VOA慢速英语2009年-Agriculture Report - Scientists Help Cut t

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. We talked last week about when and how to prune plants. Today we tell you about some new understanding of why cutting the main branch of a plant or tree can lead to better development. The findings

VOA慢速英语2009年-SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - Getting Clean in the

VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Bob Doughty. VOICE TWO: And I'm Faith Lapidus. This week, we will tell about an experimental vaccine against the disease AIDS. We also will tell about a newly found hiding place for

VOA慢速英语2009年-Health Report - Leprosy: An Old Disease Th

This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Pope Benedict named five new saints on Sunday, including a Catholic clergyman who cared for people in a leper colony. A picture of Father Damien at the ceremony making him a saint in Vatican City Father

VOA慢速英语2009年-Education Report - College Guide Aims to H

This is the VOA Special English Education Report. A new college guide in the United States compares educational requirements in seven subjects. These include math, science, writing and United States history or government. The other subjects are econ

VOA慢速英语2009年-EXPLORATIONS - As the World Turns: Explori

VOICE ONE: I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: Phil Brown at work turning a bowl on his lathe And I'm Shirley Griffith with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. At several galleries in the Washington, D.C. area, you might see work by the wood turner Phil Br

VOA慢速英语2009年-Health Report - Punishment or Reward: Whic

This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Two recent studies have found that punishment is not the best way to influence behavior. One showed that adults are much more cooperative if they work in a system based on rewards. Researchers at Harvar

VOA慢速英语2009年-SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - Aspirin Research Kee

VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Bob Doughty. VOICE TWO: And I'm Faith Lapidus. This week, we will tell the story of aspirin. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: People have known since ancient times that aspirin can reduce pain and

VOA慢速英语2009年-Agriculture Report - Learning the Secrets

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Scientists now have a genetic map of the potato. The project is the work of a team from fourteen countries, the Potato Genome Sequencing Consortium. Potatoes are one of the world's leading food cro

VOA慢速英语2009年-THIS IS AMERICA - A Musical History of the

VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: Aretha Franklin And I'm Faith Lapidus. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is celebrating its twenty-fifth anniversary with two concerts later this month in New Yor

VOA慢速英语2009年-Development Report - Report Calls Attentio

This is the VOA Special English Development Report. A premature baby in a hospital in Istanbul, Turkey Each year millions of babies are born too soon and too small. Premature or preterm births are defined as births at less than thirty-seven weeks. P

VOA慢速英语2009年-PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Betty Friedan,1921-200

VOICE ONE: Im Faith Lapidus. VOICE TWO: And Im Steve Ember with PEOPLE IN AMERICA in VOA Special English. Today we tell about Betty Friedan. She was a powerful activist for the rights of women. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: Betty Friedan Betty Friedan is often

VOA慢速英语2009年-IN THE NEWS - Pakistan Under Pressure From

This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Two weeks of suicide bombings and other attacks have shaken Pakistan. The interior minister says, The enemy has started a guerrilla war. Pakistani soldiers surround buildings damaged by a suicide bombing i

VOA慢速英语2009年-Economics Report - Nobel Recognizes Resear

This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Economists usually study markets. Now, two Americans have won the Nobel Prize in economics for not studying markets. They will share almost one and a half million dollars for their analysis of econom

VOA慢速英语2009年-Education Report - Getting Students Excite

This is the VOA Special English Education Report. The American biotechnology industry recently did a study of bioscience education across the country. The biosciences are biology and other sciences that deal with living organisms. Paul Hanle is pres

VOA慢速英语2009年-EXPLORATIONS - Hip-Hop Goes Global to a So

VOICE ONE: I'm Barbara Klein. VOICE TWO: And I'm Steve Ember with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we tell about hip-hop music with a message. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: Hip-hop music started in the South Bronx area of New York City in the early n

VOA慢速英语2009年-AMERICAN MOSAIC - Anjulie Writes Deeply Pe

HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. This week on our program: We play music by Anjulie And answer a question about actress Audrey Hepburn But first, we celebrate a Special English anniversary. (SOUND) S

VOA慢速英语2009年-IN THE NEWS - Obama Replaces Bush's Missil

This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. In two thousand six, Defense Secretary Robert Gates advised President George W. Bush to base a missile defense system in Europe. Russia objected to what it saw as threat to its security. But supporters sai

VOA慢速英语2009年-AMERICAN MOSAIC - For Hispanics in US, the

HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. This week on our program, we tell about a new set of Beatles CDs and a video game based on the British rock band ... And we visit the undersea world while staying on

VOA慢速英语2009年-Economics Report - Looking Back: Wall Stre

This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. One year ago, the United States financial system was in danger of collapse. One of Wall Street's oldest investment houses had just sought protection from its creditors. The Lehman Brothers bankruptcy

VOA慢速英语2009年-Education Report - Stanley Kaplan: Remembe

This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Here is a question for a college admissions test. Who was Stanley Kaplan? Did he A) start a test preparation company, B) start the test preparation industry, or C) die last month at age ninety? The c