VOA慢速英语 2008 0425a

This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. The debate over free trade has intensified in this election year in the United States. Democrats Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have both threatened to withdraw from NAFTA if they could not renegoti

VOA慢速英语 2008 0424b

Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION American history in VOA Special English. George Washington became America's first president in seventeen eighty-nine. He had commanded the forces of the American colonies in their successful rebellion against Britain

VOA慢速英语 2008 0424a

This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Common sense would tell us that physically active children may be more likely to become active and healthy adults. A high school gym class In the United States, elementary and middle schools are advis

VOA慢速英语 2008 0423b

VOICE ONE: Im Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And Im Barbara Klein with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we tell about growing food problems around the world. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: Food prices are rising in many countries. Economic policy makers warn

VOA慢速英语 2008 0423a

This is the VOA Special English Health Report. A Brazilian drug company and a nonprofit group have developed a new, simplified malaria treatment. A laboratory worker shows reporters the new combination drug for malaria Patients have to take only one

VOA慢速英语 2008 0401b

VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Im Bob Doughty. VOICE TWO: And Im Faith Lapidus. On our program this week, we discuss scientific findings about how intelligence develops in babies. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: Not long ago, many

VOA慢速英语2009年-Agriculture Report - Watching Out for 'Wic

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Just because a plant looks nice does not mean you should eat it. Farmers learn this lesson tragically sometimes when their animals feed on wild plants. In fact, some of the nicest looking plants in

VOA慢速英语2009年-PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Eunice Kennedy Shriver

VOICE ONE: Im Faith Lapidus. VOICE TWO: Eunice Kennedy Shriver And Im Bob Doughty with PEOPLE IN AMERICA in VOA Special English. Today we tell about Eunice Kennedy Shriver. She was a member of one of the most famous families in American politics. Sh

VOA慢速英语2009年-Development Report - 'Non-Formal' Schools

This is the VOA Special English Development Report. In two thousand three, the government of Kenya established a program of free primary education for all children. But there are not enough public schools for all the children who live in the crowded

VOA慢速英语2009年-Health Report - Researchers Link Gene to N

This is the VOA Special English Health Report. The next time you think about going without sleep, consider this: Laboratory animals that are kept awake for long periods of time ... die. Yet sleep scientist Ying-Hui Fu at the University of California

VOA慢速英语2009年-THIS IS AMERICA - Nancy Drew: The Secret o

VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I'm Shirley Griffith. Our subject this week is the teenage investigator in one of the most successful children's book series of all time -- Nancy Drew. SUS

VOA慢速英语2009年-EXPLORATIONS - Death Valley: A Beautiful b

VOICE ONE: This is Phoebe Zimmerman. VOICE TWO: And this is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS. Today we visit one of America's great national parks. It is a place of strange and silent beauty. As beautiful as this place i

VOA慢速英语2009年-SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - Part-Time Astronomer

VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I'm Shirley Griffith. This week, we will tell about evidence that something big struck the planet Jupiter. We will also tell about a long ignored organ in

VOA慢速英语 2007 0414

This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Jackie Robinson Sunday will mark an important anniversary in American society. Sixty years ago, Jackie Robinson became the first black man to play in Major League Baseball. His uniform number, forty-two, w

VOA慢速英语 2007 0401

ANNOUNCER: People in America a program in Special English about famous Americans of the past. Now, Kay Gallant and Harry Monroe tell the story of nineteenth century poet Emily Dickinson. (MUSIC) Emily Dickinson VOICE ONE: Because I could not stop fo

VOA慢速英语 2007 0425a

This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Last year, researchers reported that breast cancer rates in the United States dropped in two thousand three. That was after about twenty years of rising. Many experts linked the drop to a sharp reductio

VOA慢速英语 2007 0422

VOICE ONE: Im Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And Im Sarah Long with People in America in VOA Special English. Today, we tell about a woman who worked to make a difference in peoples lives, Barbara Jordan. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: Barbara Jordan was a lawyer, edu

VOA慢速英语 2007 0424b

VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Im Barbara Klein. VOICE TWO: And Im Steve Ember. On our program this week, we tell about the disease tuberculosis. It is one of the world's leading infectious diseases. We also tell abou

VOA慢速英语 2007 0423b

ANNOUNCER: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA IN VOA Special English. I'm Faith Lapidus. White Sands National Monument One of the worlds great natural wonders is in the state of New Mexico, in the American Southwest. Nature has created huge moving hills of

VOA慢速英语 2007 0424a

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Melamine is an industrial chemical. So how and why did it get into pet food that caused kidney failure in cats and dogs? And what might be the risk to the human food supply? These are questions tha