第1讲：Lady Killer! 大众情人
主持人Kat和杨琳带你走进她们的幽默搞怪的日常生活，带你边玩边学地道美语！今天，两个人讨论的是年轻人间的热门话题：
大众情人！大众情人：lady killer
难伺候：high maintenance
配不上：out of your league
第2讲：面试准备之突击复习
主持人Kat和杨琳带你走进她们的幽默搞怪的日常生活，带你边玩边学地道美语！今天，两个人讨论的是如何为面试做准备！
突击复习：cram；
美容觉：beauty sleep；
路痴：no sense of direction；
随机应变：play it by ear
第3讲：Kat got a job! Kat找到一份新工作！
主持人Kat和杨琳带你走进她们的幽默搞怪的日常生活，带你边玩边学地道美语！今天，杨琳祝贺Kat找到了新工作！
该说的不该说的都说了：Overshared；TMI: too much information；
有亲和力：Personable
第4讲：Kat的欢送会！
主持人Kat和杨琳带你走进她们的幽默搞怪的日常生活，带你边玩边学地道美语！今天是Kat的欢送会！
着装标准：dress code；
买新衣: update my wardrobe；
手头紧：tight
第5讲：Stressed Out! 压力山大！
代班主持人Jody和杨琳带你走进她们的幽默搞怪的日常生活，带你边玩边学地道美语！今天两人讨论的是如何减压！
脑残：brain dead；
任务清单: to-do list；
压力山大：stressed out;
减压: decompress
第6讲：酷暑难耐- It's a scorcher! 挥汗如雨！
代班主持人Jody和杨琳带你走进她们的幽默搞怪的日常生活，带你边玩边学地道美语！今天两人讨论的是酷暑难耐！
酷热：it’s a scorcher；
挥汗如雨: sweating bullets；
毛糙：frizzy;
凡事都看到好的一面: to look on the bright side
第7讲：New Hire! 新人！
主持人Mike Bond和杨琳带你走进她们的幽默搞怪的日常生活，带你边玩边学地道美语！今天是杨琳欢迎Mike加盟！
新人：new hire；
大脑超负荷: brain overload；
导师：mentor;
紧张不安：jitters
第8讲：In the Middle of Nowhere! 前不着村，后不着店！
主持人Mike Bond和杨琳带你走进她们的幽默搞怪的日常生活，带你边玩边学地道美语！今天是蓝色星期一，两人讨论周末过得如何！
绕个弯儿：take a detour；
前不着村，后不着店: in the middle of nowhere；
了如指掌：know sth. like the back of my hand;
顺其自然：go with the flow
第9讲：等公交车
主持人Mike Bond和杨琳带你走进他们的幽默搞怪的日常生活，带你边玩边学地道美语！今天是两人在公车站相遇，Mike等车等得胡子都长出来了！
胡子茬：five o’clock shadow；
习惯早起的人: morning person；
上下班：commute;
塞车：bumper to bumper
第10讲：搬家
主持人Mike Bond和杨琳带你走进他们幽默搞怪的日常生活，带你边玩边学地道美语！今天是Mike搬家，杨琳买了个大蛋糕想给Mike个惊喜！
豪华公寓：penthouse apartment；
搬着箱子到处住: live out of one’s suitcase：
生活必需品: bare necessity;
重头开始：start from scratch
第11讲：Top Dog 头头！
主持人Mike Bond和杨琳带你走进他们幽默搞怪的日常生活，带你边玩边学地道美语！今天整个剧组到领导家，两人爱上了领导家的狗狗Buddy!
1. 老大: alpha male;
2. 精疲力尽: dog tired;
3. 使某人服从: bring someone to heel;
4. 头儿: top dog;
5. 一见面就掐: fight like cats and dogs
第12讲：昂山素季（The Lady）来访！
主持人Mike Bond和杨琳带你走进他们幽默搞怪的日常生活，带你边玩边学地道美语！今天国际知名人士昂山素季来访，两人激动地去门口死等！
1. 洗耳恭听: all ears;
2. 诺贝尔奖得主: Nobel Laureate;
3. 家喻户晓的人物: a household name;
4. 进退维谷的局面: cacth-22;
5. 接替某人的职务: fill one’s shoes;
6. 意见一致：see eye to eye
第13讲：Romney Rally! 罗姆尼竞选集会！
主持人Mike Bond和杨琳带你走进他们幽默搞怪的日常生活，带你边玩边学地道美语！今天两人来到了罗姆尼竞选集会现场，人山人海！
1.摇摆州：swing state;
2. 摇摆不定: on the fence;
3. 旗鼓相当: neck and neck;
4. 最后关头: home stretch
第14讲：Let's eat!
主持人Mike Bond和杨琳带你走进他们幽默搞怪的日常生活，带你边玩边学地道美语！今天大家一起到领导家，杨琳本来信誓旦旦要做饭给大家吃！
1. 没有金刚钻，就别揽那瓷器活: If you can’t take the heat, get out of the kitchen;
2.搁置某事: put sth. on the back burner;
3.面对逆境，乐观进取: When life gives you lemons, make lemonade!
第15讲：The zoo!
主持人Mike Bond和杨琳带你走进他们幽默搞怪的日常生活，带你边玩边学地道美语！今天大家来到华盛顿国家动物园，特地来看熊猫美香！
1. 活地图: walking map;
2.狗改不了吃屎: a leopard can’t change its spots;
3.记忆力惊人: have a memory like an elephant;
4. 除非母猪上树：do something when pigs fly
第16讲：Pumpkin Patch!
主持人Mike Bond和杨琳带你走进他们幽默搞怪的日常生活，带你边玩边学地道美语！今天两人到了南瓜地，Mike回忆起了他痛苦的初恋！
1. 秋老虎：Indian Summer；
2.掏心掏肺: bear my soul;
3.莫名其妙地: out of the blue;
4. 拿出男人的样子来：man up
第17讲：Halloween Mood! 万圣节灵异事件！
主持人Mike Bond和杨琳带你走进他们幽默搞怪的日常生活，带你边玩边学地道美语！今天办公室发生了诡异的灵异事件！
1.因果报应：what goes around comes around;
2.恶作剧: practical jokes;
3. 很快就没劲了: get old fast;
4. 捉弄人：pull one’s leg
第18讲：Jumping Rope! 跳绳健身！
主持人Mike Bond和杨琳带你走进他们幽默搞怪的日常生活，带你边玩边学地道美语！今天杨琳正在锻炼，Mike非要来PK! 肯定输嘛！
1.腰部赘肉: love handles;
2.小儿科: kid’s stuff;
3. 放马过来: bring it on;
4. 看谁笑到最后: Let’s see who has the last laugh;
5. 健身狂人: gym rat
第19讲：Singles Day! 光棍节！
主持人Mike Bond和杨琳带你走进他们幽默搞怪的日常生活，带你边玩边学地道美语！又到了一年一度的光棍节，杨琳和Mike互相检讨为啥还单身！
1.小声点: keep it down;
2.必败指南: a recipe for failure;
3. 好人卡: friend zone;
4. 欲擒故纵: play hard to get;
5. 条件高: set the bar high
第20讲：Blind Date! 相亲！
主持人Mike Bond和杨琳带你走进他们幽默搞怪的日常生活，带你边玩边学地道美语！Mike 这次去blind date, 看看他的约会成不成功！
1.摸不着头脑: have no clue;
2.分析一下: shed light on;
3. 想多了: read too much into something;
4. 接近尾声: wind down;
5. 难以理解: hard to get
第21讲：Thanksgiving! 感恩节！
主持人Mike Bond和杨琳带你走进他们幽默搞怪的日常生活，带你边玩边学地道美语！感恩节到了，全剧组来到了Mike家，可是Mike爸妈把杨琳当成了Mike的女朋友！真心尴尬～～
1.表现反常: act out of character;
2. 明星待遇: red carpet treatment;
3. 够一个师吃的: feed an army;
4. 搞错了: get wires crossed
第22讲：Football! 美国大学橄榄球赛！
主持人Mike Bond和杨琳带你走进他们幽默搞怪的日常生活，带你边玩边学地道美语！今天两人来到了美国大学橄榄球赛，遇到了Mike的哥们Brandon。他和杨琳…难道…擦出了火花？
1.黄牛党: scalper;
2.兄弟行为准则: bro code;
3. 二垒(接吻): second base;
4. 任由她摆布: wrap around her little finger
第23讲：Road Trip Gossip! 旅途八卦！
主持人Mike Bond和杨琳带你走进他们幽默搞怪的日常生活，带你边玩边学地道美语！今天大家在车里无聊的时候接到了小贝的电话，八卦正式开始！
1.我给你保密: Your secret is safe with me;
2.显怀: Baby bump;
3. 这不对头: This doesn’t add up;
4. 分手: Part their ways;
5. 最重要的问题是：The million dollar question;
6. 淘金女郎: Gold digger；
7. 梳妆打扮: Get dolled up;
8. 虚惊一场: False alarm
第24讲：2012年终主持人才艺PK！
主持人Mike Bond和杨琳带你走进他们幽默搞怪的日常生活，带你边玩边学地道美语！今天献上2012年年终大戏！“美语好声音”精彩才艺PK!
1. Be cut out for 有做某事的天赋；
2. Behind the scenes 在幕后；
3. Walk all over someone 随便欺负人；
4 without further ado 废话少说；
5. Tomorrow is another day. 明天一切都会好起来；
6. Hold your horses 别着急
第25讲：Finding a roommate! 找室友！
主持人Mike Bond和杨琳带你走进他们幽默搞怪的日常生活，带你边玩边学地道美语！今天Mike拉着杨琳一块帮他找室友，来看看屌丝与女神的故事!
1. 符合标准: fit the bill;
2. 不要抱太大期望: don’t hold your breath;
3.整洁控: neat freak;
4. 不找事: drama free
第26讲：Intervention 给手机控做思想工作！
主持人Mike Bond和杨琳带你走进他们幽默搞怪的日常生活，带你边玩边学地道美语！今天大家要给Mike做思想工作，帮他治疗手机上瘾症!
1. at the end of one's rope无计可施；
2. Drastic times calls for drastic measures.非常时期需要非常手段；
3. Homebody 宅男宅女；
4. To be on top of things 控制全局；
5. To rub off on 产生影响；
6. When the going gets tough, the tough get going. 苦难时期，方显英雄本色
第27讲：Midlife Crisis 中年危机！
主持人Mike Bond和杨琳带你走进他们幽默搞怪的日常生活，带你边玩边学地道美语！今天
Mike和杨琳的老板Kevin遇到了中年危机，俩人傻了，咋办？
1. a blast from the past勾起回忆的东西；
2. What gives? 怎么回事呀? ;
3. Splurge (on) 在某人或某物上花大钱；
4. Go way back 交情很深；
5. Been there, done that. 有过同样经历或感触；
6. Get it over and done with早弄完早踏实
第28讲：The Ex's Plant 前男友送的植物
主持人Mike Bond和杨琳带你走进他们幽默搞怪的日常生活，带你边玩边学地道美语！今天杨琳放假归来，Mike本来满心欢喜，却忽然发现自己做了一件对不起杨琳的事儿......我们要学到：
1. Off the hook 摆脱困境，脱身;
2. Mind the store 暂时看管生意;
3. Tick someone off 惹怒某人;
4. Pick a bone with someone 和某人吵架;
5. Go in one ear and out the other 左耳进右耳出，不把别人的话当回事;
6. There are plenty of fish in the sea. 天涯何处无芳草
第29讲：Missing Home 想家
主持人Mike Bond和杨琳带你走进他们幽默搞怪的日常生活，带你边玩边学地道美语！杨琳刚刚从中国回来，天天想家！来看看Mike是怎么开导她的!
1. Empty nester空巢老人；
2. Have one’s best interests at heart 为某人着想，把某人的利益放在第一位;
3. You can say that again! 你说得太对了！
4.Nag, 唠叨，烦人地催促；
5. If push comes to shove 形势逼人时
第30讲：10 Rejections 拒绝10次
主持人Mike Bond和杨琳带你走进他们幽默搞怪的日常生活，带你边玩边学地道美语！杨琳去纽约算了个命，说她的真命天子今天就会出现啦！为了这个，她得付出什么代价呢？
1. Get hitched 结婚的非正式说法；
2. Humor me 迁就我, 顺我的意思;
3. Drive a hard bargain 杀价，竭尽全力讨价还价
4.hold a grudge 心存怨恨；
5. No can do 不行，干不了；
6. V ouch for someone 力挺某人，替某人担保
第31讲：The Prankster 恶作剧
主持人Mike Bond和杨琳带你走进他们幽默搞怪的日常生活，带你边玩边学地道美语！Mike 给女朋友买了性感内衣，给杨琳买了个围裙。可是呢，这礼物到了小贝手里，会发生什么呢？
1.Go steady with someone 和某人确立正式的恋爱关系；
2. Close, but no cigar. 离正确或成功只差一步;
3. Inner beauty 内在美；
4.Wrong on so many levels 怎么都不对；
5. Girly stuff 小女生喜欢的甜美东西；
6. Have something up one’s sleeve 心中藏着秘密的计划或想法
第32讲：Mike遇到时间精灵（Genie）—上集
主持人Mike Bond和杨琳带你走进他们幽默搞怪的日常生活，带你边玩边学地道美语！今天，阿拉丁神话发生了！Mike遇到了时间精灵，能把他送回过去！快来看看Mike能不能改变他的人生！
1.My bad 是我的错；
2. A match made in heaven 天生一对;
3.The rest is history 接下来的事大家都知道；
4. Pick up the pieces 收拾心情
第33讲：Mike遇到时间精灵（Genie）—下集
主持人Mike Bond和杨琳带你走进他们幽默搞怪的日常生活，带你边玩边学地道美语！今天，阿拉丁神话发生了！Mike遇到了时间精灵，能把他送回过去！Mike能挽回他的一生挚爱吗？来看下集！
1. Once-in-a-lifetime opportunity 千载难逢的机会；
2. Long-distance relationship 异地恋；
3. In a heartbeat 立刻，毫不犹豫地；
4. Story of my life! 这种（不好的）事总发生在我身上！
5；Game changer 扭转局势的事物
第34讲：Kidnapper 绑架！
主持人Mike Bond和杨琳带你走进他们幽默搞怪的日常生活，带你边玩边学地道美语！今天办公室发生劫持事件，Mike被绑架了！杨琳能成功把他救出来吗？快来看！
1. Better Off 情况更好；
2. Personal effects 随身物品，私人物品；
3. In the wrong line of business 入错了行；
4. My lips are sealed. 我保密；
5；On the line处于危险边缘
第35讲：Just Friends 只是朋友关系！
主持人Mike Bond和杨琳带你走进他们幽默搞怪的日常生活，带你边玩边学地道美语！今天杨琳的朋友露露来办公室玩儿，但是Mike又误会了……误会了什么呢？
1. Have an instant connection 一见如故，瞬间来电；
2. PDA -- Public display of affection 在公开场合亲昵的行为；
3. On someone’s case 抱怨/唠叨某人；
4. Get out of here. 不会吧，太不可思议了！；
5；Touchy-feely 感情过于外露，喜欢肢体接触，一般带有贬义
第36讲：Treasure Hunt 寻宝游戏
主持人Mike Bond和杨琳带你走进他们幽默搞怪的日常生活，带你边玩边学地道美语！今天Kevin给了这两人一个任务，帮他找礼物！看看他们俩干得怎么样？
1. The name of the game 最重要的方面；
2. Give credit where credit is due 论功行赏；
3. At one’s wit’s end 无计可施；
4. Come back to bite me 惹火上身；
5；Get back at someone 报复某人
第37讲：Lotto Ticket 中彩票
主持人Mike Bond和杨琳带你走进他们幽默搞怪的日常生活，带你边玩边学地道美语！Mike 中彩票了，两亿三！办公室的三个人打起了他的主意…
1. Hit the jackpot 中头彩；
2. Strike gold 发了财；
3. Butter someone up 拍某人的马屁；
4. All the rage 正流行，很火；
5；Make a killing 赚大钱
第38讲：Buttdate 屁屁新鲜事
主持人Mike Bond和杨琳带你走进他们幽默搞怪的日常生活，带你边玩边学地道美语！Mike 有个奇奇怪怪的发明“屁屁新鲜事”! 看看大家怎么让他放弃这个糟糕的主意！
1. Take the world by storm 风靡全球
2. Chase one’s dream 追求梦想；
3. Put one’s heart and soul into呕心沥血；
4. Lose it 疯了；
5；Come to one’s senses 清醒过来
第39讲：Evil-twin 邪恶双胞胎！
主持人Mike Bond和杨琳带你走进他们幽默搞怪的日常生活，带你边玩边学地道美语！今天办公室里来了个新人，怎么跟Mike长得一模一样？原来是他的孪生兄弟…晕！来看看杨琳和团队怎么整蛊这个自以为是的家伙！
1. There’s a time and a place for something （干某事）分时间和场合
2. New kid on the block 新人；
3. On one’s own 靠自己的力量；
4. Teach you a thing or two 教你几招；
5；On the house 免费
第40讲：LOL! 笑死我了！
主持人Mike Bond和杨琳带你走进他们幽默搞怪的日常生活，带你边玩边学地道美语！今天杨琳给领导Sasha发了个短信表示关心，不过咧，她不知道LOL到底是什么意思！尴尬了～
1. As white as a sheet 像纸一样苍白
2. No laughing matter 正经事，不是开玩笑的事；
3. I’m done for. 我完了；
4. Off the charts 超过正常水平
第41讲：Tardy Ticket 迟到罚单
主持人Mike Bond和杨琳带你走进他们幽默搞怪的日常生活，带你边玩边学地道美语！Kevin
为了防止组员迟到，开始给大家发迟到票！看看Mike又搞出了什么花招？
1. Under the radar 不被发现，保持低调
2. Pink slip 解雇通知书；
3. Name your price 出价；
4. Highway robbery 拦路抢劫, 敲竹杠；
5. Rat someone out 揭发某人，检举某人
第42讲：Petty Cash Jar 零钱罐
主持人Mike Bond和杨琳带你走进他们幽默搞怪的日常生活，带你边玩边学地道美语！组里的零钱罐钱对不上！Kevin派麦督查调查去了…看看谁是真正的小偷！
1. Right-hand man 得力助手;左膀右臂
2. Give it to someone straight 直说；
3. Burst someone’s bubble 打碎某人的幻想；
4. Scot-free逃脱惩罚；
5. Catch someone red-handed 当场抓获
第43讲：Office Intern 办公室美女实习生
主持人Mike Bond和杨琳带你走进他们幽默搞怪的日常生活，带你边玩边学地道美语！Mike 在办公室遇见了他的真爱！真爱！奇迹就要发生了…
1. Smoking hot 辣，指非常有吸引力的女孩
2. Let someone in on something 向某人透露保密信息；
3. Wait on someone hand and foot 无微不至地伺候；
4. Blow off steam 发泄
第44讲：Donny the Moocher
主持人Mike Bond和杨琳带你走进他们幽默搞怪的日常生活，带你边玩边学地道美语！今天Mike的哥们Donny来办公室面试，居然穿着大背心大裤衩！看看杨琳和Mike在办公室给他改头换面……
1. Be back on one’s feet 完全恢复，缓过来
2. Moocher 爱揩油的人；
3. Desk Jockey 坐办公室的人；
4. Ins and outs 各个方面，详细内容
第45讲：Horoscope 星座预言
主持人Mike Bond和杨琳带你走进他们幽默搞怪的日常生活，带你边玩边学地道美语！今天成天不打扮不出门的杨琳居然没化妆，而Mike居然画起了眼线！太阳从西边出来了！到底发生了什么？
1. Old flame 昔日恋人，旧情人
2. Be swamped (with) 忙得不可开交,应接不暇；
3. On the line 存亡关头；
4. Leave someone hanging 让某人苦苦等待结果;
5. Fess up 承认，坦白;
6. Hocus Pocus 胡编乱造
第46讲：Being optimistic 保持乐观！
主持人Mike Bond和杨琳带你走进他们幽默搞怪的日常生活，带你边玩边学地道美语！乐观还是悲观？Mike和杨琳对待生活态度大不同，今天杨琳帮Mike树立男人自信！
1. Take it up a notch 更上一层楼
2. See the glass half empty 悲观；
3. Mind-blowing 震撼人心的；
4. Silver Lining 不幸或失望中的一线希望;
5. Head and shoulders above 远远超出
第47讲：Kickstarter 个人创意筹钱网站
主持人Mike Bond和杨琳带你走进他们幽默搞怪的日常生活，带你边玩边学地道美语！杨琳亲身去了夏威夷，探索被诅咒的邪恶火山神！来看看她给Mike带回了什么…
1. Pick one’s brain 征求某人的看法
2. Spice 有意思的事情，给生活增添情趣的事；
3. Lay it on me 告诉我吧；
4. Get a hold of yourself. 冷静点，控制一下你的情绪
第48讲：New Name 纠结的取名
主持人Mike Bond和杨琳带你走进他们幽默搞怪的日常生活，带你边玩边学地道美语！杨琳被挑去当新节目的主持人啦！可是如果要得到这个职位，必须得起个新的英文名字！来看看今天的命名风波～
1. Fit like a glove 非常合适
2. Make a mountain out of a molehill 小题大作；
3. Beggars can’t be choosers. 乞丐不能挑肥拣瘦，求人不能挑三拣四
第49讲：Government Shutdown 政府关门
主持人Mike Bond和杨琳带你走进他们幽默搞怪的日常生活，带你边玩边学地道美语！前段时间的美国政府关门对我们的工作有什么影响？来看Mike经历的办公室电脑风波！
1. Come to a standstill 陷入停滞状态
2. Leave something unattended 无人看管；
3. Make it worth someone’s while 使某人获益，贿赂某人；
4. Skin someone alive 严厉惩罚
第50讲：The Witches 女巫
主持人Mike Bond和杨琳带你走进他们幽默搞怪的日常生活，带你边玩边学地道美语！
1. Go all the way 完全地，做到极致
2. Members only 会员制，只有加入会员俱乐部才能购物或进入
3. I will take what I can get 有什么我就要什么
4. Spice something up 使某事变得有趣
5. Under a spell 中了魔法
100 blast; lighten up to have a blast, 意思是"玩得很痛快"。 lighten up。这是指"放松，别太认真"。 99 sleep in; slacker sleep in, 意思是"睡懒觉"。 slacker, 是指"喜欢偷懒的人"。 98 what's her face; thingamajig what's her face, 也可以说what's his face。意思是"那个叫什么什么的人"。thingamajig, 就相当于中文里所说的"那个玩意儿"。 97 rock; letdown rock, 说something rocks，就相当于中文里的"棒极了"。 letdown, 意思是"让人失望的事"。 96：pick-me-up; lay off pick-me-up, 意思是"给人提神、让人心情一下子好起来的东西"； lay off, lay off som ething意思是"停止做某件事"， lay off someone意思是"别烦某个人"。 95：jack; kaput jack, 在英语口语里I don't know jack的意思是"我什么也不知道"。kaput, 就相当于中文里所说的"坏了""出了问题"。 94：on the fritz; to hog on the fritz, 意思是"出了故障"。 to hog something, 意思是"把某样东西据为己有，不给别人"。 93：to horse around; jump the gun horse around, 意思是"闹着玩儿、开玩笑"。 jump the gun, 就相当于中文里所说的"操之过急 92：dude; chick dude, 是口语里男孩之间的称呼，就相当于中文里所说的"家伙"。 chick, 在口语里指年轻女孩儿。 91：without a hitch; chow down
From VOA Learning English, this is the Agriculture(农业的）Report. Climate change has caused a rise in sea levels. This has increased the amount of salt in fresh water used on coastal farms. As a result farmers are increasingly unable to use fields close to the sea. Scientists call this process "salinization（盐渍化）." The term（术语）comes from the word "saline" （生理盐水）-- which means a mixture of salt and water. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization says salinization is reducing the world's irrigated lands by 1 to 2 percent every year. Irrigation is the process of supplying land with fresh water from other areas. As saline water cannot be used for irrigation, a farm in Netherlands has managed to grow healthy and tasty vegetables in soil irrigated with salt water. But a farmer in the Netherlands is now using a mixture of sea and fresh water to grow healthy and tasty vegetables.
如何用voa学习 最佳实践一：用VOA Special English 练听力 网站上提供的VOA Special English 节目文本是配有MP3声音的，声音文件由美国本土资深专业播音员录制，如果想有效提高自己的英语听力，VOA Special English 节目资料将是非常好的听力练习素材。而最快最有效的提高英语听力的方法就是做听写，怎么听呢？下面分几个层次介绍听写的方法。 （一）初级英语水平学生（相当于高中英语水平）做听写的方法 1、下载一个5 分钟的report 到电脑里（包括下载report的MP3录音和文本），准备好一本英汉词典或电子词典 2、认真阅读report文本一至两遍，遇到不懂的单词请立即查词典。 3、将文本放在一边，开始听report的MP3录音，并将听到的写下来，就是做听写练习。一直循环播放，尽可能的将自己能听写出来的，全部写出来。 4、将自己的听写稿和原稿对照，找出没有听写出来的词句，并标上记号，这些没有听出来的词句可能很简单，但事实是你没有听写出来，这些就是你听力的盲点，所以要特别留意。
5、再反复地听report的MP3录音，这次不用纸笔听写，而是在脑袋里做听写，就是指当你听到一句的时候，脑袋里把这一句给拼出来，确保听清每一个词句，并留意你在听写时没有写出来的词句的发音。 6、第二天再听上面的report的MP3录音，并采用上面第5点所用的听法。第四天再听上面的report的MP3录音，等到第七天再听几篇，仍采用上面第5点所用的听法。为什么要反复地听？因为我们之所以听不懂，是因为听的太少了。反复听的目的在于强化，让你形成一种听力条件反射，就是让你拥有一听到某些词句就能立即条件反射式地在脑袋里写出来你所听到的词句。 练习听力有点像练习电脑打字里的盲打，花时间多做练习自然就会盲打，如果只是想着如何学习盲打而不加以练习，那你永远也学不会盲打。 （二）中级英语水平学生（相当于低年级英语专业，非英语专业大学本科，硕士水平）做听写的方法 基本方法与初级英语水平学生采用的方法类似，选择听写材料时先初听一遍，如果已经真真正正能完全听懂，说明这篇对你来讲太容易了，请换一遍难点的，采用上述方法的1、3、4、5、6条的顺序做听写练习。 最佳实践二：用VOA Special English 训练出纯正英语发音和表达 当你在听中文学得还不错的外国人讲中文时，经常觉得听上去很别扭，因为他的
1．Three university students in Santiago,Chile have developed a phant-powerd device to charge their mobile phones.The three engineering students got the idea for the device while sitting in their school’s courtyard.Their invention is a small biological circuit they call E-Kaia.It captures the energy plants produce during photosynthesis.Aphant uses only a small part of the energy produced by that process,The rest goes into the soil.E-Kaia collects that energy.The device plugs into the ground and then into a mobile phone.The E-Kaia solved two problems for the engineering studnts,They needed an idea for a class project.They also needed an outlet to plug in their phones.One of the student inventors,CamilaRupcich,says the device charges the energy released from the plant into low-level power to charge phones.The E-Kaia is able to fully recharge a mobile phone in less than two hours.I’m Jonathan Evans. 2．University of Washington researchers say they used a laser to turn hot water into cool water. Five engineers from the university are the first in the 50-year history of the laser to refrigerate liquids under normal conditions with light beams. The group used a simple approach to the experiment. Lasers are known for producing hot temperatures. The University of Washington says they “essentially ran the laser phenomenon in reverse.” The discovery has a future in the computer and medical fields. Computer interiors could be cooled by lasers. In a medical laboratory, individual cells could be cooled to see how they react. “Few people have thought about how they could use this technology to solve problems because using lasers to refrigerate liquids hasn’t been possible before,” said researcher Peter Pauzauskie.The cool laser concept can also be used in manufacturing, telecommunications or national defense.The group has an interest in hearing from businesses or scientists who may have every day applications for the cool laser. The findings were published this month in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. I’m Marsha James. 3．The United States is marking the 14th anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks. U.S. officials and many other Americans attended observances Friday to remember those killed and their loved ones. Nearly 3,000 people died on September 11, 2001 when hijackers used four passenger airplanes to carry out suicide attacks in the United States. In addition to the victims, the 19 hijackers also were killed. Al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden and his group claimed responsibility for the attacks. U.S. forces killed him in a surprise raid on his hiding place in Pakistan four years ago. Friday morning, President Barack Obama, his wife and White House workers observed a public moment of silence in Washington. They gathered on the White House grounds at 8:46. That was the exact time when a hijacked airplane struck the World Trade Center. In New York, families of the victims gathered for a ringing of bells and reading of the names of those killed in the terrorist attacks. Moments of silence were held at 8:46 and 9:03 in the morning, when a second hijacked plane also hit the World Trade Center. Near Washington, U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter and other officials attended an observance at the Pentagon, the home of the Defense Department. They joined in remembering those killed when a hijacked airplane hit the Pentagon, killing 184 people. Earlier Friday, a large American flag was hung down the side of the Pentagon, where the passenger jet hit. There also was a moment of silence at 10:03 a.m. That was the time when a fourth hijacked plane crashed in western Pennsylvania. All 44 people on the plane were killed. Many Americans believe the hijackers had planned to attack a target in the nation’s
英语四级复习计划 英语四级复习计划 很多同学可能心中对新学期有了很多期待，除了扎实巩固专业课，英语四级考试可能也是新的目标。那么，如何合理利用复习时间，准备12月份的英语四级考试呢?首先我们要了解英语四级考试的题型，然后对症下药，各个击破! 作文跟词汇和语法都有很大关系，词汇决定了你作文内容的丰富程度，而语法决定了你作文的正确程度。平常可以有计划地每天背一些单词，日积月累词汇量就会增大很多。而语法除了有意识地看看语法书外，更重要的在于去运用，在阅读中分析句子的语法结构，并有意识地模仿。 当然，作文光说不练是不够的，可以从词汇、句型、段落、篇章布局四个角度，依据不同的文章体裁，分别准备。借鉴和模板可以，但不能依靠这些，否则作文就容易落入俗套，引起阅卷老师反感。多尝试自己去写，比如给自己规定每周一篇作文，把这一周学到的单词、句型结合起来，真正做到学以致用，到时候考试的时候这些内容就可以信手拈来。 听力的提高的是靠平时的练习，所以，在考前两三个月就要每天坚持听力练习，磨练自己的耳朵(去淘淘听力材料)。其实听力和口语也有很大关系，如果自己发音不准，口语不好，就不太容易听懂听力里面的说话形式，很可能听错、听不懂。所以平时
也可以多练习口语，熟悉不同的发音。建议平时精听和泛听相结合，分三阶段进行练习。 阶段一：9月-10月利用bbc、慢速美音和标准美音素材进行反复听写练习，熟悉各类语音、语调、语速，基础较为薄弱的同学可以从慢速voa开始。刚开始听的时候很容易被各类人名、地名或新闻事件专有名词所阻挠，这个时候一定要坚持下去，要相信努力就会有收获。 阶段二：11月继续进行bbc、voa听力练习的同时可以听一些流行美语、走遍美国、地道英语之类的听力节目，因为这些材料中对话部分是对生活情景的最佳分类，是积累听力考试对话场景词汇的最佳素材，而一些短小文章性的素材则有助于篇章对话与听写的提高。 阶段三：11月-12月这一个月是考前冲刺的关键时期，所以真题的演练必不可少。这一阶段可收集历年真题，按照由远到近的顺序，每周做两套真题听力。每次听力分三轮，第一轮：将没有听清楚和明白的地方标注出来。第二轮：第一轮中标注的地方仔细听，直到听懂，修改第一轮的答案。然后对照标准答案，错误地方的认真分析，标注。第三轮：边听边写下内容，可以先尝试短对话，再写写长对话，写完后对照原文，查漏补缺。另外，真题也是十分丰富的复习资料，可以重点背诵真体力常出现的核心词汇和常见场景。
2016年6月大学英语四级听力VOA慢速英语练习题（第二十二套） 2016年6月大学英语四级听力VOA慢速英语练习题（第二十二套） Apps to Help Students Do Their Best Work Evernote Application software for computers or mobile devices can do a lot of things for students of all ages. Apps?can help students get better organized, study for tests and prepare research papers. In other words, they can help the user do his or her very best work. Apps can help any users, even those who are not students, get more organized and improve their work. Whether or not you are a student, here are some apps worth considering. Quizlet Quizlet is a study aid app. It is filled with?flash cards?on many subjects to study. Use the cards that come with the app or create your own. Quizlet has links to subjects like: Arts & Literature Languages & Vocabulary Math & Science History & Geography Standardized Tests Professional & Careers The app has a mix of text, images and audio recordings, includingpronunciation?of words in different languages. Quizlet has games to play and tests to take. Cards are available on the app even when you are not connected to the Internet. Quizlet is available as a free app from Apple’s iTunes store. Quizlet for iPhone and iPad Quizlet for Android devices You can learn more at the Quizlet website. EasyBib Sometimes the most difficult part of writing a research paper is creating thebibliography. A bibliography lists all of the publications and other sources used in your research. Getting just the right?citations?to appear in the correct?format?can be difficult and take a lot of time. The EasyBib app can make creating a bibliography easier. The app can help organize the information and find citations for books, websites and more. EasyBib users can simply?scan?the barcode on a book with a mobile phone camera to get the information they need. You can also search for documentation in the app if the book is unavailable at the time. The app offers over 7,000 different citation formats, including the commonly used Modern Language Association, or MLA, style. Users can change the way in which the information is organized and stored within the app. Users can email information from EasyBib to others or to send it to a home
一.Scientists: Rising Sea Levels to Continue Scientists say sea levels are rising and will continue to do so into the future. Coastal communities around the world are already experiencing the impact of rising seas. Many cities and towns are taking steps to deal with this new reality. Photographers have taken pictures to document those efforts. Their photos are part of an exhibit called "Sink or Swim: Designing for a Sea Change." It can be seen at the Aquarium of the Pacific, in Long Beach, California. There, experts explain the causes of the rising seas and how people are trying to adapt to the changes. Disastrous storms and floods could be a new reality around the world. That is the opinion of oceanographer Jerry Schubel. He is president of the Aquarium of the Pacific. 二.Robots Ready to Work in Restaurants For many years, machines have been doing work that people once did, including some difficult jobs. Search and rescue operations in dangerous environments are often seen as the first areas that will employ high technology robots. But there is another area that may soon take jobs traditionally held by human beings: the restaurant industry. Teams from around the world competed in early June at the DARPA Robotic Challenge Finals in California. A team from South Korea and its robot, called DRC-Hubo, won first place in the competition. The second and third place finishers were from the United States. The robots were required to drive a vehicle, climb up steps and do mechanical work. Such activities are easy for humans to perform, but more difficult for machines. Not all of the competitors were successful. The failures showed how difficult it is to design effective walking machines.
英语四级复习计划范文 很多同学可能心中对新学期有了很多期待，除了扎实巩固专业课，英语四级考试可能也是新的目标。那么，如何合理利用复习时间，准备12月份的英语四级考试呢?首先我们要了解英语四级考试的题型，然后对症下药，各个击破! 作文跟词汇和语法都有很大关系，词汇决定了你作文内容的丰富程度，而语法决定了你作文的正确程度。平常可以有计划地每天背一些单词，日积月累词汇量就会增大很多。而语法除了有意识地看看语法书外，更重要的在于去运用，在阅读中分析句子的语法结构，并有意识地模仿。 当然，作文光说不练是不够的，可以从词汇、句型、段落、篇章布局四个角度，依据不同的文章体裁，分别准备。借鉴范文和模板可以，但不能依靠这些，否则作文就容易落入俗套，引起阅卷老师反感。多尝试自己去写，比如给自己规定每周一篇作文，把这一周学到的单词、句型结合起来，真正做到学以致用，到时候考试的时候这些内容就可以信手拈来。 听力的提高的是靠平时的练习，所以，在考前两三个月就要每天坚持听力练习，磨练自己的耳朵(去淘淘听力材料)。其实听力和口语也有很大关系，如果自己发音不准，口语不好，就不太容易听懂听力里面的说话形式，很可能听错、听不懂。所以平时
也可以多练习口语，熟悉不同的发音。建议平时精听和泛听相结合，分三阶段进行练习。 阶段一：9月-10月利用bbc、慢速美音和标准美音素材进行反复听写练习，熟悉各类语音、语调、语速，基础较为薄弱的同学可以从慢速voa开始。刚开始听的时候很容易被各类人名、地名或新闻事件专有名词所阻挠，这个时候一定要坚持下去，要相信努力就会有收获。 阶段二：11月继续进行bbc、voa听力练习的同时可以听一些流行美语、走遍美国、地道英语之类的听力节目，因为这些材料中对话部分是对生活情景的最佳分类，是积累听力考试对话场景词汇的最佳素材，而一些短小文章性的素材则有助于篇章对话与听写的提高。 阶段三：11月-12月这一个月是考前冲刺的关键时期，所以真题的演练必不可少。这一阶段可收集历年真题，按照由远到近的顺序，每周做两套真题听力。每次听力分三轮，第一轮：将没有听清楚和明白的地方标注出来。第二轮：第一轮中标注的地方仔细听，直到听懂，修改第一轮的答案。然后对照标准答案，错误地方的认真分析，标注。第三轮：边听边写下内容，可以先尝试短对话，再写写长对话，写完后对照原文，查漏补缺。另外，真题也是十分丰富的复习资料，可以重点背诵真体力常出现的核心词汇和常见场景。 关于快速阅读，大纲规定本部分有两种考查题型，即判断正
No.1 This is the VOA Special English Education Report. A program in the eastern United States invites young people into a prison to try to scare them away from prison. The goal is to teach them to avoid bad choices and bad influences that could put them behind bars for life. Students can take a tour of the prison, in school groups or by themselves. At the end, the young people sit down for a discussion with some of the inmates. The program is called Prisoners Against Teen Tragedy, or PATT. It takes place at the Maryland Correctional Institution-Hagerstown, a medium-security prison for men. Sal Mauriello is a case specialist there. SAL MAURIELLO: "We have a group of eleven inmates who are in the PATT program. They tell the youth what they went through as a child, what their crimes consist of. They try to teach them about peer pressure. They try to teach them about bad choices." The Prisoners Against Teen Tragedy program also includes an essay-writing contest. Tomi Dare is a seventeen-year-old student at Hagerstown Community College. She saw an announcement for the contest on her college website. To enter, students had to write about peer pressure and why they do not do drugs. The prize: five hundred dollars for school. In her essay, Ms. Dare wrote about her own experience growing up as an African-American girl interested in sports. T OMI DARE: "Drugs and alcohol not only slow a person down, it doesn't make you feel like you are a winner. It doesn't make you feel like you are the best. As an athlete, I'm 6-2 [188 centimeters], so I feel that I should be above peer pressure because I'm bigger than everybody that I’m around. "So I was talking about that and I was talking about how I consider myself a queen. And if I’m royalty, I need to not put substances in my body. Drugs and alcohol are not what a queen should be taking." The scholarship is presented by the Prisoners Against Teen Tragedy program. Prison spokesman Mark Vernarelli says most teens who visit come to understand what even one bad decision can mean. MARK VERNARELLI: "A lot of men and women serving life in prison in the state of Maryland didn't pull a trigger or plunge a knife into anybody. They were accessories to a crime. They
1. Foods and Health This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Experts say the food people eat greatly affects their health. They say that some foods are especially good for preventing disease. Many foods contain substances that protect against tissue damage. One of these is tomatoes. The substance lycopene is released when tomatoes are cooked. Lycopene helps reduce the risk of developing cancer in the digestive system, which processes food. The dark green vegetable spinach contains folic acid that prevents problems in developing fetuses. It also lowers blood levels of homocysteine. High homocysteine levels have been linked to heart attacks and strokes. Another vegetable, broccoli, can help protect against cancers of the breast, colon and stomach. Oats help lower blood pressure and protect against heart disease. They also may improve the levels of sugar in the blood. This reduces the chance of developing the disease, diabetes. Fish that contain omega three fatty acids help prevent blockages in the arteries. Omega three also lowers bad cholesterol and may protect brain cells from diseases like Alzheimer's. Fish that provide a lot of omega three acids are salmon, herring, mackerel and bluefish. Garlic may help protect the heart by reducing cholesterol and making the blood less sticky. Health experts also suggest cooking with olive oil because it also has been shown to help prevent cancer and heart disease. Studies show that drinking green tea may help prevent cancer of the liver and stomach. Green tea also slows the growth of bacteria in the mouth. Blueberries have been shown to help protect against heart disease and cancer. They can also help prevent some infections by preventing the bacteria from attacking the bladder. Experts say the skins of red grapes contain substances that increase the good kind of cholesterol in the blood. To get this protection, you can drink red wine... but not more than a few glasses a week. Drinking too much alcohol can be dangerous! Eating too much chocolate can increase weight. But recent studies have shown that substances in chocolate can help prevent heart attacks and cancer. They have also shown that chocolate is not as bad for the teeth as had been thought. The experts say the best chocolate to eat is the dark kind because it contains the most healthful substances. This VOA Special English Health Report was written by Nancy Steinbach. 2. Study of Cousins Who Marry This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Sometimes people who are first cousins get married. Two people are first cousins if their mothers are sisters, or their fathers are brothers, or one's mother and the other's father are brother and sister. American researchers now say it is
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