VOA慢速英语2009年-PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Marilyn Monroe, 19

VOICE ONE: I'm Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO: Marilyn Monroe And I'm Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Today we tell about movie star Marilyn Monroe. She died many years ago, yet still is one of the best known American

VOA慢速英语2009年-Development Report - Looking for New W

This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Scientists are studying ways to make mosquitoes resist malaria-causing parasites Scientists continue to seek better weapons against malaria. Each year the number of cases is in the hundreds of milli

VOA慢速英语2009年-THIS IS AMERICA - Another World, Under

VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Bob Doughty. VOICE TWO: And I'm Barbara Klein. This week on our program, we explore a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the American Southwest, near the city of Carlsbad, New Mexico. Carls

VOA慢速英语2009年-IN THE NEWS - 'Not Just America's War,

This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. American forces in Afghanistan have launched their first offensive since President Obama announced more troops for the war. On Friday, military officials said more than one thousand NATO troops, mostly Amer

VOA慢速英语2009年-AMERICAN MOSAIC - These Trash Collecto

HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. Today, we play music from a new album by Rosanne Cash And answer a question about the strange secret language called Pig Latin But first, we tell about a business that

VOA慢速英语2009年-Economics Report - Dubai Feels the Fin

This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. In recent years, a shining city grew in the desert of Dubai on -- and even off -- the Gulf coast. An island shaped like a palm tree was built for hotels, homes and entertainment. In October of last ye

VOA慢速英语2009年-Education Report - Some Advice on Choo

This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Last week, we told you that the number of foreign students in the United States had reached an all-time high. More than six hundred seventy-one thousand foreign students attended an American college o

VOA慢速英语2009年-EXPLORATIONS - Somewhere a Language Di

VOICE ONE: I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I'm Barbara Klein with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today, we travel far and wide to learn about some of the rarest languages in the world. Experts say over half of the world's seven thousand languag

VOA慢速英语2009年-Health Report - Experts Say as AIDS Ep

This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Tuesday was World AIDS Day, and the latest report on the epidemic provided some reason to celebrate. Experts say new H.I.V. infections have fallen by seventeen percent since two thousand one. Estimates f

VOA慢速英语2009年-SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - 'On the Origin o

VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Bob Doughty. VOICE TWO: And I'm Doug Johnson. November twenty-fourth marked the one hundred fiftieth anniversary of one of the most influential books ever written. Naturalist Charles

VOA慢速英语2009年-Agriculture Report - Making Better Con

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Rice hulls, or husks, are the protective coverings on grains of rice. Rice with just its hull removed is brown rice. Rice without its hull or bran is white rice. Once rice is harvested, the hulls ar

VOA慢速英语2009年-Agriculture Report - An International

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Some pirates catch fish instead of ships. The problem is known as illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing. Such fishing harms the productivity of fisheries, and hurts developing countries especi

VOA慢速英语2009年-SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - How Nine Researc

VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. I'm Doug Johnson. VOICE TWO: And I'm Mario Ritter. Today, we will tell about the two thousand nine Nobel Prizes for discoveries in science. We also will tell about progress against acqui

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,