Todd: OK, Keith, if you won 1,000,000 dollars? No, wait, 10,000,000 dollars. Keith: 10,000,000. Todd: If you won 10,000,000, what would you do? Keith: Well, first thing I'd do, I'd probably buy a nice house for me and my wife. Todd: OK, where would t...
AMERICAN STORIES - Short Story: 'One Thousand Dollars' FAITH LAPIDUS: Now, the VOA Special English program, AMERICAN STORIES. (MUSIC) Our story today is called One Thousand Dollars. It was written by O. Henry. Here is Steve Ember with the story. STEV...
Alice: Hello and welcome to 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English: the programme in which we talk about a story in the news and learn some vocabulary while were doing it. Im Alice and joining me today is Neil. Hi there, Neil. Neil: Hi Alice. Ali...
Today we are gonna wrap up our series on the falling US dollar. It has lost about thirty percent of its value over the last few years, and that has many economists and politicians worried as we've heard over the last couple of days. The dollar's fall...
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Broadcast: Jan 20 2003 Australia's budget airline Virgin Blue has placed orders for up to 50 Boeing 737 jets - in a deal worth about $3 billion. Australia's second largest air carrier says it plans to...
By Scott Stearns President Bush says he will pursue his "strong dollar" policy in the upcoming legislative session by working seriously with Congress to lower deficits, which he says should cause peop...
By Roger Wilkison European Union finance ministers are calling for the United States to shore up the sagging dollar by bringing its trade and budget deficits under control. The ministers are worried t...
By Jeffrey Young Americans crossing borders groan in dismay as they exchange their dollars for less and less in other currencies. Holidays in Europe, for instance, that once seemed reasonably priced h...
Lesson 25 Text A A Ten-Dollar Bill Sam waited patiently in the long line at the grocery store. He had come to pick up a few items for his mother. He often did Chores for his parents after school. He e...