VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Barbara Klein. VOICE TWO: A modern sign marks the Santa Fe Trail. Behind, an example of adobe architecture. And I'm Steve Ember. This week on our program, we take you to a city in the...
Jessica: So Ashley, what are you going to do this summer? Ashley: I am really excited. This summer I'm going to my Grandparents' 50th wedding anniversary. We are having a huge party and I'm really excited. My entire family is going to be there. they'...
The California city's history of quakes keeps worry just below the surface Ted Landphair | Washington, DC 25 January 2010 You had better believe that the people of San Francisco are taking careful note of the cataclysmic Haitian earthquake and its af...
Fortunately, Elvis didn't throw away a whole lot of stuff, says Curatorial Director Howard Kramer. Elvis Presley was among the first inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986, so it's no surprise that its museum in Cleveland, Ohio, is rol...
So Red Eye viewer Beth Navarra wrote to me yesterday, saying God, did I ever hate your show when it first came out. But its like smoking. It makes you sick at first, but then you are hooked. You are my cigarette. Well, thanks, Beth. Can I say to you...
It's a wedding anniversary今天是我们的结婚纪念日 It's a fifth wedding anniversary今天是我们的结婚5周年纪念日 It's a tenth anniversary今天是我们的锡婚纪念日 It's a china anniversary今天是我们的瓷婚纪念日 It's a silver anniversary今天是我们的银婚纪念...
The U.N. secretary-general marked the fifth anniversary of the bombing of U.N. headquarters in Baghdad Tuesday. He was joined by survivors of the attack at a ceremony honoring those who died and were injured while working for peace. VOA's U.N. corre...
This is the second anniversary of the truce ending the Lebanon War between Israel and the Islamic guerrilla group Hezbollah. Israel is pessimistic about the results, as we hear from Robert Berger at the VOA bureau in Jerusalem. A fireman extinguishe...
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By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 06 May 2008 One of the most dramatic events of the 20th century was the founding of the modern state of Israel 60 years ago. VOA's Jim Teeple reports that on Israel's 60th birthday many Israelis say they feel more secure and c...