VOA慢速英语--Noun Clauses in Everyday Speech

From VOA Learning English, this is Everyday Grammar. Almost every American has seen or heard of the movie Forrest Gump. The film is a touching story about the life of a man who faces many challenges. One of the most famous quotes from Forrest Gump is

VOA慢速英语2018--Can You Find the Clauses?

Imagine we are having a conversation about dance. Suddenly I say, Because I love to dance! You might learn something about me: that I love dancing. But you might also look at me strangely since I told you only a reason for something, but I didnt tell

每日语法:关系代词

Everyday Grammar: Relative Pronouns 每日语法:关系代词 In this weeks episode of Everyday Grammar, we are going to discuss the relative pronouns who, that and which. A relative pronoun relates to the noun it is describing. Relative pronouns int

VOA慢速英语--What’s the Difference? ‘So’ and ‘So That’

If you asked even the most knowledgeable Americans, they probably could not tell you more than a few meanings for the word so. It is an everyday word that most people use without even realizing its complexity. But this mysterious little word can act

英语语法：82 Semicolons

Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is semicolons. I get questions about semicolons a lot, so it's time to clear up some confusion. Semicolons separate things. Most commonly, they separate two main clauses that are closely related to each other but that

英语语法：166 Can You Start a Sentence with “Which”

Grammar Girl here. Today guest-writer Bonnie Trenga will help us talk about which clauses and whether its OK to start a sentence with oneor a new paragraph. Incomplete Sentences Sentences that are missing something, such as a subject or a predicate,

英语语法：202 Who Versus Whom

Today's topic is who versus whom. I've received three requests from listeners to cover this topic. Here's Noreen: I just wondered if possibly in one of your episodes you could go through the use of who versus whom. I think that's a common misundersta

英语语法：128 How to Use Semicolons

Grammar Girl here. Surprise! You get a bonus show today because Thursday is National Punctuation Day and I'm going to have a slightly different kind of podcast to celebrate. Today's topic is semicolons. I get a lot of questions about semicolons, so i

英语语法：109 Which Versus That

If you're confused about that versus which, don't feel bad. It's one of the most common topics people ask me about. I used to work as a technical writer, and I'd often edit documents in which people used the wrong word. More than once, I'd put in the

英语语法：90 Starting a Sentence With "However"

Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is how to use the word however in a sentence. It's probably more complicated than you think it is. The question I get asked most frequently about however is whether it is OK to use however at the beginning of a senten

英语语法：153 “Which” Versus “That”

Since Halloween is coming up, I thought you could use a refresher about whiches--more specifically, when to use a which and when to use a that. To understand the difference between which and that, first you need to understand the difference between a

Short Sentences in Books, Movies, and Speech

Ernest Hemingway was a famous American writer. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954. One of his most famous books, The Sun Also Rises, ends with the following words: Yes, I said. Isn't it pretty to think so? Today, we are going to consider th

VOA慢速英语--How to Show That You Are Not Sure

In the 1998 film Saving Private Ryan, actor Tom Hanks plays the part of Captain Miller. The fictional Captain Miller was an English teacher before becoming a soldier and fighting in World War II. In one scene, Captain Miller describes how he has chan

The Mystery of the Disappearing ＂That＂

The Mystery of the Disappearing ＂That＂ From VOA Learning English, this is Everyday Grammar. Today, we are going to explore a mysterious word in English that seems to appear and disappear at will! If you are wondering what we mean, consider these

VOA慢速英语2018--The Mysterious Word ‘Whose’

Suppose you are at a birthday party. Everyone has a cell phone. Just as the group begins singing to the birthday girl, someones phone rings loudly and wont stop. You see the noisy phone on the table and ask: Whose phone is this? Someone answers: Its

Everyday Grammar: Three Reasons to Learn Relative Adverbs

Everyday Grammar: Three Reasons to Learn Relative Adverbs From VOA Learning English, this is Everyday Grammar. In an earlier program, we talked about the relative pronouns who, that, and which. We promised to give you more details about how to use re

VOA慢速英语2016--代词相关问题

Identify With Relative Pronouns 代词相关问题 In this weeks episode of Everyday Grammar, we are going to discuss the relative pronouns who, that and which. A relative pronoun relates to the noun it is describing. Relative pronouns introduce a re

Relative Pronouns

Relative Pronouns In this weeks episode of Everyday Grammar, we are going to discuss the relative pronouns who, that and which. A relative pronoun relates to the noun it is describing. Relative pronouns introduce a relative clause. Think of relative

2012年广交会常用英语口语：询问签单

111届广交会常用英语询问签单 12. When shall we sign the contract? 13. Mr. Brown, do you think it is time to sign the contract? 14. Shall we go over the other terms and conditions of the contract to see if we agree on all the particulars? 1

2012年广交会常用英语口语：关于客人询问保险

111届广交会常用英语关于客人询问保险 1. As for the insurance, I have quite a lot of things which I am still not clear about. 2. May I ask you a few questions about insurance? 3. What do your insurance clauses cover? 4. I wonder if the