VOA慢速英语2011-Health Report - Iron, Vitamin D May Lead

This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Many people have low iron in their blood. But pregnant women need extra iron for their own health and their baby's health. Iron is important to the development of a baby's brain and central nervous syste

VOA慢速英语2011-IN THE NEWS - South Sudan Decides its Fut

This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. On Sunday, the people of southern Sudan begin deciding whether or not to become the world's newest nation. A week of voting is expected to split Africa's largest country in two. (SOUND) Friday was the final

VOA慢速英语2011-The People’s Choices? Johnny, Taylor, T

I'm Doug Johnson. This week we play music by Americas Ambassador of jazz Billy Taylor who died last week in New York. We also answer a question about business leader and aid donor Bill Gates. But first a report on the Peoples Choice Awards held Wedne

VOA慢速英语2011-Economics Report - Facebook's New Friends

Facebook is the world's biggest social network -- and the subject of the movie Social Network. (SOUND) The real Mark Zuckerberg and his friends at Harvard University launched the site in two thousand four. Facebook says it reached five hundred millio

VOA慢速英语2011-THE MAKING OF A NATION - American History

BOB DOUGHTY: Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION American history in VOA Special English. There were many changes in the social customs and day-to-day life of millions of Americans during the administration of President Calvin Coolidge. Many young peop

VOA慢速英语2011-Education Report - Are You Learning Engli

Songs teach language. Consider a song like Tom's Diner by Suzanne Vega. An American teaching English overseas once told us that students love it. (MUSIC) Recently we asked people on Facebook to suggest other songs that English learners might like. No

VOA慢速英语2011-EXPLORATIONS - Where Did the English Lang

STEVE EMBER: This is Steve Ember. SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: And this is Shirley Griffith with the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS. Today we present the first of two programs about the history of the English Language. (MUSIC) STEVE EMBER: More people

VOA慢速英语2011-SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - Earth’s Continent

FAITH LAPIDUS: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. I'm Faith Lapidus. STEVE EMBER: And I'm Steve Ember. Scientists who study the Earth tell us that the continents and ocean floors are always moving. Sometimes, this movement is violen

VOA慢速英语2011-Not Many Songs About Winter Leave You Whi

BARBARA KLEIN: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Barbara Klein. STEVE EMBER: And I'm Steve Ember. This week on our program, we play some favorite songs about winter. (MUSIC) BARBARA KLEIN: It is winter in many parts of the world.

VOA慢速英语2011-Technology Report - Looking to Robots and

An organization called the World Future Society publishes a yearly report about how technology, the economy and society are influencing the world. Tim Mack heads the World Future Society. He says medicine is one area of growth. TIM MACK: I was surpri

VOA慢速英语2011-PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Remembering Six Peopl

FAITH LAPIDUS: Im Faith Lapidus. STEVE EMBER: And Im Steve Ember with PEOPLE IN AMERICA in VOA Special English. Today we remember six interesting people who died in the past year. FAITH LAPIDUS: We start with Elizabeth Edwards. She was the wife of fo

VOA慢速英语2011-IN THE NEWS - Gulf Oil Spill was Top Stor

This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. At the end of each year, the Associated Press releases a list of the top ten news stories of the year. American editors and news directors are asked to vote for what they consider the top stories. This year

VOA慢速英语2011-Agriculture Report - An 'Image Problem' f

People who do not get enough vitamin A in their diet may develop night blindness. But in the developing world a lack of vitamin A causes much more serious harm to children. The World Health Organization links vitamin A deficiency to as many as two hu

VOA慢速英语2011-Finding Capital in 'Dark Pools' and Angel

Big stock exchanges in the United States are linked in what is known as the national market system plan. The idea is to process deals and report the best available prices to the public as quickly as possible. But there are other ways of investing tha

VOA慢速英语2011-Patsy Cline, 1932-1963: Fans Were 'Crazy'

DOUG JOHNSON: And Im Doug Johnson with People in America in VOA Special English. Today we tell about a young woman named Virginia Patterson Hensley. No one but her family would remember that name. The world remembers her as Patsy Cline. SHIRLEY GRIFF

VOA慢速英语2011-Short Story: ‘The Lady, or the Tiger?’

BOB DOUGHTY: Now, the VOA Special English program, AMERICAN STORIES. (MUSIC) We present the short story The Lady, or the Tiger? by Frank R. Stockton. Here is Barbara Klein with the story. (MUSIC) BARBARA KLEIN: Long ago, in the very olden time, there

VOA慢速英语2011-For Arizona Girl, a Life of Hope With Tra

Christina Taylor Green was born on September eleventh, two thousand one, the day when terrorists attacked the United States. A book published the following year, Faces of Hope, showed fifty babies born that day, one from each state. One was Christina

VOA慢速英语2011-Washington Exhibit Celebrates the Art of

I'm Doug Johnson. This week we play music by Nora Jane Struthers And answer a question about Facebook But first we look at an exhibit in Washington that celebrates the art of wood turning and carving. (MUSIC) Revolution in Wood DOUG JOHNSON: An exhib

VOA慢速英语2011-More Young Women Find a Calling in Cathol

For years, the Catholic Church in America has struggled to find new clergy. The average age of priests and nuns is seventy and rising. But some Catholic orders are having more success than others. The Dominican Sisters of Saint Cecilia are mainly a t

VOA慢速英语2011-Congresswoman May Owe Life to Luck and 'B

On Saturday in Tucson, Arizona, a gunman opened fire on a small crowd meeting outdoors with a congresswoman. Six people were killed and fourteen were wounded, including the representative, Gabrielle Giffords. The bullet traveled along the left side o