Prince William arrived in New Zealand yesterday. He is representing the Queen. This morning he opened the new Supreme Court building which is in Wellington. This is the highest court in New Zealand. The Queen is now in her 80s and a long trip to New...
Before the entrance examinations to senior high school, our teacher arranged a visit for us to the No.4 High school in Beijing. The school made a deep impression on me.No.4 High School is located in the center of Beijing and has a history of 90 years...
Going to the doctor is never particularly pleasant for me. But I couldn't put it off any longer. It was time for my annual physical, and there was no getting around it. So I picked up the phone and called for an appointment. I'd like to see Dr. Shimo...
One of the most famous small towns in America is Johnstown, Pennsylvania, population 24,000.Unfortunately, it owes that fame to a tragedy. In the late 19th Century, Johnstown was the nation's mightiest steel center - more prosperous than Pittsburgh -...
Tu: Hey, Todd, I heard you went to Vietnam. Tell me about it? Todd: Yeah, it was a really good trip. I went during the break, and I was only there for seven days. Tu: Oh. Todd: Yeah, kind of too short. But I went to Ho Chi Min, and Mui Ne, and Nha Tr...
Liz was excited. She was going to Asia with her mom. Neither of them had ever traveled out of the United States before. They were going to fly to Hong Kong. After staying in Hong Kong for three nights, they would travel on their cruise ship to Shangh...
Eddie drove over to see Betty. When he got to her apartment at about 3:15 p.m., he saw that her car wasn't in the carport. So he wrote a note: Hi, Betty. I love you and I miss you. Love, Eddie. He was about to tape the note onto her front door when h...
Nancy took her daughter Donna to the park. The park had lots of trees. It had lots of squirrels and birds. The squirrels ran up and down the trees. The squirrels chased one another. The squirrels played with one another. The birds flew around. They f...
American voters head to the polls on Tuesday to elect their next president after the longest and most expensive campaign in U.S. history. As VOA's Mike O'Sullivan reports, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama made last-minute appeals in th...
在病房里，汤姆来看丹尼尔。丹尼尔好像病得不轻。汤姆却很羡慕，生病也羡慕？这究竟是怎么回事呢？一起来看看吧。 Listen Read Learn Tom: How are you feeling? Daniel: Bad. My nose keeps running. And my forehead is burning. Tom: You said you never went to ho...
