learn english with voice of america and esl-bits

An excellent place to go to improve your English is the VOA:
VOA - Voice of America English News
Quizzes Based On VOA Programs (ESL/EFL)
NPR : National Public Radio : News & Analysis, World, US, Music & Arts : NPR

An another very good place to go is esl-bits:
ESL English Language Learning - Adult Literacy - Listening & Reading - Audiobooks - Stories

And put them together - and you have a big fat wedding:

This is Science in the News in VOA Special English. I'm Shirley Griffith. And I'm Bob Doughty. Today we will talk about diet and weight loss. Exercise is important if you want to get in good shape. But experts say exercise alone is not enough if your goal is to lose weight.

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Diet and Weight Loss (VOA Special English 2011-07-04)

From VOA Learning English, welcome to This Is America. I’m Avi Arditti.
And I’m Kelly Jean Kelly. This week, we look at weddings in America—how much they cost and how different they can be.

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Weddings Are a Billion Dollar Business in America

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Scaachi Koul's new book of essays begins by talking about anxiety. Koul - she's a culture writer and editor at BuzzFeed - grew up in Canada, the child of Indian immigrants. And she has an irrational fear of dying that comes, she says, from her parents.
SCAACHI KOUL: It starts with death, as all good things should. I promise this book has a lot more lighthearted (laughter) than I'm presenting it.

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Author Uses Humor To Shed Light On Feminism, Race, The Internet : NPR
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