VOA慢速英语2010年-Economics Report - Effort to Enforce '

This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Officials in Washington recently lost a ruling over their power to enforce competition on the Internet. Now the Federal Communications Commission has a new plan. The F.C.C. currently defines high-spee

VOA慢速英语2010年-Education Report - Greater Efforts Are

This is the VOA Special English Education Report. An international conference took place this week in Dakar, Senegal, to find new ways to get and keep girls in school. The United Nations Children's Fund says nearly seventy-two million children were n

VOA慢速英语2010年-EXPLORATIONS - Art by Japanese-America

STEVE EMBER: Im Steve Ember. BARBARA KLEIN: And Im Barbara Klein with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Visitors to Washington, D.C. this summer can see a powerful exhibit that tells about a dark period in American history. The exhibit at the Smit

VOA慢速英语2010年-SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - Six Researchers

BOB DOUGHTY: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. I'm Bob Doughty. FAITH LAPIDUS: And I'm Faith Lapidus. This week, the stories of some medical heroes. (MUSIC) BOB DOUGHTY: At the start of the twentieth century, the United States Army

VOA慢速英语2010年-Agriculture Report - Why Grafting Stil

Grafting is a way to produce plants from pieces of existing plants instead of seeds. Branches or buds are cut from one plant and placed on a related kind of plant. The branch or bud that is grafted is called the scion. The plant that accepts the graf

VOA慢速英语2010年-THIS IS AMERICA - Record-Breaking Stor

SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Shirley Griffith. STEVE EMBER: And Im Steve Ember. This week on our program, we tell about Nashville, Tennessee, and its efforts to recover from severe flooding. (MUSIC) SHIRLEY

VOA慢速英语2010年-People in America - James Brown, 1933-

STEVE EMBER: I'm Steve Ember. BARBARA KLEIN: And I'm Barbara Klein with People in America in VOA Special English. Today we tell about James Brown, the musician called The Godfather of Soul. (MUSIC) STEVE EMBER: That was James Brown singing his famous

VOA慢速英语2010年-IN THE NEWS - President Obama Nominate

This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. President Obama nominated Elena Kagan to the United States Supreme Court this week. She would replace retiring Justice John Paul Stevens on the nine-member Court. BARACK OBAMA:I have selected a nominee who

VOA慢速英语2010年-American Mosaic - Remembering Lena Hor

DOUG JOHNSON: Welcome to American Mosaic in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) Im Doug Johnson. Today on our show we listen to the great singer Lena Horne, who died this week at age ninety-two And we answer a question about the inventor of the telephone. B

VOA慢速英语2010年-Economics Report - Britain Gets a Gove

This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. European Union officials agreed on a debt rescue plan this week. They also got a message from Britain's new governing parties. WILLIAM HAGUE: It was not difficult to agree between us that neither part

VOA慢速英语2010年-Health Report - Finding New Ways to Tr

This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Rheumatoid arthritis is a painful disease that can destroy joints. Women are three times more likely to get it than men. Rheumatoid arthritis is considered an autoimmune disease, a disease where the body

VOA慢速英语2010年-Health Report - Study Finds Risk of Ea

This is the VOA Special English Health Report. A new study examines and compares adult death rates worldwide over the last forty years. For each country, researchers estimated the probability that a fifteen-year-old today will die an early death befo

VOA慢速英语2010年-SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - How Pain Treatme

BOB DOUGHTY: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Im Bob Doughty. STEVE EMBER: And Im Steve Ember. Today we tell about developments in pain control. (MUSIC) BOB DOUGHTY: As recently as the nineteen seventies, little research existed ab

VOA慢速英语2010年-Agriculture Report - Oil Spill Puts Fi

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. American officials have suspended all fishing in parts of the Gulf of Mexico for at least ten days because of the huge oil spill. The restrictions will give scientists time to study the effects on s

VOA慢速英语2010年-THIS IS AMERICA - Three People Making

FAITH LAPIDUS: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. Im Faith Lapidus. BOB DOUGHTY: And Im Bob Doughty. This week on our program, we tell you about three people who are working to make a difference in the world. (MUSIC) FAITH LAPIDUS: He

VOA慢速英语2010年-Development Report - In Developing Wor

This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Sending and receiving money by text message. Sharing crop prices. Just talking to a loved one far from home. These are some of the ways that mobile phones have changed lives in developing countries.

VOA慢速英语2010年-PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Doctor Seuss, 1904

MARY TILLOTSON: PEOPLE IN AMERICA, a program in Special English on the Voice of America. Today we tell about one of the most successful writers of childrens books. Sarah Long and Steve Ember tell about Doctor Seuss. (MUSIC) SARAH LONG: Doctor Seuss w

VOA慢速英语2010-SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - An Odyssey of Orchi

BARBARA KLEIN: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Im Barbara Klein. STEVE EMBER: And Im Steve Ember. Today we tell about the beauty and science of orchids, some of natures most interesting flowers. Orchids at the U.S. Botanic Garden

VOA慢速英语2010-THIS IS AMERICA - Celebrating National Po

FAITH LAPIDUS: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. Im Faith Lapidus. STEVE EMBER: And Im Steve Ember. April is National Poetry Month in the United States. This year is the fifteenth celebration of the event. We tell about how America w

VOA慢速英语2010-Agriculture Report - Deforestation Decrea

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization says deforestation has decreased over the past ten years. But it still continues at a high rate in many countries. Deforestation is mainly caused