生活英语情景口语:我被牛津大学录取了

Victoria: what do you think of studying abroad? Ian: I think it's a great idea. Studying abroad will offer you plenty of new opportunities. Are you planning on going abroad? V: yes, I hope so. I am studying for my IELTS right now. I: which country do

不择手段背单词(599):auricular

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BEP 47 ADV Cold Calling: Clarifying Benefits and Making a Pi

This is the second in our three-part Business English Podcast lesson on a useful telephone and sales skill: cold calling. You can always make yourself more persuasive by asking well-considered questions and really listening to the answers. This princ

BEP 35 INT – Meetings: Clarifying Meaning

In BEP 34, we talked about clarifying what was said , for example, What did you just say? I didnt catch that. In todays Business English Pod lesson, well look at clarifying what was meant, for example, What do you mean by that? or What Im trying to s

BEP 34 INT – Meetings: Clarifying What Was Said

This is the first in a two-part Business English Podcast series on clarifying. To clarify means to make clear. Today well look at phrases and skills for clarifying what was said. For example, I didnt quite catch that. Could you say that again? This i

英语入门对话：68 Clarifying

Asking for Elaboration Could you elaborate (on that)? Could you tell me a little more about it? Could you give (me) some details? Could you fill me in on that? Could you expound on that? What else can you tell us (about that)? Is there anything else

2006年VOA标准英语-UNHCR Alarmed at Sudanese Rebel Infiltration in

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 26 May 2006 Sudanese refugee children sit in their makeshift classroom, Wednesday, April 19, 2006 in the refugee camp Kou Kou Angarana in Chad some 30 kilometers from the Sudan border The U.N. refugee agency says it is very di

美国国家公共电台 NPR 2 Immigrants On What Patriotism Means To Them

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Today, we've been exploring the meaning of patriotism on this Memorial Day weekend. Now, we hear from two women who were not born in the United States but are proudly American. LAILA LALAMI: My name is Laila Lalami, and I'm a write

美国国家公共电台 NPR When A Somali-American Woman Was Attacked, Support Came From An Unlikely Source

(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) DAVID GREENE, HOST: It's Friday and time for StoryCorps - and today, a story about a woman who was attacked in public and who found support from an unlikely source. In 2015, Asma Jama was out to dinner with her family at an Apple

美国国家公共电台 NPR NPR Poll: After Parkland, Number of Americans Who Want Gun Restrictions Grows

DAVID GREENE, HOST: After a White House meeting on guns left Republicans scratching their heads, the Senate is not going to take up gun legislation next week as it had hoped. But when it does, a new NPR/Ipsos poll might provide a road map for what Am

美国国家公共电台 NPR Ayanna Pressley's Upset Victory Shows Power Of Women Of Color In Democratic Politics

DAVID GREENE, HOST: Congressman Michael Capuano, a Democrat from Massachusetts, has been in office for nearly two decades. He's pretty popular at home, and yet he could not win his primary race yesterday. Ayanna Pressley beat him. It was yet another

美国国家公共电台 NPR On The Sidelines Of Democracy: Exploring Why So Many Americans Don't Vote

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: We've been talking a lot this campaign season about voter enthusiasm. More Americans say they are enthusiastic about voting in a midterm election than at any point in the last two decades. Even so, a majority of Americans likely

英语听力：自然百科 徒步南非：喀拉哈里大沙漠—5

Norber witnessed all.--How many people? --It was two hundred all village. --And you, your family were one of those... --Yes, I was grown up with my grandmother. You see, at that time, my mother was in Cape Town, and I stayed with my grandmother. And

英语听力：自然百科 徒步南非：喀拉哈里大沙漠—4

This is very peculiar. The Tourist Office is locked tight and it doesnt look as if its been open for business, well, I dont know, for a very, very long time, if ever. Theres a feeling that Riemvasmaak doesnt quite fire on *. They advertise walking tr

英语听力：自然百科 徒步南非：喀拉哈里大沙漠—3

But today Riemvasmaak is fully restored -- an unlikely settlement with a famous past, and quite possibly, a future full of visitors like me. But before I head out into the green Kalahari, lets take an aerial look at the route Ive prepared. From the c

英语听力：自然百科 徒步南非：喀拉哈里大沙漠—2

One river has single-handedly created whats known as the Green Kalahari. But my starting point is anything but green. This is true frontier country. That way is Namibia. And there, well, desert emptiness. Luckily for me, the Orange River has sculpted

2007年VOA标准英语-Alarming Number of Obese Children Worldwide May

By Melinda Smith Washington, DC 08 January 2007 watch Childhood Obesity report The World Health Organization reports that at least one and a half billion adults are overweight and approximately 400 million are obese. What may be even more shocking i

2007年VOA标准英语-Malnutrition Alarming in Kenya Refugee Camps

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 03 July 2007 Somali woman holding her child at a Dadaab refugee camp in Northern Kenya (File Photo) U.N. agencies are warning malnutrition rates in refugee camps in Kenya have reached alarming levels. The U.N. Refugee Agency, W

Clarke sets 60m fastest time this season

PARIS, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- Jamaican sprinter Lerone Clarke clocked the fastest 60-meter time this season on Tuesday at the Lievin indoor meet in France. The Commonwealth Games champion, 30, timed 6.5 seconds to win the match, and finished clear of Fr

环球英语 — 305：Fighting for Human Rights

Voice 1 Thank you for joining us for todays Spotlight. Im Rebekah Schipper. Voice 2 And Im Joshua Leo. Spotlight uses a special English method of Broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand no matter where in the world they live. Voice 1 In 1