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12 10 2009

The Voice of America

Posted by Christine in Audio, Language, News, Text, VOANews.com, tags: Audio, News, Voice of America

The Voice of America broadcasts radio programmes in ‘Special English’ using a core vocabulary of 1500 words. It uses short, simple sentences that contain only one idea and the active voice (rather than the passive), and it does not use idioms. It is excellent for English learners.

20 06 2009

It’s a dog’s life

Posted by Christine in Audio, Language, VOANews.com, Vocabulary/Phrases, tags: Audio, Idioms, Phrases, VOANews, Vocabulary

Read the VOANews.com’s report on dog-related expressions and listen to the MP3 file.

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