Ruth: Hey Akane, didnt we have a really good time in the city in Oita last weekend? Akane: Yeah we had a great time. Im glad we went. Ruth: Oh me too. It was so good! You know, I thought it was really good to get out of this small town. It was really...
Senem: Hey, Shawn, how are you doing? Shawn: Good, good, how are you? Senem: Good thank you. I just wanted to ask you, what were you thinking of doing during the summer vacation? Shawn: Um, I don't have a set plan really. I'd like to go to Mexico wit...
Adrienne: Hey, Ian, tell me about the time you were at the hospital. Ian: What, the first time I went to the hospital? Adrienne: Yes, the first time. Ian: The first time I went to hospital was when I was 13 years old and it was the day of my birthday...
Todd: Hey, Jessica, what are your plans for the summer? Jessica: This summer! I think I'm going to go on a trip with my brother to Argentina. Uh, we are still making the plans to go but I think we're going to go for two weeks. And we're probably goin...
Jessica: So Kate what is, what's this future trip? What are you gonna do next year? Kate: Next year, so when I leave Japan, I'm going back to Australia to work for another 8 weeks and then I'm off to New Zealand to see the rest of New Zealand and the...
Todd: So Alex you were saying that you took trips, band trips. Alex: Yes, sir. Todd: OK, so why don't you talk about a band trip. Alex: OK, let's see. The band trip we went to Florida, Disneyland actually. It was a lot of fun. Actually getting the mo...
Todd: Tim, you want to talk about road trips! Tim: Yeah, I wanna talk about road trips. Ah, me and my friends, when we were in high school we took a lot of road trips to lots of different places. Todd: OK. Tim: We would go down to California, ah, som...
Todd: Devon, I hear that you took the train across Russia. Devon: Yes, I started in Moscow, travelled through Russia, Mongolia, and ended up in China. Todd: Wow! That's a long way! Devon: Yes, it was. It took three weeks. I did it as part of a tour w...
Roy wanted to visit Egypt two years ago. But while he was checking out different tour packages, an airplane crashed into the Atlantic. The plane was an Egypt Air flight from New York to Cairo. It had no sooner gotten airborne than it dove straight do...
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. President Obama returned to the United States this week after his first visit to Europe since taking office in January. President Obama meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki Tuesday On his way...
