VOA慢速英语2010年-Agriculture Report - Scientists Recycl

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Recycling programs usually give new life to materials like paper, metal, plastic and glass. But a program in the eastern United States is recycling shellfish to help the Chesapeake Bay. Oysters are

VOA慢速英语2010年-PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Edgar Allan Poe, 1

FAITH LAPIDUS: And Im Faith Lapidus with PEOPLE IN AMERICA from VOA Special English. Today, we tell about Edgar Allan Poe, a nineteenth-century American writer. His stories and poems were some of the most frightening and strange ever written. (MUSIC)

VOA慢速英语2010年-IN THE NEWS - Haitians Face Major Elec

This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Haiti holds elections on Sunday for a new president and National Assembly. The nation has struggled with damage from the January earthquake -- and now a deadly outbreak of cholera. This election is seen as

VOA慢速英语2010年-American Mosaic - Now Showing: a Few F

MARIO RITTER: Welcome to American Mosaic in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) Im Mario Ritter. This week on our program, we take a look at some scary movies, just in time for Halloween... We also answer a question about the Kennedy Center, in Washington..

VOA慢速英语2010年-IN THE NEWS - Americans Vote Tuesday i

Americans will vote in elections on Tuesday. They will elect all four hundred thirty-five members of the United States House of Representatives, thirty-seven senators, many state governors and local officials. Political experts say all signs point to

VOA慢速英语2010年-Economics Report - How a Promise to Gu

This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. On Wednesday, Ireland's Prime Minister Brian Cowen announced measures to cut the biggest budget deficit in Europe. BRIAN COWEN: Today we've come to announce a four-year plan, between now and 2014. It'

VOA慢速英语2010年-AMERICAN MOSAIC - Toys That Make Music

DOUG JOHNSON: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC)I'm Doug Johnson. This week we play music from Kanye Wests new album And answer a question about cell phones ... But, first, a report about the most important day of the year for

VOA慢速英语2010年-SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - Babies and Intel

BOB DOUGHTY: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. Im Bob Doughty. FAITH LAPIDUS: And Im Faith Lapidus. This week, we will discuss scientific findings about how intelligence develops in babies. (MUSIC)BOB DOUGHTY: Not long ago, many pe

VOA慢速英语2010年-Education Report - These Jazz Students

This is the VOA Special English Education Report. (MUSIC) Each year, George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, presents a jazz concert. Around one thousand two hundred people attended this year's concert in October. Yet when the program first sta

VOA慢速英语2010年-People in America - Maria Callas, 1923

FAITH LAPIDUS: Welcome to People in America in VOA Special English. Im Faith Lapidus. Today, Shirley Griffith and Ray Freeman tell about one of the most famous opera singers of the twentieth century, Maria Callas. (MUSIC: March From Norma) SHIRLEY GR

VOA慢速英语2010年-President Obama Agrees to Extend Tax C

President Obama announced an agreement with Congressional Republicans Monday. It would extend for two years the tax cuts put in place by former president George W. Bush. The tax cuts were to end in January. The compromise extends current income tax r

VOA慢速英语2010年-Fear of Communism in 1920 Threatens Ci

BOB DOUGHTY: Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION -- American history in VOA Special English. The United States Constitution guarantees freedoms such as freedom of speech, freedom of the press and freedom of religion. The Bill of Rights in the Constitut

VOA慢速英语2010年-Technology Report - Broadband Subscrib

This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. Representatives from some of the world's leading broadband service providers and equipment manufacturers met in San Diego, California last week. They talked about the future of broadband and the Inte

VOA慢速英语2010年-Music Stars Present Grammy Nominations

DOUG JOHNSON: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. This week we answer a question about furniture in American homes. We also play some music nominated for Grammy Awards. But first, we tell about artist and writ

VOA慢速英语2010年-American History: Warren Harding Wins

STEVE EMBER: Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION -- American history in VOA Special English. This week in our series, Doug Johnson and Shirley Griffith discuss the presidential election of nineteen twenty and the man who won, Warren Harding. DOUG JOHNS

VOA慢速英语2010年-Lessons From Shanghai's Top Scores on

This is the VOA Special English Education Report. The Program for International Student Assessment, or PISA, is a two-hour test that compares the performance of fifteen-year-olds. In the latest test, the countries with the best readers were South Kor

VOA慢速英语2010年-'Hide/Seek' Exhibit at National Portra

STEVE EMBER: Im Steve Ember. BARBARA KLEIN: And Im Barbara Klein with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we visit two museums housed in one building in Washington, D.C. The Smithsonian American Art Museum recently opened a show on the New Yor

VOA慢速英语2010年-In Study, Aspirin Reduces Deaths From

BOB DOUGHTY: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Bob Doughty. FAITH LAPIDUS: And Im Faith Lapidus. This week, we will tell the story of aspirin. (MUSIC) BOB DOUGHTY: People have known since ancient times that aspirin lessens pain

VOA慢速英语2010年-Activists Say Fishing Limit Not Enough

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. An international group has set the limit for next year's catch of bluefin tuna in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea. The limit is just under thirteen thousand metric tons. That is six hundr

VOA慢速英语2010年-THIS IS AMERICA - A Look at Holiday Mo

SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Shirley Griffith. STEVE EMBER: And I'm Steve Ember. Some of the best movies of the year are released in December. Many will be competing for Academy Awards next year. This week