VOA慢速英语2010年-Development Report - How Manute Bol Us

This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Manute Bol played ten years in the National Basketball Association. But he will be remembered as much for his shot-blocking in the NBA as for his charity work in Sudan. He died June nineteenth from

VOA慢速英语2010年-PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Ella Fitzgerald, 1

SARAH LONG: Now, the VOA Special English program PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Today, Shirley Griffith and Steve Ember tell about the jazz singer, Ella Fitzgerald. She was known as America's first lady of song. (MUSIC: How High The Moon) SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: The y

VOA慢速英语2010年-IN THE NEWS - Obama Urges Congress: Re

This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. One of Barack Obama's campaign promises was to reform immigration policies. On Thursday he gave his first major speech on the issue as president. BARACK OBAMA: In sum, the system is broken. And everybody kn

VOA慢速英语2010年-American Mosaic - Celebrating Independ

DOUG JOHNSON: Welcome to American Mosaic in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) Im Doug Johnson. Today we tell about Independence Day in the United States. This Fourth of July will mark Americas two hundred and thirty-fourth birthday. We also answer a liste

VOA慢速英语2010年-IN THE NEWS - US-Russia Spy Exchange B

This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Russia and the United States have completed the largest spy exchange since the Cold War. On Friday, at an airport in Vienna, Austria, an American plane and a Russian plane landed, parked side by side and ex

VOA慢速英语2010年-EXPLORATIONS - The Centuries-Long Jour

STEVE EMBER: This is Steve Ember. BOB DOUGHTY: And this is Bob Doughty with the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS. Today, we tell about how people learned an important piece of information necessary for safely sailing on the oceans. It is call

VOA慢速英语2010年-Health Report - A New AIDS Plan for th

This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Researchers, policy makers and activists are busy preparing for the International AIDS Conference. The next conference begins Sunday in Vienna, Austria. On Tuesday, the Obama administration announced its

VOA慢速英语2010年-SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - So You Want to B

FAITH LAPIDUS: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Faith Lapidus. BOB DOUGHTY: And I'm Bob Doughty. This week, we look at how people train to be medical doctors in the United States. (MUSIC) FAITH LAPIDUS: It is not easy to become

VOA慢速英语2010年-Agriculture Report - Growing Trees in

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Pieter Hoff used to export lilies and tulips from the Netherlands. He retired from the flower export business seven years ago. Now, he is trying to help people grow trees and plants in the desert --

VOA慢速英语2010年-THIS IS AMERICA - Classical Music, but

Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I'm Barbara Klein. Today we begin the first of two programs about classical music composers at work today in the United States. Some continue the traditions of Europea

VOA慢速英语2010年-PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Percival Lowell, 1

VOICE ONE: I'm Mary Tillotson. VOICE TWO: And I'm Bob Doughty with the VOA Special English program PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Today, we tell about Percival Lowell whose work led to the discovery of Pluto. His efforts and imagination helped change the history

VOA慢速英语2010年-American Mosaic - An Art Exhibit Wants

MARIO RITTER: Welcome to American Mosaic in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) Im Doug Johnson. Today we answer a listener question about the oldest museum in the United States. And listen to some of the latest songs added to the National Recording Registr

VOA慢速英语2010年-Economics Report - Obama Looks to Expo

This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. The International Monetary Fund has raised its prediction for world economic growth to four and six-tenths percent this year. That is a half-percentage point higher than the estimate in April. The IMF

VOA慢速英语2010年-Education Report - Celebrating the 50t

Millions of high school students have read To Kill a Mockingbird. The novel by Harper Lee offers moral lessons about racial justice and respect. It tells the story of a young girl named Scout and her father, Atticus Finch, a lawyer. He defends a blac

VOA慢速英语2010年-EXPLORATIONS - Remembering the X-15, A

SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: EXPLORATIONS -- a program in Special English by the Voice of America. (MUSIC) Today, Doug Johnson and Frank Oliver tell about the first airplane that flew out of the Earth's atmosphere. It was designed to test equipment and conditio

VOA慢速英语2010年-Health Report - Physical Activity in T

This is the VOA Special English Health Report. How active you are early in life may affect how able-minded you are late in life. That was the finding of a new study of cognitive impairment, or a loss in mental abilities. The study involved more than

VOA慢速英语2010年-SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - Keeping a Lookou

DOUG JOHNSON: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. I'm Doug Johnson. FAITH LAPIDUS: And I'm Faith Lapidus. Today, we will tell about skin cancer. (MUSIC) DOUG JOHNSON: Skin cancer is one of the most common forms of cancer. It is also

VOA慢速英语2010年-Development Report - Rift Valley Fever

This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Rift Valley fever mainly affects farm animals. But the virus can also infect humans, and South Africa has been experiencing an outbreak. The National Institute for Communicable Diseases reported two

VOA慢速英语2010年-Education Report - National Standards

This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Americans have never had national education standards. Goals for what public schools should teach are set by state and local school boards. Their members are often elected. But some Americans say the

VOA慢速英语2010年-EXPLORATIONS -‘The Immortal Life of

STEVE EMBER: Im Steve Ember. FRITZI BODENHEIMER: And Im Fritzi Bodenheimer with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we tell about one of the most important scientific discoveries of the last century -- the development of HeLa cells. Reporter R