This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Twenty years ago this week, President George H. W. Bush signed a civil rights law that Americans call the ADA. GEORGE H. W. BUSH: I now lift this pen to sign this Americans with [Disabilities] Act and sa

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(62) / 评论(0) 分类 2010年VOA慢速英语(七)月

People With Disabilities Achieve New Opportunities 残疾人获得新的机会 From VOA Learning English, welcome to This Is America in Special English. I'm Kelly Jean Kelly. And I'm Jim Tedder. Today we look at what's happening with employment, educ

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(42) / 评论(0) 分类 2013年VOA慢速英语(十二)月

Twenty years ago this week, President George H.W. Bush signed the Americans with Disabilities Act, or ADA. It mandates minimum standards for the inclusion of the disabled in public buildings, the workplace and other areas. An anniversary celebration

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(65) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2010年(七)月

The I.D.E.A Today on Congressional Moment Since 1917, education has been compulsory for American children, but even by the 1970s, the educational needs and rights of children with disabilities were addressed only sparsely, at the local level. Most sc

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The sight of a grown woman lying on the floor, her wrist pinned down by the foot of someone who was supposed to be caring for her was one of the more shocking images that emerged from Winterbourne View, 一个成年女子躺在地板上,她的手腕被

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AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on WORDMASTER: we talk with an expert on children and handwriting. RS: Virginia Berninger is an educational psychology professor at the University of Washington in Seattle. She tells us about a

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VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA. I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I'm Faith Lapidus. Today we begin a series of reports about living with a disability in America. VOICE ONE: Our series will explore a number of subjects. These include laws that a

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People in America - Eunice Kennedy Shriver, 1921-2009: She Changed the World for People with Mental Disabilities FAITH LAPIDUS: Im Faith Lapidus. BOB DOUGHTY: And Im Bob Doughty with People in America in VOA Special English. Today we tell about Eunic

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Bakery Cooks Up a Sweet Future Step inside the kitchen of Sunflower Bakery and youll notice the typical sights, sounds and smells of a professional kitchen in action. But there is one thing that sets this bakery apart from others in the area: its spe

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Disabilities Prevent Aging Africans from Being Productive Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania said the findings are significant as older people with functional limitations have difficulty performing work that is required in their agricultur

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Dealing with Disabled Persons Who Are Wheelchair Bound 处理那些不得不坐轮椅的残疾人 陈豪在北京的ABC美国公司工作,他在走廊上遇到了刚吃完中饭回来的美国同事Amy。 (Office ambience) C:Amy,吃过饭了吗?

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LINDA WERTHEIMER, HOST: Chad Matheny dropped his pursuit of a master's degree in physics for a career as a musician. Under the name Emperor X, he's released eight albums, a bunch of cassettes. He had one of his songs used in a major motion picture. T

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DAVID GREENE, HOST: Over the past week and a half, we've been airing an NPR investigation that shows people with intellectual disabilities are sexually assaulted at rates seven times that of everyone else. In our series, we have heard from experts an

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JUDY WOODRUFF: Jobs numbers in the United States are due later this week, and they're expected to show hiring continues at a moderate pace. But, even as the economy recovers slowly, there are other worries, including a lack of progress on wages. That

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Voice 1 Hello. Im Marina Santee. Voice 2 And Im Rachel Hobson. Welcome to Spotlight. This programme uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live. Voice 3 Happy are the pe

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Last night, Melissa Fox won a Big A Artistic Achievement Award for her achievement as a dancer. Melissa has cerebral palsy and uses a wheelchair. She dances in the Jolt Dance Company which last night had a performance in Christchurch with 70 dancers

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EDUCATION REPORT - Learning Disabilities, Part 2: Dyslexia By Nancy Steinbach Broadcast: Thursday, February 12, 2004 This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Education Report. Last week, we be

发表于:2019-01-30 / 阅读(46) / 评论(0) 分类 教育与新闻

Part 3. Sports and Entertainment Choices Keywords. Paralympics, sports competition, physical or mental limitations, disabilities, choices of entertainment, Vocabulary. spinal cord, wheelchair, scuba diving, yoga, visual interpreter. A. Listen to the

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Choosing a dress for the Cinderella Ball which is held for middle and high school students with disabilities or life-threatening illnesses. In the United States, high school students usually attend a prom at the end of the school year. It's a party t

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China will establish a new rehabilitation and assistance system for children with disabilities, providing them with a wide range of medical and social services, according to an announcement made by the country's cabinet, the State Council. Nearly 1.6

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