2007年VOA慢速英语special200708040040

This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. For the last several weeks, professional athletes have been on the first page of newspapers as much as in the sports pages. Some news stories are about extraordinary careers. Others are about athletes behav

2007年VOA慢速英语special200708070045

VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Faith Lapidus. VOICE TWO: Sigmund Freud And I'm Bob Doughty. The work and theories of Sigmund Freud continue to influence many areas of modern culture. VOICE ONE: Today, we explore Fr

2007年VOA慢速英语special200708070041

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Beans are a popular choice for home gardens. The University of Illinois Extension service says bush bean plants need the least amount of work. They stand without support. Green bush beans used to be

2007年VOA慢速英语special200708060045

VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Faith Lapidus. VOICE TWO: And I'm Steve Ember. Today we travel to the mountains of Wyoming for a trip to Jackson Hole. VOICE ONE: This beautiful valley was named after the nineteenth-c

2007年VOA慢速英语special200708060041

This is the VOA Special English Development Report. The HIV virus can be transmitted through breastfeeding The World Health Organization says that breastfeeding is the best way to provide babies with the nutrients and protection against infection the

2007年VOA慢速英语special200708050040

Now, the VOA Special English program, Words and Their Stories. (MUSIC) A person's name is very important. Some names also have special meanings in popular American expressions. To better understand what I mean, sit back and listen. You might even wan

2007年VOA慢速英语special200708040045

Now the Special English program--American Stories. Our story this week is Keesh. It was written by Jack London. Here is Shep O'Neal to tell you the story. Keesh lived at the edge of the Polar Sea. He had seen 13 suns in the Eskimo way of keeping time

2007年VOA慢速英语special200708030045

HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. On our show this week: Music from a Canadian singer known as Feist ... A question from Brazil about UFOs ... And watch out -- millions of Crocs are out walking the str

2007年VOA慢速英语special200708030041

This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. One of the top stories in business news this week was -- business news. Dow Jones agreed to be bought by News Corporation. This means the publisher of the Wall Street Journal will be owned by the medi

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VOICE ONE: This is Mary Tillotson. VOICE TWO: And this is Steve Ember with THE MAKING OF A NATION -- a VOA Special English program about the history of the United States. Today, we continue telling about Bill Clinton, America's forty-second president

2007年VOA慢速英语special200708050045

VOICE ONE: I'm Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO: And I'm Steve Ember with People in America in VOA Special English. Today we tell about Lady Bird Johnson. She is best known for being the wife of President Lyndon Baines Johnson who led the nation during th

2007年VOA慢速英语special200708020041

This is the VOA Special English Education Report. More than three hundred secondary school students competed in the thirty-eighth International Physics Olympiad last month in Iran. They came from seventy-three countries, including the United States.

2007年VOA慢速英语special200708010045

VOICE ONE: EXPLORATIONS -- a program in Special English by the Voice of America. (MUSIC) Members of the US Army Golden Knights parachute team at a performance in North Carolina Have you ever wondered what it would be like to jump out of an airplane w

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This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Itchy skin is a common problem. Severe itching can interfere with sleep or lead to Scratching an itch painful damage from scratching. Now, scientists may have a way to develop new treatments for severe i

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This is the VOA Special English Health Report. illustration of brain Alzheimer's disease affects millions of people around the world. American researchers say the disease will affect more than one hundred million people worldwide by the year twenty f

2007年VOA慢速英语special200708100045

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

2007年VOA慢速英语special200708100041

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

2007年VOA慢速英语special200708080045

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

2007年VOA慢速英语special200708090041

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

2007年VOA慢速英语special200708090045

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