Giang Day Truc Tuyen - Teaching Online
This weblog provides video clips about teaching English, Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese; software, e-books, education application, bilingual short stories, art of the life...for Vietnamese ESL learners |
|
Statistics
Unique Visitors:
Total Unique Visitors:
Outgoing:
Total Outgoing: |
0
6461
43
12664
|
|
|
Articles from Giang Day Truc Tuyen - Teaching Online |
US History: Fuel Prices, Iran Hostage Crisis Weigh on Carter
1969-12-31 17:59:59
DownloadVOICE ONE:This is Rich Kleinfeldt.VOICE TWO:And this is Stan Busby with THE MAKING OF A NATION -- a VOA Special English program about the history of the United States.(MUSIC)Today, we tell about the administration of the thirty-ninth president of the United States, Jimmy Carter.VOICE ONE:Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter in the inaugural paradeIt is January twentieth, nineteen seventy-seven. Inauguration Day. America's newly elected president, Jimmy Carter, is on his way to the White House after his swearing-in ceremony at the Capitol building.But the new president is not riding in a car. He is walking. His wife, Rosalynn, and his daughter, Amy, walk with him. Crowds along Pennsylvania Avenue cheer. Bands play.On this cold day in Washington, Americans look to the future. Watergate -- the crisis that led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon -- is several years in the past. The Vietnam War is history, too.VOICE TWO:Republican Gerald Ford served the remaining years of Nixon's t ...
History
|
Climate Change and the Group of 8 ... and China
1969-12-31 17:59:59
DownloadThis is the VOA Special English Economics Report.Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the G8 Summit in Heiligendamm, GermanyLeaders at the Group of Eight meeting last week in Heiligendamm, Germany, discussed issues including climate change and aid to Africa. The eight nations represent almost two-thirds of the world economy. They are Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia and the United States.German Chancellor Angela Merkel failed to get them all to accept a goal to limit temperature increases this century to two degrees Celsius. But earlier, President Bush announced a policy change. He said the United States will support an effort to negotiate a new agreement on climate policy before two thousand nine. He proposed a conference of the major producers of greenhouse gases.The current agreement, the Kyoto Protocol, ends in two thousand twelve. The United States rejected it for economic reasons. The treaty requires industrial co ...
|
No More 'Star Wars' Movies, but the Makers Try to Keep Force With Them
1969-12-31 17:59:59
DownloadHOST:Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC, in VOA Special English.(MUSIC)I'm Doug Johnson. On our show this week:We answer a question from a listener about a failed rebellion in American history ?Play music from an award winning Broadway play ...And report about the anniversary of the movie "Star Wars."Star Wars(MUSIC)On May twenty-fifth, nineteen seventy-seven, a science fiction movie called "Star Wars" opened in thirty-two theaters in the United States. It was about the struggle between good and evil in a strange and different universe. By the end of that year "Star Wars" became the most successful film in American history.Five more "Star Wars" films would be released. They would become one of the most successful movie series of all time. Faith Lapidus tells us about some of the continuing "Star Wars" anniversary celebrations.FAITH LAPIDUS:Many events took place on the anniversary of the release of the first "Star Wars" movie. Movie fans met at a special convention in Los Angeles, ...
Movies
|
Edith Wharton, 1862-1937: She Wrote Novels About the Young and Innocent in a Dishonest World
1969-12-31 17:59:59
DownloadVOICE ONE:I'm Phoebe Zimmermann.VOICE TWO:And I'm Doug Johnson with the VOA Special English program, People in America. Every week we tell about a person who was important in the history of the United States. Today, we tell about writer Edith Wharton.(MUSIC)VOICE ONE:Edith WhartonA critic once described American writer Edith Wharton as a "self-made man." She liked the comment and repeated it. Others said she was a product of New York City. But the New York she wrote about was different from the New York of those who came after her.Edith Wharton was born in New York City in eighteen sixty-two. New York then was several different cities. One New York was made up of people who worked for a living. The other was much smaller. It was made up of families who were so rich they did not need to work.Edith was born into the wealthy New York. But there was a "right" wealthy New York and a "wrong" wealthy New York. Among the rich there were those who had been given money by par ...
|
WHO Says Environmental Improvements Could Save Millions of Lives
1969-12-31 17:59:59
DownloadThis is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English.Smoke from wood fires creates pollution in the homeThis week, the World Health Organization released its first country-by-country look at environmental health risks. These include pollution, dangers in the workplace and ultraviolet radiation from the sun. They also include risks like noise, unsafe agricultural methods, climate change and people's behavior. The report says making environmental conditions healthier could prevent thirteen million deaths each year.Research on close to two hundred countries found that the worst affected include Angola, Burkina Faso, Mali and Afghanistan.The study found that two major environmental risks cause more than ten percent of the deaths in twenty-three countries. These risks are unsafe water and indoor air pollution from burning wood, coal or animal waste for fuel.Poor countries suffer the most from environmental health risks. They lose about twenty times more healthy years of life per person per y ...
|
Nails In The Fence - Nh?ng v?t ?inh
1969-12-31 17:59:59
Nails In The FenceThere was a little boy with a bad temper. His father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, to hammer a nail in the back fence. The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence. Then it gradually dwindled down. He discovered it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence.Finally the day came when the boy didn't lose his temper at all. He told his father about it and the father suggested that the boy now pull out one nail for each day that he was able to hold his temper. The days passed and the young boy was finally able to tell his father that all the nails were gone.The father took his son by the hand and led him to the fence. He said, "You have done well, my son, but look at the holes in the fence. The fence will never be the same. When you say things in anger, they leave a scar just like this one. You can put a knife in a man and draw it out. It won't matter how many times you say I'm sorry, th ...
|
US Lists More Nations as Worst for Modern-Day Slavery
1969-12-31 17:59:59
DownloadThis is the VOA Special English Development Report. The United States has accused several of its Arab allies of being among the worst offenders of human trafficking. The State Department last week released its "Trafficking in Persons Report" for two thousand seven. The report rates efforts by one hundred sixty-four countries and territories to end modern-day slavery.It lists Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman and Qatar among sixteen countries with the worst records, up from twelve last year. It also names Algeria, Equatorial Guinea and Malaysia. And listed again this year are Saudi Arabia, Iran, Syria, Sudan, Uzbekistan, Burma, North Korea, Cuba and Venezuela.Zimbabwe, Belize and Laos were listed among the worst offenders in last year's report but are now in the second tier group. Countries in the second tier do not fully meet the requirements but are working to improve.Countries are divided into three groups, or tiers, based on how well they meet the requirements of the Trafficking ...
|
What Is Your Favorite Song About Summer?
1969-12-31 17:59:59
DownloadVOICE ONE:Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember.VOICE TWO:And I'm Shirley Griffith. Summer begins this week in the northern part of the world. To celebrate, we play some of our favorite songs about summer.(MUSIC)VOICE ONE:If you ask most Americans, they would say their favorite season of the year is summer. The weather is warm. They do not have to wear heavy clothes to keep warm. Young people do not have to go to school. They can do many activities outside, like playing sports and swimming at the beach or the pool. They like the sunshine during the day and the warm summer nights. People have written and recorded hundreds of songs about summer. These are some of our favorites.VOICE TWO:One of the most famous songs about summer is from George Gershwin's opera "Porgy and Bess." He wrote the music in nineteen thirty-five. The opera takes place in the southern United States. It opens with these words: "Summertime and the livin' is easy. Fish are jump ...
|
The house of 1000 mirrors - Ngôi nhà c?a 1000 chi?c g??ng.
1969-12-31 17:59:59
The house of 1000 mirrorsLong ago in a small, far away village, there was place known as the House of 1000 Mirrors. A small, happy little dog learned of this place and decided to visit. When he arrived, he bounced happily up the stairs to the doorway of the house. He looked through the doorway with his ears lifted high and his tail wagging as fast as it could. To his great surprise, he found himself staring at 1000 other happy little dogs with their tails wagging just as fast as his. He smiled a great smile, and was answered with 1000 great smiles just as warm and friendly. As he left the House, he thought to himself, "This is a wonderful place. I will come back and visit it often."In this same village, another little dog, who was not quite as happy as the first one, decided to visit the house. He slowly climbed the stairs and hung his head low as he looked into the door. When he saw the 1000 unfriendly looking dogs staring back at him, he growled at them and was horrified to see 1000 ...
|
How a Revolution in Thought Shook Scientists' Understanding of Earth
1969-12-31 17:59:59
DownloadVOICE ONE:This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Barbara Klein.VOICE TWO:And I'm Bob Doughty. Scientists who study the Earth tell us that the continents and ocean floors are always moving. Sometimes, this movement is violent and might result in great destruction.VOICE ONE:Today we examine the process that causes earthquakes. (MUSIC)VOICE ONE: The first pictures of Earth taken from space showed a solid ball covered by brown and green land masses and blue-green oceans. It appeared as if the Earth had always looked that way -- and always would. Scientists now know, however, that the surface of the Earth is not as permanent as had been thought.Scientists explain that the surface of our planet is always in motion. Continents move about the Earth like huge ships at sea. They float on pieces of the Earth?s outer skin, or crust. New crust is created as melted rock pushes up from inside the planet. Old crust is destroyed as it rolls down into the hot area and ...
|
Singer Aims to Grow Interest in Local Farming
1969-12-31 17:59:59
DownloadThis is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report.(MUSIC)Country singer and songwriter Adrienne Young brings together music and agricultural activism.(MUSIC)She even included seeds in the album cover of her first CD.Adrienne Young wants people to know that she supports the movement in America to increase local farming. She offers information about agricultural issues on her Web site. And now part of the money from her third and newest release, "Room to Grow," will be donated to help support community gardens.Adrienne Young's family has lived in Florida for seven generations. Her ancestors helped develop the agriculture industry there. The state of Florida is the nation's second largest producer of fruits and vegetables, after California.Adrienne Young has said that her interest in nature was shaped by the fact that she did not grow up on a farm. She grew up in a house her grandfather built on what had been farmland two generations ago. But the land was developed and was now ...
|
Unit 21: At the restaurant
1969-12-31 17:59:59
DownloadPlease view "Guidance" label to know how to play a .flv fileSource: http://giangdaytructuyen.blogspot.com ...
|
|
|