VOA慢速英语2009-THIS IS AMERICA - Two Art Exhibits in Washington

VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I'm Barbara Klein. Today we visit two art exhibits in Washington, D.C. that tell about life in America during two different periods. 1934: A New Deal for A

VOA慢速英语2009-People in America - Red Adair, 1915-2004: He Put

VOICE ONE: This is Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And this is Faith Lapidus with People in America in VOA Special English. Today we tell about Red Adair. He was famous for putting out dangerous oil well fires around the world. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: Red Adair

VOA慢速英语2009-IN THE NEWS - US Newspapers Seek Ways to Rewrite

This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer has become America's first major daily newspaper to publish online-only. Hearst, the company that owns it, printed the final newspaper on Tuesday. The Seattle P-I was one hun

VOA慢速英语2009-Economics Report - Bonus Pay at AIG Strikes a Ne

This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Anger was the common reaction of Americans this week to bonuses paid at rescued financial companies. Lawmakers held hearings and President Barack Obama denounced the extra pay at American Internation

VOA慢速英语2009-Education Report - Studying in the US: Helping F

This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Being a new student in school can be a little scary. Being a new student in a new country can be even scarier. A college or university's international student office is a good place to start getting

VOA慢速英语2009-Health Report - Study Links Hot Weather to Migra

This is the VOA Special English Health Report. A migraine headache can cause disabling pain. People may not feel back to normal for hours or even days. Migraine headaches are most common among young adults and middle-aged people. In the United State

VOA慢速英语2009-Agriculture Report - Do-It-Yourself: Growing Tom

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Today we talk about tomatoes. Tomatoes are generally easy to grow. Experts at the University of Illinois Extension suggest you start seeds indoors if the ground is still cold. For best results with

VOA慢速英语2009-SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - Nations Take Steps to Prep

VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Bob Doughty. VOICE TWO: Children in the Solomon Islands hunt for clothes after a tsunami hit their village of Titiana, where 15 people died, in April 2007 And I'm Shirley Griffith. O

VOA慢速英语2009-Development Report - Teaching HIV Prevention to

This is the VOA Special English Development Report. A researcher says three hundred forty-three thousand AIDS deaths in South Africa in the last ten years could have been prevented. Nicoli Nattrass blames the former government of Thabo Mbeki for del

VOA慢速英语2009-THIS IS AMERICA - Irish in America: Remembering

VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I'm Shirley Griffith. March seventeenth is Saint Patrick's Day, a time to celebrate Irish culture. The Census Bureau says that in two thousand seven, thirt

VOA慢速英语2009-People in America - Doctor Spock, 1903-1998: The

VOICE ONE: I'm Faith Lapidus. VOICE TWO: And I'm Steve Ember with People in America in VOA Special English. Today we tell about the world's most famous doctor for children, Benjamin Spock. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: Doctor Benjamin Spock with grand-daughter

VOA慢速英语2009-IN THE NEWS - Growing Drug Violence Shakes Mexic

This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. More than six thousand people died last year in Mexico's drug wars. So far this year the violence has only gotten worse. More than one thousand people have already been killed. Police have become common ta

VOA慢速英语2009-EXPLORATIONS - Wiley Post: The First Pilot to Ci

Now the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS. Today Shirley Griffith and Doug Johnson tell about pilot Wiley Post. He set new records when he flew his own airplane around the world in nineteen thirty-three. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: It was nineteen thi

VOA慢速英语2009-THIS IS AMERICA - Alaska and Hawaii Mark 50 Year

VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Barbara Klein. VOICE TWO: And I'm Steve Ember. The United States has had fifty states for fifty years. Alaska and Hawaii both joined the Union in nineteen fifty-nine. They were the fi

VOA慢速英语2009-AMERICAN MOSAIC - Coach Pat Summitt Reaches the

Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) Im Doug Johnson. This week: We play music by Somali-born hip-hop artist Knaan, And answer a listener question about the nations capital, Washington, D.C. ... But first, we report about a rec

VOA慢速英语2009-Health Report - New Test Could Speed Tuberculosi

This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Tuberculosis killed one million three hundred thousand people around the world in two thousand seven. In addition, almost half a million people who were infected with tuberculosis and with H.I.V. also d

VOA慢速英语2009-EXPLORATIONS - Environmental Film Festival Shows

VOICE ONE: I'm Faith Lapidus. VOICE TWO: And I'm Bob Doughty with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. The Environmental Film Festival in Washington, D.C., has been bringing movies to America's capital for seventeen years. This year, the twelve-day

VOA慢速英语2009-Education Report - Studying in the US: Where To

This is the VOA Special English Education Report. March Madness is the name for the busy championship season in American college basketball. But March also means another kind of madness -- the nervous wait for admissions letters from colleges and un

VOA慢速英语2009-SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - Recession Raising Stress L

VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Barbara Klein. VOICE TWO: Dwayne Speller, 22, waits to talk to a job adviser in Las Vegas, Nevada, earlier this month. The nation's unemployment rate rose to 8.1 percent in February,

VOA慢速英语2009-Development Report - Growing Crops With Less Wat

This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Scientists are working to develop crop plants that can reduce the amount of water used for agriculture. Almost sixty percent of the world's freshwater withdrawals from rivers, lakes and other water