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有意思的英语单词起源 We focus on the origin of interesting words, idioms, and slang, science and technology...bilingual (Chinese and English) by Lewis Sandler, former lawyer and professor in Beijing, China since 1993 and now (11/19) in Presque Isle, Maine, interviewing ordinary people leading ordinary lives. Welcome to view my other websites listed on the right side of this page.
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Friday Oct 07, 2016
University students tell all (#112)
Friday Oct 07, 2016
Friday Oct 07, 2016
Interesting conversation with 8 cool Chinese university students in Beijing who share their life, loves, studies and maybe a secret or two!
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61/2 years of podcasts and nearly 1000 words, idioms and slang
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Tuesday Jul 26, 2016
Origin of 5 Strange Words (#110)
Tuesday Jul 26, 2016
Tuesday Jul 26, 2016
Tattoo, Fortnight, Kipple, Dongle, Agelast
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/07/the-origin-of-the-word-dongle-7-leading-theories/278180/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loanword
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_K._Dick
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Wednesday May 04, 2016
Origin of Food Idioms (#107)
Wednesday May 04, 2016
Wednesday May 04, 2016
Bring home the bacon, Big cheese, Say cheese, Cheesy, Cup of joe, Out to lunch
https://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/idioms-food.htm
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Sunday Dec 27, 2015
Conversation with Wellena, Chinese graduate student in Beijing (#102)
Sunday Dec 27, 2015
Sunday Dec 27, 2015
Brief talk with Wellena about her hometown in China, major studies, learning English, advice to learners of English and more..
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Saturday Nov 28, 2015
SETI search for ET (#101)
Saturday Nov 28, 2015
Saturday Nov 28, 2015
SETI, extremophile, The Wow! signal, Astrobiology (panspermia), Pareidolia, Arecibo message
http://radio.seti.org/ (Big Picture Science podcast)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communication_with_extraterrestrial_intelligence
http://www.universetoday.com/122409/what-was-the-wow-signal/
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Tuesday Oct 07, 2014
Oxymorons (#92)
Tuesday Oct 07, 2014
Tuesday Oct 07, 2014
Oxymorons can be culturally biased (American history); or two-word
traditional (jumbo shrimp); or one-word (cowboy); or funny (deeply
superficial).
Oxymoron is also an oxymoron. Listen here to its origin.
From literature: William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet "Good-night, good-night! parting is such sweet sorrow"
Learn more facts about oxymorons, such as English words you didn't know were oxymorons.
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Tuesday Aug 05, 2014
Interview with William Jefferson American PhD candidate studying in China (#90)
Tuesday Aug 05, 2014
Tuesday Aug 05, 2014
William shares a little of his life and studying in China. William must defend his PhD dissertation in Chinese.
What should Chinese students do to study English?
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Sunday Jun 15, 2014
Days of the Week (#88)
Sunday Jun 15, 2014
Sunday Jun 15, 2014
Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday , Saturday
Sunday...The name comes from the Latin dies solis, meaning "sun's day":
Monday...The name comes from the Anglo-Saxon monandaeg, "the moon's day".
Tuesday...This day was named after the Norse god Tyr.
Wednesday...The day named to honor Wodan (Odin).
Thursday...Thee day named after the Norse god Thor. In the Norse languages this day is called Torsdag.
Friday...The day in honor of the Norse goddess Frigg.
Saturday...This day was called dies Saturni, "Saturn's Day", by the ancient Romans in honor of Saturn. In Anglo-Saxon: sater daeg.