语言小贴士:In Two Minds

1. If you are in two minds, this means: a) you can't decide b) you have made a decision c) you have a headache 2. Nina can't decide between going out for a walk and what? Today on Language Snacks we take a look at the expression in two minds. Let's

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--War in American English

Broadcast on Coast to Coast: April 17, 2003 HOST: Each Thursday our Wordmasters talk about American English. Filling in for Avi Arditti and Rosanne Skirble this week is VOA's Adam Phillips. He looks at some of the marks that wars have left on the lan

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--'The Language Police,' Part 2

Broadcast on Coast to Coast: May 8, 2003 AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble and this week on Wordmaster -- a response to the issues we raised last week when we talked about a new book called The Language Police: How Pressure Groups Restrict Wha

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--American vs. British English

MUSIC: Help!/Beatles AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble. This week on Wordmaster we talk about a few of the differences between American English and British English. RS: It's a question we often get. After all, some differences can lead to emba

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--Listener Mail

Broadcast on Coast to Coast: October 31, 2002 Re-broadcast on VOA News Now: November 3, 2002 AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on WORDMASTER, we catch up on some listener mail. RS: The first question is by e-mail from Paul, an E

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--Allen Walker Read / 'O.K.'

Broadcast on Coast to Coast: October 24, 2002 Re-broadcast on VOA News Now: October 27, 2002 AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster -- a tribute to Allen Walker Read, who died this month at the age of 96. Mr. Read devot

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--Web Accessibility

Broadcast on Coast to Coast: August 22, 2002 Rebroadcast on VOA News Now: August 25, 2002 AA: I'm Avi Arditti, Rosanne Skirble has the week off. This week on Wordmaster -- making the Web more welcoming to the disabled. John Slatin is director of the

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--Lida Baker: Pronouncing 'th'

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on WORDMASTER -- help for English learners who have trouble pronouncing words with the letters t-h. RS: Our friend Lida Baker joins us with a pronunciation lesson. She writes textbooks for Engli

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--Persuasion and Resistance

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster -- the language of persuasion, from an expert. RS: Eric Knowles is a social psychologist at the University of Arkansas. He heads a laboratory group that recently held a Symposium o

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--Language of Electronic Mail

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on WORDMASTER -- the language of electronic mail. TAPE: CUT ONE -- NAOMI BARON As e-mail is developing more and more users, it's also developing more and more styles. There's one style that says

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--'Presidential Voices'

Broadcast on COAST TO COAST: September 16, 2004 AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster: the voice of American presidents. RS: Allan Metcalf of the American Dialect Society has just written a timely book. It's called Pre

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--Infowalker

Broadcast: July 22, 2004 AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster: a new way to walk through the Web. RS: Infowalker is a free computer program available on the Internet. It's called a browser companion, and the focus is

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--English in Early America

Broadcast on COAST TO COAST: July 3, 2003 AA: I'm Avi Arditti, Rosanne Skirble is away. This week on WORDMASTER -- English in early America. It's a timely topic, as Americans get ready to celebrate the Fourth of July. On that day in seventeen-seventy

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--Advertising to Latinos

Broadcast on Coast to Coast: June 12, 2003 AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster -- finding the right language to speak to what is now the nation's largest minority group. RS: According to the Census Bureau, the United

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--International Newcomers' Academy

Broadcast on Coast to Coast: June 5, 2003 AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster -- it's the end of another school year in America, which explains why our guest had time to talk to us. RS: Sandra Madriaga supervises an

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--Imagination in Writing

Broadcast on Coast to Coast: May 22, 2003 AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster -- some views about encouraging creative writers in American schools. RS: Virginia Monseau [mon-SO] teaches future English teachers. She's

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--Helen Fisher: 'Why We Love'

Broadcast on COAST TO COAST: February 12, 2004 AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster -- enough about politics, today we talk about love! RS: We were searching for a topic for Valentine's Day -- it's this Saturday, you

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--Proverbs in American English,Part2

Broadcast: November 17, 2004 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

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--Conversational Styles and Sports

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster: the sport of conversation. FIRST ANNOUNCER: Not going to stop him! SECOND ANNOUNCER: I tell you, you get him out on the run, Felton's quick, but he's not faster than Brown. Felton

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--Questions About Pronunciation and S

First broadcast: January 26, 2005 AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster: we answer a couple of questions with help from English teacher Lida Baker in Los Angeles. The first is from a listener who teaches physics at Heb