英语语法：154 Active Voice Versus Passive Voice

Today's topic is active voice versus passive voice. Here's Brian from Iowa: It drives me crazy when people write in passive voice. How can I teach people how to tell the difference between passive and active voice and stay away from passive voice? Th

数学英语 20 What are Negative Numbers and Integers?

by Jason Marshall Lets kick things off with a bit of a strange question: If you were asked to walk up two stairs and then immediately back down three, how would you describe the total number of stairs youd climbed relative to where you began? Do any

英语语法：174 Good Versus Well

Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is well versus good. It's such a simple little question: How are you? But I've heard from people who feel a twinge of trepidation or even full-blown frustration every time they have to decide whether to say they're go

英语语法：137 "Bad" Versus "Badly"

By Mignon Fogarty Today's topic is bad versus badly, and to make it fun we have a celebrity smack down. On this week's Celebrity Apprentice, Donald Trump corrected Cyndi Lauper. Here's a clip. [audio clip] Not only is Donald Trump not very nice, but

英语语法：86 Sit Versus Set

Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is sit versus set. When I did a show about lay versus lie many months ago, listeners wrote in asking me to do a follow up show on sit versus set because the problem with sit and set is similar to the problem with lay

英语语法：155 Addictive Versus Addicting

Grammar Girl here. I'm on vacation this week, but before I left I updated one of the early episodes that I took down a few months ago. I hope you enjoy this new and improved version. Today's topic is addictive versus addicting, and we'll get to use a

英语语法：146 “Diffuse” Versus “Defuse”

Some pairs of words are used interchangeably, even indiscriminately. Often the words in question sound similar, and that creates confusion. Other times they are simply misused so frequentlyowing to their similarity of meaning, despite a nuanced diffe

Affirmative Action

Broadcast: April 14, 2003 By Cynthia Kirk VOICE ONE: Legal experts call it America's most important debate on affirmative action in twenty-five years. Colleges and universities say they have a right t

英语语法：52 Good Versus Well

Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is well versus good. It's such a simple little question: How are you? But I've heard from people who feel a twinge of trepidation or even full-blown frustration every time they have to decide whether to say they're go

VOA标准英语2011--Maternal Health Practioners Advocate Sav

Maternal Health Practioners Advocate Saving Lives at Birth The World Health Organization estimates that every minute, a woman dies during pregnancy and millions of others suffer from infections and disease associated with childbearing. To combat this

2007年VOA标准英语-Guinea's Union Leaders Welcome Lighter Curfew,

By Nico Colombant Dakar 19 February 2007 Union leaders in Guinea are welcoming a more relaxed curfew, but are pursuing a crippling strike action. They say they want President Lansana Conte to respect agreements signed in January that have been ignore

2006年VOA标准英语-Rice: Western Powers to Wait Before Pressi

By VOA News 10 May 2006 Condoleezza Rice Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Wednesday the United States will pause in its drive for U.N. Security Council action against Iran. The break would all

2007年VOA标准英语-Gamers Downloading America's Army

By Paul Sisco Washington, DC 12 January 2007 watch US Digital Army report A few American soldiers serving in Iraq and Afghanistan have had an unusual mission lately -- they are starring in a video game for the U.S. Army. The electronic game teaches

VOA标准英语2009年-Divided US Senate Considers Economic Stimulus B

The U.S. Senate has begun consideration of economic recovery legislation, as minority Republicans continue to call for changes to a measure President Barack Obama said is critical to address the U.S. economic crisis. Republicans are renewing their o

2007年VOA标准英语-Biden on Defensive as He Enters US Presidential

By Jim Malone Washington 01 February 2007 Senator Joe Biden of Delaware is the latest Democrat to join the race for president in 2008. But Biden already finds himself on the defensive over some comments he made about one of his rivals, Illinois Sena

ESL Podcast 329 – Being Persuasive

Sylvia: How would you like to take my sister, Donna, to the movies this weekend? Youd be doing me a favor. Joon: Why? Whats wrong with her? Sylvia: Nothing is wrong with her! She just broke up with her boyfriend of four years and shes down in the dum

VOA双语新闻2008年：Bush Hails Legislative Action in Ira

Iraq's Parliament has passed a law that removes restrictions that prevented many members of Saddam Hussein's Baath Party from serving in government posts. President Bush quickly hailed the move as an important step. 伊拉克议会通过了一项法律

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--Linguistic Diversity in Action

Broadcast on COAST TO COAST: August 19, 2004 A new map released by the Modern Language Association shows which languages are spoken where in the United States. According to the MLA map, a 33-square-kilometer area south of Los Angeles is one of the mo

How to Turn Negative Thoughts Into Positive Action

How to Turn Negative Thoughts Into Positive Action Worrying does not empty today of its troubles, it empties tomorrow of its strength. Mary Engelbreit The Secret Decoded Do you ever wake up with doubts, anxiety or insecurities? I do. It's those littl

Pato out of action for one month

ROME, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- Milan have confirmed Alexandre Pato will be out of action for at least a month after suffering a thigh strain. The Brazilian hitman limped off during the opening stages of the 1-1 draw with Udinese last night. AC Milan anno