听播客学英语 150 让我知道
Suppose you are planning a holiday in England. Your friend in England might say to you, Please let me know when you are going to arrive. Or suppose I am talking to a friend who is planning to move to another town. I might say, Please let me have your
听播客学英语 151 你好再见托尼，戈登
We do not often talk about politics on this podcast, but today is different. Today is a special day. Our Prime Minister, Tony Blair, has been Prime Minister since 1997. But today he will resign. In fact, Tony Blair told us many months ago that he was
听播客学英语 152 Mud
Glastonbury is a small town in Somerset in south-west England. It contains the ruins of an old abbey, and has some beautiful countryside around it. There are many myths and legends associated with Glastonbury. Many of these are stories about the Celt
听播客学英语 153 马德琳
Madeleine McCann is four years old. Everyone in Britain knows about her. This is why. Madeleine lives with her parents Kate and Gerry McCann, and her younger brother and sister. Their home is in a town called Rothley in central England. It is a small
听播客学英语 154 Blessed
In a podcast last week, I talked about a pop group called the Zimmers. The Zimmers are all elderly people, who want to show the world that old people can be fun and creative. A few days ago I found a short poem about being old. It is by Barbara Beule
听播客学英语 155 巨无霸
After my last podcast, I am sure that many of you have applied for jobs as spies for the British Secret Intelligence Service. But what will you do if they say no? If they say that they dont want you; they have enough spies already; and they dont thin
听播客学英语 156 你想成为一个间谍
Intelligence. What does it mean? The word intelligence has two main meanings in English. First, it can mean mental capacity if you are intelligent, you can think clearly and rationally, for example. But intelligence also means information. For exampl
听播客学英语 157 塑料垃圾
Rebecca Hosking makes documentary films. Recently, she worked on a documentary film for the BBC about the effect of plastics in the marine environment. She was shocked by what she saw as she was making the documentary. She found many sorts of sea cre
听播客学英语 158 结果
My podcast today is about the word result, and the different ways we can use it. Last week I said that I would tell you the results of the local elections in England and the elections in Scotland and Wales. That means, I shall tell you what happened
听播客学英语 159 Banksy
In the podcast In Disgrace, I used the word graffiti. Do you know what it means? It is an Italian word, which has come into English. It means things which are written generally on an outside wall, or on some other public surface such as the side of a
听播客学英语 160 选举日
Today is the first Thursday in May, which is often an election day in Britain. People in many parts of England are voting today in local council elections. In Scotland there are elections to the Scottish Parliament, and in Wales there are elections t
听播客学英语 161 about to...
You know how to talk about the future in English. You use words like will or shall or going to. In English, we also have a way of talking about things which are in the future but very close to the present perhaps ony a few minutes into the future. We
听播客学英语 162 Kinder Scout
I am recording the podcast today outdoors, that means outside, in my garden. So do not be surprised if you hear the sound of traffic, or birds singing, or children playing. And todays podcast is about the outdoors the hills and the open countryside,
听播客学英语 163 What does it mean Watson...
We use the word mean in English in lots of different ways. I imagine that you use the word very often. You ask your English teacher what a particular English word means. You say for example, What does tree mean? You are saying, what is the word for t
听播客学英语 164 足球
Todays podcast is by Mark. He is a football coach in New Zealand. Hello everyone. A few years ago, I moved from England to New Zealand to coach football to children in Auckland, the biggest city in New Zealand. Id like to tell you about the differenc
