James Madison, Rescued rower, Imagery, Guilty pleasure

Caty Weaver and Mario Ritter Jr. host the program.

First: Bryan Lynn presents All About America. He tells about James Madison, the 4th president of the United States. Madison is often described as the father of the U.S. Constitution. (1:07) https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a...

Next: An Australian warship has rescued a Lithuanian rower who ran into a tropical cyclone while attempting to cross the Pacific Ocean from California. The Royal Australian Navy said 44-year-old Aurimas Mockus had been trapped for three days in the Coral Sea. Jill Robbins has the details. (6:02) https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a...

Then: Alice Bryant presents this week's Education Tips. She teaches three methods for retaining vocabulary with the help of imagery. The methods include the use of pictures, mnemonics keywords and word maps. (10:04) https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a...

Finally: The LE Lesson of the Day. Andrew Smith and Faith Pirlo base their instruction on the LE video series, Let's Learn English. They look today at episode 44. Have you ever had an "inner conflict?" How about a "guilty pleasure?" Learn about these terms and the contracted form of "must not."(18:09) https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a...

Caty and Mario close the show.
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