VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA, in VOA Special English. I'm Barbara Klein. VOICE TWO: And I'm Steve Ember. The last Monday in May is a national holiday. Memorial Day honors those who died in military service. VOICE ONE: But any time of year,

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THE MAKING OF A NATION - AMERICAN HISTORY: Eighteenth Century Conflicts in Europe Affect North America From VOA Learning English, this is THE MAKING OF A NATION American history in VOA Special English. Im Steve Ember. This week in our series we tell

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THIS IS AMERICA - The State of Vermont: Fertile Farmland, Green Mountains and Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Christopher Cruise. This week on our program, Steve Ember and Barbara Klein take you on a trip through the northeaste

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PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Pocahontas, 1595-1617: An Important Player in Early SHIRLEY GRIFFETH: PEOPLE IN AMERICA, a program in Special English on the Voice of America. (MUSIC) She lived four hundred years ago in what became the American state of Virginia.

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Unit 7 [00:03.29]Know Your WorldAustralia [00:08.75]Australia is a country and island continentin the southwest Pacific Ocean. [00:16.51]It is the world's smallest continent. [00:20.87]How big is Australia?The continent is almost 7.5 million square k

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RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: A few weeks ago, we asked you to share with us what it is about America that you're most thankful for. And you did share. We received over a thousand responses, all very thoughtful, wholehearted, earnest. We gave your responses t

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Broadcast: Feb 10, 2003 By Jerilyn Watson The United States has millions of unmarried adults. Many would like to go out socially and have fun with someone they like. I'm Mary Tillotson. VOICE TWO: And

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BARBARA KLEIN: Welcome to PEOPLE IN AMERICA in VOA Special English. Today Gwen Outen and Steve Ember tell about America's fortieth president, Ronald Reagan. Experts say Ronald Reagan re-defined the American presidency during his two terms in the nine

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By Jeff Swicord Washington, DC 23 January 2007 watch US Poverty report The United States is a wealthy nation, but poverty still exists here. By the government's own measure, more than one in every eight Americans lives below the poverty line -- on i

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VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I'm Shirley Griffith. March seventeenth is Saint Patrick's Day, a time to celebrate Irish culture. The Census Bureau says that in two thousand seven, thirt

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VOICE ONE: Im Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And Im Barbara Klein with People in America in VOA Special English. Today we tell about Aaron Copland, one of Americas best modern music composers. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: Aaron Copland wrote many kinds of music. He

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AMERICAN HISTORY: Eighteenth Century Conflicts in Europe Affect North America From VOA Learning English, this is THE MAKING OF A NATION American history in VOA Special English. Im Steve Ember. This week in our series we tell about the conflicts among

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PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Julia Ward Howe, 1819-1910: Anti-Slavery Activist Wrote 'Battle Hymn of the Republic' RAY FREEMAN: I'm Ray Freeman. SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: And I'm Shirley Griffith with the Special English program, PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Every week we tell

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SCOTT SIMON, HOST: President Trump arrived in Saudi Arabia this morning - the start of his first overseas trip and a test of Mr. Trump's approach to foreign policy, which he spelled out in his inaugural address. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) PRES

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Somali Refugee Abdi Nor Iftin: 'I Am Here To Make America Great' LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: What does it take to become an American? In 2015, This American Life told the story of a Somali refugee who was finally issued a visa to come and live in the

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Next, America's sex pioneers. Stories about how sex help found our nation and shaped our history. Ben Franklin and the French set it up. The puritans get down and dirty. A heavy-weight champ fights for his life. And sex super charges the auto industr

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But America's sex pioneers are limited to the bedroom, because there is nothing like sex to bring up the American can do spirit. But you're to be surprised to discover just to the first America's sex pioneers were no other than the straight l* Purita

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> PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Casey Jones By George Grow Broadcast: Sunday, June 27, 2004 (THEME) VOICE ONE: I'm Gwen Outen. VOICE TWO: And I'm Steve Ember with PEOPLE IN AMERICA in VOA Special English. Today

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By Paula Wolfson White House 05 March 2007 President Bush is expanding U.S. aid for education, health care, housing and other programs for Latin America. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports from the White House the announcement came just days before the pre

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U.S. President George Bush and opposition Democrats are both paying tribute to America's armed forces, as part of the celebration of the nation's 232nd anniversary. VOA's Kent Klein reports from Washington. President George W. Bush On this Independe

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