American Revolution: Whose Side Are You On?

Broadcast: May 29, 2003 By Nancy Steinbach VOICE ONE: This is Rich Kleinfeldt. VOICE TWO: And this is Ray Freeman with THE MAKING OF A NATION, a VOA Special English program about the history of the Un

VOA慢速英语2003年-农业与经济 Soil Conservation Meth

By Gary Garriott Broadcast: July 29, 2003 This is Bill White with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Soil conservation efforts protect soil from wind and water that can blow or wash it away.

Grafting

By Mario Ritter Broadcast: August 12, 2003 This is Bill White with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. We often think of agriculture as planting seeds and harvesting crops. But many crops do n

Antimicrobial Drugs in Agriculture

By Mario Ritter Broadcast: August 19, 2003 This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. A study has found no serious effects after farmers in Denmark ended the use of 1)antibio

Israeli-Palestinian Peace Efforts

By Cynthia Kirk Broadcast: July 5, 2003 This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, In the News. 1)Palestinian 2)militants are demanding that 3)Israel free thousands of Palestinians or r

Bush Visits Africa

By Cynthia Kirk Broadcast: July 12, 2003 This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, In the News. President Bush was in Africa this week to discuss the AIDS crisis, trade, African confli

Bush and Blair Defend War in Iraq

by Cynthia Kirk Broadcast: July 19, 2003 This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, In the News. President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair this week defended their decision t

Space News

Broadcast: Jan 29, 2003 By Paul Thompson VOICE ONE: This is Mary Tillotson. VOICE TWO: And this is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS. Today we tell about a space rock that

Sergio Vieira de Mello

By Shelley Gollust Broadcast: August 23, 2003 This is Steve Ember with In the News, in VOA Special English. On Tuesday, a 1)suicide bomber drove a truck filled with explosives into the United Nations

Vitamin D

Broadcast: Feb 5, 2003 By Jerilyn Watson This is the VOA Special English Health Report. For many years, scientists have known that people need Vitamin D. The body needs the vitamin to have normal leve

World Social Forum

Broadcast: March 3, 2003 By Onka Dekker This is Robert Colen the VOA Special English Development Report Organizers of the World Social Forum have chosen India as the meeting place in two-thousand-four

WWOOF: World-Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms

By Mario Ritter Broadcast: July 8, 2003 This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Recently, a listener in Nigeria told us about an organization called World-Wide Opportuniti

Vaccine1

Broadcast: Jan 6, 2003 By Jill Moss This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Vaccines are special medicines to prevent diseases. They are usually given to children by injection. They have p

Alcohol1 and Heart Attacks

Broadcast: Jan 29, 2003 By Jerilyn Watson This is the VOA Special English Health Report. A new study says drinking beer, wine or other alcoholic drinks several times a week can help prevent heart atta

First Meeting to Form a New Iraqi Government

Broadcast: April 19, 2003 By Jill Moss On Tuesday, Iraqi political and religious1 leaders met for the first time to discuss how to form a new government in Iraq. The talks were held near the southern

A New Treatment to Fight Lymphatic1 Filariasis2

Broadcast: Feb 17, 2003 By Jill Moss This the VOA Special English Development Report. Researchers have discovered a successful new treatment to fight lymphatic filariasis around the world. This diseas

Congressional Report on Sept. 11 Attacks Investigation

by Cynthia Kirk Broadcast: July 26, 2003 This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, IN THE NEWS. This week, a joint congressional committee released its final report about the terrorist

West African Peacekeepers to Go to Liberia

By Cynthia Kirk Broadcast: August 2, 2003 This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program In the News. West African countries say they will send 1)peacekeeping troops to 2)Liberia on Monday t

Growing Carrots

By Bob Bowen Broadcast: August 5, 2003 This is Bill White with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. 1)Carrots are grown on farms and in small family gardens throughout the world. They are easy

International Conference Looks at Agricultural Science and T

By Mario Ritter Broadcast: July 1, 2003 This is Robert Covent with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Last week, an international meeting in Sacramento, California, brought together agricultu