Mark: Hey, Todd, when you look back on your high school experience, do you, in general, do you see it as a positive or a negative experience? Todd: Oh, definitely positive. It was one of the best times of my life. Mark: Yeah. Todd: Oh, it was awesome...
Todd: So, Tres can you talk about American high school. What was high school like for you? What is American high school like? Tres: Thats a very good question. When one says an American high school, to some people maybe movies that depict high school...
Todd: OK. Cat, we're going to talk about high school. Cat: OK. Todd: Ah, tell me about high school. Did you like high school? Cat: I did after I was about 14 or 15 years old, when we could chose our subjects. Todd: Uh-huh. Cat: I started to enjoy it...
Todd: OK, Sophie, we're going to talk about high school. What was high school like? Sophie: It was great. Lots of fun. Lots of friends. Learned quite a bit at school. Todd: So, what did you study in high school? Sophie: I studied mainly sciences actu...
Todd: OK. Kerys, we're going to talk about high school. Um, what was high school like for you? Kerys: It was a very interesting experience. I was in a high school in a, quite a run-down area. Todd: Oh, OK. Kerys: So it was the norm for girls to get p...
BBC Learning English People and Places High Jumper Jackie: Hello! Welcome to the programme on bbclearningenglish.com with me, Jackie Dalton. Today we're going to hear from Donald Thomas he's the new world high jump champion. High jump is a sport whe...
More than three years after Hurricane Katrina caused massive damage in New Orleans, the city has less than half its pre-hurricane population and a crime rate higher than any other city in the nation. But, as VOA's Greg Flakus reports, citizens' grou...
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Early next month a national conference called by dissenting current and former senior members of the ruling African National Congress is likely to give birth to new South African political party. As VOA's Delia Robertson reports from our southern Af...
Perhaps the most eagerly anticipated debate of the U.S. presidential campaign season takes place Thursday in St. Louis, Missouri. The two candidates for vice president, Republican Sarah Palin and Democrat Joe Biden, will take part in their one and o...
