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

I'm Anna Mateo.

And I'm Brian Lynn.

This program is aimed at English learners, so we speak slowly, and we use words and phrases,

especially written for people learning English.

On today's show, Anna Mateo brings us words and their stories.

Jill Robbins has a story on a hospital in Venezuela where old toys find new life, and we also have the weekly science report.

We will end the program with a lesson of the day. This time, Andrew Smith and Joe Robbins discuss how to correctly use the expressions supposed to and ought to.

But first...

One by one volunteers rescue and repair,

toys that show the marks of use.

They sew clothing and brush fur and hair,

add filling, and dress the toys.

The workers are fixing them to again be given to children.

This is the work of the hospital for soft toys, a project in Venezuela's capital, Caracas.

The effort began with a mother's question, what do you do with all the toys

once children outgrow them? About 60 volunteers now meet at least twice a week. They work on Barbie dolls,

toy bears, and baby dolls that children have left behind.

The group estimates it has recycled about 70,000 toys in the past seven years.

Its volunteers work faster around the Christmas holiday.

Miradi Acosta is a 63-year-old architect

who represents the hospital for soft toys.

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