VOA慢速英语2009年-Health Report - A Test for Brain Injury Cr

This is the VOA Special English Health Report. A concussion happens when the brain is shaken, often in a car crash or a fall or a strike to the head in sports. Concussions can be mild, but doctors may order a CT scan to look for a more serious injur

VOA慢速英语2009年-EXPLORATIONS - Exploring the Art of Jewelr

VOICE ONE: I'm Barbara Klein. VOICE TWO: And I'm Steve Ember with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Susan Sanders at work At the Torpedo Factory Art Center in Alexandria, Virginia, you can see the work of jewelry designer Susan Sanders. Her many

VOA慢速英语2009年-Education Report - Write or Wrong: The Dea

This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Do American children still learn handwriting in school? In this age of the keyboard, some people seem to think handwriting lessons are on the way out. We asked a literacy professor at Vanderbilt Univ

VOA慢速英语2009年-THIS IS AMERICA - Kennedy Center to Honor

VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I'm Barbara Klein. Each year, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington honors performers for their lifetime of work. This year the

VOA慢速英语2009年-People in America - Arthur Miller: 1915-20

VOICE ONE: Im Barbara Klein. VOICE TWO: And Im Steve Ember with People in America in VOA Special English. Today we tell about Arthur Miller. Many theater critics believe he was one of the greatest American playwrights of the twentieth century. (MUSI

VOA慢速英语2009年-Economics Report - US Says Economy Grew 3.

This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Early estimates show that the United States economy began to grow again in July, August and September. The three-and-a-half percent growth was the first expansion in more than a year, and the stronge

VOA慢速英语2009年-IN THE NEWS - Looking Back at the Life of

This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. This week, Americans said goodbye to the last son of one of the nation's most politically influential families. Senator Edward Kennedy died Tuesday of brain cancer. He was seventy-seven. A visitor writes i

VOA慢速英语2009年-People in America - Eugene McCarthy,1916-2

VOICE ONE: Im Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And Im Barbara Klein with People in America in VOA Special English. Today we tell about Eugene McCarthy. His campaign for the presidency in nineteen sixty-eight increased popular opposition to the war in Vietnam

VOA慢速英语2009年-Development Report - Dangerous Lead-Based

This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Workers clean up lead paint at a building in Providence, Rhode Island in 2006. A new study shows that lead-based paint remains a worldwide threat to public health. Paint containing lead is a major

VOA慢速英语2009年-THIS IS AMERICA - Beyond 'Law & Order': Th

VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: An artist's drawing shows a lawyer giving his closing arguments to the jury during a federal court case in Washington, D.C. in 2007. And I'm Barbara Klein. Thi

VOA慢速英语2009年-Education Report - Getting a Fellowship, F

This is the VOA Special English Education Report. The Ford Foundation in the United States is a charitable organization that calls itself a partner for social change. It has a study program currently available to college graduates in twenty-two coun

VOA慢速英语2009年-Development Report - Some Tips for Cold St

This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Indonesian women sell their harvest in a traditional floating market Before refrigerators were invented, the next best thing was an ice box. But another way to keep food fresh is to use an evaporat

VOA慢速英语2009年-SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - In Egypt, King T

VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Barbara Klein. VOICE TWO: And I'm Bob Doughty. This week, we will tell about efforts to protect the burial place of Egypt's King Tutankhamen. And we will tell about what imaging tests

VOA慢速英语2009年-PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Irving Berlin, 188

VOICE ONE: Im Phoebe Zimmerman. VOICE TWO: And I'm Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Today, we tell about Irving Berlin. He wrote the words and music for some of the most popular songs of the twentieth century. (MUSI

VOA慢速英语2009年-Health Report - Study Finds Treatment

This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Last week, researchers in the United States reported curing nine adults with sickle cell disease. Ten patients in all were treated in a study with donated bone marrow. The healthy marrow causes new blood

VOA慢速英语2009年-Education Report - Educational Technol

This is the VOA Special English Education Report. A question from the West Bank: Zuheir Khlaif wants to know how American schools use educational technology. There is not a simple answer. It depends on the subject and level of students, of course. Bu

VOA慢速英语2009年-AMERICAN MOSAIC - Virgin Galactic Plan

HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. Today, we play jazz music by a young saxophonist, Hailey Niswanger And answer a question about the history of blue jeans ... But first, we tell about one company's pla

VOA慢速英语2009年-SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - Study Shows Lone

VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Bob Doughty. VOICE TWO: And I'm Shirley Griffith. This week, we will tell how people who are lonely can spread that feeling to others. We will tell about an experimental treatment for

VOA慢速英语2009年-THIS IS AMERICA - Christmas 2009 in Am

VOICE ONE: A major snowstorm hit the East Coast on the weekend before Christmas. Christmas trees for sale in the Upper West Side neighborhood of New York. Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Barbara Klein. This week on our program,

VOA慢速英语2009年-Development Report - Bringing Light to

This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Dave Irvine-Halliday in Mexico More than one and a half billion people around the world live without electricity. Finding better ways to bring light to the poor is the goal of researchers like David