- voa慢速英语:Words and Their Stories:Easy As Falling Off a Log2010-08-30
- Every people has its own way of saying things, its own special expressions. Some of these expressions are easy to understand. The words create a picture in your mind.
- voa慢速英语:Words and Their Stories:Touch All Bases2010-08-22
- When a baseball player hits the ball, he must run to each base in order and touch it with his foot. It is the only way to score a point. If the player hits the ball and fails to touch all the bases, the point will not be counted.
- voa慢速英语:Words and Their Stories:Down to Earth2010-08-15
- Every week at this time, we tell about popular American words and expressions. Some of these are very old. Some are new. Together, they form the living speech of the American people.
- voa慢速英语:Words and Their Stories:Belittle2010-08-08
- Many years ago, a French naturalist, the Count de Buffon, wrote some books about natural history. The books were a great success even though some critics did not like them. Some critics said, Count Buffon is more of a poet than a scientist.
- voa慢速英语:Words and Their Stories:Computer Terms2010-08-01
- Computer technology has become a major part of people's lives. This technology has its own special words. One example is the word mouse. A computer mouse is not a small animal that lives in buildings and open fields. It is a small device that you move around on a flat surface in front of a computer. The mouse moves the pointer, or cursor, on the computer screen.
- voa慢速英语:Words and Their Stories:Get Your Act Together2010-07-25
- A woman from Japan was telling a friend about her trip to the United States. The woman had visited major businesses and investment companies in New York City and Chicago.
- voa慢速英语:Words and Their Stories:Put Your Heart at Rest2010-07-18
- People believed for a long time that the heart was the center of a person's emotions. That is why the word heart is used in so many expressions about emotional situations.
- VOA慢速英语:Words and Their Stories:Heart to Heart2010-07-11
- Each week, this program explains the many meanings of English expressions. Today's expressions include a very important word 每 heart.
- voa慢速英语:Words and Their Stories:Fireworks2010-07-04
- The expression fireworks gets its meaning from the fireworks that people shoot into the sky when they are celebrating a great event. Rockets explode to fill the dark, night sky with bright reds and blues, with yellows and greens and whites.
- voa慢速英语:Words and Their Stories:You Do Not Have to...2010-06-28
- You do not need to be a rocket scientist. Americans hear these words often. People say them in schools, offices and factories. Broadcasters on radio and television use them.
- voa慢速英语:Words and Their Stories:Mouth Expressions2010-06-20
- People use their mouths for many things. They eat, talk, shout and sing. They smile and they kiss. In the English language, there are many expressions using the word mouth. But some of them are not so nice.
- voa慢速英语讲解附字幕:词语典故:一箭双雕2010-06-13
- Today we explain some expressions about birds. For example, if something is for the birds, it is worthless or not very interesting. Someone who eats like a bird eats very little. And a birds-eye view is a general look at an area from above.
- voa慢速英语:Words and Their Stories:Golden Rules and Golden Oldies2010-06-07
- Throughout history, gold has been a sign of purity, beauty and power. Calling something golden means it has great quality and value.
- VOA慢速英语:Golden Rules and Golden Oldies2010-06-06
- Throughout history, gold has been a sign of purity, beauty and power. Calling something golden means it has great quality and value.
- voa慢速英语:Words and Their Stories:Dog Talk2010-05-30
- Americans use many expressions with the word dog. People in the United States love their dogs and treat them well. They take their dogs for walks, let them play outside and give them good food and medical care. However, dogs without owners to care for them lead a different kind of life. The expression, to lead a dog's life, describes a person who has an unhappy existence.
- voa慢速英语:Words and Their Stories:Green Expressions2010-05-23
- Green is an important color in nature. It is the color of grass and the leaves on trees. It is also the color of most growing plants.
- voa慢速英语:Words and Their Stories:Money Talks2010-05-16
- People often say that money talks. They mean that a person with a lot of money can say how he or she wants things done. But it is not easy to earn enough money to gain this kind of power.
- voa慢速英语:Words and Their Stories:More Clothing Expressions2010-05-09
- Everyone knows there are many English expressions about clothes. There is no need to keep it a secret, or keep it under your hat. In fact, if I keep talking, soon enough you will start to think I am an old hat about this -- a real expert.?Do not be fooled, though. My friends sometimes call me a wolf in sheep's clothing. This is someone who acts like a good person, but is really a bad person.
- voa慢速英语:Words and Their Stories:Clothing Expressions2010-05-02
- Have you ever considered all the English expressions that include words about clothes? Let's see if I can name a few off the cuff, or without any preparation.
- voa慢速英语:Words and Their Stories:English Expressions...2010-04-25
- On January twenty-fourth, eighteen forty-eight, a man named James Wilson Marshall discovered gold in the territory of California. The news spread quickly. Thousands rushed west. They traveled on foot, by horseback and by boat to reach the gold fields. By eighteen forty-nine, the great gold rush was on.
- voa慢速英语:Words and Their Stories:Mayday2010-04-18
- Mayday is an emergency code word. It is used around the world in voice communications. You might see a war movie in which an airplane has been hit by rocket fire. The pilot gets on his radio and calls mayday, mayday, mayday to tell that his plane is in danger of crashing to the ground.
- voa慢速英语:WORDS AND THEIR STORIES:Swan Song2010-04-11
- Every people has its own way of saying things, its own special expressions. These are the living speech of a people. And a story can be told about each of them.
- voa慢速英语:Nicknames for Philadelphia and Boston2010-04-04
- Two east coast cities -- Philadelphia and Boston -- were both important in the early history of the United States. Philadelphia is best known as The City of Brotherly Love.
- voa慢速英语:Words and Their Stories:From Couch Potato to...2010-03-28
- Some unusual words describe how a person spends his or her time. For example, someone who likes to spend a lot of time sitting or lying down while watching television is sometimes called a couch potato. A couch is a piece of furniture that people sit on while watching television.
- voa慢速英语:Words and Their Stories:Nicknames for ...2010-03-21
- Many American cities have interesting nicknames. Nicknames can help establish the identity of a city. They can also spread pride among its citizens. But nicknames sometimes can make fun of something.