Grammar challenge: Indirect questions 20 Nov 09 2009-11-20
There's more than one way to ask a question. Indirect questions are more polite and don't need a change in word order in the main question. Our challenger is Masa from Japan who plays the ...
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Buying or selling a house 2009-11-20
A new Code of Conduct became law this week. It tells real estate agents how they must behave when helping you to buy or sell a house. First they must now have a licence from a new ...
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531 - Describing Fabric Patterns 2009-11-20
Slow dialogue: 1:20
Explanations: 2:48
Fast dialogue: 13:59
Ruth: Now that we’ve picked out a new couch, we need to pick out an upholstery fabric. What do you think of this ...
Level 1.56 8 days a week 2009-11-19
Which days are special for the pie team?
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The 21st Century Family of Man 2009-11-19
AMERICAN MOSAIC: The 21st Century Family of Man - Kobe Bryant - Weezer and Raditude
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California gets tough on TVs 2009-11-19
Sean Banville's News Written for ESL Students
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American History Series: Victory at Vicksburg Splits the Confederacy 2009-11-18
MAKING OF A NATION: In November, 1863, President Lincoln traveled to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. He spoke at the opening of a military cemetery. He felt very tired by the time he got back to ...
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US Colleges Set Enrollment Record 2009-11-18
EDUCATION REPORT: College enrollment has reached an all-time high in the United States. About 40% of all 18-to-24-year-olds were in school in October of last year.
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English Cafe #216 2009-11-18
Topics: Steroid use and other doping in professional sports; The Juilliard School; shell-shocked; way to go; be good
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performance-enhancing drug
steroid
bodybuilder
dose
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Debate Over New Guidelines for Breast Cancer Screening 2009-11-18
HEALTH REPORT: On Monday, an influential group of medical experts released new guidelines on testing for breast cancer. The guidelines are from the United States Preventive Services Task ...
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Jane Goodall: Still Hard at Work for the Chimps 2009-11-18
EXPLORATIONS: She is one of the most well known scientists in the world. She has spent most of her career studying wild chimpanzees in a protected area of Tanzania called Gombe National ...
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Apology for the 'Forgotten Australians' 2009-11-18
Sean Banville's News Written for ESL Students
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World Cup Soccer 2009-11-17
Nearly everyone living in New Zealand must know about the All Whites win against Bahrain on Saturday evening. The stadium in Wellington, which holds 32,000 people, was full. About half a ...
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Two Efforts Seek to Increase Food Security in Africa 2009-11-16
AGRICULTURE REPORT: For the past year, the World Food Program has operated a project to prevent hunger in twenty-one countries in Africa. In the project, the United Nations agency works ...
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A Serious Study Looks at Laughter Worldwide 2009-11-16
SCIENCE IN THE NEWS: Today, we will tell about a plan to fight a leading killer of children in developing countries. We will tell about a new way to recognize harmful minerals in rocks and ...
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Beach Soccer World Cup opens in Dubai 2009-11-16
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Talk a Lot : Discussion Words : Places in the UK 2009-11-16
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The Biltmore Estate (Asheville, North Carolina) 2009-11-15
THIS IS AMERICA in VOA: An estate is a property, usually large, owned by one person or a family. The man who owned the Biltmore estate in North Carolina was George Vanderbilt.
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Project Finds New Homes for Unwanted Bikes 2009-11-15
DEVELOPMENT REPORT: Americans bought an estimated eighteen and a half million bicycles last year. Some bikes never get much riding. Mostly they gather dust. But a project based in ...
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Short Story: 'The Whirligig of Life' by O. Henry 2009-11-15
AMERICAN STORIES: Justice of the Peace Benaja Widdup sat in the doorway of his office smoking his pipe. The Cumberland Mountains of Tennessee rose blue-gray in the afternoon sky. A bird, a ...
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