B1英语听力练习

Advice that changed meaning

The speaker has remembered one sentence for years, but no longer understands it in the same way. What changed?

Back down

A manager changes a policy after staff challenge it. She does not move backwards, but people say she backed down.

Back up

A colleague backs you up, research backs up a claim, and software backs up a file. What changes when the object changes?

Beside or besides: position and addition

Beside, Besides, or Except: Choose the Right Word

Blow away

A performance blows the audience away while a gust blows the programmes away. Emotion and wind create different meanings with the same form.

Booking a hotel room

A guest books three nights and asks for one room feature. Which services are included, and when does free cancellation end?

Bored or boring: Talk about your class

WORD FOCUS B1 12 min

Bother

Noise can bother you, a thought can bother you, and you may not bother to reply. The first two affect feelings; the last describes effort.

Brake or break: Choose the Right Spelling

视频 PHRASAL VERB B1 12 min

Break up

A couple breaks up, a meeting breaks up, and a phone call starts breaking up. Only one involves a romantic relationship.

Breathe when public speaking: Pause before each point

Bring about

A small decision can produce a large result. Bring about connects the cause to the change that follows.

视频 PHRASAL VERB B1 12 min

Bring up

You can bring up a difficult topic, bring up a child, or bring up a file on a screen. Context tells you which action is happening.

Bump into

If you bump into an old friend, you meet unexpectedly. If you bump into a table, the surprise may hurt a little more.

Burn out

A worker, a campfire and a motor can all burn out, but each one reaches a different kind of end.

Business English phrases: clear workplace communication

Call off

You can call off a match before it starts, call off a search already in progress, or call a threatening dog off.

Can or may: Ability and permission