VOA慢速英语2009-PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Ann Morrow Lindbergh, 19

VOICE ONE: I'm Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO: And I'm Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Every week we tell about a person who was important in the history of the United States. Today, we tell about Anne Morrow Lindber

VOA慢速英语2009年-Economics Report - New Proposals Intensify

This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Information wants to be free, the saying goes. But the debate over net neutrality could define how free the exchange of information is going to be in the future. Net neutrality is the idea that every

VOA慢速英语2009年-AMERICAN MOSAIC - ArtBabble Shows Viewers

HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Mario Ritter. This week on our program, we play some new music from the Dave Matthews Band ... And answer a question about the term yellow journalism ... But first, we report on a

VOA慢速英语2009年-THE MAKING OF A NATION - American History

Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION -- American history in VOA Special English. By eighteen sixty-three, America's northern states and southern states had been fighting a bitter civil war for two years. Both sides felt the pressure of the costly strug

VOA慢速英语2009年-IN THE NEWS - Gays and Disabled Are Now Pr

This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. This week, President Obama signed an expansion of federal law on hate crimes. Such laws provide more investigative resources or longer sentences, or both, for crimes driven by prejudice. Until now, federal

VOA慢速英语2009年-AMERICAN MOSAIC - Golden Orb Spiders Help

HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. This week on our program: We play music by the jazz-influenced singer Melody Gardot ... And, answer a question about New York Citys Central Park. But first, a report

VOA慢速英语2009年-Development Report - For Health of Young P

This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Children eat sugar cane near their home in Kumbali, Malawi earlier this year. UNICEF says the southern African country is among those where the child death rate is improving. UNICEF says the death

VOA慢速英语2009年-IN THE NEWS - G20 Leaders Talk About Econo

This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. This week, leaders of the top industrial and developing economies gathered in the eastern United States. They met in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for a summit on the world's financial future. Leaders of the G

VOA慢速英语2009年-SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - Arctic Sea Ice Shrin

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 the latest about sea ice in the Arctic Ocean. We will also tell about an international competition involving so

VOA慢速英语2009年-AMERICAN MOSAIC - Little Kids Making a Big

HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. Today, we play music from a CD that brings together more than one hundred musicians from around the world. But first, we report about some special young people who ha

VOA慢速英语2009年-IN THE NEWS - Corruption Digs Deepest in C

This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Transparency International is out with its two thousand nine report on corruption around the world. The nongovernmental organization has released its Corruption Perceptions Index each year since nineteen n

VOA慢速英语2009年-Economics Report - California Gets a Budge

This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. The recession may be easing, but American states are still feeling the pain. Most of the fifty states began their budget year July first. Almost all states require balanced budgets. Already, some pre

VOA慢速英语2009年-AMERICAN MOSAIC - 'Sesame Street' Turns 40

HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. Today, we take a virtual walk down a famous street found in almost every land on the planet the children's television show Sesame Street turns forty years old. (MUSIC

VOA慢速英语2009年-Economics Report - Junior Achievement Mark

This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. This year, Junior Achievement marks its ninetieth anniversary of educating young people about business and economics. The nonprofit organization is the largest of its kind. Jack Kosakowky is executiv

VOA慢速英语2009年-Education Report - Going Digital: Californ

This is the VOA Special English Education Report. California has a new program called the Digital Textbook Initiative. ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER: Starting this fall with high school math and science, we will be the first state in the nation -- the first

VOA慢速英语2009年-Economics Report - Obama Nominates Bernank

This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. The government says the United States economy shrank at an annual rate of one percent in April, May and June. The decrease was less than expected, and much less than at the start of the year. The imp

VOA慢速英语2009年-THIS IS AMERICA - National Parks: An Idea

VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I'm Shirley Griffith. This week on our program, we look at the subject of a six-part series being shown on public television in the United States. The new

VOA慢速英语2009年-People in America - Les Paul, 1915-2009: H

VOICE ONE: Im Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO: And Im Steve Ember with People in America in VOA Special English. Today we tell about Les Paul, one of the most influential people in modern popular music. He was a skillful guitarist who played an energeti

VOA慢速英语2009年-AMERICAN MOSAIC - And the Winner Is: Netfl

HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. This week on our program: We listen to music by several bluegrass award nominees And answer three listener questions about the United States. But first, we tell about

VOA慢速英语2009年-Education Report - Number of Foreign Stude

This is the VOA Special English Education Report. A new report says the number of foreign students in the United States reached a record high in two thousand eight. More than six hundred seventy thousand international students attended an American c