词汇大师(Wordmaster)--Rap Freestyling

Broadcast on Coast to Coast: December 5, 2002 MUSIC: Lose Yourself/Eminem (8 Mile soundtrack) AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster -- the art of rap. This form of music sprang from the hip-hop culture of young, urban

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--Emotion in Words

Today on Wordmaster with Rosanne Skirble, the emotions behind the words we say. RS: Think of how many emotions our voices are able to convey. English teacher and Wordmaster contributor Lida Baker says meaning changes by modifying the tone of voice in

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--Meet Two More English Teachers

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster: meet two more English teachers. RS: Qu Gang teaches in the world's biggest country, China. He is a member of the National Foreign Language Teaching and Research Association. Doug

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--'Heritage Speakers'

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster, Musa Nushi, a 27-year-old Iranian with a master's degree in English teaching from Tehran University. MUSA NUSHI: English is in high demand in Iran because lots of people are going

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--What Does It Say

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster: Anu Garg, creator of the A.Word.A.Day Web site and author of a new book called Another Word A Day: An All-New Romp Through Some of the Most Unusual and Intriguing Words in English

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--Supreme Court Dictionary Use

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster -- using a dictionary to help define the law of the land. RS: The next time you go to an English dictionary to look up a word or settle an argument, you might take comfort in knowi

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

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--Anu Garg: A.Word.A.Day

Broadcast: March 6, 2003 AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster -- our guest is Anu Garg, the man behind a popular e-mail service called A.Word.A.Day. RS: And for the past nine years, that's exactly what subscribers hav

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--Lida Baker: War and English Teachin

Broadcast on Coast to Coast: April 3, 2003 AA: I'm Avi Arditti and this week on Wordmaster -- it's time for our monthly visit with English teacher Lida Baker. She writes textbooks and she teaches in the American Language Center at the University of C

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--'Who's on First?'

Broadcast on Coast to Coast: October 17, 2002 Re-broadcast on VOA News Now: October 20, 2002 AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster -- some baseball word play in honor of the World Series. RS: We've got a classic skit a

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--Listener Mail

Broadcast on Coast to Coast: October 31, 2002 Re-broadcast on VOA News Now: November 3, 2002 AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on WORDMASTER, we catch up on some listener mail. RS: The first question is by e-mail from Paul, an E

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--Slangman: Whimsy

Broadcast on Coast to Coast: June 13, 2002 Re-broadcast on VOA News Now: June 16, 2002 AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster, some whimsy to liven up your vocabulary! RS: Slangman David Burke brings us some words and p

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--Lida Baker: Modals

Broadcast on Coast to Coast: June 20, 2002 Re-broadcast on VOA News Now: June 23, 2002 AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster, meet the modals! RS: Modals are words like can, could, will, would, may, might, and must. Th

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--Wordtree Reverse Dictionary

Broadcast on Coast to Coast: October 3, 2002 Rebroadcast on VOA News Now: October 6, 2002 AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster -- The Wordtree. It's a reverse dictionary that, through a series of branchings, takes you

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--Language of Electronic Mail

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on WORDMASTER -- the language of electronic mail. TAPE: CUT ONE -- NAOMI BARON As e-mail is developing more and more users, it's also developing more and more styles. There's one style that says

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--Wordcount.org

Broadcast on COAST TO COAST: September 2, 2004 AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster: counting words. RS: If you wanted to show people the 88,000 most common words in English, how would you do it? Jonathan Harris thoug

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--Adjectives

Broadcast: February 26, 2004 AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster -- telling less, and showing more. RS: Adjectives are words that modify or describe nouns. But here's how a lot of writers and writing teachers describ

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--Pronunciation, Part 2

Broadcast: December 15, 2004 AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster: more of our conversation with Jim Tedder, the creator of VOA's online Pronunciation Guide. RS: It used to be that when announcers at VOA needed to kno

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--Five New Year's Resolutions

Broadcast: December 22, 2004 AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster: English teacher Lida Baker suggests five resolutions for people who want to improve their English in the New Year. LIDA BAKER: My first resolution tha

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--Interview with an English Learner

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster: an interview with one of our listeners in Iran. RS: Atefeh is a university student. She's studying English literature, so she reads a lot of classic books. But, like any young per