VOA慢速英语2010年-THIS IS AMERICA - Record-Breaking Stor

SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Shirley Griffith. STEVE EMBER: And Im Steve Ember. This week on our program, we tell about Nashville, Tennessee, and its efforts to recover from severe flooding. (MUSIC) SHIRLEY

VOA慢速英语2010年-People in America - James Brown, 1933-

STEVE EMBER: I'm Steve Ember. BARBARA KLEIN: And I'm Barbara Klein with People in America in VOA Special English. Today we tell about James Brown, the musician called The Godfather of Soul. (MUSIC) STEVE EMBER: That was James Brown singing his famous

VOA慢速英语2010年-IN THE NEWS - President Obama Nominate

This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. President Obama nominated Elena Kagan to the United States Supreme Court this week. She would replace retiring Justice John Paul Stevens on the nine-member Court. BARACK OBAMA:I have selected a nominee who

VOA慢速英语2010年-American Mosaic - Remembering Lena Hor

DOUG JOHNSON: Welcome to American Mosaic in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) Im Doug Johnson. Today on our show we listen to the great singer Lena Horne, who died this week at age ninety-two And we answer a question about the inventor of the telephone. B

VOA慢速英语2010年-Economics Report - Britain Gets a Gove

This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. European Union officials agreed on a debt rescue plan this week. They also got a message from Britain's new governing parties. WILLIAM HAGUE: It was not difficult to agree between us that neither part

VOA慢速英语2010年-Health Report - Finding New Ways to Tr

This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Rheumatoid arthritis is a painful disease that can destroy joints. Women are three times more likely to get it than men. Rheumatoid arthritis is considered an autoimmune disease, a disease where the body

VOA慢速英语2010年-Health Report - Study Finds Risk of Ea

This is the VOA Special English Health Report. A new study examines and compares adult death rates worldwide over the last forty years. For each country, researchers estimated the probability that a fifteen-year-old today will die an early death befo

VOA慢速英语2010年-SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - How Pain Treatme

BOB DOUGHTY: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Im Bob Doughty. STEVE EMBER: And Im Steve Ember. Today we tell about developments in pain control. (MUSIC) BOB DOUGHTY: As recently as the nineteen seventies, little research existed ab

VOA慢速英语2010年-Agriculture Report - Oil Spill Puts Fi

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. American officials have suspended all fishing in parts of the Gulf of Mexico for at least ten days because of the huge oil spill. The restrictions will give scientists time to study the effects on s

VOA慢速英语2010年-THIS IS AMERICA - Three People Making

FAITH LAPIDUS: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. Im Faith Lapidus. BOB DOUGHTY: And Im Bob Doughty. This week on our program, we tell you about three people who are working to make a difference in the world. (MUSIC) FAITH LAPIDUS: He

VOA慢速英语2010年-Development Report - In Developing Wor

This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Sending and receiving money by text message. Sharing crop prices. Just talking to a loved one far from home. These are some of the ways that mobile phones have changed lives in developing countries.

VOA慢速英语2010年-PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Doctor Seuss, 1904

MARY TILLOTSON: PEOPLE IN AMERICA, a program in Special English on the Voice of America. Today we tell about one of the most successful writers of childrens books. Sarah Long and Steve Ember tell about Doctor Seuss. (MUSIC) SARAH LONG: Doctor Seuss w

VOA慢速英语2010年-Development Report - Taking Action Aga

This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Delegates from around the world have agreed on a new plan to end the worst kinds of child labor by two thousand sixteen. More than four hundred fifty delegates from eighty countries approved the pla

VOA慢速英语2010年-Health Report - Study Ties Some Pestic

This is the VOA Special English Health Report. A.D.H.D. is attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Government estimates say three to seven percent of school-age children in the United States have it. Adults can also have it. People with A.D.H.D. ha

VOA慢速英语2010年-Development Report - Small Drug Pouch

This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Researchers say they have found a way to extend the storage life of a drug used to treat H.I.V. Their work could give infected mothers in the developing world a new way to prevent the spread of the

VOA慢速英语2010年-SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - UN Report Critic

BOB DOUGHTY: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Im Bob Doughty. FAITH LAPIDUS: And Im Faith Lapidus. Today, we will tell about a United Nations warning about Earths natural environments. We will have information about infections link

VOA慢速英语2010年-EXPLORATIONS - Amelia Earhart: The Fir

MARY TILLOTSON: This is Mary Tillotson. STEVE EMBER: And this is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS. Today, we tell about Amelia Earhart. She was one of Americas first female pilots. (MUSIC) MARY TILLOTSON: Amelia Earhart w

VOA慢速英语2010年-Agriculture Report - A Cotton Plant Ki

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. In two thousand eight, scientists reported on a study of cotton grown in six provinces in northern China. The study involved bollworms, a major threat to cotton farmers. It also involved Bt cotton,

VOA慢速英语2010年-PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Lena Horne, 1917-2

BARBARA KLEIN: Im Barbara Klein. STEVE EMBER: And Im Steve Ember with PEOPLE IN AMERICA in VOA Special English. Today we remember the singer and actress Lena Horne. She helped break racial barriers by changing the way black women were represented in

VOA慢速英语2010年-THIS IS AMERICA - 'The Fantasticks' at

SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. Im Shirley Griffith. STEVE EMBER: And Im Steve Ember. This week on our program, we tell about a musical play that is fifty years old this month. SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: The Fantasticks fi