The Longest Railway

ReadOasis Step 2 VOA Learning English reports that China has paid for the longest railway in the world. It's 13,000 [...]

The Festival of Lights

ReadOasis Step 3 The sky is filled with fireworks. And the home is bright with the light of candles. Little [...]

The Doll Festival (Step 2)

By Zoe NovaReadOasis Step 2 Japan is a land of festivals. And on March 3, Japanese families may celebrate the [...]

Rakugo: A Funny Side of Japan

ReadOasis Step 2 Sakura started to cry. "No Tora-san! You can't leave again! I know that life is hard for [...]

Lady Sings the Blues (Part 1)

ReadOasis Step 2 Southern trees bear strange fruit Blood on the leaves and blood at the root Black bodies swinging [...]

Isaac Watts: Father of Hymns (Step 3)

ReadOasis Step 3 By Maria Sonora A hymn is a song of praise to God. In many cultures, people sing [...]

$80,000 for One Song

ReadOasis Step 2 The room is dark. You are alone. You are drinking a coke and downloading some songs from [...]

The Motown Sound (Step 3)

ReadOasis Step 3 The Motown Museum (Wikipedia) Soul music combines rhythm and blues and gospel. Like the blues, soul arose [...]

W.C. Handy: Father of the Blues (Step 3)

ReadOasis Step 3 "Then I saw the beauty of primitive music." W.C. Handy, Father of the Blues W.C. Handy at [...]

Master of Words: Bob Dylan (Part 1)

ReadOasis Step 2 It was January 1961. In the cold north of Minnesota, a young man of 19 years packed [...]