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

VOA慢速英语2009年-Agriculture Report - Officials in US L

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Last week our subject was illegal fishing. Now we report on two cases where fish are both the victims and the offenders. The first involves two kinds of Asian carp, bighead and silver. They can grow

VOA慢速英语2009年-Economics Report - How Islamic Finance

This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Dubai's recent debt problems have brought attention to the growth of Islamic finance. A government-owned group of companies, Dubai World, has been seeking to restructure twenty-six billion dollars of

VOA慢速英语2009年-EXPLORATIONS - Cliffhanger: Rock Climb

VOICE ONE: I'm Doug Johnson. VOICE TWO: Climbing in the Adirondack Mountains in New York State And I'm Bob Doughty with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Some people say the higher you climb, the harder you fall. But those people probably would no

VOA慢速英语2009年-Health Report - 'Gelotophobia' Is No L

This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Shy people often avoid situations that force close contact with other people. They worry that something they say or do will make others laugh at them. But some people worry much more than others about be

VOA慢速英语2009年-Health Report - Want to Stay Warm in W

This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Freezing weather can mean frostbite and hypothermia unless a person is prepared. Today we talk about how to stay warm, dry and safe. Frostbite is damage that happens when skin is exposed to extreme cold

VOA慢速英语2009年-Agriculture Report - How a Hoop House

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Today we discuss the greenhouse effect. Farmers and gardeners have long used greenhouses to extend the growing season in cold weather. Now, hoop houses are gaining popularity. Hoop houses are someti

VOA慢速英语2009年-Development Report - Increase in Illeg

This is the VOA Special English Development Report. A new report says the illegal killing of rhinos for their horns is increasing in Africa and Asia. Rhinoceros poachers are killing an estimated two to three of the rare animals each week. Experts say

VOA慢速英语2009年-PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Remembering Six In

VOICE ONE: Im Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And Im Shirley Griffith with PEOPLE IN AMERICA in VOA Special English. Today we remember six interesting people who died in the past year. We begin with two writers. VOICE ONE: John Updike John Updike once said t

VOA慢速英语2009年-IN THE NEWS - A Compromise on Climate

This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Almost two hundred countries met for two weeks at a United Nations conference on climate change in Copenhagen, Denmark. In the end, only five of them reached an agreement: the United States, China, India, B

VOA慢速英语2009年-AMERICAN MOSAIC - Making Merry With Th

HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Bob Doughty. As always, music makers released lots of new holiday albums this year. There are country, jazz, gospel and other kinds of holiday songs. Since it is Christmas today we

VOA慢速英语2009年-Education Report - Bess Lomax Hawes, 8

This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Bess Lomax Hawes was an American folk musician, singer and teacher who died last month at the age of eighty-eight. She came from a family of music historians. She helped her father and brother, John a

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

Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION -- American history in VOA Special English. Surrender finally came for General Robert E. Lee and the Confederacy he had served as a great soldier. It was mostly his military skill and intelligence that kept the South

VOA慢速英语2009年-Education Report - Letting Religion In

This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Public schools in the United States have to be neutral about religion, even though they close for holidays like Christmas. The Constitution separates religion from government. Researcher Charles Hayne

VOA慢速英语2009年-EXPLORATIONS - Eleanor Creesy: She Gui

VOICE ONE: I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I'm Shirley Griffith with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today, we tell about Eleanor Creesy. She helped to guide one of the fastest sailing ships ever built. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: A painting of the Flyin

VOA慢速英语2009年-EXPLORATIONS - Visiting the Galapagos

VOICE ONE: I'm Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO: And I'm Steve Ember with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today, we tell about the Galapagos Islands in the Pacific Ocean and the unusual creatures that live there. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: Bartolome Island T

VOA慢速英语2009年-IN THE NEWS - Why We Should Care About

This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Think of your family or friends. How well would those relationships work without trust -- or with a broken trust? Tiger Woods considers a difficult shot from deep grass during the 2009 U.S. Open Recently, F

VOA慢速英语2009年-THIS IS AMERICA - The Man Who Declared

VOICE ONE: Emperor Norton Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Shirley Griffith. This week on our program, we answer a question from a listener in Brazil. Tino Therezo in Sao Paulo wants to know about Joshua Norton. Who is that? Oh,

VOA慢速英语2009年-PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Louis Kahn, 1901-1

VOICE ONE: Im Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And Im Barbara Klein with the VOA Special English program PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Today, we tell about Louis Kahn. He is considered one of the most important American building designers of the twentieth century. (MUSI

VOA慢速英语2009年-IN THE NEWS - Aiming for a Deal on Cli

This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Demonstrators marching Saturday from the Danish parliament in the center of Copenhagen to the site of the climate change conference In Copenhagen, Denmark, the United Nations Climate Change Conference opene