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

VOA慢速英语2010年-AMERICAN MOSAIC

MARIO RITTER: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Mario Ritter. This week we answer a question about the great Fillmore music halls and the man behind them. We also play some recordings from shows there. But first, we visit

VOA慢速英语2010年-IN THE NEWS - US Condemns WikiLeaks Re

This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the release of thousands of State Department documents will not in any way interfere with American diplomacy. HILLARY CLINTON: I have not had any concerns expressed a

VOA慢速英语2010年-PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Milton Hershey

BARBARA KLEIN: Im Barbara Klein. STEVE EMBER: And Im Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Today we tell about Milton Hershey. He built one of the sweetest towns in the United States. (MUSIC) BARBARA KLEIN: Milton Snavel

VOA慢速英语2010年-Technology Report - Mobile Phones May

This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. Mobile phone technology is quickly changing the way the world operates. Today, we tell about two new projects involving mobile health, also known as m-health. Doctors and technology experts in London

VOA慢速英语2010年-Agriculture Report - US Farm Exports M

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Two thousand ten was a good year for American farmers. They earned an estimated eighty-two billion dollars. That is almost one-third more than they earned last year. And it is twenty-six percent hig

VOA慢速英语2010年-THIS IS AMERICA - Oprah Winfrey

DOUG JOHNSON: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. Im Doug Johnson. STEVE EMBER: And I'm Steve Ember. Each year in Washington, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts honors performers for a lifetime of work. This year the Ke

VOA慢速英语2010年-SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - Locusts

BOB DOUGHTY: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Im Bob Doughty. KATHERINE COLE: And Im Katherine Cole. Today, we will tell how some insects might prove useful against hard-to-fight diseases. We will tell about a program to protect cr

VOA慢速英语2010年-Health Report - Autism Test Could Use

This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Doctors currently identify autism disorders by observing behavior. Autism affects social and communication skills. It usually first appears in young children. Now, researchers in the United States think

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