Gettysburg, Power couple, Moon’s grand canyon, Homophones

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Bryan Lynn and Anna Matteo host today's program. First: Gettysburg is home to a museum and National Park honoring the Civil War battle that took place there in 1863. It was the deadliest battle of the war in which Americans fought each other. Mario Ritter tells about the famous area. (1:18) https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/american-places-gettysburg-pennsylvania/7965779.html Then: The LE program Words and Their Stories. Anna Matteo has some expressions to describe when two people have a lot of similarities or are very close. A "power couple" might even work together. But do not read too much into that. (5:15) https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/what-does-it-take-to-be-a-power-couple-/7963076.html Next: Bryan Lynn brings us the Science and Technology Report. He tells about a new study of an asteroid strike on the moon billions of years ago. The crash happened near the moon’s south pole. Researchers say it created two huge valleys, about the size of Earth’s Grand Canyon. (9:57) https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/study-asteroid-hit-created-two-grand-canyons-on-moon/7964413.html Finally: The LE Lesson of the Day. Andrew Smith and Jill Robbins base their instruction on the LE video series, Let's Learn English. Today they teach about homophones - words that sound the same, but are spelled differently, like "cell" and "sell." (16:15) https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/lets-learn-english-lesson-26-this-game-is-fun/3457248.html Bryan and Anna close the show. --------- Learning English is Voice of America’s multimedia source of news and information for millions of English learners worldwide. We help you build vocabulary, strengthen your speaking skills and improve your ability to communicate for work, school and everyday life. We are not accepting comments here. You are welcome to comment on the stories at our website. EXPLORE OUR PLAYLISTS: » Learning English Podcast: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLd9hCvj34W5hZxGsu5etKF6bZ9w4Ap2hl » Let's Learn English with Anna! (For children 8-12) https://y