VOA慢速英语2010年-PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Billie Holiday, 19

SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: I'm Shirley Griffith. STEVE EMBER: And I'm Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Every week we tell about a person important in the history of the United States. This week, we tell about Billie Holiday.

VOA慢速英语2010年-IN THE NEWS - What Next for Health Car

This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. This week, President Obama led a meeting of Democratic and Republican lawmakers to discuss health reform. Thursday's meeting lasted more than six hours and was broadcast live on television and the Internet.

VOA慢速英语2010年-PEOPLE IN AMERICA - R. Buckminster Ful

PHOEBE ZIMMERMANN: Im Phoebe Zimmermann. STEVE EMBER: And Im Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Today we tell about an unusual man who had many abilities, Richard Buckminster Fuller. (MUSIC) PHOEBE ZIMMERMANN: Buildin

VOA慢速英语2010年-IN THE NEWS - A Change in Generals, bu

This week, President Obama replaced his top commander in Afghanistan. General Stanley McChrystal resigned after a year in command of United States and NATO forces. To replace him, the president chose the general to whom General McChrystal reported. T

VOA慢速英语2010年-Education Report - For Foreign Student

The number of international students in the United States is at record levels. Last year, more than six hundred seventy thousand foreign students attended an American college or university. And for the eighth year the school with the largest number w

VOA慢速英语2010-AMERICAN MOSAIC - Pop Singer Spreads 'Bie

DOUG JOHNSON: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) Im Doug Johnson. This week on our program, we have music from Justin Bieber's latest album, My World 2.0. And we answer a question about National Teacher Day in America. Justin

VOA慢速英语2010年-Health Report - Vaccine-Autism Study I

This is the VOA Special English Health Report. The Lancet, a leading British medical journal, has withdrawn a study that scared many parents and angered many experts. The study, published twelve years ago, suggested a link between autism and the vacc

VOA慢速英语2010-Economics Report - One Group’s Fight fo

This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Sometimes, financial news can be hard to understand. Here, a former official of Goldman Sachs investment bank explains what his group did before the financial crisis. JOSH BIRNBAUM: Our desk began to

VOA慢速英语2010年-People in America - Kay Yow and Betty

VOICE ONE: Im Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And Im Faith Lapidus with People in America in VOA Special English. Today we tell about two women who helped change the world of sports, golfer Betty Jameson and basketball coach Kay Yow. Both women were founders

VOA慢速英语2010-Education Report - Bullying: Comments Fro

This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Last week's report on bullying brought so many comments online, we are going to take this time to share some. One person, who gave no name or country, described an experience with a Parent Teacher Ass

VOA慢速英语2010-EXPLORATIONS - New Plan for NASA Aims Bey

BARBARA KLEIN: Im Barbara Klein. STEVE EMBER: And Im Steve Ember with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. This week on our program, we tell you about the new goals that President Obama is proposing for the space agency NASA. The plans include a deci

VOA慢速英语2010-Health Report - South Africa's Huge HIV T

This is the VOA Special English Health Report. South Africa plans to test fifteen million people for H.I.V. by June of next year. That is almost one-third of its population. South Africa has the most people living with H.I.V. of any nation. The numbe

VOA慢速英语2010-SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - Scientists Predict

BOB DOUGHTY: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. Im Bob Doughty. STEVE EMBER: And Im Steve Ember. This week, we will tell about North Americas monarch butterfly. We will tell about a British investigation of information stolen from c

VOA慢速英语2010年-THE MAKING OF A NATION - Grant’s Sec

Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION American history in VOA Special English. Americas eighteenth president, Ulysses Grant, was elected to his second term in eighteen seventy-two. Grant had led the Union army of the North to victory over the Confederate

VOA慢速英语2010年-Development Report - On World No Tobac

This is the VOA Special English Development Report. World No Tobacco Day is celebrated each thirty-first of May. The observance is meant to bring attention to the growing use of tobacco and its deadly effects. The World Health Assembly established th

VOA慢速英语2010年-Economics Report - US Treasury Details

This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. This week American Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner announced details of a plan aimed at removing billions of dollars in bad debts from American banks. The government program has two parts. One involve

VOA慢速英语2010年-EXPLORATIONS - A Museum Better Known a

VOICE ONE: I'm Bob Doughty. VOICE TWO: And I'm Faith Lapidus with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. The United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., is one of the most recognized buildings in the world. Its design was influenced by the classical bui

VOA慢速英语2010年-Education Report - Students' Writing a

This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Web browsers first appeared on computers in the early nineteen nineties. Since then, the Internet has greatly changed the way people communicate. But some teachers think the changes are not all for th

VOA慢速英语2010年-THE MAKING OF A NATION - American Hist

Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION -- American history in VOA Special English. The Civil War ended in eighteen sixty-five. After that, tensions grew between Congress and the new president, Andrew Johnson. The Republican Party was still new. It was for

VOA慢速英语2010年-Economics Report - For Youths in US, a

This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. American children and teenagers have increased their use of entertainment media by more than one hour a day in the last five years. On an average day they now spend seven and a half hours using media.