Winter gardening, Young people’s orchestra, Encryption for messages, My treatmp4

Caty Weaver and Mario Ritter host today's program.
First: The winter is no time for gardeners to let up. In parts of the world where cold weather takes hold, the winter season is a good time to prepare for the next growing season, plant bulbs and protect sensitive plants. Indoors, houseplants need special care too. Caty Weaver shares some winter gardening tips. (1:10) learningenglis...
Then: A church near Los Angeles, California has started an orchestra program to give young people of color a better chance to learn classical music. Leaders of the program say having teachers who share similar backgrounds to the students helps the students feel like they belong. Andrew Smith and Anna Matteo report. (6:33) learningenglis...
Next: Recently the Associated Press gave some suggestions on how to protect messages from hackers through encryption, a method that is meant to prevent others from reading what is in private messages. John Russell reports on those tech tips for the LE Science and Technology Report. learningenglis...
Finally: The Lesson of the Day. Andrew Smith and Jill Robbins base their instruction on the LE video series, Let's Learn English, Level 2. Today they teach us how to make friendly and informal invitations based on Lesson 27. Learn what the expressions, "my treat," "dinner's on me," when to use the progressive present tense and more. (20:21) learningenglis...
Caty and Mario close the show.
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