Broadcast on COAST TO COAST: June 24, 2004 AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster: a map of mother tongues in America. RS: Last week, we told you about americanrhetoric.com, a collection of well-known American speeches....
Blaire: Do you have any idea what hes saying? Antonio: Its Greek to me . Youre supposed to be the one whos fluent . Cant you make out what hes saying? Blaire: I never said I was fluent. I said I could get by in the language. Theres a big difference....
Foreign Language Ability 英国人的外语能力 InsertMontage of foreign wordsFeifei: Wow, I didn't know we have so many different languages spoken inour office. Helen: Well, BBC Learning English is a department with hidden languagetalents. But is...
by Jason Marshall This is our very first Math Dude article, and in honor of that were going all the way back to basics to answer some fundamental questions about math that should help you evaluate the status of your relationship with numbers. But let...
Dating Language 约会用语 InsertCountry sounds, birds, sheepFrankie: You know Rose, I think youre the most beautiful woman in thewhole world. Rose: Do you love me, Frankie? Frankie: Why yes my little Rosie-wosie. In fact, I want to ask you somethi...
British people are famous for always talking about the weather, but the weather also affects the way we speak and the phrases we use. As more winter weather batters the UK, this weeks Take Away demonstrates how the British obsession with weather has...
An Alien Language 外星人的语言 The blockbuster film Avatar has been a smash hit at the box office in the UK and around the world, becoming the fastest film ever to earn $1bn (7bn yuan) in ticket sales. But as well as being an entertaining feast...
to speak the language, especially around other people who speak both languages and maybe you're afraid that somebody is gonna correct you, which is actually a good thing, so you have to be able to let yourself speak it in front of other people who ca...
Joel: So I don't think we've met yet, what is your name? Patricia: Patricia. It's a pleasure to meet you. Joel: You too. Where are you from? Patricia: I'm from Samoa. Joel: Samoa? Where is that? Patricia: It's in the South Pacific north of New Zealan...
Tom: Joel, you speak Thai. Joel: Yeah, a little bit. Tom: Your wife speaks English. Joel: Yep, yep. Tom: So, at home, what language do you use? Joel: We usually speak English when we want to have real communication because her English is much better...