高级听力练习10

Types of Speech Standard usage includes those words and expressions understood, used, and accepted by a majority of the speakers of a language in any situation regardless of the level of formality. As such, these words and expressions are well defin

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Surprising Origin of 'To Keep at Bay' Now, it's time for Words and Their Stories from VOA Learning English. On this program, we explore everyday expressions that we use in conversation. Americans often use the first saying we will talk about today. B

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What do you do when you have time to kill? It's a bit of a violent phrase, isn't it? It really means to use up spare time, or extra time. That is just(1) what I was doing this weekend, while I was waiting for my son's basketball game to start. We had

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Now, it is time for Words and Their Stories from VOA Learning English. On this program we explain the meaning and usage of common expressions in American English. Today we will talk about expressions with the word heel. Now, heel has several meanings

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In Part 1 of this program, we told you many uses of would in everyday speech. Today, we will talk about two more uses. Well also look at some important elements for understanding this modal verb. Before we continue, though, lets do a short review exe

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'Take' Is a Building Block in English

'Take' Is a Building Block in English Now, the weekly program Words and Their Stories from VOA Learning English. On this program, we explore the history and usage of common expressions in American English. And we give examples so that you can learn t

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For All Book Lovers: Chapter 2 Now, the VOA Learning English program Words and Their Stories. The goal of this show is to help you learn words and expressions in American English and also when to use them. Today, we continue talking about the word bo

AS IT IS 2016-09-04 Sometimes You Have to ‘Bite the Bullet’

AS IT IS 2016-09-04 Sometimes You Have to Bite the Bullet Now, the weekly program Words and Their Stories from VOA Learning English. On this program, we explore the history and usage of common expressions in American English. We also give you example

Choosing a Dictionary

Dictionaries range broadly in purpose, size, and price; and choosing one is a very personal decision. The best advice is to make note of the things you and your family look up in a dictionary over a few weeks' time, and then go to a comprehensive boo

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本集简介： 瑞秋大做春梦先是和钱德，第二次天梦见和钱德及乔伊（不过大多数时间是后两人在忙乎），第三个梦终于是和罗斯。 菲比想做兼差赚钱，所以给钱德当秘书。 钱德由此发现同僚们

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新四级出台多了快速阅读，快速阅读要求大家在15分钟内阅读2000字左右的文章，还要做10道题，显然对于以英语为第二语言的我们来说是不可能做到细致的读到尾的。连人家考试时候都说这种题的名字叫Skimming and Scanning(浏览和查找)，除非李清照附体，我们恐怕一目十行是

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X-Factor人气选手Misha B新单《Do You Think of Me》带着浓浓的想念 X-Factor选手米莎碧被许多人拿来和麻辣鸡做比较，但她的的声音也颇具辨识度。这是她的最新单曲《Do You Think of Me》，表达了对自己