A listener named Maki would like to know if the test known as the TOEIC is popular in the United States.

VOA: special.2010.02.18

The whole goal is to be yourself as much as possible so we can hear your voice and get to know you."

VOA: special.2009.03.27

"He is just as nice and pleasant as ever, but he still does not know enough to come in, out of the rain.

VOA: special.2009.01.03

He is just as nice and pleasant as ever, but he still does not know enough to come in out of the rain.

VOA: special.2010.03.27

"As you know,the secretary-general, Ban ki-moon is very keen on the so-called Responsibility to Protect,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

Well,as we all know, going to war for regime change is against international law."

VOA: standard.2009.12.13

"So,I want the people of this region to know that my administration is going to do whatever it takes, for as long as it takes, to deal with this disaster."

VOA: standard.2010.06.15

"As I like to say it, the Pops is the orchestra for people who don't know they like orchestras" Keith Lockhart,who's been conducting the Boston Pops for the past 16 years.

VOA: standard.2010.07.28

After a briefing by U.S.Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen, who is in charge of the overall government response, the president said he wants people along the Gulf of Mexico to know that the government,as he put it, is in this for the long haul.

VOA: standard.2010.06.14

"If you've ever worked on these cartel cases as I have as a prosecutor, you know a wall is not the best way to spend our dollars to prevent these drugs from coming into the United States and being able to apprehend and prosecute the smugglers themselves,".

VOA: standard.2009.03.24

I played Tennis tournaments all over the place and I met new people and make connections and stuff and something that Tennis helped me with is coming to the United States, as you might already know that it is expensive especially for an international student to go to college here in the United States and with the scholarship that I get through Tennis it helps me a lot, so Tennis has opened up many doors for me for opportunities."

VOA: standard.2009.12.14