Basketball Terms 篮球词汇 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...
Here 单词 Here 的用法 Programme Summary 节目梗概 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...
Money Amounts 钱数 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 m...
Contractions 缩写 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 . W...
Cheesy and Quality 英语常用俚语 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 sp...
Cheering 加油 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-pu...
Catchphrase 名言，警句 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 wil...
Loo 英式英语常用俚语 Programme Summary 节目梗概 Sun Cha from Urumqi gave us this week's question. He is living in the UK at the moment and he says he has heard people use the word loo and wants to know what it means. Basically loo is a Br...
Three Adverbs 三个副词 Programme Summary 节目梗概 Zhihong asks about extremely, exceedingly and keenly. These three words are all fairly formal and we are more likely to read these words than hear people say them. The word extremely means ver...
Cos 因为 This week's question comes from Lok and they want to know what the word cos means. Quite simply it is a short form of the word because. Native English speakers often shorten this word, no doubt because it's easier to do that. Words are joi...
