“地道英语”: Famous last words 说得好听，不见得

虽然都可以被用来表达 “原本应该做某事” 这个含义，“should have” 和 “could have” 在语气上并不相同。其中，“should have” 强调 “应该完成的事情没有完成”，带有强烈的指责意味；而 “could have” 表示 “原本能做到的事情却没有做”，暗示了错失机会的遗憾。听节目，跟主持人 Georgie 和步理学习如何使用表达 “should have” 和 “could have”。 

单词 “rope” 不可仅以作名词，意思是 “绳子”，还可以作动词，意思是 “用绳子捆、绑”。英语表达 “rope someone in” 正是以 “用绳子套住某人” 这个意象来比喻 “用花言巧语说服某人做一件原本不想做的事”。听节目，跟主持人菲菲和 Georgie 学习表达 “rope someone in” 的用法。 

乘坐出租车或和朋友一起开车出行时，我们经常需要用简短的方式告诉他人 “把车停在某个具体位置” 或者 “临时停一下车”。短语动词 “pull up” 和 “pull in” 都有 “停车” 的意思，但它们的区别是什么？它们后是否都可以跟“停车的具体位置”？听节目，跟主持人 Beth 和步理学习三个描述 “停车” 的短语动词。 

When we bump into someone we haven’t met for a while, we’ll commonly ask them what they’ve been up to. That’s the topic of this lesson. We'll work with a variety of useful expressions including: 'Ça fait…?', 'pas mal de' and 'Ça a mis…'. We'll also see how to make use of the verb ... Show More

In English we have different ways that we can agree with someone. Among English learners, I often hear them say "I'm agree" or I'm agree with you". Let's take a look at this expression and many others to see how we agree with someone in English. For classes, click here: englishte ... Show More

In this series you can learn authentic English words and phrases. In this edition of The English We Speak, Li finds Neil's cat 'just a bit surprising' and teaches us a useful phrase to prevent people taking offence at something. 

In this episode, we’re focusing on an interesting and fun part of vocabulary - idioms. I’m sure you’ve heard of idioms. Ya know: kicked the bucket. It’s raining cats and dogs. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. A picture paints a thousand words. These are all examples o ... Show More

There are many different ways of saying approximately in English, and some of them are more formal or informal than others. In this episode, we’ll look at some of the most common synonyms of approximately, and how to use them in different contexts.  Shownotes and more podcasts to ... Show More

What is a verb? For the learner of English, the answer isn't always so obvious. In today's podcast, we learn the difference between time reference and verb tense. Join us as we explore the past, the present and the future! 

We'll be talking about someone who is quite religious in this lesson. We'll meet the adjectives 'croyant' and 'pratiquant' to describe such a person, we'll see how to use 'ne... jamais', we'll use the verb 'se souvenir de', and we'll practice other interesting expressions, too. L ... Show More

The French tendency to drive fast will form the basis of our lesson this time - our conversation will deal with a near miss on the road. We'll learn how to say 'I had a narrow escape', we'll meet the expression 'il m'a mis hors de moi' and we'll see how to use the verbs 'doubler' ... Show More