VOA慢速英语2012 PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Marian Anderson, 1897-1993: Her Voice Became Famous Around the World

PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Marian Anderson, 1897-1993: Her Voice Became Famous Around the World VOICE ONE: I'm Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO: And I'm Steve Ember with People in America in VOA Special English. Today, we begin the first of two reports about sin

VOA慢速英语2012 THIS IS AMERICA - Watching a Film in Your Car, Before the Age of the Small Screen

THIS IS AMERICA - Watching a Film in Your Car, Before the Age of the Small Screen From VOA Learning English, welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in Special English. Im June Simms. Drive-in movie theaters are considered an American invention. Drive-ins became

VOA慢速英语2012 Economics Report - ‘Patriotic Millionaires’ Say Their Taxes Are Too Low

Economics Report - Patriotic Millionaires Say Their Taxes Are Too Low 经济报道 - 美国爱国富豪呼吁对自己增税 From VOA Learning English, this is the Economics Report in Special English. 这里是美国之音慢速英语经济报道。

VOA慢速英语2009-Agriculture Report - The Seeds of Weed Control

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. When is a plant considered a weed? Experts at Penn State University have a simple answer: When its undesirable qualities outweigh its good qualities. Consider this: Crops generally produce several

VOA慢速英语2009-PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Douglas MacArthur, 1880-1964

ANNOUNCER: Now, the VOA Special English program PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Today Rich Kleinfeldt and Sarah Long tell about one of the most unusual and successful American military leaders, General Douglas MacArthur. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: General Douglas MacArt

VOA慢速英语2009-AMERICAN MOSAIC - The Empire State Building Goes

HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. This week: We go to a birthday party for folk singer Pete Seeger, who turned ninety this month ... And we will answer a question about religion and government in Amer

VOA慢速英语2009-THIS IS AMERICA - On Memorial Day, Honoring Mili

VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA, in VOA Special English. I'm Barbara Klein. VOICE TWO: And I'm Steve Ember. The last Monday in May is a national holiday. Memorial Day honors those who died in military service. VOICE ONE: But any time of year,

VOA慢速英语2009-SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - The Buzz About Diseases Sp

VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO: And I'm Steve Ember. Today, we tell about diseases spread by mosquitoes -- the most widely hated insects in the world. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: A female mosqui

VOA慢速英语2009-Development Report - Saving Preterm Babies With

This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Some mothers in Senegal are learning a new way to save the lives of babies born too soon. The idea is not really new. It borrows from the way mother kangaroos carry their young in front in a pouch.

VOA慢速英语2009-IN THE NEWS - Iran Launches a Missile and a Pres

This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. This week, Iran test-fired a new missile. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced the launch to a crowd in Semnan province, his birthplace and a base for missile launches. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad dur

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

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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

VOA慢速英语 2008 0124a

This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Today we begin a series of reports about learning disabilities. Experts say the problem is not with intelligence or the willingness to work hard. The problem, they say, is that some people's brains p

VOA慢速英语 2008 0102a

This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Even minor cuts can become infected if they are left untreated. Any break in the skin can let bacteria enter the body. An increasing number of bacterial skin infections are resistant to antibiotic medic