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Students in American schools learn from an early age to give presentations as part of their regular classroom activities. Children as young as five years old often give brief talks about objects they bring in to school - called “show and tell,” this training is a basis for later public speaking.
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They discovered that living on your own can be difficult, especially on a low salary. Marriages or other relationships break apart, or things may not go well in college. So they knock on Mom and Dad's door, believing they'll be staying only a few months at most.
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This week we talk about another expression Americans usually get wrong. That expression is: Curiosity killed the cat.
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Lily Hevesh is known as Hevesh5 on YouTube. She is an expert at making domino art. Dominoes are plastic rectangles used in a game that is popular around the world.
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What’s that one for? 저것은 뭐에 쓰는 겁니까? 그냥 What’s that? 저것은 뭡니까? 라는 질문보다 조금 더 구체적인 겁니다. What’s that one for? 저것은 뭐에 쓰는 겁니까?
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Forget getting to yes. Camp says No works better, both at the office and at home. If you don't believe No will help you get what you want, he points out, just watch a three-year-old obstinately repeat No . . . No . . . No, over and over again.
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There are many stories of early settlers of America: the people who moved westward and opened up new territory. Many of these settlers were farmers who wanted a new home, a piece of land, some crops and cattle.
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When people think of American music, they probably think of rap or rock-and-roll or jazz. What many may not realize is that these “American” sounds are all tied to a common place.
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Smithfield Farm raises pigs, sheep, goats, and chickens. The animals are one of the main reasons tourists like Nancy and Michael McNiff come from nearby Washington, D.C. to spend a weekend.
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Britain has long been known for its love of tea, but people in London also drink a lot of coffee. In fact, the average Londoner reportedly drinks 2.3 cups of coffee every day.
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The spread of dangerous diseases around the world is not new. As trade and colonization expanded worldwide over hundreds of years, so did some dangerous diseases.
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I’m afraid I must’ve done something to hurt Mary’s feelings. She has been so unfriendly recently to me. I told her I wanted to clear the air, but she turned and walked away from me.
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Julie: I do actually. I have a, what I use for a purse, so to speak is a camera bag. I do. I’ve had this camera since 2008. I’ve taken 15 thousand pictures.
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Asian Americans make up 4% of the U.S. population, but represent 20% of the students now attending America's elite Ivy League schools.
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Web browsers first appeared on computers in the early nineteen nineties. Since then, the Internet has greatly changed the way people communicate. But some teachers think the changes are not all for the better.
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This week, we report comments from foreign students in the United States who have experienced the process we have been describing.
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The Ivy League is a name for eight schools in the northeastern United States. All but one were established hundreds of years ago, when England had colonies in the area.
