VOA慢速英语2009年-People in America - Arthur Miller: 1915-20

VOICE ONE: Im Barbara Klein. VOICE TWO: And Im Steve Ember with People in America in VOA Special English. Today we tell about Arthur Miller. Many theater critics believe he was one of the greatest American playwrights of the twentieth century. (MUSI

VOA慢速英语2009年-Economics Report - Junior Achievement Mark

This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. This year, Junior Achievement marks its ninetieth anniversary of educating young people about business and economics. The nonprofit organization is the largest of its kind. Jack Kosakowky is executiv

VOA慢速英语2009年-AMERICAN MOSAIC - 'Sesame Street' Turns 40

HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. Today, we take a virtual walk down a famous street found in almost every land on the planet the children's television show Sesame Street turns forty years old. (MUSIC

VOA慢速英语2009年-PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Hank Williams,1923-195

VOICE ONE: PEOPLE IN AMERICA -- a program in Special English by the Voice of America. Every week at this time, we tell you a story about people who played a part in the history of the United States. I'm Tony Riggs. Today, Larry West and I tell the s

VOA慢速英语2009年-Health Report - Screening for Breast, Cerv

This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Sometimes new health advice conflicts with old advice. Yet new guidelines last week for breast cancer testing in the United States created a storm of debate. The advice came from experts who are appoint

VOA慢速英语2009年-Education Report - High School Exchange St

This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Twenty-six thousand foreign exchange students are in American high schools this year. A few days ago, we asked four teenagers who arrived in August to discuss their experience so far. All but one are

VOA慢速英语2009年-AMERICAN MOSAIC - 150 Years Later, Remembe

HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. This week on our program: A competition to find a spokesmodel for Mother Earth And a question from Russia about Kurt Cobain and the band that he led, Nirvana. But fir

VOA慢速英语2009年-PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Helen Keller, 1880-196

VOICE ONE: I'm Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO: And I'm Ray Freeman. Every week we tell about a person who was important in the history of the United States. This week we tell about Helen Keller. She was blind and deaf but she became a famous writer and

VOA慢速英语2009年-Agriculture Report - Why Holding Fruit on

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Alternate bearing is a widespread problem for growers of citrus and other fruit trees. It can affect a large area or just individual trees or even part of a tree. No, it is not a disease. Alternate

VOA慢速英语2009年-Education Report - US Colleges Set Enrollm

This is the VOA Special English Education Report. College enrollment has reached an all-time high in the United States. About forty percent of all eighteen- to twenty-four-year-olds -- or almost eleven and a half million -- were in school in October

VOA慢速英语2009年-THIS IS AMERICA - North Carolina’s Biltmo

ANNOUNCER: Biltmore Estate Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. This week, Rich Kleinfeldt and Shirley Griffith are your guides as we take you to the Biltmore Estate. This huge home was built more than a century ago near the mountains

VOA慢速英语2009年-AMERICAN MOSAIC - Brian Jungen Makes Art I

HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. This week on our program, we report on several events marking American Indian Heritage Month. We listen to music by the Cherokee National Youth Choir Talk about Presi

VOA慢速英语2009年-Health Report - US to End HIV Travel Ban i

This is the VOA Special English Health Report. In nineteen eighty-seven, H.I.V./AIDS joined a list of diseases that could keep a person out of the United States. The government later tried to cancel its decision. But Congress made the travel ban a p

VOA标准英语2009年-Czech Court Clears Way for President to Si

By Lisa Bryant Paris 03 November 2009 The Czech Republic's Constitutional Court has removed the last obstacle to a new European Union charter known as the Lisbon Treaty by dismissing a complaint that had been brought against the document. Shortly af

VOA标准英语2009年-Zimbabwe Diamond Trade Under Spotlight

By Peta Thornycroft Southern Africa 03 November 2009 Raw diamonds (file photo) The so-called Kimberley Process, a joint international government, industry and civil society initiative to stem the flow of conflict diamonds, will decide at its annual

VOA标准英语2009年-Interpol Cracking Down on Central Africa T

By Scott Stearns Dakar 09 November 2009 The international law enforcement agency Interpol is cracking down on the sale of stolen luxury cars in Central Africa. Interpol says thousands of luxury cars stolen in Belgium, France, and Japan enter Cameroo

VOA标准英语2009年-Berlin Wall Crumbled 20 Years Ago

By Sonja Pace Berlin 03 November 2009 People standing on Berlin Wall preparing to destroy it For nearly three decades the Berlin Wall was the symbol of the Cold War; it divided a city and in effect the entire country. And then on November 9, 1989 it

VOA标准英语2009年-Obama Marks September 11 Anniversary In Wa

U.S. President Barack Obama has marked the eighth anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States by reaffirming his determination to defeat terrorism. The president laid a wreath in memory of those who died on that day's attack o

VOA标准英语2009年-Post-Communist Tensions Between Civic, Mat

By Peter Fedynsky Budapest 04 November 2009 The collapse of the Berlin Wall came as the result of social, political and economic pressures that built up over decades behind the Iron Curtain. Its demise has exposed some glaring material differences i

VOA标准英语2009年-Ford Posts $1 Billion Third-Quarter Profit

By Robert Raffaele Washington 04 November 2009 The Ford Motor Company posted a third-quarter profit of almost $1 billion US. The U.S. automaker said Monday it expects to be solidly profitable in 2011. Meanwhile, General Motors announced its first mo