Welcome to Learning English, a daily 30-minute program from the Voice of America.

I'm Katie Weaver.

And I'm Mario Ritter, Jr.

This program is designed for English learners, so we speak a little slower and we use

words and phrases especially written for people learning English.

Coming up on the show, I report on some interesting history connected to Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris.

The building reopens to the public Sunday after a five-year-long repair and restoration project.

Brian Lynn presents the Science and Technology Report.

He tells about international efforts to deal with the crowding of low Earth orbit.

And we close the show with the crowding of low earth orbit. And we close the show with the lesson of the day.

Do you know what reflexive pronouns are?

Our teachers explain what they are and how we use them.

But first, Jill Robbins has this story

about the recent and brief period of martial law in South Korea.

South Korea's parliament moved to impeach President Yun-sung-yo

after he declared martial law and sent troops

into the streets on Tuesday night. For several hours, armed forces with helicopters and armored

vehicles surrounded the Parliament. Lawmakers had to climb walls to get into the building

and used fire extinguishers to hold off the troops.

The lawmakers who were able to re-enter the building

rejected Yun's martial law declaration with a 190-0 vote. Eighteen lawmakers from Yun's party also voted against

the declaration. The vote forced Yun to lift martial law about six hours after it began.

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