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Secret 99 No.1: I swear I'll never tell anyone. No.2: She was not aware how deeply he loves her. No.3: Why did you buy another pair of shoes?
HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. Today, we play music from a new album by Animal Collective And answer a question about funeral traditions in the United States But first, we tell about a new organizat
Exercise 1-29: Making Set Phrases CD 1 Track 42 Pause the CD and add a noun to each word as indicated by th e picture. Check Answer Key,beginning on page 193. 图片1
In U.S. politics, all eyes are on the Midwest state of Wisconsin where a budget battle rages that could have a profound impact on the power of labor unions around the country. The Republican governor of Wisconsin, Scott Walker, wants to curb the coll
MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Let's talk now about those memories from the '80s and the '90s on home videotapes - the kids playing in the backyard, the school concert, the birthday party, the wedding. If they're just sitting in a box somewhere, they may soon
Today, guest-writer Neal Whitman will help us understand why the word troops can refer to the number of individuals or groups. What Does Troops Mean? Memorial Day is next week, when we in the U.S. honor members of the military who have died in the li
By Paul Sisco Washington, DC 27 October 2006 watch Deforestation report Deforestation, an ongoing problem, is receiving new scrutiny, this time from the World Bank. It is all part of the bank's mission to reduce global poverty by spurring economic g
By Delia Robertson Johannesburg 18 July 2007 To celebrate his 89th birthday, South Africa's elder statesman, Nelson Mandela, has launched a group of global elders to bring their collective experience to addressing some of the world's most pressing pr
By Ruth Reader Washington, D.C. 28 June 2007 Children from around the world attended a special festival in Washington this past weekend to celebrate children's involvement in the arts. The Art Olympiad festival -- held in front of the U.S. Capitol -
Steps to launch an international convention on domestic workers led by the United Nations are slowly gaining global support at a time of rising demand for domestic staff in the world economy. A senior U.N. International Labor Organization official is
ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: As 2017 draws to an end and we try to assess it, one measure is, what deathless prose has been added to our collective memories over the past 12 months? Well, Fred Shapiro has assembled the top 10 quotations of the year from inte
Idiom: Prodigal son ( sinful people ) Hit the book: Vain Flatter Facial Vanity Narcissism Deem Excessive Paranoia Stalk Enlighten Has anyone ever told you, You're so vain! If yes, we hope you didn't feel bad. You so vain is not really a bad statement
Nearly 50,000 Runners Prepare for NYC Marathon Forty-seven-thousand athletes from all over the world will participate in this years New York City marathon on November 6. And, there may be 47,000 stories about the runners from this famous race. Its li
By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 13 March 2007 The U.S. Senate, following the House of Representatives' lead, has approved a broad homeland security bill by a 60 to 38 vote. But President Bush says he will veto the legislature unless one particular provi
For Ghana, it'snot just one nation thatexpects, but a whole continent, asAfrica unites to cheer them on. I'm from Ghana, I'mfrom Ghana, I'm supportingthe whole Africa, supporting the Ghana, do bless them, just I don't,we do know.....I know, I know Gh
Topics: Famous Songs - Red River Valley; how recall elections work; to reduce versus to lessen versus to decrease versus to decline; sort/to sort; to intervene versus to interfere Words: to trace (somethings) origins to hasten to bid (someone) adieu
Topics: Registering to vote and efforts to get out the vote; the G.I. Bill; growl, groan, and mutter; personnel and other collective nouns; to be fond of Words: election mandatory to register to vote to fill out democracy to get out the vote voter dr
I told your mom Im writing this letter, and asked what she wanted me to say. She thought and said: just ask her to take care of herself. Simple but deeply caring that is how your mother is, and that is why you love her so much. In this simple sentenc
Japan's new security laws take effect from today. The laws enable its troops to fight overseas for the first time since World War Two. The country is now allowed to exercise the right to collective self-defense -- or come to the aid of the United Sta