Words And Their Stories (词汇掌故)

2014-04-06 Get Your ‘Kick’ with Words

Now, the VOA Special English program Words and Their Stories. From birth to death, the word "kick" has been given an…

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2014-03-30 Chip on Your Shoulder

Now, the VOA Special English program Words and Their Stories. Every week at this time we tell the story of words…

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2014-03-23 What’s a GI Joe?

This is Phil Murray with Word and Their Stories, a program in Special English on the Voice of America. We…

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2014-03-16 From Couch Potato to Cabin Fever

Now, the VOA Special English program Words and Their Stories. Some unusual words describe how a person spends his or…

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2014-03-09 Baloney or Blarney?

Now, the VOA Special English program, Words and Their Stories. Baloney is a kind of sausage that many Americans eat often.…

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2014-03-02 Heard It Through the Grapevine

Now, the VOA Special English program Words and Their Stories. Some of the most exciting information comes by way of…

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2014-02-23 Have Your Heard of the Golden Rule?

Now, the VOA Special English program Words and Their Stories. Throughout history, gold has been a sign of purity, beauty…

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2014-02-16 Do You Have a Broken Heart? A Heart of Stone?

Now, the VOA Special English program Words and Their Stories. I'm Rich Kleinfeldt with some expressions using the word heart. People…

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2014-02-09 Heart to Heart: Some Heartfelt Expressions

Now, the VOA Special English program Word and Their Stories. Each week, this program explains the many meanings of English…

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2014-02-02 I’m Red Hot, I’m In the Pink, I’m Blue and I’m Green With Envy

Now, the VOA Special English program, Words and Their Stories.Every people has its own way of saying things -- its…

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