VOA慢速英语2010年-Education Report - China Passes India

This is the VOA Special English Education Report. This week, the Institute of International Education in New York published its yearly report on international students in the United States. The report says more than six hundred ninety thousand attend

VOA慢速英语2010年-EXPLORATIONS - Are EVs, Plug-in Hybrid

SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: Im Shirley Griffith. STEVE EMBER: And Im Steve Ember with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Starting this Friday, the auto industry will show off more than nine hundred of its latest vehicles at the LA Auto Show in Los Angeles, C

VOA慢速英语2010年-Health Report - World Health Officials

This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Delegates from around the world are meeting this week in Uruguay to consider new ways to control tobacco. A World Health Organization treaty called the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control took effect

VOA慢速英语2010年-SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - What You Can Do

STEVE EMBER: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Im Steve Ember. BARBARA KLEIN: And Im Barbara Klein. This week, we will tell about six diseases of the liver. The diseases come from six different viruses. Doctors have one name for all

VOA慢速英语2010年-THIS IS AMERICA - The Color of Money:

BARBARA KLEIN: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Barbara Klein. STEVE EMBER: And Im Steve Ember. Today on our program, we visit the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington, D.C. to hear how American dollars are made. In tw

VOA慢速英语2010年-Technology Report - New System May Let

This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. A hologram is a three-dimensional image -- an image that appears to have height, width and depth. More than thirty years ago, Princess Leia gave her famous holographic plea for help in the original S

VOA慢速英语2010年-PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Pearl S. Buck, 189

FAITH LAPIDUS: Im Faith Lapidus. JIM TEDDER: And Im Jim Tedder with PEOPLE IN AMERICA in VOA Special English. Today we tell about the award-winning writer Pearl S. Buck. (MUSIC)FAITH LAPIDUS: The year was nineteen thirty-one. Americans were suffering

VOA慢速英语2010年-IN THE NEWS - G-20 Leaders Promise Ste

This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Leaders of the world's twenty largest economies met this week in Seoul, South Korea. They agreed to try to let market forces drive currency exchange rates. Their declaration Friday also promised to avoid co

VOA慢速英语2010年-Agriculture Report - An African Grain

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Teff is a common part of the diet in Ethiopia and other parts of Africa. This nutritious grain is very small. It has a mild, nutty taste. People use teff flour to make bread and other foods. Now tef

VOA慢速英语2010年-Technology Report - PC Recycler Strike

This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. Each year, Americans throw away millions of tons of electronic devices. That means business is good for a small electronics recycler in Chantilly, Virginia. Company President Jeremy Faber established

VOA慢速英语2010年-Agriculture Report - Fight to End Rind

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. In nineteen ninety-four, animal health experts started a worldwide campaign to end rinderpest. This disease is closely related to the measles virus but it does not infect people. Yet for thousands o

VOA慢速英语2010年-SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - Scientists Searc

BOB DOUGHTY: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Im Bob Doughty. FAITH LAPIDUS: And Im Faith Lapidus. Today we tell about the latest research and treatments for Parkinsons disease. (MUSIC)BOB DOUGHTY: Parkinsons is a disease of the ce

VOA慢速英语2010年-Health Report - Defeat Malaria, or Jus

This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Malaria kills about one million people a year and sickens another two hundred fifty million. Most of the deaths are in young children in Africa. Malaria causes twenty percent of childhood deaths in Afric

VOA慢速英语2010年-EXPLORATIONS - 12 Cultural Sites in De

BOB DOUGHTY: Im Bob Doughty. FAITH LAPIDUS: And Im Faith Lapidus with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. The Global Heritage Fund organization recently released a list of cultural treasures in the developing world that are in danger of disappearing

VOA慢速英语2010年-Education Report - Music Teacher in Bo

Twenty-five-year-old Rick Aggeler says he discovered early in life that music is magic. RICK AGGELER: Music made me feel like anything was possible.At the age of seven, a medical condition required him to have a brain operation. It also prevented him

VOA慢速英语2010年-Technology Report - Taking a Closer Lo

This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. High-quality systems used in video conferencing are called telepresence systems. The images are life-size yet not truly lifelike. They lack the depth that people would normally see if they were in th

VOA慢速英语2010年-Health Report - Prevention, Treatment

This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Wednesday is December first, World AIDS Day. This year, experts are reporting more signs of success in halting the AIDS epidemic. The number of AIDS-related deaths and the number of new infections are bo

VOA慢速英语2010年-EXPLORATIONS - UNESCO Lists 'Intangibl

STEVE EMBER: And Im Steve Ember with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we tell about recent efforts by the United Nations to honor and protect different cultural traditions from around the world. U.N. experts meeting in Nairobi, Kenya recent

VOA慢速英语2010年-Education Report - A High School Offer

This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Most American schools have boys and girls in the same classroom. But a public high school in the small, rural town of Boonsboro, Maryland, offers a special program. Top students in the ninth and tenth

VOA慢速英语2010年-Economics Report - Commodity Prices Re

This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Commodities are basic materials that are used and traded worldwide. The price of commodities helps determine how much a business can charge for a product and the profit it can make. Commodity prices h