英语博客-北美风情 63、Expression: Cut to the chase

图片1 When someone is telling you a story with a lot of little details and you want them to get to the main point, you can say cut to the chase. This expression is used with friends when you want them to cut to the most interesting part of the stor

语言小贴士:大发雷霆

1. To blow your top means: a) to suddenly become excited b) to slowly become excited c) to suddenly become angry d) to slowly become angry 2. What does Nina think of when she/he hears the expression blow your top? 3. Which other English expression m

第29期: pretty, mark, wait, fail, smoke

说一口流利的英语，从简单的单词开始。 听听，读读，背背，今天你的词汇量又增加了5个。 单词/词义 中英例句 单词听读 pretty [ 5priti ] What a pretty dress

英语博客-北美风情 106、Expression: Over the hill

图片1 This expression is a funny way of saying that someone is old. To be over the hill means that someone is old, and so not able to do things that they used to do. You might see this expression on birthday cards or hear it in movies. This express

英语博客-北美风情 64、Expression: When pigs fly

图片1 The expression when pigs fly is used when people talk about something they would never do, or some event that would never happen. It is a very old expression, and no one knows why we talk about pigs! We can also use the similar expression, wh

美国习惯用语: Lesson 230 - Right on the Mark / Right Up One'

今天我们要讲的两个习惯用语都是以right这个字开始的。英文里有好几个字的发音都是right。比如说，写字的写就是write。但是，它的拚法是：write,而不是

英语听力精选进阶版 6612

John: Hello, you're listening to Real English from BBC Learning English. I'm John. Helen: And I'm Helen. John: Here on Real English, you can learn words and phrases which you might not find in your dictionary. Helen: That's right. 希望您在今天的

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--Trademarking 'Freedom of Expression

Broadcast on Coast to Coast: February 6, 2003 AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster -- meet Kembrew McLeod. He's an assistant professor of communications [studies] at the University of Iowa. A few years ago, Mr. McLeod

英语博客-北美风情 88、Expression: Shrug it off

图片1 In this episode, Robin and Jessie discuss the expression to shrug something off. Check out the picture here to see an example of someone shrugging. In certain situations a person may want to shrug it off, or have to roll with the punches, and

英语博客-北美风情 48、Expression: Call it a day

图片1 Here we look at a question about the expressions, Lets call it a day and Lets call it a night. These expressions are used often after work has been done or you are feeling tired. Listen to this episode for specific cases of when these express

英语博客-北美风情 51、Expression: Pig out!

图片1 Everyone likes to pig out sometimes! We usually pig out at parties or on special occasions. But sometimes we dont need a special excuse to pig out. To pig out is related to food and eating. To understand exactly when and how to use listen to

英语博客-北美风情 55、Expression: Plan B

图片1 Sometimes we have a plan to do something and it does not work. In that case we need to plan something different, and that is when we use this expression. If you want to listen to this podcast, but your internet is not working, you will have t

英语博客-北美风情 61、Expression: Get ahead of yours

图片1 If you try to use an expression before you know the definition then you are getting ahead of yourself! That is why it is always good to listen to our podcasts We look at this expression and other similar ones about looking too far into the fu

英语博客-北美风情 68、Expression: Get it over with

图片1 Sometimes studying another language is really hard. We wish we could just get it over with and speak the language well. That is todays expression to get something over with. We usually use this expression when we have an obligation to do some

英语博客-北美风情 73、Expression: Mum’s the word

图片1 If you want to tell someone to keep something a secret or promise to keep a secret for someone else you can use this expression: mums the word. At first it seems like a strange expressionmum is the word? Weird. But you will see it is not so c

白领商务英语－经典案例7：Lexmark International

Organization, Teamwork, and Communication Facing Business Challenges At Lexmark International From IBM to Independence How do you build a new, independent organization after years of control by a giga

每日一词【286】mark：纪念

今天我们要学的词是mark。 Mark, 有纪念的意思。星期二是2001年美国遭受911恐怖袭击的六周年。President Bush called for Americans to mark the attacks with memorial services and candlelight vigils, 美国总统布什呼吁美

Making His Mark

A man from the state of Chu was crossing a river in a boat when his sword fell into the water．Immediately he made a mark on the boat．This is where my sword fell off，he said．When the boat stopped moving，he jumped into the water to look for h

Making His Mark

A man from the state of Chu was crossing a river in a boat when his sword fell into the water．Immediately he made a mark on the boat．This is where my sword fell off，he said．When the boat stopped moving，he jumped into the water to look for h

日常英语口语：Expression In Class

Expression In Class 课堂用语 16. May I come in? 我能进来吗? 17. Come in, please. 请进。 18. Sit down, please. 请坐。 19. It's time for class. 上课时间到了。 20. Open your books and turn to page 20. 打开书，翻到第20页。