a QUESTION MARK, what do I do? I'm at the end of questions, like Where? What? or Who? PUNK, PUNK, PUNCTUATION PUNK, PUNK, PUNCTUATION I am a PERIOD, that means full stop, At the end

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--Lida Baker: Exceptional Verbs

Broadcast on Coast to Coast: August 15, 2002 Rebroadcast on VOA News Now: August 18, 2002 AA: I'm Avi Arditti, Rosanne Skirble is away. With me this week on Wordmaster is our English teacher friend Lida Baker in Los Angeles, to talk about a few verbs

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--The Oxford Dictionary

Broadcast on COAST TO COAST: August 26, 2004 AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster: a guide to some political talk in America. This week, reporters asked President Bush about a television commercial that attacked the V

电脑语言

要操纵一台电脑，令它好好地为人们服务，实在是一门并不简单的学问。简单地说，???操纵电脑的人要先学会一套和电脑交谈的文字，称为“电脑语言”

11国语言达人：如何学好英德日法西

I agree that language learning is cool, but I challenge the assumption that its difficult. 我认同语言学习很酷，但我不认同语言学习不容易这一说法。 Languages cannot be taught, they can only be learned. Having someone or somet

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--Lida Baker: Common Sentence Errors

Broadcast on COAST TO COAST: July 8, 2004 AA: I'm Avi Arditti. Rosanne Skirble is away. But with me from Los Angeles this week on Wordmaster is English teacher Lida Baker. LB: What we're going to talk about today is four types of common sentence erro

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--Lida Baker: Crafting a Complaint

Broadcast on COAST TO COAST: October 7, 2004 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 listene

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--Easy English Times

Broadcast on COAST TO COAST: May 6, 2004 AA: I'm Avi Arditti, and this week on Wordmaster -- English made easy. There's a newspaper in California called Easy English Times. It's written for English learners, and it started in 1996. I met the publishe

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--Lida Baker: Encouraging English 2

Broadcast on Coast to Coast: June 26, 2003 AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster -- we chat again with English teacher Lida Baker in Los Angeles about how to encourage English learners to speak up in class. RS: This we

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--Lida Baker: Encouraging English Lea

Broadcast on Coast to Coast: June 19, 2003 AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster -- encouraging English learners to talk in class. RS: We asked English teacher Lida Baker in Los Angeles how she gets conversation starte

劳逸结合：如何快速学习一门语言？

Want to learn a new language, but don't have the time? Here are a few simple tips on how to make your journey into a new language a success. 想学习一门新语言，但没有时间？下面教你几个诀窍，让你踏上学习新语言的成功之