词汇大师(Wordmaster)--T Is for Trouble

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster: a pronunciation question from Quebec, Canada. RS: Nam-Thien Khuu writes by e-mail, I have heard [that the letter 't' is silent when it comes after a stressed syllable]. Am I right

儿童英语听力：Sight Word Kids 幼儿英语常见字5B Unit5 Too far away太远了

1.有趣的漫画 Shall we swim to the North Pole? 我们能在北极游泳吗？ No,it is too far away. 不，那里太远了 Let's take the ship. 让我们坐船去吧 Shallwe walk to the desert? 我们能去沙漠吗？ No,it is too far away. 不，

AP 2010-11-28

1. The White House says President Barack Obama is outraged over North Koreas artillery attack against the South Korean island. Two South Korean marines were killed and the countrys president says Seoul will unleash an enormous retaliation should Nort

学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 3092 commit to

今天我们要学的词是commit to. To commit to something意思是承诺做某事。The Singapore summit ended with the United States and North Korea committing to denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. 新加坡峰会结束，美国和朝鲜共同

学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 3123 contract

今天我们要学的词是 contract. Contract作为动词，有收缩的意思。South Korea's central bank estimated that North Korea's economy contracted at the sharpest rate in two decades in 2017. 韩国中央银行估计，朝鲜2017年的经济出

学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 3081 call off

今天我们要学的词是call off. Call off意思是取消。President Donald Trump called off his planned June 12th summit in Singapore with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. 美国总统川普取消了原定6月12日与朝鲜最高领导人金正恩

感恩节“火鸡”是如何得名?

How Did Thanksgiving 'Turkey' Get Its Name? The U.S. Thanksgiving holiday is symbolized by its traditional food, a large bird we call a turkey. But turkey is certainly not from Turkey. In fact, its English name is based on one big mistake. We could s

英语单词大师：Influence on English

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster: with the National Museum of the American Indian opening in Washington, we look at Native American influence on the English language. RS: Linguist Marianne Mithun is author of the

英语单词大师：Sound Change1

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster: the sounds of change. RS: If you want a good example of how language changes, just picture a mouse. Are you thinking of a rodent -- or a device for moving the cursor on a computer

英语单词大师：T Is for Trouble

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster: a pronunciation question from Quebec, Canada. RS: Nam-Thien Khuu writes by e-mail, I have heard [that the letter 't' is silent when it comes after a stressed syllable]. Am I right

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--Pronunciation of North American Eng

AA: I'm Avi Arditti; Rosanne Skirble is away. This week on Wordmaster: pronunciation the North American way. Our guest is Colleen Meyers. She teaches English to international teaching assistants at the University of Minnesota. She's also a co-author

学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 2976 conciliatory

今天我们要学的词是 conciliatory. Conciliatory形容词，意思是和解的，调停的。North Korean leader Kim Jong Un struck a conciliatory note in his New Year's Day address, declaring his wish for peaceful resolution with Seoul. 朝鲜领

学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 3008 interact

今天我们要学的词是 interact. Interact 动词，互动。A White House official said that U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un did not interact during the Olympic opening ceremony. 白宫一位官员说

学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 3007 counterpart

今天我们要学的词是 counterpart. Counterpart 地位相当的人，对应的人。North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un has invited his South Korean counterpart to visit the North at the South Korean leader's earliest convenience. 朝鲜领导人金正

学个词Learn a Word 第181期 stall

今天我们要学的词组是stall。 Stall指的是马厩或是牛栏。作为动词，stall也有停顿、停止的意思。比如，他的车在十字路口抛锚了，His car stalled at an intersection. 他们因为交通堵塞而在十字路上停

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--Native American Influence on Englis

Broadcast on COAST TO COAST: September 23, 2004 AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster: with the National Museum of the American Indian opening in Washington, we look at Native American influence on the English language

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--Sound Change, Part 1

First broadcast: January 12, 2005 AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster: the sounds of change. RS: If you want a good example of how language changes, just picture a mouse. Are you thinking of a rodent -- or a device f

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--Linguistic Profiling

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster: linguistic profiling. WALT WOLFRAM: What I mean by linguistic profiling is to hear a voice and on the basis of that voice make a judgment about that person which would sort of rat

学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 2915 joint venture

今天我们要学的词组是 joint venture。Joint venture，意思是合资企业。China is closing North Korean joint ventures and ordering North Korean companies to leave by January. 中国正在关闭中朝合资企业，并要求朝鲜公司在

学个词Learn a Word 第268期 Confirm

今天我们要学的词是confirm。 Confirm是证实的意思。印度尼西亚巴厘岛的卫生部门证实，一名29岁的妇女确实死于禽流感病毒。媒体报道说，Health officials in Bali have confirmed that a 29-year old woman die