手把手教你学口语03

Welcome to Daily Tips on Learning English. Todays tip is on stressed and unstressed syllables. Every English word has more than one syllable, and every complete sentence has at least one stressed syllable. A stressed syllable is pronounced more promi

美式英语正音训练第42期:Exercise 1-55~56

Exercise 1-55: Crossing Out Reduced Sounds Pause the CD and cross out any sound that is not clearly pronounced, including to, for, and, that, than, the, a, the soft , and unstressed syllables that do not have strong vowel sounds. Exercise 1-56: Readi

词汇大师-- To Master Rhythms of English

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on WORDMASTER: expanding on reductions. When speakers compress a phrase like going to into gonna, or what do you into whaddaya, that's a reduction. We mentioned their importance when we talked l

词汇大师--Getting Relaxed With Reduced Forms in Speech

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on WORDMASTER: reduced forms in spoken American English. RS: We're talking about forms like whaddaya -- meaning what do you, as in whaddaya say? Whaddaya Say? is also the title of a popular teac

VOA慢速英语--Improve Your Pronunciation by Training Your Ears

From VOA Learning English, this is the Education Report. Many English learners work hard to improve their pronunciation skills. If you are not making as much progress as you'd hoped, you are not alone. You may be surprised to know that a number of te

乔布斯传 第465期:蒂姆·库克(6)

At a meeting early in his tenure, Cook was told of a problem with one of Apple's Chinese suppliers. 在任职初期的一次会议上，库克听说苹果公司的某一家中国供应商出了问题。 This is really bad, he said. Someone should be

标准美语发音的13个秘诀 CD 2 Track 24

Reduced Sounds CD 2 Track 24 The Down Side of Intonation Reduced sounds are all those extra sounds created by an absence of lip, tongue, jaw, and throatmovement. They are a principal function of intonation and are truly indicative of the Americansoun

标准美语发音的13个秘诀 CD 3 Track 24

Exercise 4-12: Finding American T Sounds CD 3 Track 24 Once again, go over the following familiar paragraph. First, find all the T's that are pronounced D(there are nine to thirteen here).Second, find all the held Ts (thereare seven). The first one o

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--Lida Baker: Reduced Forms

Broadcast on Coast to Coast: January 16, 2003 AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble and this week on Wordmaster, English teacher Lida Baker explains some of the shortcuts that work their way into conversational American speech. RS: They're called

运动休闲—How TO Lower Fat Intake

Nowadays, people's requirings for

爱情确实是盲目的

科学家们证明，那句古老的格言爱是盲目的有一定的道理。 They have found that feelings of love lead to a suppression of activity in the areas of the brain controlling critical thought. 他们发现爱的感觉会抑制大脑控制

OPEC Says World Oil Demand Is Slowing

The oil-producing OPEC cartel has for the fourth straight month trimmed its estimate of world demand for oil for the rest of this year and in 2012. The 12-nation Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries said Tuesday that the demand for oil w

Coffee may protect against endometrial cancer

WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- Long-term coffee consumption may be associated with a reduced risk for endometrial cancer, according to a study published online Tuesday in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers Prevention, a journal of the American Associat

China promises to promote sustainable development

China promises to promote sustainable development SAN JOSE, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese official Thursday expressed here China's willingness and determination to work with the international community to promote sustainable development. Speaking at

第95期:微笑的力量

The Power Of Smile 微笑的力量 Laughter is the shortest distance between two people. Victor Borge 笑是两个人之间最短的距离。维克托.伯盖 1.They have reduced stress. 他们压力较小。 2.They have lower chances of heart disease

美国语文第五册 第311期:论烤猪(1)

Mankind, says a Chinese manuscript, which my friend M. was obliging enough to read and explain to me, 我的朋友老麦，曾经好心地为我朗读一本中国古代手抄书，并辅以解释， for the first seventy thousand ages ate their meat

英语单词大师：To Master Rhythms of English,

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on WORDMASTER: expanding on reductions. When speakers compress a phrase like going to into gonna, or what do you into whaddaya, that's a reduction. We mentioned their importance when we talked l

英语单词大师：Where Spoken Languages

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on WORDMASTER: word order and the mind. A new study suggests that people naturally gesture in the order of subject-object-verb, regardless of the rules of their spoken language. Susan Goldin-Mea

学个词Learn a Word 第1650-reckless-driving

今天我们要学的词是 reckless driving。Reckless driving 野蛮驾驶，危险驾驶。Reckless driving is a leading cause of accidents on the highways of the United States. 危险驾驶是美国高速公路事故的主要原因。Reckless dri

每天三分钟学英语 第8期:美式英语的弱读

For / f?:(r)/ Reduce to /f?(r)/ Is that for me? It's for my friend. I'll wait for you for 2 minutes. A table for four, please. To /tu:/ Reduce to /t?/ I have to go now. See you later. He went to work. Reduced to /d?/ I go to work. I told you to leave