Bananas

Broadcast: Feb 11, 2003 By Mario Ritter This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Recently, some concerns have been raised about the health of the world's banana plants. A number of media1 r

Orangutans1

Broadcast: Jan 17, 2003 By George Grow This is the VOA Special English ENVIRONMENT REPORT. Orangutans are great apes that live in coastal2 jungles on the islands of Borneo and Sumatra. A team of inter

New Agricultural Organization for Africa

Broadcast: April 15, 2003 By Mario Ritter This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Soon a new organization will be established to help agricultural development in Africa. The African Agricu

Prisons

Broadcast: May 5, 2003 By Jerilyn Watson VOICE ONE: Crime in the United States has decreased in recent years. One problem now is what to do about crowded prisons. I'm Phoebe Zimmermann with Steve Embe

Tree Nuts

Broadcast: May 6, 2003 By Mario Ritter This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Nuts that grow on trees are an important part of the diet in many cultures. They also provide an important ex

UNESCO Literacy1 Campaign

Broadcast: April 14, 2003 By Jill Moss This is the VOA Special English Development Report. The United Nations has launched a new ten-year campaign to increase literacy around the world. People with li

Earth Day 2003

Broadcast: April 18, 2003 by Caty Weaver and George Grow. This is the VOA Special English Environment Report. On April twenty-second, millions of Americans and people around the world will observe the

Rising Temperatures on Earth's Surface Make Changes

Broadcast: Jan 10, 2003 By George Grow This is the VOA Special English ENVIRONMENT REPORT. American scientists say rising temperatures on Earth's surface are forcing animals and plants to move to cool

National Wildlife Refuge System

Broadcast: April 16, 2003 By Jerilyn Watson VOICE ONE: This is Phoebe Zimmerman. VOICE TWO: And this is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS. Today we tell about an American g

Cowgirl1 Hall of Fame / Transylvania/ The Jewels and the Ori

Broadcast: April 18, 2003 By Nancy Steinbach and Shelley Gollust This is Doug Johnson. On our program today, we play some doo-wop music... answer a listener's question about places in the United State

Harvard University1

Broadcast: Feb 13, 2003 By Nancy Steinbach This is the VOA Special English Education Report. We continue our series of reports about how foreign students can study at an American college or university

North American Pollution Report

Broadcast: May 2, 2003 By George Grow This is the VOA Special English Environment Report. A new study has both good news and bad news about pollution in North America. It found that industrial release

Ceramic1 Water Purifier2

Broadcast: May 5, 2003 By Jill Moss This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Each year more than two-million people die from diseases caused by drinking dirty water. That is the estimate of

Foreign Student Series--Summary

Broadcast: April 17, 2003 By Nancy Steinbach This is the VOA Special English Education Report. We have been broadcasting a series of reports for foreign students who want to attend college in the Unit

A New International Coalition1 has been Launched

Broadcast: Jan 20 , 2003 By Jill Moss This is the VOA Special English Development Report. A new international coalition has been launched to help fight AIDS and the H-I-V virus that causes it. The new

VOA慢速英语2003年-社会广角 C-C-X

Broadcast: Feb 7, 2003 By George Grow This is the VOA Special English ENVIRONMENT REPORT. A private North American group has launched an effort to reduce and trade releases of industrial gases linked

White Sands National Monument

Broadcast: Feb 19, 2003 By Shelley Gollust VOICE ONE: This is Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And this is Mary Tillotson with the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS. Today we tell about one of the world

World Hunger

Broadcast: Jan 13, 2003 By Jill Moss This is the VOA Special English Development Report. International experts are concerned about a growing humanitarian crisis - world hunger. Last year, the World Fo

Ways to Improve Rice

Broadcast: January 7, 2003 By Mario Ritter This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Rice is the world's most important crop. Much has been done to increase its productivity. Modern genetic

A College for People with Learning Disabilities1

By Nancy Steinbach Broadcast: Feb 6, 2003 This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Today we continue our series for foreign students who want to study in the United States. We tell about an A