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Asian Americans in LA Share Tea and Tradition, Bobo Style Welcome to American Mosaic from VOA Learning English. Im June Simms. On the show today, we play music from Daft Punk. We also look at a new movement in theater productions. But first, we visit...
AS IT IS - Psy's Gangnam Style Welcome to AS IT IS! your daily magazine show from VOA Learning English. Today we visit the New York City neighborhood of Harlem. Efforts are underway to return the area to its former glory. We also hear about a new dan...
Are You Listening to Your Life? I was in my early thirties when I first began to question my calling, teaching at a university and doing it reasonably well. But I felt stifled by the confines of academic life. A small voice inside was calling me towa...
10 Words to Live By The words you say will teach, if you practice what you preach 1. Positivity The things you think about, focus on, and surround yourself with ultimately shape who you become. Choose to live with gratitude for the love that fills yo...
10 Things I Wish I Knew 10 Years Ago Stay in tune with your spirit. Be calm and think. Listen to your inner voice. Anticipate and plan. Take 100% responsibility for your life. Lean into your struggles. Act with courage. Maintain an open mind. Practic...
8 Ways Youre Wasting Your Life One of the hardest challenges we face in life is to simply live in our own skin to just be right here, right now, regardless of where we are. Too often we needlessly distract ourselves with anything and everything: food...
12 Things My Grandmother Told Me Before She Died When my grandmother, Zelda, passed away a few years ago at the age of 90, she left me with a box of miscellaneous items from her house that she knew I had grown to appreciate over the years. Among thes...
Iranian-American Musician Mixes Music Styles At home in Austin, Shafinury plays the Persian setar. Iranians love this music, but Shafinury says others are intrigued by it. Americans find it exotic, mysterious and interesting, but they can relate to i...
Course #1 LESSON 1: THE MUSIC OF AMERICAN SPEECH Dr.David Alan Stern IN THIS LESSON THE TAPE TEACHES YOU THE INTONATION (PITCH CHANGE) PATHERN WHICH IS CHARACTERISTIC OF WELL SPOKEN, STANDARD AMERICAN ENGLISH When it is spoken well, American speech h...
