语言小点心:Keep It Under Your Hat

1. If you say keep it under your hat, you want someone to a) cover up their hair b) put something in their pocket c) keep something secret 2) What does Nina want you to keep secret? Today on Language Snacks we take a look at the expression keep it u

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--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

词汇大师-- When Conflicts Follow Young Immigrants

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster: politics in the classroom. What an English teacher in the American South has learned from her international students. RS: Yvette Drew was born in the U.S. Virgin Islands. She has

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--Ear for Emotion?

AA: Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears ... just the left ones will do! This is Avi Arditti. Rosanne Skirble is away. This week on Wordmaster, you'll hear from a researcher who says humans just might have an ear for emotional words. Teow-C

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--Creative Writing, Part 1

Broadcast on COAST TO COAST: October 21, 2004 AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster: we have a special guest to discuss creative writing. CHITRA DIVAKARUNI: My name is Chitra Divakaruni, and I am a writer and also a pr

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--Language of Terror, Part 2

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster -- more about terrorism and language. TAPE: CUT ONE -- BUSH Now is the time to draw a line in the sand against the evil ones. RS: President Bush, speaking this past week. Geoff Nun

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--Rap Freestyling

Broadcast on Coast to Coast: December 5, 2002 MUSIC: Lose Yourself/Eminem (8 Mile soundtrack) AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster -- the art of rap. This form of music sprang from the hip-hop culture of young, urban

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--'Do You Speak American?'

I'm Avi Arditti. Rosanne Skirble is away. This week on Wordmaster: Do You Speak American? That's the name of a new book by journalist Robert MacNeil. Mr. MacNeil -- who was born and raised in Canada -- explores how immigration, technology and other f

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--Hawaiian Language, Part 1

Today on Wordmaster, Rosanne Skirble travels a long distance in the United States for a lesson in an endangered language. RS: Hawaii is far from home: A 12-hour plane ride from Washington, D.C., to Honolulu across six time zones. I was greeted at the

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--Small Talk

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster: a conversation about small talk. RS: Our guest is Debra Fine, author of a new book called The Fine Art of Small Talk. DEBRA FINE: It is not the business conversation, not the busi

词汇大师--'Merry Christmas' vs. 'Happy Holidays'

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster: the paradox of a social greeting designed not to offend anyone that, by its very design, offends some people. RS: Next Sunday, most Americans will celebrate Christmas. This year,

词汇大师-- Listening to the Sound of Words

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster: sensing the meaning of words from their sound. A study in next week's issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences explores the connection. RS: Researchers studied

词汇大师-- Heated Words

Welcome to this week's Wordmaster. I'm Adam Phillips. (SOUND) Fire in Idaho That is the sound of a wild fire. Although late September and early October usually signal the end of forest fire season in North America, 2006 has been far worse than usual

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--Slangman:'Little Red Riding Hood'

MUSIC: Syncopated Clocks/Leroy Anderson AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster -- time for some slang! This past week, the United States went off Daylight Savings Time and onto Standard Time for the next six months. So

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--TESOL Teacher

AA: I've 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 En

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--Trademarking 'Freedom of Expression

Broadcast on Coast to Coast: February 6, 2003 AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster -- meet Kembrew McLeod. He's an assistant professor of communications [studies] at the University of Iowa. A few years ago, Mr. McLeod

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--'The Language Police,' Part 1

Broadcast on Coast to Coast: May 1, 2003 AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on WORDMASTER we discuss a new book: The Language Police: How Pressure Groups Restrict What Students Learn. RS: The author is Diane Ravitch, a historian

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--Bicycle Messenger Slang

TEXT: I'm Adam Phillips, sitting in for Avi Arditti and Rosanne Skirble this week on Wordmaster. Today, it's the lingo of bicycle, or bike, messengers. Businesses in every major American city rely on bike messengers to zip in and out of traffic at br

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--Lida Baker: Modals

Broadcast on Coast to Coast: June 20, 2002 Re-broadcast on VOA News Now: June 23, 2002 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. Th

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--Medical Interpreters

Broadcast on Coast to Coast: June 27, 2002 Re-broadcast on VOA News Now: June 30, 2002 AA: I'm 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