VOA慢速英语2010年-THIS IS AMERICA - Kids, Before the Age

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 bring you some laughs from old-time American radio shows. Bud Abbott, left, and Lou Costello LOU COSTELLO

VOA慢速英语2010年-Economics Report - Global Recession Hi

This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Both the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund expect the world economy to shrink this year for the first time since World War Two. As recently as January, the I.M.F. had predicted growth of

VOA慢速英语2010年-EXPLORATIONS - Arabesque Celebrates th

VOICE ONE: I'm Faith Lapidus. VOICE TWO: And I'm Bob Doughty with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we visit the Arabesque festival at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. This three-week event brings eight hundred

VOA慢速英语2010年-SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - A New Treatment

VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Im Bob Doughty. VOICE TWO: Jesse Sullivan was an electrical worker who lost both of his arms while working on power lines And Im Barbara Klein. This week, we will tell about an American s

VOA慢速英语2010年-Development Report - A Voice for the V

This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Alison Des Forges was an American-born human rights expert and historian. She was one of fifty people killed in a plane crash on February twelfth near her hometown of Buffalo, New York. She was sixt

VOA慢速英语2010年-PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Rosa Parks, 1913-2

VOICE ONE: I'm Pat Bodnar. VOICE TWO: And I'm Steve Ember with PEOPLE IN AMERICA in VOA Special English. Today, we tell about Rosa Parks, who has been called the mother of the American civil rights movement. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: Rosa Parks Until the ni

VOA慢速英语2010年-IN THE NEWS - US Sees a Place for Iran

This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. The United States is proposing a big conference on Afghanistan and wants to invite Iran, one of its neighbors. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says dealing with extremism in Afghanistan and Pakistan requ

VOA慢速英语2010年-Economics Report - Slowing Exports, Hi

This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Leaders of the European Union met Sunday in Brussels to discuss measures to deal with the world financial crisis. But the emergency meeting showed growing divisions between western European countries

VOA慢速英语2010年-EXPLORATIONS - Visiting 7 Man-Made Won

VOICE ONE: I'm Faith Lapidus. VOICE TWO: And I'm Steve Ember with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. There are many natural wonders in the United States. Today, we take you to seven man-made wonders in America. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: Against the city's

VOA慢速英语2010年-THIS IS AMERICA - Alaska and Hawaii Ma

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 fir

VOA慢速英语2010年-PEOPLE IN AMERICA - John Lewis, 1920-2

VOICE ONE: I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I'm Shirley Griffith with the VOA Special English program PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Today, we tell about pianist John Lewis. He created one of one of the most famous jazz groups in America, the Modern Jazz Quartet.

VOA慢速英语2010年-Agriculture Report - Putting Your Head

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. We have talked about growing carrots and beets. This week, we move from root vegetables to a leafy vegetable. Cabbage is related to mustard, turnips, kale and collards. The leaves that form a head o

VOA慢速英语2010年-EXPLORATIONS - Wiley Post: The First P

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 thir

VOA慢速英语2010年-People in America - Red Adair, 1915-20

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 P

VOA慢速英语2010年-IN THE NEWS - US Newspapers Seek Ways

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 hund

VOA慢速英语2010年-AMERICAN MOSAIC - Coach Pat Summitt Re

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 reco

VOA慢速英语2010年-Development Report - Growing Crops Wit

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

VOA慢速英语2010年-Health Report - Study Links Hot Weathe

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 States

VOA慢速英语2010年-SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - Nations Take Ste

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. Ou

VOA慢速英语2010年-Development Report - Teaching HIV Prev

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 dela