英语博客-北美风情 63、Expression: Cut to the chase

图片1 When someone is telling you a story with a lot of little details and you want them to get to the main point, you can say cut to the chase. This expression is used with friends when you want them to cut to the most interesting part of the stor

ESL之旅行 04 Asking for Recommendations

04 Asking for Recommendations GLOSSARY picky difficult to please; selective; willing to accept only certain kinds of things * Im not that picky, but I couldnt find a suit atthe store that I liked enough to buy. moderately priced not too expensive and

英语博客-北美风情 97、Expression: Fishy

图片1 Have you ever found someones story a bit suspicious? Did you ever meet someone who didnt seem like they were who they said they were? You could say that this was fishy! In this episode we talk about the meaning of fishy, funny (different from

英语博客-北美风情 106、Expression: Over the hill

图片1 This expression is a funny way of saying that someone is old. To be over the hill means that someone is old, and so not able to do things that they used to do. You might see this expression on birthday cards or hear it in movies. This express

英语博客-北美风情 64、Expression: When pigs fly

图片1 The expression when pigs fly is used when people talk about something they would never do, or some event that would never happen. It is a very old expression, and no one knows why we talk about pigs! We can also use the similar expression, wh

英语博客-北美风情 217、Viral Videos—Culips English Podcast

With the Internet and social media, people are on computers and cell phones more than ever! This means that there are all kinds of new terms that have been created to describe all the new trends and innovations online, one of which you already know:

英文影视原声 白日梦想家:Space Oddity 太空怪人

看见世界，面对危险，跨越籓篱，贴近彼此，感受生活，这就是生活的目的。------《白日梦想家》 Space Oddity Ground Control to Major Tom, Ground Control to Major Tom, Take your protein pills and put your helmet on. T

白日梦想家:Space Oddity 太空怪人

Ground Control to Major Tom, Ground Control to Major Tom, Take your protein pills and put your helmet on. Ten Ground Control to Major Tom Nine,Eight,Seven Commencing countdown, engines on Six,Five Four Check igition and may God's love be with you Thr

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

英语博客-北美风情 88、Expression: Shrug it off

图片1 In this episode, Robin and Jessie discuss the expression to shrug something off. Check out the picture here to see an example of someone shrugging. In certain situations a person may want to shrug it off, or have to roll with the punches, and

英语博客-北美风情 21、Many expressions with “Stone”

图片1 Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me. Do you know this expression? Its a good one for kids to know. Check it out and other definitions like the one below in this episode!

英语博客-北美风情 48、Expression: Call it a day

图片1 Here we look at a question about the expressions, Lets call it a day and Lets call it a night. These expressions are used often after work has been done or you are feeling tired. Listen to this episode for specific cases of when these express

英语博客-北美风情 51、Expression: Pig out!

图片1 Everyone likes to pig out sometimes! We usually pig out at parties or on special occasions. But sometimes we dont need a special excuse to pig out. To pig out is related to food and eating. To understand exactly when and how to use listen to

英语博客-北美风情 55、Expression: Plan B

图片1 Sometimes we have a plan to do something and it does not work. In that case we need to plan something different, and that is when we use this expression. If you want to listen to this podcast, but your internet is not working, you will have t

英语博客-北美风情 61、Expression: Get ahead of yours

图片1 If you try to use an expression before you know the definition then you are getting ahead of yourself! That is why it is always good to listen to our podcasts We look at this expression and other similar ones about looking too far into the fu

英语博客-北美风情 67、Expression: Rain check

图片1 The expression rain check in this episode has a few different meanings. The first one is described in the transcript below. And of course is connected to rain. Another kind of rain check is used in a story. And another one is used when people

英语博客-北美风情 68、Expression: Get it over with

图片1 Sometimes studying another language is really hard. We wish we could just get it over with and speak the language well. That is todays expression to get something over with. We usually use this expression when we have an obligation to do some

英语博客-北美风情 73、Expression: Mum’s the word

图片1 If you want to tell someone to keep something a secret or promise to keep a secret for someone else you can use this expression: mums the word. At first it seems like a strange expressionmum is the word? Weird. But you will see it is not so c

check in和check out比较

check in 1. register in a hotel；report one's arrival 在旅馆登记住宿；报到；签到 如： Have you checked in at the hotel yet？ 你在旅馆登记住宿了吗？ The friends we had invited did not check in until Saturday． 我们邀请的

日常英语口语：Expression In Class

Expression In Class 课堂用语 16. May I come in? 我能进来吗? 17. Come in, please. 请进。 18. Sit down, please. 请坐。 19. It's time for class. 上课时间到了。 20. Open your books and turn to page 20. 打开书，翻到第20页。