Everyday Grammar: You Had Better Learn Modals!

For VOA Learning English, this is Everyday Grammar. This week we are going to show you how to give advice using modal verbs. Modal verbs (called modals for short) are auxiliary verbs that express a speaker's attitude and the strength of that attitude

Everyday Grammar: Mastering Reported Speech

We often need to tell others what someone else said. There are two ways to do this. One is to say the same words and use quotation marks. That is direct speech. The other method is to summarize, or tell about what someone said. This is called reporte

VOA慢速英语--学习被动语态:这是可以做到的!

Imagine that you are planning to travel to another country. There is a lot that you need to do before you leave. Here are some things that might need to be done: Your passport has to be renewed. Your hair still needs to be cut. Your shoes should be r

VOA慢速英语--What’s the Difference? ‘So’ and ‘So That’

If you asked even the most knowledgeable Americans, they probably could not tell you more than a few meanings for the word so. It is an everyday word that most people use without even realizing its complexity. But this mysterious little word can act

乔布斯传 第3期:前言(3)

I asked Jobs why he wanted me to be the one to write his biography. 我问乔布斯为什么希望我担任这本传记的作者。 I think youre good at getting people to talk, he replied. That was an unexpected answer. 我觉得你很擅长让别人开

医学英语轻松学 第19期:外伤性脑损伤

Recent high-profile cases among professional athletes have called attention to the serious problem of traumatic brain injuries, or TBI, but the problem isnt limited to playing fields. 近期，备受瞩目的运动员事件让我们重视了对外伤性

向前一步:第41期 往桌前坐(9)

We turned to my brother. How did he feel about the test? 我们继而问起戴维：你感觉考得如何？ I got the flat one, he announced. The flat one? we asked. Yeah, he said, the flat A. 和平时一样啊。一样？我们问道。是啊，他说

VOA慢速英语--Forming Questions, Part 2: Yes or No Questions

English can be a complex language to master. It has a lot of rules and breaks many of them. No matter your level of English, forming questions can be one of the more vexing parts of mastering the language. The good news is that we are here today to m

英语日常语法:情态动词

Everyday Grammar: You Had Better Learn Modals! 英语日常语法:情态动词 For VOA Learning English, this is Everyday Grammar. This week we are going to show you how to give advice using modal verbs. Modal verbs (called modals for short) are auxi

VOA慢速英语2015 日常语法:掌握间接引语

Everyday Grammar: Mastering Reported Speech We often need to tell others what someone else said . There are two ways to do this. One is to say the same words and use quotation marks . That is direct speech . The other method is to summarize , or tell

You Really Should Learn Modals!

You Really Should Learn Modals! For VOA Learning English, this is Everyday Grammar. This week we are going to show you how to give advice using modal verbs. Modal verbs (called modals for short) are auxiliary verbs that express a speaker's attitude a

They Say That Reported Speech is Easy

They Say That Reported Speech is Easy We often need to tell others what someone else said. There are two ways to do this. One is to say the same words and use quotation marks. That is direct speech. The other method is to summarize, or tell about wha

英语单词大师：Lida Baker: Modals

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster, meet the modals! RS: Modals are words like can, could, will, would, may, might, and must. The list goes on. And they can be tricky to learn. AA: We get more of an introduction fro

乔布斯传 第109期:现实扭曲力场(2)

To some people, calling it a reality distortion field was just a clever way to say that Jobs tended to lie. 在某种程度上，称之为现实扭曲力场只是换了种好听的说法来描述乔布斯喜欢说谎的特性。 But it was in fact a

乔布斯传 第108期:现实扭曲力场

Playing by His Own Set of Rules 以自己的游戏规则行事 When Andy Hertzfeld joined the Macintosh team, he got a briefing from Bud Tribble, 安迪赫茨菲尔德加入Mac团队后，另一名软件设计师巴德特里布尔 the other software

乔布斯传 第182期:出埃及记(2)

By early 1985 Burrell Smith was also ready to leave. 1985年初，伯勒尔史密斯也准备离开苹果。 He had worried that it would be hard to quit if Jobs tried to talk him out of it;但他又担心，如果乔布斯试图说服他留下，那么

Can and Be Able To

Modal verbs are helping verbs. We use them with main verbs to help us express ability, possibility, necessity and permission. Todays question is about a modal that is commonly confused with an expression. Heres the question, which comes from a listen

《乔布斯传》翻译笔记：我的地盘我做主

第十一章中Mac项目还在进行，但作者的笔触更专注于乔布斯的个性特征。Mac团队成员Andy Hertzfeld评价乔布斯拥有现实扭曲力场（Reality distortion field），指乔布斯口若悬河的表述能力和过人的意志

英语短语：Tight Pants是什么？

tight pants【热裤】 词汇释义：热裤 tight pants 相关信息： 这是美国人对一种紧身超短裤的称谓。它是非常短的短裤，短裆紧身，常用横贡缎、丝绒、平绒、立绒等有特殊肌理的面料制作，有时更

乔布斯传 第351期:苹果坠落(4)

He wanted Amelio to help him return to Apple as the CEO. 他想让阿梅里奥帮助他回到苹果担任CEO。 There's only one person who can rally the Apple troops, Jobs said, only one person who can straighten out the company. 只有一个人可以