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Everyday Grammar: You Had Better Learn Modals!

For VOA Learning English, this is Everyday Grammar. This week we are going to show you how to give advice using modal verbs. Modal verbs (called modals for short) are auxiliary verbs that express a speaker's attitude and the strength of that attitude

Everyday Grammar: Mastering Reported Speech

We often need to tell others what someone else said. There are two ways to do this. One is to say the same words and use quotation marks. That is direct speech. The other method is to summarize, or tell about what someone said. This is called reporte

VOA慢速英语--学习被动语态:这是可以做到的!

Imagine that you are planning to travel to another country. There is a lot that you need to do before you leave. Here are some things that might need to be done: Your passport has to be renewed. Your hair still needs to be cut. Your shoes should be r

VOA慢速英语--What’s the Difference? ‘So’ and ‘So That’

If you asked even the most knowledgeable Americans, they probably could not tell you more than a few meanings for the word so. It is an everyday word that most people use without even realizing its complexity. But this mysterious little word can act

生活英语对话 Episode 65: A tricky meeting

本单元是关于讨论棘手问题的会议的对话 Boss: Come in. Ah, Tim, how can I help? Tim: Erm, well, I think you should read this letter from the watch repairers. Boss: Oh yes, let me see it? hmm, well, I imagine someone in their office must have made a mis

VOA慢速英语--Forming Questions, Part 2: Yes or No Questions

English can be a complex language to master. It has a lot of rules and breaks many of them. No matter your level of English, forming questions can be one of the more vexing parts of mastering the language. The good news is that we are here today to m

中国打击现金流出可能使温哥华房地产崩溃

Global real estate markets are breaking a sweat and Vancouver should be no exception. Those same foreign buyers that sent property values soaring around the world are now a little short on foreign currency. 全球房地产市场开始流汗，温哥华

英语日常语法:情态动词

Everyday Grammar: You Had Better Learn Modals! 英语日常语法:情态动词 For VOA Learning English, this is Everyday Grammar. This week we are going to show you how to give advice using modal verbs. Modal verbs (called modals for short) are auxi

VOA慢速英语2015 日常语法:掌握间接引语

Everyday Grammar: Mastering Reported Speech We often need to tell others what someone else said . There are two ways to do this. One is to say the same words and use quotation marks . That is direct speech . The other method is to summarize , or tell

You Really Should Learn Modals!

You Really Should Learn Modals! For VOA Learning English, this is Everyday Grammar. This week we are going to show you how to give advice using modal verbs. Modal verbs (called modals for short) are auxiliary verbs that express a speaker's attitude a

They Say That Reported Speech is Easy

They Say That Reported Speech is Easy We often need to tell others what someone else said. There are two ways to do this. One is to say the same words and use quotation marks. That is direct speech. The other method is to summarize, or tell about wha

美国国家公共电台 NPR A Guide To Parental Controls For Kids' Tech Use

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: The battle over screen time for families - that's what we're exploring this week in All Tech Considered. (SOUNDBITE OF ULRICH SCHNAUSS' NOTHING HAPPENS IN JUNE) KELLY: Apple recently became the latest company to announce they

英语单词大师：Lida Baker: Modals

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster, meet the modals! RS: Modals are words like can, could, will, would, may, might, and must. The list goes on. And they can be tricky to learn. AA: We get more of an introduction fro

词汇大师(Wordmaster)--Lida Baker: Modals

Broadcast on Coast to Coast: June 20, 2002 Re-broadcast on VOA News Now: June 23, 2002 AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster, meet the modals! RS: Modals are words like can, could, will, would, may, might, and must. Th

AGRICULTURE REPORT - Biocontrols, Part 2

AGRICULTURE REPORT - Biocontrols, Part 2 By Mario Ritter Broadcast: Tuesday, April 20, 2004 This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Biocontrols are the way nature seeks ba

中国取消药品最高限价

The National Development and Reform Commission, China's economic regulator, has confirmed the country will lift price controls on most medicines starting from next month. CRI's Huang Shan reports. From June 1, China will relax price controls over the

热词：你买自拍杆了么?

自拍是普通人最喜欢的一种消遣方式，而目前有一种提升自拍效果的新神器正迅速成为我们大家生活的一部分。它就是selfie stick（自拍杆）。 A selfie stick is a monopod used to take selfie photographs by

Can and Be Able To

Modal verbs are helping verbs. We use them with main verbs to help us express ability, possibility, necessity and permission. Todays question is about a modal that is commonly confused with an expression. Heres the question, which comes from a listen

中国修改中日战争日期以促进爱国主义教育

I thought you had to win the war before you could write history... 我想在书写历史之前你得赢得那场战争。 He who controls the past controls the future. He who controls the present controls the past.― George Orwell 1984 谁掌控过去