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

Zimbabwe Releases 1)Inmates to Relieve Prison 2)Overcrowding

Broadcast: Jan 02 2003 Zimbabwe has released more than 10 percent of its prison population in a post-Christmas 3） amnesty, following repeated complaints from human rights groups and the justice mini

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

Programs Let Inmates Earn University Degree While in Prison

In 2012, Rena Sard was sentenced to five years in prison at the Maryland Correctional Institute for Women. She was 47 years old. I didnt have five years of my life to wasteSo, every chance that I had to do something that was productive, something tha

2007年VOA标准英语-Burmese Artist Shows Prison Era Creations in Lo

By Suzanne Chislett London 29 August 2007 The southeast Asian nation of Burma is famously secretive. A military government has run the country since the army put down anti-government riots in 1988. The opposition party leader Aung San Suu Kyi has sp

Jailed Cameroonian Musician Fights for Freedom of Expression

One of Cameroon's best known and most controversial musicians, Lapiro de Mbanga, is spending this year's fifth annual International Music Freedom Day at a Douala courthouse not far from his jail cell. Lapiro is citing wrongful imprisonment for a song

VOA慢速英语2016--歹徒为什么总是“在潜逃中”?

Why Are Gangsters Always 'On the Lam'? 歹徒为什么总是在潜逃中? Drug gang leader Joaquin Guzman was recaptured Friday by Mexican marines after six months on the lam. Many in America know that on the lam means on the run or hiding from polic

白领英语晨读-121 Prison vs

白领英语晨读-121 Prison vs

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

英语小达人 201 In Prison vs. at Work

In Prison vs. at Work 蹲监狱和上班 IN PRISON... You spend the majority of your time in an 8x10 cell. 在监狱里 你大部分时间待在8x10大小的牢房里。 AT WORK... You spend most of your time in a 6x8 cubicle. 上班时 你大部分时

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 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

Prisons

Broadcast: May 5, 2003 By Jerilyn Watson VOICE ONE: Crime in the United States has decreased in recent years. One problem now is what to do about crowded prisons. I'm Phoebe Zimmermann with Steve Embe

Prison University Gives Inmates Hope

A college education is out of reach for most state and federal prisoners. Californias San Quentin is one of the few prisons in the country that offers college-level courses. Jody Lewen has run the facilitys college program for over a decade and she's

Prison restaurants

Prison restaurants(监狱餐厅) NB: This is not an accurate word-for-word transcript Dan: Hello and welcome to this weeks 6 Minute English. Im Dan Walker Smith and today Im joined by Callum. Callum: Hi Dan. Dan: Now today were talking about a new re

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。