VOA慢速英语2010年-Development Report - Project Seeks to

This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has announced a plan to get cleaner-burning cooking stoves into developing countries. The plan aims to reduce deaths caused by smoke from the traditional use of so

VOA慢速英语2010年-Economics Report - 3-D Printers Are He

This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. When we print something, a flat page comes to mind. For example, you might use a photocopier. (SOUND) Photocopiers print in two dimensions. Now, imagine how this would work for three dimensions. A mac

VOA慢速英语2010年-Education Report - Obama, Democrats Ai

This is the VOA Special English Education Report. On Tuesday, the United States will hold congressional and state elections in a year defined by voter dissatisfaction. Democrats are trying hard to excite their party's base of support in an effort to

VOA慢速英语2010年-PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Isadora Duncan, 18

MARIO RITTER: Im Mario Ritter with PEOPLE IN AMERICA in VOA Special English. Today Jim Tedder tells about modern dancer Isadora Duncan. (MUSIC) JIM TEDDER: Angela Isadora Duncan was born in San Francisco, California in eighteen seventy-seven. She was

VOA慢速英语2010年-SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - Airport Security

BOB DOUGHTY: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Bob Doughty. FAITH LAPIDUS: And I'm Faith Lapidus. Today, we will tell how technology used in airports may help in the study of disease. We will tell about an idea for improving hea

VOA慢速英语2010年-THIS IS AMERICA - Eye Into the World o

BARBARA KLEIN: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Barbara Klein. STEVE EMBER: And I'm Steve Ember. Today we talk about lobbying and think tanks -- two important parts of making policy in the United States. BARBARA KLEIN: Many grou

VOA慢速英语2010年-Health Report - Marking the 20th Anniv

This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Twenty years ago this week, President George H. W. Bush signed a civil rights law that Americans call the ADA. GEORGE H. W. BUSH: I now lift this pen to sign this Americans with [Disabilities] Act and sa

VOA慢速英语2010年-EXPLORATIONS - On Mars Day, the Red Pl

DOUG JOHNSON: Im Doug Johnson. FAITH LAPIDUS: And Im Faith Lapidus with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Mars Day at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum in Washington is a celebration of our solar systems most famous planet. The event, on July s

VOA慢速英语2010年-Education Report - For-Profit Colleges

This is the VOA Special English Education Report. President Obama wants the United States to have the world's highest rate of college graduates. But his administration also wants stronger rules for colleges that operate for profit. Career colleges re

VOA慢速英语2010年-PEOPLE IN AMERICA - F. Scott Fitzgeral

SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: I'm Shirley Griffith. STEVE EMBER: And I'm Steve Ember with the Special English program, PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Every week, we tell about someone important in the history of the United States. Today, we complete the story of writer F. S

VOA慢速英语2010年-Technology Report - New Site Will Map

This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. A new website plans to use social media to help women in Egypt fight unwanted sexual attention. The site is harassmap.org. The idea is to offer different ways for women to report sexual harassment as

VOA慢速英语2010年-THIS IS AMERICA - Modern Day American

SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. Im Shirley Griffith. STEVE EMBER: And I'm Steve Ember. November is Native American Heritage Month in the United States. This week on our program, we explore the modern life, music a

VOA慢速英语2010年-Agriculture Report - Scientists Recycl

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Recycling programs usually give new life to materials like paper, metal, plastic and glass. But a program in the eastern United States is recycling shellfish to help the Chesapeake Bay. Oysters are

VOA慢速英语2010年-PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Edgar Allan Poe, 1

FAITH LAPIDUS: And Im Faith Lapidus with PEOPLE IN AMERICA from VOA Special English. Today, we tell about Edgar Allan Poe, a nineteenth-century American writer. His stories and poems were some of the most frightening and strange ever written. (MUSIC)

VOA慢速英语2010年-IN THE NEWS - Haitians Face Major Elec

This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Haiti holds elections on Sunday for a new president and National Assembly. The nation has struggled with damage from the January earthquake -- and now a deadly outbreak of cholera. This election is seen as

VOA慢速英语2010年-American Mosaic - Now Showing: a Few F

MARIO RITTER: Welcome to American Mosaic in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) Im Mario Ritter. This week on our program, we take a look at some scary movies, just in time for Halloween... We also answer a question about the Kennedy Center, in Washington..

VOA慢速英语2010年-IN THE NEWS - Americans Vote Tuesday i

Americans will vote in elections on Tuesday. They will elect all four hundred thirty-five members of the United States House of Representatives, thirty-seven senators, many state governors and local officials. Political experts say all signs point to

VOA慢速英语2010年-Economics Report - How a Promise to Gu

This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. On Wednesday, Ireland's Prime Minister Brian Cowen announced measures to cut the biggest budget deficit in Europe. BRIAN COWEN: Today we've come to announce a four-year plan, between now and 2014. It'

VOA慢速英语2010年-AMERICAN MOSAIC - Toys That Make Music

DOUG JOHNSON: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC)I'm Doug Johnson. This week we play music from Kanye Wests new album And answer a question about cell phones ... But, first, a report about the most important day of the year for

VOA慢速英语2010年-SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - Babies and Intel

BOB DOUGHTY: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. Im Bob Doughty. FAITH LAPIDUS: And Im Faith Lapidus. This week, we will discuss scientific findings about how intelligence develops in babies. (MUSIC)BOB DOUGHTY: Not long ago, many pe