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Jasmine:I'm so tired! I don't know how I'm going to make it through this lecture. Sean: the professor is a bit boring today. You need something to perk yourself up. How about a coffee? J: I don't really like coffee, to be honest. It's too bitter for
Today's topics: New Year's Resolutions, Earbuds for the iPod, U.S. Bestsellers from the New York Times, Oh, my goodness! and against all odds.
Topics: The Great Smoky Mountains National Park; Famous Songs: Oh! Susanna; whichever versus whatever; tar-and-feather; mutually exclusive Words: smoke old-growth forest salamander settler log cabin banjo true love still nonsensical dialect from memo
Drowning is a big problem around the world and is the second most common cause of accidental death. New Zealand also has a very high rate of drowning with only road accidents and falls causing more deaths by accident. From 2003-2007 an average of 114
Scientists develop herbicide-resistant seeds that can kill the parasitic plant. Transcript of radio broadcast: 23 June 2008 This is the VOA Special English Development Report. A sorghum field infested with striga, or witchweed Farmers in Africa call
Creating a Safe Haven for Chadians Fleeing Libya Humanitarian agencies are setting up a way station in a small, remote mountain town in Chad. It's the entry point for thousands of Chadian migrants fleeing the conflict in Libya. All the new arrivals n
A: What can I get for you today? B: Could I get a hamburger, please? A: Would you like cheese on that? B: No, thank you. A: Would you like a drink? B: Let me have a soda. A: What kind of soda would you like? B: May I have a Sprite, please? A: Sure, n
A: What would you like to order? B: I would like to have a hamburger. A: Did you want it with cheese? B: I don't want cheese on it. A: Did you want anything to drink today? B: I think I'm going to get a soda today. A: What kind of soda can I get you?
Today's topics: Three Strikes, Groundhog Day, Lost and CSI, Regards and Cheers, Amazing versus Awesome, On the heels of... Words: Take away Woodchuck Shadow Marooned Plane crash Victim Fingerprint Toast
Topics: Houston, who Americans trust, to get off ones soapbox, layover vs. transfer, blond vs. blonde Words: gulf oil wells metropolitan area port cargo unload mission dome occupation clergy to get off ones soapbox to hog the floor layover transfer b
Topics: Day of the Dead, Desperate Housewives, work vs. job. vs. occupation, older vs. elder Words: saint grave shrine skull desperate housewife suburbs soap opera melodramatic Emmy Award work job occupation older elder
Topics: Famous Americans: Janis Joplin; compulsory education and truancy laws; to bask; to brace; to palm off; to follow ones hunch(es) Words: blues to catch the attention of lead singer solo artist to struggle with to relapse compulsory to play hook
Topics: The medical marijuana controversy; Famous Americans: Woody Allen; sky versus skies; meltdown and crack down; less is more/more is less; pronunciations of live Words: medical properties chemotherapy nausea appetite to prescribe dispensary cann
Disneyland; government property seizures and auctions; state; on the prowl; pronouncing the vowel i and the vowel combinations ee and ea; time after time Words: theme park ride fantasy frontier to seize property tied to to make way for auction bid su
Topics: Social networking; government-run lotteries; the use of on with the days of the week; to travel in/by; individual versus personal Words: social networking application post to keep in touch privacy discreet lottery scratcher / scratch-it ticke
Topics: American Cities: Milwaukee; Neighborhood Watch/Citizens Arrest; to look versus to look like; not by the hair of my chinny-chin-chin; pretty + (adjective) Words: brewery on the shores of waterway per-capita violent crime suspicious to interven
Topics: Classic game shows; the sister cities program; beyond a reasonable doubt; infinite versus permanent versus eternal; forward versus forwards Words: game show classic on the air to make a comeback contestant showcase deal newlywed to make whoop
Topics: Types of prisons and the parole system; American cities: Austin; using prepositions with the days of the week; for the world to owe (one) something; late/early morning, afternoon, and evening Words: prison to pose a threat solitary confinemen
Topics: Ask an American: The Cherokee Language; regard versus consider; remember versus memorize; knock on wood Words: tense tone inflection bits and pieces from the heart to provide for trustworthy foster as if to regard to consider to remember to m
Topics: Ask an American: The Princess and the Frog; pronouncing address; to cut the bull/ bullsh*t; outspoken versus vocal Words: fairy tale extension of (ones) disbelief dreamland hand-drawn down here to break (someones) heart merger to bring back t