2012年ESL之旅行交通购物 01 Showing Off a New Purchase

Showing Off a New Purchase Monica: Wow, check you out! When did you buy a new car? Kevin: This isnt just any new car. Its a Ferrari. Monica: I can see that. It must have set you back a few. Kevin: Yeah, but it was worth it. You should see the looks I

2012年ESL之就医和人际交往 08 Giving Birth to Twins

Giving Birth to Twins Jerome: Congratulations! I just heard that youre pregnant with twins. Paula: Thanks. Were very excited, although Im a little worried about a multiple birth. Jerome: I come from a long line of multiple births. My father is an ide

2012年ESL之就医和人际交往 09 Getting Over a Fight

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2012年ESL之就医和人际交往 10 Getting an Unexpected Marriage Proposal

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2012年ESL之就医和人际交往 11 Doing Basic Exercises

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2012年ESL之日常生活 22 Political Advertising

Political Advertising Hilary: The election is still two months away and Im already sick of the political ads. Look at these flyers we got in the mail just today, not to mention the canvassers ringing our doorbell nonstop! Bill: Its worse if you watch

2012年ESL之日常生活 23 Donating to a Thrift Store

Donating to a Thrift Store Scott: Thats the last bag. Help me put these into the truck. I want to get these to the thrift store before they stop taking donations for the day. Nancy: Hold on! That bag has curtains in it. Scott: I know they do. Those o

2012年ESL之日常生活 24 Breaching Computer Security

Breaching Computer Security Jin: Did you hear what happened to McQ Corp? Dina: No, what? Jin: Hackers were able to get unauthorized access to its computer systems and cause a lot of problems over the weekend. They destroyed data and rendered the syst

2012年ESL之餐饮娱乐 10 Talking About Movies

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2012年ESL之餐饮娱乐 09 Ordering Coffee and Tea

Ordering Coffee and Tea Jermaine: Id like a decaf drip, to go. Drew: Would you like our light or dark roast? Jermaine: I'll just have whatever's freshly brewed. Drew: Are you sure you dont want to try an espresso, an Americano, or a latte? Jermaine:

2012年ESL之餐饮娱乐 08 Signing Professional Athletes

Signing Professional Athletes Nick: I dont care what it takes. I want Robinson on my team next year. Jamie: Hell be a free agent and hell be fielding a lot of offers. I dont know if we can make him an attractive enough deal. Nick: Well offer him a si

2012年ESL之商务英语 15 Asking for Time Off

Asking for Time Off Johnny: I just found out that the manager is letting Neal take Friday off. I asked him two days ago for Friday off and he turned me down! Francesca: Neals wife is pregnant, so maybe he needs time off to go with her to a doctors vi

2012年ESL之商务英语 14 Dealing with Time Changes in Scheduling

Dealing with Time Changes in Scheduling Danny: Dont bother looking for next years meeting calendar. Im still working on it. Tessa: Whats taking so long? Danny: This is my first time scheduling all of the major meetings for this company and Im getting

2012年ESL之商务英语 13 Advertising Jobs on the Internet

Advertising Jobs on the Internet Wendy: I just heard that youre not going to use a recruitment agency to fill the new position. Pedro: No, Im not. There are so many Internet job boards out there that I think we can find good candidates without using

2012年ESL之商务英语 12 Setting Up Conference Calls and Videoconferences

Setting Up Conference Calls and Videoconferences Ewan: Whos running the videoconference next week? Petra: I am. Desmond put me in charge of it last week. Ewan: Oh, somebodys moving up in the world. Its nice that hes giving you more responsibility. Pe

2012年ESL之商务英语 11 Business Zoning

Business Zoning Sybil: Oh, this is it! This is the perfect location for our new store! Leo: Sorry, but this space isnt zoned for retail. Its zoned for offices. Sybil: But couldnt we get the zoning commission to re-zone it? Leo: Thats not an easy proc

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最近有粉丝问我们国外品牌的标准读音。今天，潘吉和Jenny就要从车说起。你知道别克的英文名怎么说？又怎么说轿车、越野车、跑车、商务车呢？赶快听今天的节目吧！ 听力提示： 1. Genera

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