BBC News Review: Brazil's president faces corruption charges
source: BBC Learning English 2017年5月23日
Brazil's president faces corruption charges, but welcomes the investigation. Neil and Dan teach you the language the world's media is using to discuss this story.
Key words and phrases:
oust: force someone out of a position of power
crumbles: becomes weaker in power or influence
glimmer of hope: small sign of something positive to come
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Phrasal Verbs with 'CHECK'
source: Maple Leaf ESL 2016年8月30日
In this lesson, we look at the following phrasal verbs that use the word 'check': check in, check out, check (up) on, check over, check back, and check through.
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Pronunciation: /ɪ/ Hill vs. /i:/ He'll
source: ETJ English 2017年4月24日
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Phrasal Verb GROW
source: Rachel's English 2017年1月26日
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How to improve your English by reading
source: English Lessons with Alex 2017年4月28日
How can reading improve your English? What reading strategies can you use to improve your vocabulary, pronunciation, fluency, and enunciation? In this instructional and motivational video, I tell you how picking up a book can not only help you to improve your vocabulary but your speaking confidence and presentation skills as well. Watch the lesson, and let me know some of your favourite books in the comments section! https://www.engvid.com/how-to-improve...
How to Use Interjections in English
source: Oxford Online English 2017年1月12日
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What would you say if I told you my cat had died? How about if I told you I’d won the lottery? What would you say?
Perhaps you’d say something like 'Oh no!' or 'Oh my god!' These short phrases are called interjections and we often use them in English. In this lesson, we’ll look at how to use interjections to react to different situations. You’ll learn how to use them and how you can use them to sound more natural in English.
Points you can learn in this lesson:
- How to use common English interjections.
- Using interjections to keep a conversation going.
- How to use interjections to respond to good or bad news.
- Using interjections to express different emotions and moods.
carry the day - Idioms In English
source: Twominute English 2013年6月27日
"To carry the day" means to be victorious, or to carry your team to a victory due to an action on your part. If a person does something great that led to a positive outcome, he has carried the day. Here in this video the meaning of the idiom 'carry a day' is discussed along with examples.
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0:06 In this lesson you will learn to use the idiom 'carry the day' in your conversations.
0:17 To carry the day means to be victorious or to have brought about a good outcome.
0:22 That's right, the idiom in fact means to be successful in anything.
0:28 Actually this idiom is used in many ways. It may mean profit in business or a winning deal!
0:34 Correct! If someone carries the day, it means that he made a decision or had an idea that emerged to be correct or gave positive results.
0:44 Would you give us an example, Ema?
0:46 Sure. The Barcelona team was losing the game, but Cortez scored two goals in the last five minutes and carried the day for them!
0:54 Yes Ema. It's almost unbelievable how he scored those two goals in the last five minutes and took them to victory!
1:01 Here's another example: Suzanne carried the day by coming up with a winning design proposal. We got the account!
1:01 Here's another example: Suzanne carried the day by coming up with a winning design proposal. We got the account!
1:09 Good! Thank you, Emma. Let's listen to some conversations now.
1:19 Hey Terry, congratulations man!
1:19 Hey Terry, congratulations man!
1:22 Thank you Mark!
1:24 We are really proud of you, my friend! You carried the day for our school by winning the tennis match!
1:30 Thank you again, Mark. I'm going to practice harder for the state finals.
1:40 Hey Windy, I really thought the other Presidential candidate was going to win.
1:45 Yeah! It was very close, but in the end California carried the day by voting for our guy.
1:51 Yes. California has a lot of electoral votes.
1:55 They pulled it off for us in the end.
1:57 Right! They really carried the day.
2:05 How did you end up the term with only 'A's, Mark? I thought you'd got a 'B' in Chemistry,
2:12 I thought so too, but the teacher was really impressed by my final experiment.
2:18 Looks like that experiment carried the day for you.
2:22 Yes, I'm glad I spent extra time on it and wrote a detailed report on the results.
2:28 Maybe it was that report that carried the day!
2:32 Either way, I'm happy. I got an 'A'.
2:39 Suzanne carried the day by coming up with a winning design proposal.
2:49 You carried the day for our school by winning the tennis match!
2:58 It was very close, but in the end California carried the day by voting for our guy.
3:09 They really carried the day.
3:16 Looks like that experiment carried the day for you.
3:24 Maybe it was that report that carried the day!
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