THIS IS AMERICA - Occupy Demonstrators Share a Common Message Although Demands May STEVE EMBER: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. Im Steve Ember. SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: And Im Shirley Griffith. This week on our program, we look at the inc...
Refugee Girls' Chorus Sings Message of Hope When the girls in the Pihcintu Multicultural Children's Chorus sing about peace, the tunes have special meaning for them. Many are refugees who fled their homes in Asia, Africa and the Middle East, seeking...
Afghan Archeologists Race Against Time to Find Treasures Long before Afghanistan was an Islamic country, Buddhist settlements dotted its mountains and deserts. While the Taliban infamously destroyed the giant Buddhist statues of Bamyan Province in 20...
Diverse Voices Carry Occupy Movement's Message At a distance, the Occupy Wall Street protest in New York appears to be simply people milling around. A closer look reveals a dazzling array of individuals; the clean-cut and earnest, the disheveled and...
US Students Spread Musical Message in Kenya A group of university students and alumni has returned to the United States after three weeks in Kenya, where they were part of a cultural exchange program which aims to transform lives through music. The g...
Welcome back to Business English Pod. This is the second part of our look at answering the phone and taking a message. In this lesson, well focus on taking a message. Todays lesson is also featured in our new eBook: Business English for Telephoning....
It's the wedding of the year and everybody isinvited! Well, that's not quite true. We can't offer you anactual invitation to Prince William and KateMiddleton's big day all 1,900 of those havealready been allocated but we are offering you avery specia...
I was looking forward to a quiet evening at home. As soon as I walked in the door, though, the phone rang. Paolo: Hello. Evelyn: Hi, could I speak to Tony? Paolo: Hes not here right now. Can I take a message? Evelyn: Do you know when hell be back? Pa...
Space Message 宇宙信息 Helen: Hello, welcome to BBC Learning English. Im Helen. Sun Chen: Hi, everyone. 我是孙晨。 Helen: Now, its the question that has gripped generations. Sun Chen: 而且这个问题我们到现在也没得到任何回音。...
今天我们要学的词是take-home message。 The take-home message, 意思是得到的教益。常听人说,上年纪了,酒量大不如前了。当事人也许是在谦虚,但是最近有研究恰恰证明了这一点。 The take-home messa...