Everyday Grammar: Mastering Reported Speech

We often need to tell others what someone else said. There are two ways to do this. One is to say the same words and use quotation marks. That is direct speech. The other method is to summarize, or tell about what someone said. This is called reporte

VOA慢速英语2018--The Preposition 'By'

If you can write or speak even just a little English, you have surely used prepositions -- words like to, in, on, at and by. A preposition is a word or group of words that shows direction, location or time. Today on Ask a Teacher, we have a question

词汇大师-- Where Spoken Languages Divide

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-VOA英语教学 3154 synchronize

今天我们要学的词是 synchronize。 Synchronize的意思是同步，Trump administration proposes to shut down the government-funded telephone time-of-day service, which is also used to synchronize time-keeping devices， 特朗普政府提议关

学个词Learn a Word 第822期 starting point

今天我们要学的词是starting point。 A starting point, 起点、开端。美国总统奥巴马希望能重新启动中东和谈，但是分析人士说，Obama's first task is to get the two sides to agree on a starting point for negotiations

学个词Learn a Word 第689期 Bracket

今天我们要学的词是bracket。 Bracket, 是分组的意思。在美国，每年一到三月，篮球迷们就会全身心地投入大学篮球联赛当中，这也就是人们常说的March Madness三月疯狂。大学联赛的分组叫, tourn

学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 3135 heat wave

今天我们要学的词是 heat wave. Heat wave 热浪。A recent study warns that the number of people dying during heat waves is likely to rise sharply in some regions by 2080 if policymakers fail to take action in climate and health policies. 最近

学个词Learn a Word 第1711-automatic

今天我们要学的词是 automatic。Automatic 自动的。semi-automatic rifle 半自动步枪。If the Congress doesn't take action soon, automatic spending cuts will take effect on March 1st. 如果国会不马上采取行动的话，政府削减

英语单词大师：Forget Chicken

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster: English teacher Lida Baker explains the use of the words after and before. LIDA BAKER: I'm going to say a few sentences and I just want you to tell me two things: Is the sentence

词汇大师-- Forget 'Chicken' and 'Egg,

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster: English teacher Lida Baker explains the use of the words after and before. LIDA BAKER: I'm going to say a few sentences and I just want you to tell me two things: Is the sentence

学个词Learn a Word 第1316期 appoint

今天我们要学的词是appoint。 Appoint, 作为动词，是任命的意思。 Turkey appointed its new military chiefs, 土耳其政府任命了新的军事领导人。 EU's foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton appointed three new directors in

学个词Learn a Word 第1249期 courageous

今天我们要学的词是courageous。 Courageous, 有勇气的。 The candidate made a courageous stand on the sensitive issue, 这位候选人在这个敏感问题上勇敢地表明了立场。 He demonstrated traits of a courageous leader, 他表现

学个词Learn a Word 第705期 Gambit

今天我们要学的词是gambit。 Gambit, 指精心策划，带有风险的策略。美国总统奥巴马宣布，联邦政府计划购买一万七千六百辆美国造的油耗低的车和混合动力车。分析人士说， This is the White Hou

学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 1760-nonstop

学个词-1760-nonstop 今天我们要学的词是 nonstop。Nonstop 意思是不停歇的，不间断的。They have been working nonstop since this morning. 他们从今天早上开始，一直在不停地工作。The movie is packed with nonstop a

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--Linguistic Diversity in Action

Broadcast on COAST TO COAST: August 19, 2004 A new map released by the Modern Language Association shows which languages are spoken where in the United States. According to the MLA map, a 33-square-kilometer area south of Los Angeles is one of the mo

学个词Learn a Word 第211期 backfire

今天我们要学的词是backfire。 Backfire的意思是产生事与愿违的效果。Her plan to snoop on the kids backfired and they lost their trust in her . 她窥探孩子行动的计划得不偿失，反而失去了他们的信任。 不久前

英语单词大师：Forget 'Chicken' and 'Egg,'

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster: English teacher Lida Baker explains the use of the words after and before.LIDA BAKER: I'm going to say a few sentences and I just want you to tell me two things: Is the sentence c

学个词Learn a Word 第1398期　call for

今天我们要学的词是call for。Call for, 意思是呼吁，要求。法德两国领导人呼吁欧洲大陆尽快结束债务危机。 German and French leaders called for quick action on the continent's debt crisis, 五家国际媒体最近签署

学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 2847 dignity

今天我们要学的词是dignity。Dignity名词，意思是尊严、威严。At least three GOP senators used Twitter to blast President Trump's attack on the hosts of MSNBC's Morning Joe, saying the insults were beneath the dignity of the office

学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 2819 action plan

今天我们要学的词是 action plan. Action plan 行动计划。Greece and China signed a three-year action plan for joint projects. 希腊和中国签署了一份三年行动计划，开发合资项目。G20 health ministers agreed to work toget