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Topics: The CIA; how to become a court interpreter and/or an interpreter for the U.N.; haunting versus haunted; completion versus completeness; to take (somebody) on Words: intelligence foreign advisor clandestine to tap a phone to bug to infiltrate

美语听力 English Cafe 154

Topics: Famous Americans: Amy Tan; Americans with Disabilities Act; to take convincing, full-fledged, dude Words: descent to fight to give (someone) the silent treatment promise life-changing event expectation act disability to enact discrimination a

美语听力 English Cafe 153

Topics: American Cities: Chicago; The Star-Spangled Banner; just versus only versus mere; to kick butt Words: windy magnificent skyscraper public transportation system gangster Prohibition league anthem dawn twilight patriotic mere to kick butt

美语听力 English Cafe 157

Topics: Ask an American: childhood obesity; besides vs. furthermore vs. moreover; wink-wink; thrill Words: to be doing veggie grass-fed organic salad bar to line up to segue processed food refined high fructose corn syrup whole food with an eye in th

美语听力 English Cafe 147

Topics: Ask an American: Drive-in Theaters to wind (someone) up, you dont say, how about you versus what about you Words: to wedge talkative to block (someones) view to be in the comfort of sprawling cranky to disrupt passion family fare second-rate

美语听力 English Cafe 152

Topics: Ask an American: Tattoos to cover up (something), talk versus say versus speak, pronouncing certain consonants in the middle of words Words: buzz tattoo parlor tough guys broken heart to commemorate newborn angst to put (something) out there

美语听力 English Cafe 150

Topics: Famous Americans: Great Jazz Artists Josephine Baker and Ella Fitzgerald; the Amish; to be honest versus as a matter of fact; why dont you versus lets Words: jazz pearl world-famous to drop out civil rights movement first lady improv postage

美语听力 English Cafe 149

Topics: U.S. zoning laws; how to become a TV or movie screenwriter; unless versus if, in versus at for locations, persecute versus prosecute Words: zoning law urban sprawl mixed-use zoning high-density neighborhood exclusionary affordable housing str

美语听力 English Cafe 148

Topics: American Cities: San Francisco/Bay Area; the ACLU; using back to refer to the past; failure versus error versus mistake Words: image strait bay living expenses steep cable car liberal costume civil liberties litigation to lobby to infringe up

美语听力 English Cafe 146

Topics: Famous Americans: Annie Leibovitz; home shopping cable channels and celebrity product lines; come versus go; via versus through Words: portrait the arts big break to be named chief celebrity channel cable host product line affiliated with nam

美语听力 English Cafe 145

Topics: Advanced Placement courses and tests; Legos/Legoland and Hot Wheels; might versus maybe; judgment call; no-brainer Words: placement college-level subject area to gear up financial aid college credit interlocking kit theme park replicate track

美语听力 English Cafe 144

Topics: Saturday Night Live; Howard Stern and shock jocks; using to in who, what, where, when, why questions; state of the art; ways to say good job! Words: live cast celebrity sketch news anchor current events big break controversial shock jock offe

美语听力 English Cafe 143

Topics: Harley Davidson; Famous Americans: Jesse Jackson; because versus since, yikes, speaking of which Words: loyal logo engine reputation pejorative mid-life crisis reverend civil rights activist segregated march shadow senator because since yikes

美语听力 English Cafe 151

Topics: D.B. Cooper; the Underground Railroad; extend versus expand; God forbid; brown-bag lunch Words: to hijack threat unsolved mystery flight attendant bomb parachute in exchange for frayed unconvinced slave to escape to be sympathetic toward to e

美语听力 English Cafe 142

Topics: Ask an American: Getting Old; brethren versus brothers, would versus used to, I cant wait anymore versus I cant wait any longer Words: hip fracture balance to stub to go flying to fall flat incompetent nursing home to keep (something) to (one

美语听力 English Cafe 141

Topics: Classic childrens television: Sesame Street and Mr. Rogers Neighborhood; American Cities: Washington, D.C.; mix, combine, stir, and beat; stock photography Words: series episode animation puppet make-believe values founding fathers Congress f

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

美语听力 English Cafe 138

Topics: Monster truck shows and races; blue jeans and Levi Strauss, to be up against the wall, liability versus responsibility, pronouncing either Words: monster pickup truck destructive to crush track obstacle freestyle to root blue jeans (or jeans)

美语听力 English Cafe 137

Topics: Ask an American: Bluegrass music; rsum versus curriculum vitae, the number 0 versus the letter O, one over the other Words: to bring over to pass down (something) to flatten bridge basically roots origins melody acoustic fiddle banjo bass rsu

美语听力 English Cafe 136

Topics: The Betty Ford Center; poker; to be short on time versus time is running out, past year versus last year, supervisor versus manager Words: addiction rehab painkiller intervention residential counselor hand tournament champion endorsement to s