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

VOA慢速英语 2008 1029a

This is the VOA Special English Health Report. A new study from the World Health Organization says fifty-nine million people died from all causes in two thousand four. Ten million of them were children. The report says almost half of all the people

VOA慢速英语 2008 1029b

This is the VOA Special English Health Report. A new study from the World Health Organization says fifty-nine million people died from all causes in two thousand four. Ten million of them were children. The report says almost half of all the people

VOA慢速英语-Development Report - Pedal-Powered Computers for Rur

This is the VOA Special English Development Report. A nonprofit group in San Francisco, California, is trying to take bicycle-powered computers to rural villages around the world. The computer was developed with villagers in Laos. The group is the J

VOA慢速英语 2008 1030a

This is the VOA Special English Education Report. This week in our Foreign Student Series, we talk about getting an American education online. A student named Hendra has written to us from Indonesia asking about a good online university. Finding the

VOA慢速英语 2008 1030b

Welcome to the MAKING OF A NATION American history in VOA Special English. Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson became president of the United States in March of eighteen twenty-nine. Thousands of his supporters came to Washington to see him sworn-in. Many

VOA慢速英语 2008 1126a

This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Anesthesia is used during operations and other medical procedures to block pain signals from traveling through the nervous system. The kind of anesthesia that patients receive depends on their condition

VOA慢速英语 2008 1028b

VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: A massive earthquake in China's Sichuan province earlier this year was the country's worst in more than 30 years. And I'm Barbara Klein. Scientists who study

VOA慢速英语 2008 1031a

This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Early estimates show that the United States economy shrank by three-tenths of one percent from July through September. Economists had predicted a five-tenths drop. But Thursday's report from the Comm

VOA慢速英语-Education Report - NYU Pushes Foreign Study

New York University has been in the lead as study abroad programs have grown more popular for American students. Transcript of radio broadcast: 30 July 2008 This is the VOA Special English Education Report. The number of American students who study

VOA慢速英语-THE MAKING OF A NATION - American History Series: Re

President James Madison wanted the warring British and French to honor American neutrality. Transcript of radio broadcast: 30 July 2008 Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION American history in VOA Special English. James Madison James Madison of Virgini

VOA慢速英语-EXPLORATIONS - How English Became a Modern Language

VOICE ONE: This is Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And this is Shirley Griffith with the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS. Today we present the second of our two programs about the history of the English Language. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: William the Conq

VOA慢速英语 2008 1028a

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Cows, sheep, goats and other animals can get mastitis, an inflammation in the udder, the organ where milk is produced. Milk from an untreated cow is still relatively safe to drink. But the milk is

VOA慢速英语-Agriculture Report - 'Catch Shares': A Better Way to

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Too much fishing has reduced many fishery populations by ninety percent or more from their highest recorded numbers. Some fishing seasons last only a few days because the catch limit is quickly rea

VOA慢速英语-SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - Progress Seen Toward Making Ob

VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Bob Doughty. VOICE TWO: And I'm Barbara Klein. This week, we will tell about evidence that some people can be both fat and healthy. We will also tell about brain aneurysms -- a rare

VOA慢速英语 2008 1031b

HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. This week: We listen to music from the Four Tops, whose lead singer, Levi Stubbs, died recently Answer a listener question about the electoral college in the United S