可可電臺，每期節目一話題，讓英語磨練耳朵的同時學到更多有益的小知識，豐富知識的同時受益于生活。

學好英語的理由

English will help you understand those crazy Americans and Brits.

英語可以幫你理解那些瘋狂的美國人和英國人

Yes, American and British cultures are rather strange at times. Speaking English will certainly give you insight into why these cultures are so crazy! Just think, you will understand English cultures, but they probably won't understand yours because they don't speak the language. That's a real advantage in so many ways.

是的，美國文化和英國文化有時也存在巨大差異。學會說英語能讓你發現這些文化的奇特之處。你只需想想，你了解英語文化，但其他人由于不會說英語而對此一無所知。從許多方面來說，這都是你的真正的優勢。

Learning English will help you improve your sense of time.

學習英語可以提高你的時間感

English is obsessed with verb tenses. In fact, there are twelve tenses in English. I've noticed that this is not the case in many other languages. You can be sure that by learning English you will gain a keen sense of when something happens due to the English language's use of time expressions.

英語中有許多動詞的時態。事實上，這些時態有十二種之多。我發現，在其他許多語言中，這種現象并不存在。你可以確信，通過學習英語，你可以對某事的發生有精準的感覺，因為英語中不乏時間短語的使用。

【知識點講解】

be obsessed with 著迷于

The media seems obsessed with hyping up individuals or groups.

媒體似乎熱衷于大肆吹捧某些個人或團體。

The country is currently obsessed with gloomy prognostications about its future.

該國現在正彌漫著對未來的悲觀預測。

We live in a society which is obsessed with slimming.

我們生活在一個熱衷于減肥的社會。

due to 欠下債[賬]，應給予； 由于； 因為； 應歸于

例句：

Council members are due to have informal discussions later on today.

委員會成員定于今日晚些時候進行非正式討論。

He is due to face a court-martial on drugs charges.

他將因毒品交易的指控受到軍法審判。

The Channel tunnel was due to open towards the end of 1993.

海峽隧道預計1993年年底前開通。

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