VOA慢速英语2009-People in America - Kay Yow and Betty Jameson: T

VOICE ONE: Im Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And Im Faith Lapidus with People in America in VOA Special English. Today we tell about two women who helped change the world of sports, golfer Betty Jameson and basketball coach Kay Yow. Both women were founder

VOA慢速英语2009-Economics Report - US Treasury Details Plan to R

This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. This week American Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner announced details of a plan aimed at removing billions of dollars in bad debts from American banks. The government program has two parts. One involv

VOA慢速英语 Education Report - Studying in the US: Writing Colle

This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Today in our Foreign Student Series we discuss writing college papers. Writing a term paper, research paper or essay for a college class is a kind of academic writing. Academic writing among professi

VOA慢速英语2009-Agriculture Report - A Vegetable Garden Grows at

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Earlier this month, Michelle Obama and twenty-three schoolchildren helped prepare the ground for an organic vegetable garden on the South Lawn of the White House. The first lady showed the young ga

VOA慢速英语 Development Report - Seven Activists Honored For Imp

This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Seven activists from around the world have received the Goldman Environmental Prize for two thousand nine. Former Vice President Al Gore presented the prizes in San Francisco, California last week.

VOA慢速英语 THIS IS AMERICA - The Spoken Word is Still Heard Aft

VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Faith Lapidus. VOICE TWO: 2008 Nuyorican National Slam Team And I'm Steve Ember. This week on our program, we go to New York City to visit the thirty-five year old Nuyorican Poet's Ca

VOA慢速英语2009-Economics Report - Obama Proposes $3.5 Trillion

This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Copies of the budget plan at the Government Printing Office in Washington President Barack Obama on Thursday proposed his first budget to Congress. He wants to let the Bush administration's tax cuts

VOA慢速英语 EXPLORATIONS - Edwin Hubble Changed Our Ideas About

ANNOUNCER: EXPLORATIONS -- a program in Special English by the Voice of America. (MUSIC) Today, Richard Rael and Tony Riggs tell the story of American astronomer Edwin Hubble. He changed our ideas about the universe and how it developed. Edwin Hubbl

VOA慢速英语2009-The MAKING OF A NATION - American History Series

Welcome to the MAKING OF A NATION American history in VOA Special English. As we reported in our last program, slavery supporters failed to push through Congress a bill to make Kansas a slave state. Congress, instead, let the people of Kansas vote o

VOA慢速英语 SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - Osteoporosis Increases Danger

VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. I'm Barbara Klein. VOICE TWO: And I'm Bob Doughty. Today we tell about osteoporosis, a disease that can make bones weak so they break easily. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: An x-ray of a bone fract

VOA慢速英语 2009 013a

This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Each December the editors and news directors of the Associated Press vote for the top ten news stories of the year. Barack Obama during his acceptance speech in Chicago, Illinois on November fourth They ch

VOA慢速英语2009-Health Report - A Handful of Findings About Fing

This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Is there meaning in the length of a finger? An eighteen ninety-three guidebook called Modern Etiquette in Public and Private had this to say: Long fingers are a sign of refinement. A short stubby hand a

VOA慢速英语2009-Education Report - Studying in the US: Web Redef

This is the VOA Special English Education Report. This week, we visit four Web sites where students can learn about higher education in the United States. Cappex.com -- c-a-p-p-e-x -- matches students with colleges and universities. Students create

VOA慢速英语2009-AMERICAN MOSAIC - A New Picture Book Shows 'What

HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. On our show this week We tell about a new children's book on Charles Darwin and his famous theory Answer a question from Burma about America's greatest presidents And

VOA慢速英语 Agriculture Report - Let Us Plant Lettuce…

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Even in ancient times, people liked to eat lettuce. Egyptians and Romans served the green, leafy vegetable at the end of dinner. Now, people in some countries start the meal with lettuce as part of

VOA慢速英语2009年-Health Report - South Africa Tests AIDS Va

This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Thirty-six volunteers in South Africa will test the safety of an African-developed vaccine against H.I.V. The tests are the first step in human clinical trials of two vaccine candidates developed at the

VOA慢速英语2009-IN THE NEWS - The Talented but Tragic Life o

This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) Fans hold pictures of Michael Jackson near the UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles Thursday Fans around the world are remembering the man who called himself the King of Pop. Michael Jackson died Thu

VOA慢速英语2009-Economics Report - Driven by a Business Plan

This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. A business plan, in the words of the Small Business Administration in Washington, is a tool with three basic purposes. As a communication tool, it can show possible investors how well you have consid

VOA慢速英语2009-PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Hooray for Hollywood!

VOICE ONE: I'm Sarah Long. VOICE TWO: And Im Steve Ember with PEOPLE IN AMERICA in VOA Special English. Today we tell about three people who helped make Hollywood the center of the movie industry. VOICE ONE: When you hear the name Hollywood, you pro

VOA慢速英语2009-IN THE NEWS - Woman in the News: Judge Sonia Sot

This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. This week, President Obama announced his choice for an opening on the Supreme Court. Judge Sonia Sotomayor at the White House after President Obama announced her as his nominee for the Supreme Court BARACK