And now, Words and Their Stories, from VOA Learning English.

Roads are paved with different kinds of materials, such as concrete or asphalt.

Older roads were paved with cobblestones.

Some streets in Washington, DC still have the cobblestones from over a hundred years ago.

They were meant for horses and carriages.

So, they can be difficult to walk on.

Today we talk about roads paved with a very different material – intentions.

Intentions are things we mean to do or things we want to do.

They are not things we have done.

So, sometimes we say: The road to hell is paved with good intentions.