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13 Talking About Books GLOSSARY well enough somewhat; satisfactory, but not great; so-so; not horrible, but not wonderful * I like math well enough, but I wouldnt want to solve math problems all day. glowing recommendation an enthusiastic statement t
AMERICAN MOSAIC -January 4, 2002: Top books, movies and music of 2001 HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC —.. VOA’s radio magazine in Special English. (THEME) This is Doug Johnson. On our program tod
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. The book industry is trying to get a good read on its future. These days, instead of turning paper pages, many readers reach for handheld devices. These electronic readers not only store books to sho
One parent in a bookstore in Tianjian municipality says she always keeps her son away from the cartoon book shelf, because most books there focus on war, violence and the darker side of life. Another parent says she often finds inappropriate content
01Reading Comic Books GLOSSARY graphic novel a long and complex story where the words of the story are printed within a series of drawings that show what is happening, usually written for adults* Some people who dont enjoy reading regular books like
Pre-Listening Vocabulary toll road: a road that requires drivers to pay a fee to use it shred: to break up into very small pieces pulp: soft, wet material congestion: high volume; crowdedness absorbent: holds a lot of water Tarmac: a road material ma
AA: I'm Avi Arditti and this week on WORDMASTER: We follow up on last week's advice to parents about the language benefits of talking to babies. Mariah Evans at the University of Nevada, Reno, led a 20-year study which asked adults in 27 countries to
爸爸和阿美一起去图书馆借书。阿美去找一些参考书、报纸和周刊,两人约好两小时后在借书处见面。阿美能如愿借到想要的书刊吗? May: I'm going to look for some reference books, newspapers and periodical
People joke that no one in Los Angeles reads; everyone watches TV, rents videos, or goes to the movies. The most popular reading material is comic books, movie magazines, and TV guides. City libraries have only 10 percent of the traffic that car wash
VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Faith Lapidus. VOICE TWO: Maurice Sendak And I'm Mario Ritter. This week on our program, we tell about Maurice Sendak, an award winning writer and illustrator of more than one hundred
PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Barbara Cooney, 1917-2000: She Created Many Popular Books for Children MARY TILLOTSON: Now, the VOA Special English program, PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Today, Shirley Griffith and Steve Ember tell about the life of Barbara Cooney, the cre
E-books Catch on at Public Library Complete the following sentence: You go to the library to check out . . . . .? The obvious answer is books. But a harder question might be, What do we mean by book? Electronic books or e-books, have established a fi
Books Introduce Children to Natural World at Early Age Ava Coggin is being homeschooled. She loves when her mother reads to her - especially Bring on the Birds It's an award-winning picture book about animals, written and illustrated by Stockdale. Wh
Susan Stockdale's Books on Animals and Their Habitats Have Won Awards Ava Coggin is being homeschooled. She loves when her mother reads to her - especially Bring on the Birds It's an award winning picutre book about animals, written and illustrated b
A Land In Limbo Hopes That Books Will Keep It Going Let's go now to a book fair. The Hargeysa International Book Fair takes place in a country that is not internationally recognized. The Republic of Somaliland is a self-declared state. To the rest of
NOEL KING, HOST: Literature often reflects the times in which we live. And there's a recent trend in literature for young people that deals with one of the world's biggest crises - the global wave of refugees. Now, books that tell the story of the re
Lee: What are you reading? Stan: Its a graphic novel. Lee: Graphic novel? You mean a comic book? I thought you were too old for that sort of thing. Stan: For your information, this is a graphic novel and its a literary art form. Graphic novels are wr
Guest host Mike O'Sullivan talks with an author (familiar to our longtime listeners) whose newest books use fairy tales to teach foreign languages to American children. David Burke is known as Slangman, and in his earlier books, he translated the lan
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: The librarian Nancy Pearl is with us next. She joins us regularly to give us book recommendations, and she has sent me a stack of books here that is going to take us on a series of journeys to different parts of the world. Hi the
MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: And I'm Mary Louise Kelly, with a confession. I have never read a self-help book. I missed Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus, skipped The Seven Habits Of Highly Effective People - not that I couldn't use the help. But I