VOA慢速英语-Agriculture Report - Raising Goats for Their Hair

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Angora goats Goats are valuable not just for their milk and meat. Or for their ability to help renew grasslands and control weeds. Or even for their ability to be friendly and gentle around childre

VOA慢速英语-IN THE NEWS - Why the Search for a Running Mate Has

An expert on the U.S. vice presidency discusses how the position has changed. Transcript of radio broadcast: 13 June 2008 This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. The candidates for president of the United States now face what some call the bigge

VOA慢速英语-Economics Report - Talking Up the Dollar

Paulson suggests that intervention in currency markets is possible, but Bush may not agree. Transcript of radio broadcast: 12 June 2008 This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. For several years now, the dollar has fallen lower and lower ag

VOA慢速英语-SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - Spacecraft Carries Out More Te

Also: Reduction in snow hurts Switzerland's winter-sports industry. Transcript of radio broadcast: 07 July 2008 VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I'm Faith Lapidus. Hot weather has returne

VOA慢速英语-THIS IS AMERICA - From Folk Music to Rock, Bob Dylan

The second of two programs about the artist and the changes in his life and music in a career still going strong after 40 years. Transcript of radio broadcast: 15 June 2008 VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Barbara Kl

VOA慢速英语-Agriculture Report - Seeking a New Future for 'Lost'

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. We have a question from a health worker -- and longtime listener -- in Nigeria. James Uwaifoh says there are many food crops that were grown in the past but not any longer. He wants to know if it w

VOA慢速英语-SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - Desire to End Malaria Makes Se

Medical science has eliminated only one disease, smallpox. Bill and Melinda Gates called last year for a campaign to stop malaria. But experts differ on the idea. Some say existing measures could reduce cases by 90 percent. Transcript of radio broad

VOA慢速英语-EXPLORATIONS - Exploring the Nile in Egypt

A study in rural Nepal found a greater chance that babies would survive their first month. Transcript of radio broadcast: 08 July 2008 This is the VOA Special English Health Report. A new study in rural Nepal shows the value of washing hands with so

VOA慢速英语-Health Report - Got Milk? Why Not Bank It?

This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Money, jewels and important documents may not be the only valuables placed in banks these days. Some mothers are making deposits, or really, donations, to breast milk banks. Experts say breast milk is t

VOA慢速英语-IN THE NEWS - Wars, Politics and Memories of a Day T

This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Thursday marked seven years since the attacks of September eleventh. Americans and others remembered the day al-Qaida terrorists crashed hijacked planes into New York's World Trade Center. A third plane hi

VOA慢速英语-EXPLORATIONS - The Story of Cinderella Is Popular Ar

Sergei Prokofievs ballet version of Cinderella is a favorite with choreographers and dance lovers. Transcript of radio broadcast: 03 June 2008 VOICE ONE: Im Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: The Washington Ballets Brianne Bland as Cinderella And Im Shirley Gr

VOA慢速英语-THIS IS AMERICA - Bob Dylan: His Musical Roots, and

In the 60s he was a wildly popular folk singer. But his musical journey took him beyond the music his fans expected him to play. First of two parts. Transcript of radio broadcast: 08 June 2008 VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special Eng

VOA慢速英语 2008 0222a

This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Usually we think about material qualities when we think about the pleasure we will get from a product. When something costs a lot, we might think about all the fine work that went into it. But can pr

VOA慢速英语 2008 0224

VOICE ONE: Im Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I'm Barbara Klein with PEOPLE IN AMERICA in VOA Special English program. Today we report about Annie Oakley, a woman who became famous for her ability to shoot a gun and hit very small objects. (MUSIC) VOICE

VOA慢速英语 2008 0222b

HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. On our show this week, we tell about the movies, actors and music nominated for Academy Awards. The eightieth Academy Awards ceremony takes place Sunday at the Kodak

VOA慢速英语 2008 0225a

This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Starting a business is never easy. But an organization like TechnoServe can make it easier. A businessman in the American state of Connecticut, Ed Bullard, launched this nonprofit group forty years

VOA慢速英语 2008 0221b

ANNOUNCER: Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION -- American history in VOA Special English. Detail from ''Washington as Statesman at the Constitutional Convention,'' by Junius Brutus Stearns, 1856 In May of seventeen eighty-seven, a group of America's

VOA慢速英语 2008 0212a

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Farmers in the United States sometimes plant switchgrass as a border crop. But could this tall grass lower the nation's dependence on foreign oil? South Dakota State University professor Arvid Boe

VOA慢速英语 2008 0223

This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. One of the world's longest serving leaders announced this week that he is leaving office after just short of fifty eventful years. Fidel Castro of Cuba is eighty-one years old and in poor health. He named

VOA慢速英语 2008 0225b

Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Bob Doughty. VOICE TWO: And I'm Barbara Klein. This week on our program, we look at the business of skiing and snowboarding in the United States. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: A snowboarder catches air nea