Like 用法详解 Hi, could you clarify the difference between like + ing and like + the infinitive? Maja In today's Question and Answer of the Week, Callum and Li answer this tricky question about using the word 'like' with gerunds 动名词 and inf...
Used to 关于 Used to 的短语 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) Us...
Dos And Donts （该做和不该做的）行为准则 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...
F.A.Q. 常见问题 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 mean...
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...
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...
Cheers 谢了 This week's question is about a British English word - 'cheers'. We had an email from Jo Jo who has observed that it's a word people use instead of thank you and wants to know more. Cheers is perhaps more commonly known as something peo...
Either 或者 This week's question is about pronunciation of an English word. Do we say either with a long 'i' sound or either with a long 'e' sound? Nuala, our BBC Learning English language expert, told us that we can use any of those pronunciations...
Link Verbs 系动词 How do I use link verbs like the verb 'to be'. I mean when are they used before a 'real' verb for example is it Italy shaped like a boot or Italy is shaped like a boot. Which one is right? I think both are. Michael from China Lin...
The Key to... 关键是 There is a sentence The key to avoiding cancer is to have an overall healthy lifestyle. Can I say The key to avoid cancer is to have an overall healthy lifestyle.? Chen Wenyu In the phrase The key to ... the word 'to' is a pre...
