单词：literal and linguistic index
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李华在陪Larry找房子。他们会用到两个常用语：on the same wavelength和ballpark estimate. LH: Larry，这房子到底在什么地方啊？我走得腿都疼了。 Larry: Believe me, Lihua, I'm tired too. This is the fifth place I've l
美国之音《流行美语》
本单元是关于海伦在家对话 Helen: Hello? Mum: Hello? Helen? It's mum here. How are you my dear? Studying hard? You know how much your degree means to your father and me. Helen: I was studying before you phoned me! Listen, I need your advice. I'm in l
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The Excitement of Three-Part Phrasal Verbs Popular music can teach you a lot about the English language. You may not realize it, but musicians are actually teaching you about English grammar in each song they perform. Consider this song by the famous
2016年VOA慢速英语(九)月
A: All right, its time to meet our featured guest this morning. He's called the Picasso of Legos. I say, more like a Norman Rockwelth of Legos coz' look how literal all these representations are. We are gonna have the fun now with Nathan Sawaya. He
访谈录2008
1. illiteration /əˌlɪtəˈreɪʃn/ -- repetition of the same letter or consonant at the begining of consecutive words Note the illiteration in the line Sing a song of sixpence. 注意Sing a song of sixpence.这行中的头韵。 2. literacy /ˈli
突破英文词汇
Pre-Listening Vocabulary figurative: having a symbolic or metaphorical meaning; not to be taken literally literal: having a straightforward meaning; exactly as it sounds efficiently: quickly and easily; in the least amount of time All Roads Lead To R
Facts-事实
One of the great consolations(1) of the end of the year is a New Year's Eve party. We don't always go to a party on New Year's Eve. Sometimes we prefer to stay at home, by the fire, with good food and drink, family and maybe a few friends, and welcom
英语博客 A cup of English
People learning a second language might have heard of the expression false friend. This term is used to describe words in different languages that look alike, but have different meanings. Last month, we looked at examples of false friends in two lang
2018年VOA慢速英语(五)月
李阳疯狂英语突破口语要素:问候 第一单元 问候 编者按 Americans have so many different ways of greeting one another! In fact, many times an American greeting will consist of several greeting questions strung together. It is very common to hear a friend
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2016年VOA慢速英语(三)月
李华和Larry讨论情人节的安排。今天我们要学两个常用语：born yesterday和head over heels. LL: So, Lihua, I know you said that you didn't want me to buy a Valentine's Day gift for you, but I wasn't born yesterday. I can tell you'r
美国之音《流行美语》
He was a foot taller than I was, and seemed as fragile as a child. I was given the job of escorting him back to the Underground Station afterwards, and this man whose life had been shattered by cruelty took my hand with exquisite courtesy, and wished
名校励志英语演讲
图片1 Of course we all need to push some buttons to turn on a computer or our MP3 players. But to push someones buttons has a very different meaning from that literal meaning. In fact, its usually not a good idea to push someones buttons! In this e
英语博客-北美风情
1. When will you sign the contract if I agree to become a member of your organization? 如果被录用的话，什么时候可以和贵单位签约？ 还能这样说： When can the contract be signed if I agree to work in your company? When can I m
情景会话口袋书人际篇
Certain large investment firms have established freedom from connection有些大投资公司建立起了脱离联系的自由 But we as people never do 但我们作为人从不这样 and we're not supposed to, and we shouldn't want to我们也不该这
公众人物毕业演讲
Do you usually say, Im going to the toilet in English? 你是否常用Im going to the toilet来表达上厕所呢? Although saying this can be correct in some contexts, it can be overly direct or even rudeespecially in American English. 虽然某些情
英语口语
I have some idioms for you today. Idioms are colourful ways of saying something. Often, when we use an idiom, we dont mean the words in a literal sense. We are using the words figuratively. Still confused? The best thing is to give you some examples.
听播客学英语
For the last two weeks, our newspapers have been full of stories about the Big Freeze. Like many other places in Europe, the weather in Britain has been very cold. We have had lots of snow, and the roads are covered with ice. There are shortages of g
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Today, we meet the English word worth, and a famous cosmetics company that tells us that we are worth it. Worth means simply the value that something has. Sometimes we use it in a literal way, to mean how much money would people pay? But often we use
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