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英语听力精选进阶版 7940
Programme Summary 节目梗概 This week's question comes from the city of Guizhou. Du Yang asked us what a catchphrase is. A catchphrase is a short sentence or expression that usually a famous comedian or TV presenter will use. The person will be fa
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英语听力精选进阶版 7941
This weeks question comes from Hui Yao, who wants to know how to say 加油 in English. Whether you like football, basketball or athletics, if you are a sports fan you will want to cheer on your team. In Chinese, 加油 is the all-purpose chant which
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英语听力精选进阶版 7942
Programme Summary 节目梗概 This week Shirley asks about the words quality and cheesy. Both of these words are very colloquial and in the programme William says that he is not surprised to hear that Shirley spent some time in the UK. In the senten
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英语听力精选进阶版 7943
Programme Summary 节目梗概 This week's question comes from Andy in Haikou, who asks why the word 'have' in the phrase 'I have' often sounds like a whisper, or is said very fast. Often in English two words get run together. We call this contractio
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英语听力精选进阶版 7944
This week's question comes from Li Bin in Beijing, who has problems understanding amounts of money in English. There are a number of different reasons why Chinese learners of English might have problems understanding amounts of money. 1) Big numbers
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英语听力精选进阶版 7945
Qiancheng from Xuzhou asks this weeks question about the word here and the phrase in here. In the programme, William explains that the word here refers to where the speaker is at the time, but in here means in this room. William goes on to highlight
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英语听力精选进阶版 7946
This week's question comes from Yanghong in Yunnan who is a big basketball fan but has problems understanding basketball terms in English. Well, there are of course many basketball fans in China, so here are a few terms to help those of you who like
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英语听力精选进阶版 7947
This week's question comes from Huiping in New Zealand. She asked us about three similar words: see, look and watch. 当然，这三个动词都是表示看的意思，但是究竟什么时候该用哪个词呢？ Let's look at each of these words in
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英语听力精选进阶版 7948
This weeks programme is in response to a question from Bing Xu, who lives here in the UK. Bing Xu wants to know what the letters F.A.Q. mean you can often see these letters on websites. Listen to the programme to find out the meaning. F.A.Q. is an ex
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英语听力精选进阶版 7949
This weeks question comes from Yu Chaojun in Xian who wants to know more about the expression dos and donts. Callum from BBC Learning English explains to us that dos and donts are basically things you should do and shouldnt do. So for example, at you
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英语听力精选进阶版 7950
This week's question comes from Kate from Foshan in Guangdong. She wants to know the difference between 'used to' and 'be used to'. Both are common phrases and sound quite similar but mean very different things. 1) Used to When you say you are used t
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英语听力精选进阶版 7951
This weeks question comes from Justina in China who wants to know more about French words in English. We spoke to Erica Gatland, who works for a translation company. She said that over 30% of the English language is made up of French words. Some of t
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英语听力精选进阶版 7952
This weeks question comes from Milton Feng in Dalian who wants to know about email sign-offs. There are many ways of signing off an email, and choosing the right way is not always easy. Although email is a new form of communication, it is still impor
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Victoria from Qingdao sent in this week's question about the use of the. Words like the, a or an are called articles. She says she has some knowledge of them but still finds them difficult to use. Alex Gooch is a teacher of English as a foreign langu
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英语听力精选进阶版 7954
This weeks question comes from Zhu Yan from Wuhan who wants to know more about regional British dialects. Before we talk about the variety of British dialects, lets look at what a dialect is. A dialect is a form of a language that people from a parti
