描述
VOA（美国之音）是世界上最大的新闻广播机构之一，它的英语节目就是一套完美的英语听力素材。因此，听VOA英语广播是提高英语听力的重要途径之一。 VOA特别英语节目的语言简明、易懂、灵活、生动，其语速慢，用词浅显，句子简短明晰, 词汇量在美国人最常用的1500个单词之内，播放速度为每分钟90个单词, 适合于听者循序渐进地学习，但文中信息量并没减少。 通过VOA的听力实践，听者不仅能了解到当今世界上的一些最新热点新闻，还能熟悉美国英语的语音、语调，掌握其语言特点，培养准确连贯的英语语感，学到地道的英语语言，扩大知识面，增加词汇量，为进一步听懂VOA标准英语打下扎实的基础。 美国习惯用语这个节目专门介绍美国人常用的习惯用语，它们的出典并以富有生活情趣的实例来说明用法。本节目的内容具有浓浓的美国背景文化色彩。
目录
第1讲：give one a hand; foot the bill... (免费使用)
第2讲：greasy spoon; potluck
第3讲：it goes in one ear and out the other
第4讲：doggy bag; sunny side up
第5讲：in hot water; throw cold water on sth.
第6讲：hold water; water off a duck's back; make mouth water
第7讲：blow up; blow out
第8讲：be led by the nose; under your nose
第9讲：pull your socks up; knock one's socks off
第10讲：poker face; close to your vest
第11讲：shoe is on the other foot; work hand in glove
第12讲：follow your nose; pay through the nose
第13讲：keep an ear to the ground; up to one's ears
第14讲：sweeten the pot; the cards are stacked against sb.
第15讲：fly off the handle; bark up the wrong tree
第16讲：right on the beam; fly by the seat of one's pants
第17讲：keep one's shirt on; lose one's shirt
第18讲：stuffed shirt; give you the shirt off his back
第19讲：bail out; nose dive
第20讲：up in arms; at arm's length
第21讲：shake a leg; pull one's leg
第22讲：twist one's arm; charge someone an arm and a leg
第23讲：take candy from a baby; a piece of cake
第24讲：top gun; bottom line
第25讲：just for laughs; laugh up one's sleeve
第26讲：horse laugh; the last laugh
第27讲：red letter day; red tape
第28讲：black sheep; white lie
第29讲：rain check; it never rains but it pours
第30讲：to stick to ones gun; shoot the breeze
第31讲：green thumb; green light
第32讲：sing the blues; like a bolt out of the blue
第33讲：as American as apple pie; hot potato
第34讲：put all his eggs in the basket; eat crow
第35讲：monkey business; make monkey out of sb.
第36讲：hot seat; hot and bothered
第37讲：break one's neck; stick one's neck out
第38讲：pain in the neck; neck and neck
第39讲：have a heart; cross my heart
第40讲：my heart stood still; heart-to-heart talk
第41讲：go all out; go through hell or high water
第42讲：go for broke; go overboard
第43讲：put one's best foot forward; land on one's feet
第44讲：get off on the wrong foot; put one's foot in one's mouth
第45讲：cold feet; jump in and get one's feet wet
第46讲：ants in your pants; have butterflies in one's stomach
第47讲：bug someone; louse up
第48讲：get a foot in the door; dead on one's feet
第49讲：stand on one's own two feet ; throw oneself at someone's feet
第50讲：to be swept off one's feet; don't let the grass grow under one's feet