This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. One of the top issues this week at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, was climate change. But the business and political leaders gathered for the yearly event in the Swiss Alps were not t
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Graduate students often work as teaching assistants while they study in the United States. Teaching assistants may get money or get to take classes for free, or both. A T.A. usually works about twenty
HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC, in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. On our show this week: We listen to music from singer Andrew Bird... Answer a question about International Left-Handers' Day... And in sports, a home run record for B
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Liquidity is the ease with which an investment can be sold and turned into money. For example, when a stock is traded easily, the market for it is said to be liquid. Liquidity can also suggest the eas
VOICE ONE: I'm Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO: And I'm Steve Ember with Explorations in VOA Special English. Today, we tell about the Galapagos Islands in the Pacific Ocean and the unusual creatures that live there. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: A Galapagos Giant
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Public schools in New York, America's biggest city, commonly have numbers for names. But this is unusual. In the United States, the process of naming a school often involves parents and the community
VOICE ONE: This is Mary Tillotson. VOICE TWO: And this is Shirley Griffith with THE MAKING OF A NATION -- a VOA Special English program about the history of the United States. Today, we tell about the second administration of Bill Clinton, America's
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. On Wednesday, China celebrated the one-year mark until the start of the two thousand eight Summer Olympic Games in Beijing. The celebration included sporting events and ceremonies across China. The Chinese
ANNOUNCER: Welcome to PEOPLE IN AMERICA, a program in VOA Special English. Today Rich Kleinfeldt and Steve Ember tell about one of America's most popular singers, Elvis Presley. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: That song, Hound Dog, was one of Elvis Presley's most
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. We continue our Foreign Student Series on higher education in the United States. We have talked all about the college admissions process. Now we move on to college life once you get accepted to a scho
VOICE ONE: I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: Safari explorers on the Chobe River And I'm Barbara Klein with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we go on safari to experience the sights and sounds of Africa's rich wildlife. The word safari comes from
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. This week, the drug company Merck announced that it would end a lobbying campaign for Gardasil, its new vaccine for girls and women. Bottles of Gardasil The vaccine is designed to protect against four
HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC, in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. On our show this week: We answer a question about the Everglades ... Play some music nominated for an Academy Award ... And report about an artist who builds boxes. J
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Researchers say they have developed a simple test that can tell if a person with heart disease is likely to suffer a heart attack. The test measures levels of a protein in the blood. The researchers say
VOICE ONE: This is Phil Murray. VOICE TWO: And this is Rich Kleinfeldt with THE MAKING OF A NATION -- a VOA Special English program about the history of the United States. (MUSIC) Today, we tell what life was like in American during the nineteen fift
VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. I'm Faith Lapidus. VOICE TWO: And I'm Bob Doughty. Today we tell about some recent studies of pain, and new possibilities for controlling it. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: Recent findings from rese
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Not all college teachers are professors. In fact, not even all professors are full professors. Many are assistant or associate or adjunct professors. This week in our Foreign Student Series, we sort o
VOICE ONE: I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: Garment workers in Takoe province, Cambodia, sing a song Monday during a campaign to celebrate International Women's Day. Campaigners marched for the right to food for all people living with HIV/AIDS, especially
VOICE ONE: I'm Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO: Billie Holiday And I'm Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Every week we tell about a person important in the history of the United States. This week, we tell about Billie
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. A plane carrying eleven people aiding the African Union peacekeeping force in Somalia crashed Friday near the capital, Mogadishu. Officials say it was shot down by a missile shortly after takeoff from the
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