音频下载 Editor 's Note : Last week we brought you the first of four programs called A Princess of Mars. Our story is from a series of books by American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs. They are science fiction stories, a mix of imagination and scien...

音频下载 Grand Canyon, Arizona Today, we begin a new series from a book by American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs. The book is called A Princess of Mars. It is the first book in a series thatBurroughs wrote about a man who travels to Mars during th...

音频下载 The city of Ferguson is just outside of St . Louis , in the U.S. Midwest state of Missouri . Many white residents there say they chose to live in the city because of its cultural diversity . So , they were shocked when a white police off...

音频下载 19th Century Billiards Room Our story today is called One Thousand Dollars. It was written by O. Henry. Here is Steve Ember with the story. One thousand dollars , said the lawyer Tolman , in a severe and serious voice . And here is the m...

音频下载 Editor's Note: This is a weekly multimedia series of American short stories for English language learners. Each story hasvideo, audio, quizzes, and a lesson plan for teachers. Hope you enjoy reading and listening to this story! Please le...

音频下载 Police officers in Washington , DC , and New York City are wearing cameras on their bodies as part of a test . The goal of the program is to reduce the use of force by officers and lower the number of criticisms from citizens . But offic...

音频下载 Our story today is called The Californians Tale . It was written by Mark Twain . Here is Shep ONeal with the story . When I was young , I went looking for gold in California . I never found enough to make me rich . But I did discover a b...

音频下载 Editor 's Note : This is a weekly multimedia series of American short stories for English language learners . Each story will have video , audio , quizzes , and a lesson plan for teachers . Look for the new story each Friday and a discus...

音频下载 Russian Soldiers in Crimean War Editor 's Note : This is a weekly multimedia series of American short stories for English language learners . Each story will have video , audio , quizzes , and a lesson plan for teachers . Look for the ne...

音频下载 Frank Stockton Now , the VOA Special English program AMERICAN STORIES . Our story today is called A Piece of Red Calico . It was written by Frank Stockton . Stockton was a popular writer in the second half of the nineteenth century . He...