Language Café

Language Café

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Language Café episodes

  • Jockey for position
    Definition: To work oneself into a desired position.  运用手段图谋利益或者地位;勾心斗角Etymology: This expression, dating from about 1900, originally meant maneuvering a race horse into a better position for winning. It was transferred to other kinds of manipulation in the mid-1900s. 源于赛马时 挤其他骑师以占有有利位置,后来比喻运用手段谋图利益。
    7 min
  • Inside job
    A crime, committed by a person who is authorized to access a location or procedure with little or no supervision.
    12 min
  • Last laugh
    不知不觉就走到了2016年的年末过去这一年亲爱的你经历了哪些酸甜苦辣?愿你的眼泪被理解、被安慰愿你的汗水做沃土的养分与滋润愿你的付出已有丰盛的收获即使走到年终,你依然觉得尚在半途你对生命的不放弃、对真理的不懈寻求终将为你披挂欣慰的笑容【Last laugh】
    8 min
  • 珍爱家庭,远离【Homewrecker】
    Is a person, object or activity that causes or comes close to causing the breakup of a marriage. The homewrecker is said to have taken one of the spouses away from the marriage, thus "wrecking" the marital home.
    8 min

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每天用一杯咖啡的时间,跟CRI首席英语主播曼玲和外籍主持人一起,学习一个地道英文表达的地道用法,让您过耳不忘,学以致用。

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