2016-07-31 Open a Window, It’s Smoky in Here!
Now, VOA Learning English program, Words and Their Stories. On this show, we are like word detectives. And like a…
2016-08-07 Tell Them You ‘Heard it Through the Grapevine’
Hello and welcome to another episodes of Words and Their Stories, a VOA Learning English program. Each week we explore…
2016-07-24 Thumbs Up or Thumbs Down?
Now the VOA Learning English program Words and Their Stories. Each week we explore the meaning and origin of American…
2016-07-17 ‘As American as Apple Pie’
Welcome back to Words and Their Stories from VOA Learning English! Each week we explore the roots and meaning of…
2016-07-10 Freudian Slip and Other Types of Psychobabble
Now, the VOA Learning English program Words and Their Stories! Each week, we tell about and explain sayings in American…
2016-07-03 American English vs. British English
Now the VOA Learning English program Words and Their Stories! The fourth of July is Independence Day in the United…
2016-06-26 The Real McCoy
Now, the VOA Learning English program Words and Their Stories. Each week, we tell the story of words and expressions…
2016-06-19 Make Sure You Are Not a Pain in the Neck
Now the VOA Learning English program Words and Their Stories. This program explores the origin and uses of popular words…
2016-06-12 Make a Splash!
Now, the VOA Learning English program Words and Their Stories. This is the show that explains the origin and usage…
2016-06-05 For All Book Lovers: Chapter 2
Now, the VOA Learning English program Words and Their Stories. The goal of this show is to help you learn…
2016-05-29 For All Book Lovers: Chapter 1
Now, the VOA Learning English program Words and Their Stories. When you learn a foreign language, it can be very…
2016-05-22 Are You Ready to Face the Music?
Now, the VOA Learning English program Words and Their Stories. There are so many expressions in American English that sound…
2016-05-15 Sports and Rain Don’t Mix
Now, the VOA Learning English program Words & Their Stories. Baseball is often called America’s game. This may or not…
2016-05-08 The Terms of Buying a House
Hello! It’s time again for Words and Their Stories from VOA Learning English. Many Americans and people who come to…
2016-05-01 From Shakespeare’s Pen to Our Mouths
Now, time for Words and Their Stories from VOA Learning English. William Shakespeare is probably the most famous English-language writer…