听播客学英语 46 建房子
Todays podcast is about the names of different occupations, and about Harry and June and their new house. Harry is a retired school head teacher. He and his wife June want to move from London to live in Devon in the south-west of England. Devon is a
听播客学英语 47 保持冷静
This weeks phrasal verb is to carry on. I shall explain it in a minute, but first here is a story about a typical Monday morning for Kevin, in his new job as Assistant Sales Manager (South East England). It is 6.30. Time to get up. The alarm clock ri
听播客学英语 48 罗伯特的城堡
We have a saying in English that an Englishmans home is his castle. What exactly does it mean? Some people say that it means that you can do anything you like in your own home. But that isnt true. You are not allowed to kill people in your home, for
听播客学英语 49 乔治的巧克力工厂
Martina Lopez has sent me an e-mail. She suggests that every week, I should tell you about a phrasal verb. Good idea, Martina. There are hundreds of phrasal verbs in English, and there is, I am afraid, no easy way to learn them. You just have to reme
听播客学英语 50 猫
Today we meet a cat called Casper, and we learn about the English verb to commute. Lets start with the verb. Commute has an interesting history, because its modern meaning is quite different from its original meaning. Originally, to commute meant to
听播客学英语 51 冷冻
For the last two weeks, our newspapers have been full of stories about the Big Freeze. Like many other places in Europe, the weather in Britain has been very cold. We have had lots of snow, and the roads are covered with ice. There are shortages of g
听播客学英语 52 snow
It is very cold here in England, and there is lots of snow on the ground. What do you think about snow? Yes, snow can be cold and wet and miserable. But it can also change familiar things our houses and gardens, our streets and our cities into someth
听播客学英语 52 做蛋糕
Today we will meet the imperative form of English verbs, and learn how to bake a cake. English verbs are difficult. There are so many verb forms, and so many irregular verbs. But lets not worry about complicated verbs today. Lets think about the simp
听播客学英语 53 Running out of things!
Today, we are going to run out of things. To run out of something is a phrasal verb. It is one of the hundreds of phrasal verbs in English, and I know you love phrasal verbs! Like most of the other English phrasal verbs, there is no easy way to remem
听播客学英语 54 改名
Every year the BBC asks its TV viewers to give money to a special appeal called Children in Need. The money is used to help charities which work with sick or disadvantaged children. The last Children in Need day was last Friday. For the whole evening
听播客学英语 55 生日快乐
That was Mr Chuck Berry. He was riding along in his automobile, and he is here to help us celebrate a special birthday. Yes, dear listeners, this week saw the 50th birthday of Britains first motorway. Germany and Italy built their first motorways bef
听播客学英语 56 泰晤士河失踪
What do we mean if we say that something is missing? We mean that it has disappeared, that it has gone! Suppose I put my car keys down on the table. A few minutes later, I look for them but they are gone. I am sure they were on the table. They were o
听播客学英语 57 Tall stories
Today we discover the word tall, and we learn about tall stories. I guess you know what tall means in your own language if you dont, stop listening now and look the word up in a dictionary. Here are some examples of the way we use tall. We can talk a
听播客学英语 58 如何处理旧沙发
Today we learn about how to get rid of things. Kevin and Joanne have an old sofa. In fact, it used to be Kevins sofa in the good old days when he was a student and before he had met Joanne. The sofa is dirty and stained, because Kevin has spilled bee
听播客学英语 59 宝藏
Before beginning todays podcast, I need to explain a few words. The first word is treasure. Treasure means things which are very valuable; generally, treasure means things made of gold or silver or precious stones. The second word is hoard. If someon
