日期：2007-10-30 摘要：你曾经因为一字之差而闹笑话吗？有哪些字是你刻骨铭心的惨痛经验？你觉得有哪些关键字汇让你顿足捶胸，或茅塞顿开？ 当考路的考官说pull over时，你是否会不知所措？有人邀请你参加Potluck Party时，你会不会空手赴宴？在速食店里，店员问for here or to go?你是... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-10-30 A: It looks like it's going to be sunny. 今天看来像是个晴天。 B: Yes, it's much better than yesterday. 是的，比昨天好多了。 A: They say we're going to get some rain later. 据说待会儿要下雨。 B: Oh, let's just hope it stays[维持某种状态]warm. 哦，我... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-10-30 When making new friends, there are usually three parts to the conversation you will have with your new friend. The first is the greeting. In this part, you and your new friend will greet each other and tell each other your names. The second part is t... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-10-30 There are eight national holidays celebrated in the United States: New Year's Day(Jan.), Washington's Birthday (Feb.), Memorial Day(May), the Fourth of July, Labor Day(Sep.),Veteran's Day(Nav.),Thanksgiving(Nov.) and Christmas(Dec.), In addition, th... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-10-30 People in the United States don't always shake hands when they are introduced to one another. However, in a formal or business situation people almost always shake hands. 1. A: Mary, this is Joe's brother David. B; I'm very glad to meet you. C: It's... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-10-30 Many people shake hands when meeting after they haven't seen each other for a long time. 1. A: I haven't seen you for ages. You haven't been sick, have you? B: No, I've been in California for the past month. A: How nice. Where were you exactly? B: S... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-10-30 Anger (1) 1) Janet got mad when she heard the false story. 珍妮特听到了虚伪的话，因而大发雷霆。 *这是非常口语化的美国话，mad未必一定指疯狂，所以人人都可以使用。 2) Father wonōt get mad about your mistake. 父亲不会为你的错失生气的。 3) Please donōt... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-10-30 1. You look great today.（你今天看上去很棒。）【每天都可以用??2. You did a good job. （你干得非常好。）【国际最通用的表扬??3. We're so proud of you.（我们十分为你骄傲。）【最高级的表扬??4. I'm very pleased with your work.（我对你的工作非常满意... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-10-30 21. When you get down to it get down to...是指追究出最根底的原因，也就是把层层的原因摊开，在抽丝剥茧之后所得到最精确最原本的那个答案。 22. let someone off let someone off是指放某人一马，也就是let someone off the hook，就如同你在钓鱼，鱼儿上了钩hook... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-10-30 1. Its not like that. 不是那样的。 Its not like that.这句话是用来辟谣的。当别人误会了一件事的来龙去脉，你就可以跟他说Its not like that.不是那样的。当然随着语气及情境的不同，Its not like that.这句话也有可能是你用来硬拗的藉口。 2. There is nothing goo... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-10-30 学生：Drew，你喜欢聚会吗？ Student: Drew.Do you like going to parties? 老师：是的，我朋友说我是聚会迷。 Teacher:Yes .My friends say I'm a real party animal. 学生：你们国家里聚会是什么样子的？ Student:What's the party like in your country? 老师：你知... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-10-30 原文： (Jim is buying tickets for a movie.) M: May I have two tickets for Finding Nemo? W: Ok. What time? M: 2:30, please. W: It's 60 yuan, please. M: Sorry, we have student cards[1]. We can get discounts[2] with these, can't we? W: Sure. That'll be... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-10-30 原文： (Li Mei is late for school.) W: May I come in, please? M: Hi, Li Mei, come in. Why are you late today? You know we're having an exam. W: I'm sorry, Mr. Li. My bike broke down[1] on the way. And I couldn't find a place to get it fixed. So I pu... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-10-30 7. She thought she was the center of the universe when we played volleyball. 當我們在打排球時，她自己覺得是宇宙的中心。 中古時的人們不了解地球是圓的這個道理，常常自大地以為地球是宇宙的中心。雖說隨著科學的進展，慢慢地人們體驗到了地球只是偌大宇宙中的... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-10-30 4. Some people have a hard time understanding what 'Glass Only' means. 人們就是無法了解這塊寫著 Glass Only 的牌子代表什麼意思。很多人都有類似的經驗吧？明明牌子上寫的，No Glass 就是會有人把玻璃丟進去，明明是 Glass Only 又會有人把非玻璃的東西給混雜其... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-10-30 想要把自己的美語講的和美國人一樣活靈活現，大多數的時候其實並不需要去學太多艱深困難的單字，更重要的是你要懂得如何將一些最基本最簡單的單字加以組合變化，用法表達出自己的喜怒哀樂和情緒上的變化。這次的英語筆記教給大家的，就是一些簡單地技巧，如何去活用一... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-10-30 雅典奥运会一下子激发了我的学习灵感。在非忙季，我通常把选题写成邮件，提前发给各国记者。但奥运会来了，这招不灵了。于是我QQ、MSN和Yahoo messenger同时开通，24小时与这些记者和供稿商联络。你一句，我一句，仿佛美国的股票交易所。到最后，我嘴里边嘟囔，手上就... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-10-30 如今,哪个office没有英语,真是奇闻。你可以不说,但你得写;你可以不写，但得看；即使不看，或许得听。完全脱离英语的office 几乎为零。如今，若说哪个office 英文环境棒，绝对不多。中方同事交流当然多用中文；没收到英文mail，当然也不必用英文回复；《TIME》的英文那... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-10-30 我们来谈谈一些在餐厅内会用到的句子, 以及一些跟吃饭有关的单字片语. 相信从此以后到美国餐厅用餐不再是件难事. 1. Do you like to go out eating? 想不想出去吃呢? 有次我问老美出去吃东西怎么说, 他回答说一般出去吃饭, 他们只说 go to eat , go out eating 或是 ea... 阅读全文>>

日期：2007-10-30 原文： Linda and Jack talk about the Women's Liberation Movement. W: What do you think about the Women's Liberation Movement? M: I'm not in favor of it[1]. I think women should accept their traditional role of being housewives. W: I really disagree... 阅读全文>>