Falling Violent Crime, Schools Cutting Programs, Activities You Like

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Ashley Thompson and Mario Ritter Jr. host today's Learning English show. First: Violent crime in the US dropped last year, says a new report from the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The FBI data shows violent crime dropped three percent in 2023 from the year before. Murders dropped almost 12 percent, it also reports. Caty Weaver has the details. (00:56) https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/federal-bureau-of-investigation-rate-of-violent-crimes-in-us-down-in-2023/7796407.html Next: Many American universities have fewer students than they did before the COVID-19 pandemic, even though higher education leaders have worked to get the numbers up. Now, schools are cutting study programs to deal with budget problems. Mario Ritter and Jill Robbins present the subject for the LE Education Report. Then, Mario joins Ashley in the studio. She asks him about a term in the report: anxiety-ridden. Do you know what that means? Worry not! Mario's got the answer! (05:55) https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/us-colleges-cut-programs-because-of-budget-deficits-fewer-students/7744085.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 focus on episode 22. They explore how we talk about activities we enjoy. (17:25) https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/lets-learn-english-lesson-22/3397314.html Mario and Ashley close the show. --------- Learning English is Voice of America’s multimedia source of news

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