2009-08-09 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 a nickname. Here are some more of them. Idaho is known…
2009-08-04 Green: More Than Just a Color
Now, the VOA Special English program, WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. (MUSIC) Green is an important color in nature. It is the color of grass and the leaves on trees. It…
2009-08-02 Words and Their Stories: America’s Fifty States, What’s In a Nickname?
Now, the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. A nickname is a shortened form of a person’s name. A nickname can also be a descriptive name for a…
2009-07-26 Words and Their Stories: Two Heads Are Better Than One
Now, the VOA Special English program, WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. (MUSIC) Last week, I told about the number one. Today, I will tell about expressions using other numbers. Some problems…
2009-07-19 Words And Their Stories: Numbers, Part 1-The Number One
Now, the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. (MUSIC) Today I will tell about expressions using numbers. Let us start with the number one. Numbers can be tricky.…
2009-07-13 It Will Not Wash: Does It Work, or Not?
I’m Susan Clark with the Special English program, WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. (MUSIC) Young Mister Smith had an idea for his employer. It was an idea for saving money for…
2009-07-12 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 people depended on horses for transportation, farming and other kinds…
2009-07-05 On Words and Their Stories: Fireworks: What Is All the Noise About?
VOICE: Now the VOA Special English program, WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. I’m Rich Kleinfeldt. Today we tell about the word “fireworks.” The expression “fireworks” gets its meaning from the fireworks…
2009-06-28 Words and Their Stories: Insect Expressions
Now, the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. (MUSIC) There are many American expressions about insects — like bees, for example. Bees are known as very hard workers.…
2009-06-21 Words and Their Stories: Like a Rolling Stone
Now, the VOA Special English program, WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. Today we explain a very old saying that has had a big influence on rock-and-roll music. That saying is a…
2009-06-14 Words and Their Stories: Get Your Act Together
I’m Susan Clark with the Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. A woman from Japan was telling a friend about her trip to the United States. The woman had…
2009-06-07 Easy As Falling Off a Log: Not Much Effort Involved
Now, the VOA Special English program, Words and Their Stories. Every people has its own way of saying things, its own special expressions. Some of these expressions are easy to…