By Margaret Besheer Washington 03 February 2006 Muslims around the world are protesting the publication of 12 caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed. The drawings were first printed in a Danish newspaper...
By Ben Gilbert Baghdad 18 January 2006 Gunmen killed 10 guards and kidnapped an African engineer in an attack on a private security convoy in Baghdad, Wednesday. The kidnapping comes less than one day...
Car Speeding Jason has always loved driving fast and living on the edge. Even as a young man growing up in Vancouver, Canada, he was a risk taker. Journalist: You did 1) extreme things. I mean, you bu...
EXPLORATIONS -February 27, 2002: Fuel Cell Cars By Mario Ritter VOICE ONE: This is Mary Tillotson. VOICE TWO: And this is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS. Today we tell a...
SCIENCE REPORT — February 7, 2002: Fuel Cell Cars By Mario Ritter This is the VOA Special English SCIENCE REPORT. The United States Secretary of Energy, Spencer Abraham, has announced a program to d...
Joe : Do you hire out vans? Clerk : Yes, sir. Ten people or six? Joe : Six. Clerk : You're lucky, sir. We still have two spare vans. This is the high season, you know. Nearly ninety percent of our car...
You are in a strange city. It's late at night and you're tired. But you can't find your hotel. You sigh a deep sigh. It seems like you are dreaming a terrible dream. What is happening? This situation...
DIALOG 27 1--Did you hear about what happened to Howard? 2--No, what? 1--Someone stole his car! 2--Really? When did it happen? 1--Last night. He left it parked in front of his girl friend's house and...
Dialogue 4 Laurance- What kind of a car do you have? Soony--- An old one. Laurance- I know it's old, but what make is it? Soony-- - It's a Chevrolet. Why do you ask? You going into the car business? L...
CAR INSURANCE laurance-I need to get car insurance.You got any ideas? Soony--- Well,you could try my company.It seems to have fair rates. Laurance-Do they insure older cars? Soony--- As far as I know,...
