VOA慢速英语2009年-Education Report - Getting a Fellowship, F

This is the VOA Special English Education Report. The Ford Foundation in the United States is a charitable organization that calls itself a partner for social change. It has a study program currently available to college graduates in twenty-two coun

VOA慢速英语2009年-IN THE NEWS - Looking Back at the Life of

This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. This week, Americans said goodbye to the last son of one of the nation's most politically influential families. Senator Edward Kennedy died Tuesday of brain cancer. He was seventy-seven. A visitor writes i

VOA标准英语2009年-Polls Open in Gabon

Voters in Gabon are choosing a new president to succeed long-time ruler Omar Bongo. Mr. Bongo died in June after 42 years in power. Supporters of Ali Bongo Ondimba, son of former dictator Omar Bongo, leave his final presidential campaign rally in Li

CNN 2009-02-05

Good morning from the CNN center in Atlanta. I am Reggie Aqui. Here is what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS. We are gonna start with the president who wants to set a $500,000 pay cap for executives at companies that got some bailout money. New rules are

CNN 2009-01-08

Good morning from the CNN center in Atlanta. I am Reggie Aqui. Thanks for checking in. This is your NOW IN THE NEWS update. A humanitarian truce in Gaza for 3 hours every other day. Israel has offered to suspend its military actions, so residents ca

CNN 2009-01-13

Good morning from the CNN Center in Atlanta. I'm Reggie Aqui. Here's what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS. We begin with President Bush who gave what would likely be the last news conference of his presidency today. Bush spent time thanking members of t

CNN 2009-01-21

So glad you with us, everyone, I'm Catherine Callaway from CNN Center in Atlanta with a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS. America stepping into a new chapter of history today. Barack Obama has now become the nation's 44th president. He was s

CNN 2009-01-20

Good morning from the CNN Center in Atlanta, I'm Reggie Aqui. Thanks for checking in. Here is your NOW IN THE NEWS update. On this day before the inauguration of the country's first African-American president, the nation is honoring the memory of Ma

CNN 2009-01-18

Hello to you. I am Creshon Saunders at the CNN.com Newsroom in Atlanta. Heres a look at whats happening NOW IN THE NEWS. With just three days to go until he assumes the presidency, US President-elect Barack Obama has embarked on what could be called

CNN 2009-01-15

Good morning from the CNN Center in Atlanta, I'm Reggie Aqui. Here is your NOW IN NEWS update. President-elect Barack Obama's threatening a veto even before he takes office. He's pushing Congress for access to the remaining 350 billion dollars in fe

VOA慢速英语2009年-Development Report - Brazil Launches First

This is the VOA Special English Development Report. A hydrogen fuel cell powered bus in Hartford, Connecticut, in 2007. If you travel by bus in Sao Paulo, Brazil these days your vehicle may be powered by hydrogen fuel cells. The city's urban transpo

VOA慢速英语2009年-THIS IS AMERICA - How We Are Connecting Wi

VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I'm Faith Lapidus. This week on our program: the world of social media. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: People use social networking sites to share ideas, opinions and

VOA慢速英语2009年-EXPLORATIONS - Hip-Hop Goes Global to a So

VOICE ONE: I'm Barbara Klein. VOICE TWO: And I'm Steve Ember with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we tell about hip-hop music with a message. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: Hip-hop music started in the South Bronx area of New York City in the early n

VOA慢速英语2009年-IN THE NEWS - Crime Labs in US Come Under

This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. The use of scientific knowledge in legal cases is called forensics, from the Latin term for a public forum. The public may get the idea from TV that forensic science can solve almost any mystery. Yet the m

VOA慢速英语2009年-Economics Report - Rebalancing the World E

This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Last week's meeting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was the third Group of 20 summit in less than a year. Leaders of the major developed and developing economies discussed ways to fix the world financia

VOA慢速英语2009年-Development Report - The Importance of a S

This is the VOA Special English Development Report. A simple water pump is helping to improve the lives of poor families in several Asian and African countries. A treadle pump in vegetable fields in Bangladesh The treadle pump is based on a design d

VOA慢速英语2009年-SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - Getting Inside the C

VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Fritzi Bodenheimer. VOICE TWO: And I'm Bob Doughty. On our program this week, we discuss scientific findings about how intelligence develops in babies. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: Not long ag

VOA慢速英语2009年-SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - What You Can Do To P

VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Bob Doughty. VOICE TWO: And I'm Faith Lapidus. Summer is a busy time for travel. Today, we discuss ideas about how to stay healthy on a long trip. VOICE ONE: For years, people have w

VOA慢速英语2009年-EXPLORATIONS - The Race to the Moon: Gemin

EXPLORATIONS -- a program in Special English by the Voice of America. (MUSIC) Today, Shirley Griffith and Tony Riggs complete a report about America's second manned space program, Gemini. Its purpose was to bring the United States closer to its goal

VOA标准英语2009年-Iraq Attacks Are Escalating

In Iraq, at least 25 people have been killed in three separate attacks. The recent upsurge in violence has many Iraqis worried. Khaleel Mahood mourns over his brother's body after he was killed in a suicide bombing in Kirkuk, Iraq, 21 May 2009 In th