听播客学英语 90 更新
In todays podcast, I am going to talk about the English word up-to-date. Well, it is really three words up, to and date normally we spell it with hyphens in between but we can think of up-to-date as a single word. Up-to-date is an adjective. It means
听播客学英语 91 预制件
Near to where I live, there is a group of small houses. They are bungalows that is, they are single-storey houses. There are gardens in front of the houses, and behind them; and most of the gardens are well-kept. There is something unusual about the
听播客学英语 92 丢失和寻找
Alexandre Monteiro has sent me an e-mail asking about the difference between the words seek, find and look. I hope that this podcast will help him, and other people. I guess you know the English verb to lose. The past tense is lost. If you lose your
听播客学英语 93 如何进入厨房
I have some poetry for you in todays podcast. It is a poem by a woman called Susie Paskins, and it is called How to enter the kitchen. Let me first explain what the poem is about. Susie has a problem. There is a mouse in her kitchen! She knows that t
听播客学英语 94 最长的名字
Once upon a time, there was a village in north Wales called Llanfair. Llanfair means, simply, the church of St Mary in the Welsh language, and there are many other places in Wales called Llanfair. The particular Llanfair in this story was called Llan
听播客学英语 95 潮湿的夏天
The summer holidays are over. People have returned to work. The children are back at school. And this is my first podcast since July. So, what sort of summer has it been in Britain? Lets start with the bad news. Our economy is in big difficulties. Pr
听播客学英语 96 拆散
There is an English phrasal verb to break up. It means to break into pieces. Here are some examples of ways in which we can use it. Imagine a storm at sea. The wind and the waves drive a ship onto the rocks. The waves smash the ship into pieces. The
听播客学英语 97 Better
I am sorry that there was no podcast last week. I was unwell. But now I am better. That means, I am not unwell any more. I have recovered. I am better. And todays podcast is about the word better. Better is of course the comparative form of the adjec
听播客学英语 98 巨石阵
In todays podcast, we talk about some theories. We talk about things which may be true, or may not be true. We use words like perhaps and maybe and it could be that... See how many examples you can find. We English have not lived in England for long.
听播客学英语 99 布伦德尔通话时间
Last November, the Guardian newspaper contained an article. This was the headline. Alfred Brendel, piano maestro, calls time on concert career. What does it mean? Well, you may already know about Alfred Brendel. He is a pianist, or a piano maestro as
听播客学英语 100 结婚
Our podcast today is about weddings. I hope you will learn some new English words. There is a quiz attached to the podcast today so that you can test how much you know. In England, you can get married in a church, or you can have a civil wedding (tha
听播客学英语 101 凯文临阵畏缩
Today, we meet the expression to have cold feet about something. It means well, I will tell you a story, and you will see what it means. About 3 months ago, Kevin went to the pub with his friend George. At the pub they met some friends who were talki
听播客学英语 102 偷窥狂
Do you know the English word to peep? If I peep at something, it means that I look at it quickly and secretly, and I hope that no-one notices. For example, I buy a birthday present for my daughter. She wants to know what the present is. But it is not
听播客学英语 103 理发
In todays podcast we meet the English expression I could do with I could do with is an indirect way of saying I need If I say I could do with something, it means I need something. So, if I say to my teenage son, You could do with a haircut, I mean Yo
听播客学英语 104 最糟糕的诗人
We stay in Scotland for todays podcast. We are going to meet a man called William Topaz McGonagall. Most people agree that he was the worst poet ever in the English language. He was born in 1825. His father was a cotton weaver, who had to move from t
