2011-04-17 Words and Their Stories: Hobson’s Choice
Now, the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. Making choices is necessary, but not always easy. Many of…
2011-04-10 Words and Their Stories: Fish Expressions
Now, the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. (MUSIC) Americans use many expressions about fish and fishing. For…
2011-03-27 Words and Their Stories: Proverbs About How to Live
Now, the VOA Special English program, WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. Today we explain more popular proverbs. A proverb is a…
2011-03-20 Words and Their Stories: Hold Your Horses
Now, the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. Today, we tell about “horse” expressions. In the past, many…
2011-03-13 Words and Their Stories: Monkey Expressions
Now, the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. monkeys are very similar to us in many ways. Most…
2011-03-06 Words and Their Stories: Deep Six
Now, the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. Sailors seem — to those of us on land —…
2011-02-27 Words and Their Stories: Food Expressions, Part Three
Now, the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. We present more expressions about food. They are from Elenir…
2011-02-20 Words and Their Stories: Food Expressions, Part Two
Now, the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. We received a list of expressions about food from Elenir…
2011-02-13 Words and Their Stories: Food Expressions, Part One
Now, the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. A listener from Brazil, Elenir Scardueli, sent us a list…
2011-02-06 Words and Their Stories: Ace in the Hole
Now, WORDS AND THEIR STORIES, a program in Special English by the Voice of America. It is surprising how many…
2011-01-30 Words and Their Stories: Medical Expressions
Now, the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. Many professions have their own words and expressions. This is…
2011-01-23 Words and Their Stories: State Nicknames, Part 4
Now, the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. Today, we finish telling about the interesting nicknames that have…
2011-01-16 Words and Their Stories: State Nicknames, Part 3
Now, the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. Today, we tell about more interesting nicknames of American states.…
2011-01-09 Words and Their Stories: State Nicknames, Part 2
Now, the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. As we told you last week, every American state has…
2011-01-02 Words and Their Stories: State Nicknames, Part 1
Now, the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. A nickname is a shortened form of a person’s name.…