Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is can versus may. A listener named Donna says that after familiarizing herself with the definitions and usages of can and may, she still isn't sure which word to use in this sentence: May we expect you tomorrow? or C...
Daniel needed a new carburetor for his car. Well, not a new one. A new one would cost at least $250. Even a rebuilt one would cost about $110. The cheapest thing to do was to go to a salvage yard. California has about 50 salvage yards. Most of them a...
[00:01.16]3 Pronunciation Listen and say. [00:06.47]I wonder whether you can help me. [00:09.63]I wonder if you know anything about Canada. [00:13.62]All Canadian students learn English [00:16.34]and French at school. [00:18.79]It's a brilliant count...
[00:02.22]Module 9 A VISITOR FROM CANADA [00:06.80]UNIT 2 I wonder whether you can help her. [00:12.10]1 Listen and read. Then say. [00:16.68]Good morning, everyone. [00:18.84]My name's Green Smith and I'm from Canada. [00:22.48]I'm a teacher and I'm...
[00:01.69]Module 4 ASKING THE WAY [00:05.20]UNIT 1 Can you tell me [00:07.67]how to get to Tian'anmen Square? [00:10.87]1 Listen and read.Then say. [00:15.97]Excuse me! Yes. Can we help you? [00:20.36]Can you tell me [00:21.32]how to get to Tian'anme...
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Health experts predict that soon, more people will die from cancer than from AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria combined. They expect that by two thousand ten, cancer will become the world's leading ca...
By Jim Malone Washington 09 April 2007 The latest tally of those either running for U.S. president or thinking about it now stands at about 20. Some are well known, like Hillary Clinton and John McCain. Others are more obscure. VOA National Correspon...
By VOA News 07 March 2007 Umar Yar'adua (December 2006) The presidential candidate of Nigeria's ruling party says he will return soon from Germany, where he was flown Tuesday for medical treatment. In an telephone interview Wednesday with VOA's Hausa...
By Amanda Cassandra New York 01 November 2006 Experts in the medical and art communities recently gathered in New York to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the identification of Alzheimer's disease, a progressive brain disorder that gradually des...
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 19 January 2006 The wife of Ugandan opposition presidential candidate Kizza Besigye and a senior party official are scheduled to appear in court next week. The court appearan...