VOA慢速英语2010年-Health Report - Scientists Look for An

This is the VOA Special English Health Report. A mother in Washington noticed something unusual one day, just before her daughter's eighth birthday. MOTHER: I noticed around the end of two thousand eight, I think she's getting breasts. This is ridicu

VOA慢速英语2010年-IN THE NEWS - Israelis, Palestinians t

This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. American officials are preparing for Israel and the Palestinians to restart direct peace talks. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced the plans on Friday in Washington. HILLARY CLINTON: I've invited

VOA慢速英语2010年-American Mosaic - With Elena Kagan, Su

DOUG JOHNSON: Welcome to American Mosaic in VOA Special English. Im Doug Johnson. Today, we visit a bluegrass music festival that has a special activity for children ... And we explain how to get a job at Americas space agency, NASA ... But, first, a

VOA慢速英语2010年-Economics Report - Verizon and Google

Last week, Verizon and Google proposed a plan they say could keep the Internet open while supporting investment in high-speed Internet service. Verizon has the nations biggest wireless network while Google is the biggest Internet search engine. The p

VOA慢速英语2010年-Education Report - For 'Cabaret Stars

This is the VOA Special English Education Report. (MUSIC: Cabaret) The word cabaret brings to mind images of singers in nightclubs, or maybe Liza Minnelli performing years ago in the movie Cabaret. What the word does not bring to mind is college dorm

VOA慢速英语2010年-SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - Learning First A

BOB DOUGHTY: Doctors in hospital emergency rooms often see accidental poisonings. A frightened parent arrives with a child who swallowed a cleaning liquid. Or perhaps the harmful substance is a medicine. Or it might be a product meant to kill insects

VOA慢速英语2010年-Agriculture Report - Phone Call About

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Advice on how much fertilizer to use will soon be just a phone call away for rice farmers in the Philippines. The Philippine Department of Agriculture and the International Rice Research Institute p

VOA慢速英语2010年-Development Report - Killing of 10 Aid

This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Humanitarian aid groups have promised to continue their work in Afghanistan after militants murdered ten medical aid workers August fifth. Officials say the seven men and three women worked for the

VOA慢速英语2010年-PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Duke Ellington, 18

RAY FREEMAN: And I'm Ray Freeman with the VOA Special English program PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Every week we tell about a person who was important in the history of the United States. Today, we tell about the great jazz musician, Edward Kennedy Ellington.

VOA慢速英语2010年-IN THE NEWS - Millions in Pakistan Str

DOUG JOHNSON: Welcome to American Mosaic in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) Im Doug Johnson. Today we celebrate our thirteen-hundredth show on Friday the thirteenth with music from the band Arcade Fire, and a story about a huge shopping center in Minnes

VOA慢速英语2010年-Development Report - Imported Foods Ra

This is the VOA Special English Development Report. The World Health Organization says obesity rates are rising in Pacific island countries. So, too, are health problems linked to being overweight. The WHO says a major reason for the rising obesity r

VOA慢速英语2010年-PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Duke Ellington: Hi

RICHARD RAEL: I'm Richard Rael. RAY FREEMAN: And I'm Ray Freeman with the VOA Special English program PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Every week we tell about a person who was important in the history of the United States. Today, we finish our report about the gr

VOA慢速英语2010年-EXPLORATIONS - Stieg Larsson’s Mille

BARBARA KLEIN: Im Barbara Klein. STEVE EMBER: And Im Steve Ember with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Visit any airport, train station, or coffee shop in the United States this summer, and chances are you will find someone reading a book by the

VOA慢速英语2010年-Economics Report - UAE, Other Nations

This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. BlackBerry service is facing limits or bans in some countries over the issue of government access to information on its network. Research in Motion, or RIM, based in Waterloo, Canada, makes BlackBerry

VOA慢速英语2010年-THIS IS AMERICA - Historic Route 66: T

VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Barbara Klein. VOICE TWO: And I'm Steve Ember. This week, we go for a ride through the colorful history of Route 66, a road that has been called The Main Street of America. ((MUSIC: Ro

VOA慢速英语2010年-Education Report - San Francisco Educa

This is the VOA Special English Education Report. More than half of young black men in the United States do not finish high school. Many grow up without fathers and in neighborhoods with gangs, drugs and violence. Sixty percent of those who drop out

VOA慢速英语2010年-EXPLORATIONS - Lower East Side Tenemen

BOB DOUGHTY: Im Bob Doughty. FAITH LAPIDUS: And Im Faith Lapidus with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today, we tell about a museum in New York City. It celebrates the people from different nations who came to the United States to live many year

VOA慢速英语2010年-Health Report - Experts Urge More Effo

This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Health experts are calling for action to expand cancer care and control in the developing world. A paper published by the medical journal Lancet says cancer was once thought of mostly as a problem in the

VOA慢速英语2010年-SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - Severe Ocean Sto

BARBARA KLEIN: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. Im Barbara Klein. BOB DOUGHTY: And Im Bob Doughty. Today we remember Hurricane Katrina and tell about the science of severe ocean storms. (MUSIC) BARBARA KLEIN: Many Americans are ob

VOA慢速英语2010年-Agriculture Report - Housing Plan Thre

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Russia's Pavlovsk Experimental Station houses one of the oldest seed and plant collections in the world. But this month a court agreed to let the Russian Housing Development Foundation take control