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<item><title>The Exact Science of Matrimony (By O. Henry)</title><link>http://www.manythings.org/voa/stories/The_Exact_Science_of_Matrimony_-_By_O_Henry.html</link><description>A new 15-minute MP3 file with text has been added to http://www.manythings.org/voa/stories/</description><pubDate>Sat, 24 Apr 2010 05:58:54 GMT</pubDate><itunes:author>www.manythings.org</itunes:author></item>
<item><title>Sigmund Freud, 1856-1939: Psychiatrist and Founder of Psychoanalysis</title><link>http://www.manythings.org/voa/people/Sigmund_Freud.html</link><description>This 15-minute MP3 file along with its text was added to Stories About People (Biographies)</description><pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 01:50:37 GMT</pubDate><itunes:author>www.manythings.org</itunes:author></item>
<item><title>Word Strips (Word Game)</title><link>http://www.manythings.org/wordstrips/</link><description>This is a game I put online in 2008 for my own students.  It now may be used by anyone.</description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Apr 2010 19:05:31 GMT</pubDate><itunes:author>www.manythings.org</itunes:author></item>
<item><title>Listen and Read Along -  About Reggae</title><link>http://www.manythings.org/listen/reggae/</link><description>The source for the audio and the text is Wikipedia. It's in the "listen and read along" player. This is something I put together in 2007, but had never linked to.</description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Apr 2010 01:26:03 GMT</pubDate><itunes:author>www.manythings.org</itunes:author></item>
<item><title>Listen and Read Along -  The History of English</title><link>http://www.manythings.org/listen/history/</link><description>I created this 'Listen and Read Along' activity in 2006, but I forgot to make it public and create a link to it.</description><pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 19:34:20 GMT</pubDate><itunes:author>www.manythings.org</itunes:author></item>
<item><title>Games with Words: VOA Special English Word List (1510 Words)</title><link>http://www.manythings.org/vocabulary/lists/l/words.php?f=voa</link><description>I added this word list, so you now can play all 20 games using these words.</description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:29:09 GMT</pubDate><itunes:author>www.manythings.org</itunes:author></item>
<item><title>Old Dan Tucker (Learn a Song)</title><link>http://www.manythings.org/songs/ck-tucker.html</link><description>Listen and repeat while looking at the lyrics.</description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:23:24 GMT</pubDate><itunes:author>www.manythings.org</itunes:author></item>
<item><title>The Tell-Tale Heart (By Edgar Allan Poe)</title><link>http://www.manythings.org/listen/The_Tell-Tale_Heart_-_By_Edgar_Allan_Poe.html</link><description>Listen to this 14-minute story in VOA Special English while reading a teleprompter.</description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 18:04:54 GMT</pubDate><itunes:author>www.manythings.org</itunes:author></item>
<item><title>ESL YouTube Videos</title><link>http://www.manythings.org/podcasts/youtubeesl/</link><description>I made a page that shows the newest videos on YouTube uploaded by ESL teachers.  This page is automatically updated, so you can bookmark it and check it every day.</description><pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:27:59 GMT</pubDate><itunes:author>www.manythings.org</itunes:author></item>
<item><title>The ZYX Song (Learn a Song Podcast)</title><link>http://www.manythings.org/songs/ck-zyx.html</link><description>Perhaps it is not so useful to be able to say the alphabet in reverse, but you might have fun impressing your friends if you can.</description><pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 07:12:50 GMT</pubDate><itunes:author>www.manythings.org</itunes:author></item>
<item><title>Color Expressions (Listen and Read Along)</title><link>http://www.manythings.org/listen/se-ws-colors.html</link><description>Listen to this 4-minute VOA Special English program, while reading a teleprompter.  (red hot, green with envy, etc.)</description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:40:13 GMT</pubDate><itunes:author>www.manythings.org</itunes:author></item>
<item><title>For He's a Jolly Good Fellow (Learn a Song Podcast)</title><link>http://www.manythings.org/songs/ck-jolly.html</link><description>This is one of my 'Learn a Song' podcasts from early 2005.  Try it again with scrolling lyrics.</description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 07:01:18 GMT</pubDate><itunes:author>www.manythings.org</itunes:author></item>
<item><title>A Short Biography of Bess Lomax Hawes, 1921-2009</title><link>http://www.manythings.org/listen/se-ed-bess.html</link><description>Listen to this 4-minute VOA Special English program, while reading a teleprompter.</description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:53:08 GMT</pubDate><itunes:author>www.manythings.org</itunes:author></item>
<item><title>Fall Guy, Take a Fall and Receive a Bump Rap</title><link>http://www.manythings.org/listen/se-ws-fall-guy.html</link><description>Listen to this VOA Special English program, Words and Their Stories,  while reading a teleprompter.</description><pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:11:55 GMT</pubDate><itunes:author>www.manythings.org</itunes:author></item>
<item><title>About the Word 'Fireworks' (Listen and Read Along)</title><link>http://www.manythings.org/listen/se-ws-fireworks.html</link><description>Listen to this VOA Special English program while reading a teleprompter.</description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:10:12 GMT</pubDate><itunes:author>www.manythings.org</itunes:author></item>
<item><title>Search for VOA's Special English Features Hosted at www.ManyThings.org/voa</title><link>http://www.manythings.org/voa/search/</link><description>We added a Google custom search for VOA materials on our website.  Try searching for "Obama," "Olympics" or "Toyota."</description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 18:04:39 GMT</pubDate><itunes:author>www.manythings.org</itunes:author></item>
<item><title>A or An Quiz</title><link>http://www.manythings.org/quibblo/q1.html</link><description>10 questions.</description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 15:29:30 GMT</pubDate><itunes:author>www.manythings.org</itunes:author></item>
<item><title>Listen and Read Along -  About the TOEIC </title><link>http://www.manythings.org/listen/toeic/</link><description>VOA's Special English report put into the 'Listen and Read Along' machine.</description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:07:10 GMT</pubDate><itunes:author>www.manythings.org</itunes:author></item>
<item><title>Listen and Read Along: Winter Sports in America</title><link>http://www.manythings.org/listen/wintersports/</link><description>You can control how many times you listen to each sentence using this Flash player.</description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 14:22:57 GMT</pubDate><itunes:author>www.manythings.org</itunes:author></item>
<item><title>Why You Shouldn't Smoke (Fill in the Blank Audio Quiz)</title><link>http://www.manythings.org/hp/smoking.html</link><description>12-question quiz made using Hot Potatoes</description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 05:19:00 GMT</pubDate><itunes:author>www.manythings.org</itunes:author></item>
<item><title>Listen and Read Along - Carbon Monoxide Poisoning (Video 2:41)</title><link>http://www.manythings.org/b/e/4329</link><description>This is a YouTube video that I made using a VOA Radio report.</description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 04:06:26 GMT</pubDate><itunes:author>www.manythings.org</itunes:author></item>
<item><title>The United States Capitol in Washington, DC</title><link>http://www.manythings.org/voa/places/91.html</link><description>This 15-minute VOA Special English program with transcript was been added to the 'About Places' section.</description><pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:51:52 GMT</pubDate><itunes:author>www.manythings.org</itunes:author></item>
<item><title>VOA News (in Standard English) has updated news stories about the Earthquake in Haiti</title><link>http://www.manythings.org/voa/news/</link><description>Text with MP3 files</description><pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 18:01:33 GMT</pubDate><itunes:author>www.manythings.org</itunes:author></item>
<item><title>Grammar: “Would Have” + Past Participle (By Paul Selcke)</title><link>http://www.manythings.org/b/e/4283</link><description>Added to 'ESL Videos'</description><pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:05:19 GMT</pubDate><itunes:author>www.manythings.org</itunes:author></item>
<item><title>Aesop’s Fable: The Milkmaid (Read by Richard Chalmers)</title><link>http://www.manythings.org/b/e/4277</link><description>Added to 'ESL Videos.'  (Time: 3:31)</description><pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 01:57:00 GMT</pubDate><itunes:author>www.manythings.org</itunes:author></item>
<item><title>How the Lomax Family Helped Save American Folk Music</title><link>http://www.manythings.org/voa/usa/460.html</link><description>Added to 'This is America' in VOA Special English.</description><pubDate>Sun, 17 Jan 2010 16:18:53 GMT</pubDate><itunes:author>www.manythings.org</itunes:author></item>
<item><title>3 Idioms about Tables (By Jennifer Lebedev)</title><link>http://www.manythings.org/b/e/4266</link><description>Added to ESL Videos.</description><pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 22:14:17 GMT</pubDate><itunes:author>www.manythings.org</itunes:author></item>
<item><title>The Future Perfect Tense (By Paul Selcke)</title><link>http://www.manythings.org/b/e/4268</link><description>Added to ESL Videos.</description><pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 22:13:29 GMT</pubDate><itunes:author>www.manythings.org</itunes:author></item>
<item><title>A Race Against Time to Get Help to Haitians After the Earthquake</title><link>http://www.manythings.org/voa/0/12883.html</link><description>IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English.</description><pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 22:12:21 GMT</pubDate><itunes:author>www.manythings.org</itunes:author></item>
<item><title>How Loneliness Can Infect Social Networks</title><link>http://www.manythings.org/listen/loneliness/</link><description>Listen and Read Along</description><pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 06:50:39 GMT</pubDate><itunes:author>www.manythings.org</itunes:author></item>
<item><title>About Animals</title><link>http://www.manythings.org/voa/animals/</link><description>Over 20 MP3 Files with Transcripts in VOA Special English</description><pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 01:50:30 GMT</pubDate><itunes:author>www.manythings.org</itunes:author></item>
<item><title>How to Do Things</title><link>http://www.manythings.org/voa/how/</link><description>Over 70 MP3 Files with Transcripts  VOA Special English</description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 01:50:30 GMT</pubDate><itunes:author>www.manythings.org</itunes:author></item>
<item><title>About Sports in VOA Special English </title><link>http://www.manythings.org/voa/sports/</link><description>These are VOA Special English programs related to sports.</description><pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 01:50:30 GMT</pubDate><itunes:author>www.manythings.org</itunes:author></item>
<item><title>Space Exploration</title><link>http://www.manythings.org/voa/space/</link><description>All the VOA Special English programs related about space exploration.</description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 01:50:30 GMT</pubDate><itunes:author>www.manythings.org</itunes:author></item>
<item><title>About Health for English Learners</title><link>http://www.manythings.org/voa/health/</link><description>These are VOA Special English programs related to health.</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 01:50:30 GMT</pubDate><itunes:author>www.manythings.org</itunes:author></item>
<item><title>This is America</title><link>http://www.manythings.org/voa/usa/</link><description>There are 204 fifteen-minute programs.  That is about 50 hours of listening.</description><pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 01:50:30 GMT</pubDate><itunes:author>www.manythings.org</itunes:author></item>
<item><title>American Mosaic</title><link>http://www.manythings.org/voa/america/</link><description>There are 249 fifteen-minute programs.  That is about 60 hours of listening.</description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 01:50:30 GMT</pubDate><itunes:author>www.manythings.org</itunes:author></item>
<item><title>Studying in the USA</title><link>http://www.manythings.org/voa/study/</link><description>Foreign Student Series in VOA Special English, 41 four-minute programs</description><pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 01:50:30 GMT</pubDate><itunes:author>www.manythings.org</itunes:author></item>
<item><title>American Stories for English Learners</title><link>http://www.manythings.org/voa/stories/</link><description>There are 46 fifteen-minute MP3 files. That is about 10 hours of listening.</description><pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 01:50:30 GMT</pubDate><itunes:author>www.manythings.org</itunes:author></item>
<item><title>Words and Their Stories</title><link>http://www.manythings.org/voa/words/</link><description>Idioms, Proverbs, Expressions and Interesting Words.  95 five-minute MP3 files with transcripts</description><pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:50:30 GMT</pubDate><itunes:author>www.manythings.org</itunes:author></item>
<item><title>About Places in VOA Special English</title><link>http://www.manythings.org/voa/places/</link><description>100 MP3 files with transcripts that you can read while listening.</description><pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 01:50:30 GMT</pubDate><itunes:author>www.manythings.org</itunes:author></item>
<item><title>Stories About People (Biographies)</title><link>http://www.manythings.org/voa/people/</link><description>Over 200 biographies with both text and MP3 files.</description><pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:50:30 GMT</pubDate><itunes:author>www.manythings.org</itunes:author></item>
<item><title>American History for English Learners</title><link>http://www.manythings.org/voa/history/</link><description>Over 60 hours of MP3 files that you can listen to while reading the text.</description><pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:50:30 GMT</pubDate><itunes:author>www.manythings.org</itunes:author></item>


































































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