英语博客-北美风情 63、Expression: Cut to the chase

图片1 When someone is telling you a story with a lot of little details and you want them to get to the main point, you can say cut to the chase. This expression is used with friends when you want them to cut to the most interesting part of the stor

语言小贴士:亡羊补牢,为时未晚

1. The expression better late than never means: a) it isn't worth doing something if it is late b) doing something late is better than not doing it at all 2. In which of these situations could you say better late than never? a) the post brings a bir

广州初中2Alesson4

[00:00.00] Unit 4 Lesson 13 [00:05.09]new words and expression [00:09.53]was [00:10.92]v.(be的过去式) [00:12.30]yesterday [00:13.73]n.adv.昨天 [00:15.15]were [00:16.43]v.(be的过去式) [00:17.71]wasn't [00:19.08]=was not [00:20.45]weren't [00

广州初中4Alesson7

[00:00.00] Uint 7 [00:02.90]Lesson 25 [00:06.14]New word and expression [00:10.08]manners [00:11.52]pl.礼貌 [00:12.96]Zak [00:14.18]n.扎克 [00:15.41]Epps [00:16.69]n.艾普斯 [00:17.97]principal [00:19.45]n.校长 [00:20.92]seat [00:22.24]n.座位

广州初中6Alesson7

[00:00.00] Unit 7 Lesson 25 [00:05.20]new words and expression [00:09.87]drive [00:11.64]n.驾驶路程 [00:13.40]as [00:15.73]conj.当的时候 [00:18.05]show(sb.)around [00:20.94]领着（某人）参观 [00:23.82]Read about a visit to the Guangzho

英语博客-北美风情 106、Expression: Over the hill

图片1 This expression is a funny way of saying that someone is old. To be over the hill means that someone is old, and so not able to do things that they used to do. You might see this expression on birthday cards or hear it in movies. This express

英语博客-北美风情 64、Expression: When pigs fly

图片1 The expression when pigs fly is used when people talk about something they would never do, or some event that would never happen. It is a very old expression, and no one knows why we talk about pigs! We can also use the similar expression, wh

美国国家公共电台 NPR Jamal Khashoggi's Last Column Before Disappearance Calls For Free Expression

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: On page A23 of today's Washington Post you can find the last column Jamal Khashoggi wrote before he disappeared. Khashoggi went missing on October 2. It looks increasingly likely that he is dead, a reality President Trump ack

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--Trademarking 'Freedom of Expression

Broadcast on Coast to Coast: February 6, 2003 AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster -- meet Kembrew McLeod. He's an assistant professor of communications [studies] at the University of Iowa. A few years ago, Mr. McLeod

英语博客-北美风情 88、Expression: Shrug it off

图片1 In this episode, Robin and Jessie discuss the expression to shrug something off. Check out the picture here to see an example of someone shrugging. In certain situations a person may want to shrug it off, or have to roll with the punches, and

英语博客-北美风情 48、Expression: Call it a day

图片1 Here we look at a question about the expressions, Lets call it a day and Lets call it a night. These expressions are used often after work has been done or you are feeling tired. Listen to this episode for specific cases of when these express

英语博客-北美风情 51、Expression: Pig out!

图片1 Everyone likes to pig out sometimes! We usually pig out at parties or on special occasions. But sometimes we dont need a special excuse to pig out. To pig out is related to food and eating. To understand exactly when and how to use listen to

英语博客-北美风情 55、Expression: Plan B

图片1 Sometimes we have a plan to do something and it does not work. In that case we need to plan something different, and that is when we use this expression. If you want to listen to this podcast, but your internet is not working, you will have t

英语博客-北美风情 61、Expression: Get ahead of yours

图片1 If you try to use an expression before you know the definition then you are getting ahead of yourself! That is why it is always good to listen to our podcasts We look at this expression and other similar ones about looking too far into the fu

英语博客-北美风情 67、Expression: Rain check

图片1 The expression rain check in this episode has a few different meanings. The first one is described in the transcript below. And of course is connected to rain. Another kind of rain check is used in a story. And another one is used when people

英语博客-北美风情 68、Expression: Get it over with

图片1 Sometimes studying another language is really hard. We wish we could just get it over with and speak the language well. That is todays expression to get something over with. We usually use this expression when we have an obligation to do some

英语博客-北美风情 73、Expression: Mum’s the word

图片1 If you want to tell someone to keep something a secret or promise to keep a secret for someone else you can use this expression: mums the word. At first it seems like a strange expressionmum is the word? Weird. But you will see it is not so c

2007年VOA标准英语-Kosovo Status a Post-Election Challenge for Ser

By Barry Wood Belgrade 18 January 2007 More than five million citizens of Serbia are to vote Sunday in the country's first parliamentary election in three years. Soon after the election, Serbia's leaders will have to grapple with the future status o

日常英语口语：Expression In Class

Expression In Class 课堂用语 16. May I come in? 我能进来吗? 17. Come in, please. 请进。 18. Sit down, please. 请坐。 19. It's time for class. 上课时间到了。 20. Open your books and turn to page 20. 打开书，翻到第20页。

听播客学英语 103 理发

In todays podcast we meet the English expression I could do with I could do with is an indirect way of saying I need If I say I could do with something, it means I need something. So, if I say to my teenage son, You could do with a haircut, I mean Yo