This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Toyota became the world's largest automaker in two thousand eight. But after years of building loyalty, the Japanese company may have put its quality brand name at risk, at least temporarily. Toyota i
DOUG JOHNSON: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. Today on our program, we listen to music from some of this week's Grammy winners ... And we tell about the teams competing in the championship game of American
STEVE EMBER: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA. I'm Steve Ember. FAITH LAPIDUS: And I'm Faith Lapidus. These are important days for makers of sweets and sellers of flowers. For owners of fine restaurants and publishers of greeting cards. For salespeople at
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Soybeans are eaten by people and fed to animals. Some farmers grow them to replace lost nitrogen in the soil. Soybeans were first grown in Asia thousands of years ago. Now scientists have a full gen
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. More than three billion people are at risk from indoor air pollution because of the heating or cooking fuels they use. Most live in Africa, India and China. They use biomass fuels like wood, crop wa
FRITZI BODENHEIMER: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Fritzi Bodenheimer. MARIO RITTER: And I'm Mario Ritter. The January twelfth earthquake in Haiti killed or injured hundreds of thousands of people. The quake also left hundreds
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. An Afghan girl receives a dose of polio vaccine The World Health Organization has begun to use a new vaccine against polio. Officials say it will become a major tool in the campaign to end a disease
VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Bob Doughty. VOICE TWO: Protesters on the last day of the climate change conference last month in Copenhagen And I'm Faith Lapidus. This week, we will tell about an agreement to limit
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. President Obama is proposing rules to limit the size of banks and the risks they can take. He wants to prevent banks from using government-insured deposits to make risky investments. He also wants to
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Grasslands need time to rest when cattle and other animals feed on them. Moving animals from one area of pasture to another can provide the time needed for new growth. This is called rotational graz
VOICE ONE: I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: Margaret Mead And I'm Shirley Griffith with PEOPLE IN AMERICA in VOA Special English. Today we tell about one of the most influential social scientists of the last century -- the cultural anthropologist Margaret
Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. This week on our program we listen to music from superstar Whitney Houston ... And answer a question about the Old Believers religious group ... But first, we meet a new amb
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Today we answer a question from Brazil. Claudio Messias Gentil wants to know about the United States Military Academy at West Point. Cadets at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point celebrate graduat
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. China says it has passed Germany and become the world's top exporter. Exports totaled more than one trillion dollars last year. That was down from two thousand eight, but about thirty billion more tha
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Harvest in Benin A new study in West Africa shows how farm irrigation systems powered by the sun can produce more food and money for villagers. The study in Benin found that solar-powered pumps are
VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO: And I'm Steve Ember. Today, we tell you everything you ever wanted to know about snow. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: Justin Snow of the Indianapolis Colts stands in
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. A demonstration last May against loneliness in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Signs read in Portuguese Tired of being alone, Couple now and I want to be in love. Loneliness has been linked to depression and oth
VOICE ONE: I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: William Shakespeare And I'm Barbara Klein with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today, we tell about one of the most influential and skillful writers in the world. For more than four hundred years, people al
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. We have a question from China. Feng Tianqiang says I want to know something about John Dewey. John Dewey John Dewey was an influential thinker and educator. The New York Times once called him America'
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. This year's Consumer Electronics Show opened Thursday in Las Vegas. The event is the world's biggest technology trade show. More than three hundred companies are presenting more than twenty thousand n
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