美语听力与发音技巧 listen 24

美语听力与发音技巧 第24期（那些词重读呢） Welcome to Daily Tips on Learning English. Today’s tip is on contrastive stress. If you listen to previous daily tips, you will recall th

英语语法：235 Why Doesn’t “Veterans Day” Have an A

by Mignon Fogarty This week in the United States we celebrate Veterans Day, a holiday to remember the end of World War I in 1918, but the name of the holiday brings up a common question: Do we need an apostrophe in the word Veterans? The short answer

英语语法：226 Capitalizing Proper Nouns

Today's topic is capitalizing tricky nouns like Ground Zero, Internet, and Earth. The podcast edition of this article is sponsored by SleepPhones--pajamas for your ears. Get $5 off your order with the code grammar at http://www.sleepphones.com/gg . P

2013年ESL之就医和人际交往 22 Dating a Possessive Person

Dating a Possessive Person Eliana: Youre here! I didnt think youd be able to come. Matt: Why? I like seeing a movie with my friends as much as the next guy. Eliana: Yeah, but its been weeks since weve seen you, ever since you started dating Helen. Ma

中国十二生肖：鼠-The Rat

The Rat The Rat - Chinese Zodiac AnimalBirth Years: 1936, 1948, 1960, 1972, 1984, 1996, 2008, 2020, 2032, 2044 Compatible with: Dragon and Monkey 图片1 Birthstone: Emerald Precious Flower: Narcissus Western Equivalent: Sagittarius Strengths: ambiti

手把手教你学口语17

If you listen to previous daily tips, you will recall that content words, such as nouns, main verbs, adjectives and adverbs are normally stressed, and function words, such as personal pronouns, possessive adjectives and prepositions are normally not

英文书摘精选 醋坛子老公有暴力倾向怎么办？

Dear Annie: I am a young married woman. My husband, let's call him Pete, is very possessive and jealous. He also has an anger problem. Anytime I go to the store, he wants to know exactly what store I am going to, who I'm going with, when I am going t

英语语法：78 Pronouns and Antecedents

Pronouns and Their Antecedents Today were going to talk about pronouns that don't clearly match up with the nouns they are supposed to replace. Readers become unhappy when they have to guess what noun a writer is talking about, or readers may even ch

英语语法：217 When to Use Female Nouns

Todays topic is the use of feminine nouns such as actress and comedienne. These days, people often see such terms as sexist, but it's also common to hear at least some of them. So what exactly are the modern rules for using such terms? Actually, this

英语语法：108 When to Use Articles Before Nouns

Several listeners have written with questions on when to use the definite article the, the indefinite article a, or neither. For example, Tracy W. wrote, Which is correct: Thank you for taking time to review my application, or Thank you for taking th

英语语法：115 Apostrophe Catastrophe (Part One)

Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is apostrophes. When I was in second grade, I lost a spelling bee because I misspelled the word its. I put an apostrophe in when I shouldn't have, and it was a very traumatic moment in my young life. So when listeners

英语语法：158 Apostrophe Catastrophe

Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is tough apostrophe issues. I said it in the last episode about apostrophes, and I'll say it again: there are some confusing situations when it comes to apostrophes. For example, Christine, from Portland, Oregon; Judy

英语语法：38 Collective Nouns

Grammar Girl here. Todays topic is collective nouns, nouns that describe a group, such as family, orchestra, and board. Guest-writer Bonnie Trenga writes, There are around 200 collective nouns in the English language (1). Sometimes they take a singul

英文笑话：Nouns 名词

Teacher: A noun is the name of a person or thing. Now, who can give me a noun? First boy: A cow. Teacher: Very good. Another noun? Second boy: Another cow. 教师：名词就是一个人或一种物的名称。现在谁能给我举出一个名词？ 第一个男孩：一头奶牛。 教师：

英语语法：47 Double Possessives

Grammar Girl here. Todays lesson involves a question of Cathysor should that be a question of Cathy? By the end of this podcast, youll know which possessive to use. Now, Cathy has been wondering about the so-called double possessive and asks, Which i

英语语法：37 Capitalizing Proper Nouns

Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is capitalizing tricky nouns like Ground Zero, Internet, and Earth. Quite a few people have asked me whether they should capitalize the words Internet, Web, and website, including Chris from Olney, Maryland; Matt from

Compound Nouns: Putting Words Together

What do these five words have in common: hotdog, fireworks, well-being, waistline, sunset and ice cream? They could all describe a fun holiday celebration. For example: My holiday was wonderful! I went to a friends party and we laughed, ate and had a

英语听力文摘 English Digest 36、醋坛子丈夫有暴力倾向

Dear Annie: I am a young married woman. My husband, let's call him Pete, is very possessive and jealous. He also has an anger problem. Anytime I go to the store, he wants to know exactly what store I am going to, who I'm going with, when I am going t

Father’s Day还是Fathers’ Day？

Although the name of the event is usually understood as a plural possessive (i.e. day belonging to fathers), which would under normal English punctuation guidelines be spelled Fathers' Day, the most common spelling is Father's Day, as if it were a si

美语听力 English Cafe 139

Topics: Native American reservations/Trail of Tears; retirement communities, the possessive s, to be subject to, to be subjected to, hedge trimming Words: ancestor settler reservation forced relocation trail tribe retirement Social Security benefits