– Manuscript – Have you ever roller skated? This sporty and tricky activity involves rolling around on special wheeled shoes. People do it both indoors and outdoors. Roller skating was hugely popular in America in the 1970s and 1980s, especially among children and young adults. Now, The Associated Press reports, roller skating is back in style. In Waltham, … [Read more...] about What Goes Around Comes Around, Including Roller Skating
Archives for November 2022
Run-of-the-Mill (Idioms)
– Manuscript – Welcome to English in a Minute! Mills process things like grain or make things like steel or paper. But what might "run-of-the-mill" mean? Speaker A: Dan, that is a really, really special three-hole punch.Speaker B: This? It's just a run-of-the-mill three-hole punch.Speaker A: I know office supplies. This is a run-of-the-mill three-hole punch. That … [Read more...] about Run-of-the-Mill (Idioms)
Study: Your Smell Could Attract Mosquitoes
– Manuscript – A new study finds that some people attract mosquitoes much more than others, and it probably involves the way they smell. The researchers found that people who attract mosquitoes the most produce a lot of certain chemicals on their skin. These chemicals are connected to the scent that attracts the mosquitoes. Leslie Vosshall is one of the authors of the … [Read more...] about Study: Your Smell Could Attract Mosquitoes
Accelerate (News Words)
– Manuscript – Welcome to the Voice of America's News Words. California recently became the first of the United States to limit sales of gasoline-powered vehicles. Accelerate The state will require all new cars to run on electricity or hydrogen by the year 2035. Automakers are expected to accelerate the production of zero-emission vehicles. Accelerate means to … [Read more...] about Accelerate (News Words)
Floppy Disks Get Second Life at Recycling Service
– Manuscript – Do you know the “save” icon on your computer? It is a picture of a floppy disk. Back in the 1900s, they were the main way computer files were saved and stored. Back then, there were no USB flash drives and there was no cloud-based storage. Today, floppy disks are hard to find. And demand for them is rising. Tom Persky runs the website floppydisk.com, a … [Read more...] about Floppy Disks Get Second Life at Recycling Service
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