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HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC, in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. On our show this week: We play music by Will Downing Answer a question about the meaning of the American dream And explain Leap Day, February twenty-ninth. (MUSIC) L

VOA慢速英语-Development Report - Nothing But Nets Campaign Aims

The United Nations Foundation has raised over $20 million so far and supplied more than 700,000 treated bed nets to families. Transcript of radio broadcast: 27 July 2008 This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Malaria parasites are sprea

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This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. This year, something happened at the Academy Awards that had not happened since nineteen sixty-four. All the winners for best acting were from outside the United States. From left, Daniel Day-Lewis,

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ANNOUNCER: Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION -- American history in VOA Special English. The history of the United States Constitution is a long and interesting story that we have been telling now for several weeks. Today w e continue with the conve

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This is the VOA Special English Education Report. We continue our series on learning disabilities with a problem that is not considered a learning disability by itself, but it can af fect learning. Our subject is attention deficit disorder, A.D.D.,

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This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Today we have the second in a series of reports about the group of disorders known as learning disabilities. Different ones affect reading, writing, listening, speaking or working with numbers. The m

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VOICE ONE: This is Phoebe Zimmermann. VOICE TWO: Doc Holliday And this is Doug Johnson with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Many stories have been told about the old American West. Some are true. Many more are just interesting stories. Today we

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This is the VOA Special English Health Report. A new study shows that unhappiness in middle age, also known as midlife crisis, is a universal experience. Two economists did the study: Andrew Oswald of the University of Warwick in England and David B

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Education Report - In Some Schools, Learning Is Not Enough of Its Own Reward A look at the debate in the U.S. over programs that pay students. Transcript of radio broadcast: 26 March 2008 This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Some Americ

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IN THE NEWS - Why Child Abuse by Peacekeepers, Aid Workers Often Goes Unreported A new report calls attention to the problem. Also, good news and bad news about the use of child soldiers, and Amnesty International's 2008 report on human rights. Tran

VOA慢速英语-Economics Report - Officials Target Mortgage Mess in

Actions to deal with effects of credit crisis include legislation, rule changes and arrests. Transcript of radio broadcast: 26 June 2008 This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. American lawmakers and law enforcers are busy with the housing

VOA慢速英语-Education Report - Online Learning Grows, but Resear

Full-time virtual schools can now be found in 18 American states. Transcript of radio broadcast: 25 June 2008 This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Forty-two of the fifty American states offered some kind of public online learning this p

VOA慢速英语-AMERICAN MOSAIC - What Is the Best Place to Visit in

Also: The story behind the century-old song ''Take Me Out to the Ballgame.'' And music by performers at the JVC Jazz Festival taking place in New York. Transcript of radio broadcast: 26 June 2008 HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special Engli

VOA慢速英语-IN THE NEWS - Supreme Court Rules American Citizens

The U.S. high court says 32-year-old Washington, DC gun ban is unconstitutional. Transcript of radio broadcast: 27 June 2008 This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. On Thursday, the United States Supreme Court issued a historic ruling on the rig

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PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Lou Gehrig, 1903-1941: The Great Baseball Player Considered Himself 'The Luckiest Man on the Face of the Earth' He played in 2,130 games without missing one. Transcript of radio broadcast: 29 March 2008 ANNOUNCER: Now, the VOA Sp

VOA慢速英语-SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - A New Way to Help Predict Eart

Also: A study finds that rising wages, increased democracy help make people happy. Transcript of radio broadcast: 28 July 2008 VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Barbara Klein. VOICE TWO: Collapsed buildings in China'

VOA慢速英语-Agriculture Report - Building a Windbreak to Protect

Barriers of trees and other plants seem to work best when they let a little wind pass through. Transcript of radio broadcast: 28 July 2008 This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. A windbreak Farmers use different kinds of soil conservati

VOA慢速英语-THIS IS AMERICA - US Supreme Court: When Society Nee

A look at three recent decisions on gun rights, prisoners at Guantanamo and a case that was notable not just for its subject. Transcript of radio broadcast: 27 July 2008 VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember.

VOA慢速英语-EXPLORATIONS - America's Space Agency Turns 50

A look back at a few of the most important programs that NASA has carried out in half a century of exploration. Transcript of radio broadcast: 29 July 2008 VOICE ONE: I'm Barbara Klein. VOICE TWO: Earth and the moon as photographed by the Apollo 11

VOA慢速英语-Health Report - How the Heart Works

Some facts about an extraordinary organ, and the threats it faces. Transcript of radio broadcast: 29 July 2008 This is the VOA Special English Health Report. We talked last week about the life of famed heart doctor Michael DeBakey. He died this mont