可可电台，每期节目一话题，让英语磨练耳朵的同时学到更多有益的小知识，丰富知识的同时受益于生活。

学好英语的理由

English will help you understand those crazy Americans and Brits.

英语可以帮你理解那些疯狂的美国人和英国人

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，美国文化和英国文化有时也存在巨大差异。学会说英语能让你发现这些文化的奇特之处。你只需想想，你了解英语文化，但其他人由于不会说英语而对此一无所知。从许多方面来说，这都是你的真正的优势。

Learning English will help you improve your sense of time.

学习英语可以提高你的时间感

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.

英语中有许多动词的时态。事实上，这些时态有十二种之多。我发现，在其他许多语言中，这种现象并不存在。你可以确信，通过学习英语，你可以对某事的发生有精准的感觉，因为英语中不乏时间短语的使用。

【知识点讲解】

be obsessed with 着迷于

The media seems obsessed with hyping up individuals or groups.

媒体似乎热衷于大肆吹捧某些个人或团体。

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

该国现在正弥漫着对未来的悲观预测。

We live in a society which is obsessed with slimming.

我们生活在一个热衷于减肥的社会。

due to 欠下债[账]，应给予； 由于； 因为； 应归于

例句：

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

委员会成员定于今日晚些时候进行非正式讨论。

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

他将因毒品交易的指控受到军法审判。

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

海峡隧道预计1993年年底前开通。

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