VOA慢速英语2018--The Verbs Let, Allow and Permit

The verbs let, allow and permit are part of a group of verbs called causatives. These verbs express how one person or thing causes something else to happen. For instance, if I said, She let me borrow the book, the subject (she) is not the person who

词汇大师--Taking the Frustration Out of Phrasal Verbs

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster -- English teacher Lida Baker joins us from Los Angeles to talk about phrasal verbs. The first word is a verb. The second word, sometimes even a third, is usually a preposition. Ph

VOA慢速英语--Learn 10 Separable Phrasal Verbs

Welcome back to Everyday Grammar from VOA Learning English. Today we return to a very common verb form in English phrasal verbs. You will find one phrasal verb in every 192 words of written English. They will make your English sound more natural once

The Excitement of Three-Part Phrasal Verbs

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

VOA慢速英语2016--Grab Onto Phrasal Verbs

Grab Onto Phrasal Verbs Welcome back to Everyday Grammar from VOA Learning English. Today we look at a very common verb form in English phrasal verbs. There are over 5,000 verbs that fall in this category. Do you know how to use them? In this episode

VOA慢速英语2018--Forming Questions, Part 1: Subject Questions

It would be impossible to go through life without asking questions. So, learning to form questions correctly is an important exercise for English learners. But it can also be one of the most frustrating ones. There are a few reasons for this. First,

英语单词大师：To Catch On to Phrasal Verbs, It

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster -- English teacher Lida Baker joins us from Los Angeles to talk about phrasal verbs. RS: The first word is a verb. The second word, sometimes even a third, is usually a preposition

词汇大师-- To Catch On to Phrasal Verbs

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster -- English teacher Lida Baker joins us from Los Angeles to talk about phrasal verbs. RS: The first word is a verb. The second word, sometimes even a third, is usually a preposition

英语语法：76 Phrasal Verbs

Grammar Girl here. Listen up, everyone! Todays topic is phrasal verbs, as in to listen up. And now, guest-writer Bonnie Trenga writes, a listener, Paulino from Minneapolis, would like to know what phrasal verbs are and why they are called that. Phras

Cooking with Phrasal Verbs

In a recent program, we told you about phrasal verbs related to food. The program centered on eating food: what, how much and when. You will remember that a phrasal verb is a verb made of two or more words: a verb plus a preposition or adverb, or bot

Verbs and Gerunds in Speech and Fiction Writing

The American rock group Journey released the song Don't Stop Believin' in 1981. This song, still popular in karaoke music bars, can help you learn about English grammar. Let's listen to some words from the song: Don't stop believing Hold on to that f

VOA慢速英语2017--Thanksgiving and English Verbs

Every year around the Thanksgiving holiday, a strange ceremony happens in Washington, DC. The president stands outside the White House, gives a brief speech and then officially pardons a turkey. A pardon is a declaration that someone will not be puni

Everyday Grammar: Introducing Phrasal Verbs

Everyday Grammar: Introducing Phrasal Verbs Welcome back to Everyday Grammar from VOA Learning English. Today we look at a very common verb form in English phrasal verbs. There are over 5,000 verbs that fall in this category. Do you know how to use t

Weasel, Duck, Dog: Animals That Are Also Verbs

Weasel, Duck, Dog: Animals That Are Also Verbs A few months ago, I told Anna Matteo I would write a Words and Their Stories program about animals that are also verbs. But I failed to keep my promise. Instead of accepting responsibility, I told her I

Lesson 76 - BLAME GAME / NEGATIVE CAMPAIGNING

blame game negative campaigning 美国选民每四年不仅要选举一位总统，而且还要选举四百三十五名国会议员、至少三十三名参议员以及在州一级和基层的许多官员

音乐咖啡厅:Negative things-Selwyn Pretorius

Selwyn(全名：Selwyn Pretorius，1982年出生于Durban, South Africa）是来自于西澳地区，佩斯州的RB歌手。后面大概就是他参加过一个叫 Popstars 2的真人秀，虽然没有进入最后，但是他获得了一份唱片和约。 他的第一支单曲Buggin me'在2001年发行，随后在2002年它发行了

英语单词大师：Phrasal Verbs

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster -- English teacher Lida Baker joins us from Los Angeles to talk about phrasal verbs. RS: They're all around us, especially in spoken English. The first word is a verb. The second w

英语单词大师：Exceptional Verbs

AA: Im Avi Arditti, Rosanne Skirble is away. With me this week on Wordmaster is our English teacher friend Lida Baker in Los Angeles, to talk about a few verbs that can cause trouble for even the best-trained non-native speakers. BAKER: I got the ide

音乐咖啡厅:Negative Things宝贝不要老是只看到《我的不好》

英文歌词 Listen baby I wonder why sometimes we fall apart oh yeah Together we are so wonderfull yeah baby And every single day i pray, that really things shouldnt never be this way Im only trynna be a better man Why then do you see all the negative

词义解析－『negative number』『nanosecond』

negative number (does not exist) 负数 ● His fashion IQ is so low, it's a negative number. 他对时装的智商是那么低，可说是负数。（他对时装的鉴赏力根本不存在。） ●