VOA慢速英语2011--The Carter Family: First Family of Count

STEVE EMBER: Im Steve Ember. SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: And Im Shirley Griffith with PEOPLE IN AMERICA in VOA Special English. Today we tell about the Carter Family, the First Family of country music. STEVE EMBER: It was August second, nineteen twenty-seven.

VOA慢速英语2011--Words and Their Stories: Deep Six

Now, the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. Sailors seem -- to those of us on land -- to lead exciting, even mysterious lives. Many things are different at sea. Even the language is different. Simple words like right and left are no

China Promises to Help the Poor

This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. 这里是美国之音慢速英语新闻报道节目。 About three thousand delegates from around China are in Beijing for this year's meeting of the National People's Congress. 近3千名来自全国各地的

American History: How the Depression Hit Foreign Relations

MARIO RITTER: Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION -- American history in VOA Special English. The stock market crash of nineteen twenty-nine began a long and difficult period for the United States. President Herbert Hoover struggled to find solutions a

VOA慢速英语2011--In Class With Peace Corps Volunteers in

This is the VOA Special English Education Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语教育报道。 This week marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Peace Corps. President John Kennedy began the program in nineteen sixty-one. The Peace Corps sends Amer

After Brain Study, New Questions About Mobile Phones

This is the VOA Special English Health Report. How important is your mobile phone, better known to Americans as a cell phone? MAN: I use my phone all the time. I'm always on my phone. WOMAN: It's kind of pretty much important to me because it's like

Two Inventions That Helped Level the Playing Field Against

BOB DOUGHTY: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Im Bob Doughty. CHRISTOPHER CRUISE: And Im Christopher Cruise. Today we tell about two recent inventions that have helped to save lives. We will also tell about the people who developed

Food Makers See Crunch Time Against New Maize for Fuel

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. (SOUND) Food companies say a new kind of maize could take the crunch out of corn chips and other popular foods. The big Swiss company Syngenta genetically engineered the maize to contain an enzyme c

Hey, Hon, Ready to Learn How They Talk in Baltimore?

STEVE EMBER: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA. I'm Steve Ember. FAITH LAPIDUS: And Im Faith Lapidus. This week on our program, we tell you about the past and present of the city of Baltimore, Maryland. (MUSIC) STEVE EMBER: We start with the name. Many Balt

How Egypt's Present Is Affecting Studies of Its Ancient Past

FAITH LAPIDUS: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Im Faith Lapidus. BOB DOUGHTY: And Im Bob Doughty. This week, we tell about a new report about alcohol abuse. And we tell how the recent political unrest in Egypt has affected America

Are People Who Speak More Than One Language Smarter?

This is the VOA Special English Health Report. In the early nineteen fifties, researchers found that people scored lower on intelligence tests if they spoke more than one language. Research in the sixties found the opposite. So which is it? Researche

VOA慢速英语2011--Explorer Andrew Skurka Takes Hiking to a

STEVE EMBER: Im Steve Ember. BARBARA KLEIN: And Im Barbara Klein with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today on our program we meet an extreme hiker. He recently completed a more than seven thousand kilometer exploration of the state of Alaska an

Breast Cancer Study Could Change How Early Growths Are Treat

This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Have you ever felt lumps under the skin on the sides of your neck when you were sick? Those might be lymph nodes. They can get swollen and painful but their job is to fight infection. Lymph nodes are par

Japan’s Early Warning System One of the Best in the World

This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. A powerful earthquake struck the northeastern coast of Japan at two forty-six p.m. local time on March eleventh. Japans Meteorological Agency released its first tsunami warnings just three minutes la

Shirley Chisholm, 1924-2005: The First Black Woman Elected t

STEVE EMBER: Im Steve Ember. BARBARA KLEIN: And Im Barbara Klein with PEOPLE IN AMERICA in VOA Special English. Today we tell about Shirley Chisholm. She was an educator, activist and politician. (MUSIC) STEVE EMBER: Shirley Chisholm is best known as

VOA慢速英语2011--Words and Their Stories: Hold Your Horse

Now, the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. 现在是美国之音慢速英语词汇典故节目。 Today, we tell about horse expressions. In the past, many people depended on horses for transportation, farming and other kinds of wo

Workers Continue Efforts to Prevent a Nuclear Disaster in Ja

This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. 这里是美国之音慢速英语时事新闻节目。 A huge earthquake and tsunami destroyed a large part of northeastern Japan last week. Survivors and rescue workers stopped for one minute on Friday to

Writer Deborah Eisenberg Wins PEN/Faulkner Fiction Award

DOUG JOHNSON: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. This week, we play R.E.M.s new album, Collapse Into Now, and read a few comments about some of our recent shows. But first, we tell about writer Deborah Eisenb

Japan's Disaster Could Hurt Plans for Nuclear Energy Industr

This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语经济报道。 The crisis at Japan's Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear energy center has raised questions about the future of the nuclear energy industry. Arjun Makhijani is

American History: An Angry Nation Puts Its Hopes in Presiden

STEVE EMBER: Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION American history in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember with Shirley Griffith. This week in our series, we begin the story of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. (MUSIC) In nineteen thirty-two American