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THE MAKING OF A NATION - American History: The Space Race STEVE EMBER: Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION American history in VOA Special English. Im Steve Ember. (SOUND: Radio signals from Sputnik) On a cold October day in nineteen fifty-seven, the S
CHRISTOPHER CRUISE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. Im Christopher Cruise. BOB DOUGHTY: And Im Bob Doughty. Today, we will tell about American plans for space exploration after the space shuttle program. We tell how more and more
Project Mercury: The American Space Program Begins SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: EXPLORATIONS -- a program in Special English by the Voice of America. (SOUND) That announcement was made May fifth, nineteen sixty-one. It was the first manned flight of project Mer
Voice 1 Welcome to Spotlight. Im Robin Basselin. Voice 2 And Im Mike Procter. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand - no matter where in the world they live. Voice 1 It is the fourteenth of Oct
The 2017 Global Space Exploration Conference (GLEX) opens in Beijing on June 6, 2017. [Photo: cnr.cn] China has announced some of its future space exploration programs at the ongoing 2017 Global Space Exploration Conference (GLEX). The GLEX 2017 open
The four scientists -- three men and one woman -- are taking part in this experiment designed to determine how well food, water, and oxygen can be used and recycled under controlled conditions. The test of the controlled ecological life support syste
Now, its the question that has gripped generations. Is there anyone out there? Well, there is a plan to send a message to a planet just one trillion miles away from us. A project has been launched to collect messages from everyone. The most popular o
SCIENCE IN THE NEWS -July 2, 2002: Space Shuttle Flights Halted / Researchers Study Icelanders' Genes / Another Reason to Eat Green, Leafy Vegetables Broadcast: July 2, 2002 VOICE ONE: This is Steve E
By Chad Bouchard Bangkok 11 October 2007 Malaysia's first astronaut is orbiting the Earth after months of training and a successful launch from Kazakhstan. Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor is accompanying American Astronaut Peggy Whitson and Russian Cosmonaut
EXPLORATIONS - How the 'Mercury 13' Led the Way for Women in the US Space Program Im Steve Ember. And Im Barbara Klein with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we tell about a program in the nineteen sixties to train women as astronauts. Today
This is the first time that researchers have captured an image of a female Sumatran rhino believed to be pregnant. There are so few of these animals left in the wild - possibly no more than 30 on Borneo - that experts say each new calf is a lifeline
One of the signs of autumn is the heavy morning dew that makes gardens glisten. This is the season to savor the flowers that are still blooming and to harvest the flowers that dry well for winter arrangements. If you have annuals such as blue salvia,
English born, John Bartram spent more than thirty years exploring Northeast America in search of new plants. He discovered Asters and Goldenrod and many others, despite numerous inconveniences such as rattlesnakes. Monarda, known also as Bee Balm was
Plants were world travelers, long before tourists like you and me, were able to fly off to vacation around the world. When Columbus sailed west, he was seeking precious spices of the Indies. He missed his original destination, but because he and othe
A decorated evergreen tree is a German tradition that evolved from the pagan festivals of ancient Rome. German immigrants brought the custom to America. There is a charming story about the first Christmas tree in Williamsburg, Virginia, a town noted
Emily Dickinson was born in 1830 and lived all of her 56 years in Amherst, Massachusetts where, during her lifetime, she was celebrated more as a gardener than a poet. Gardening in mid-Victorian times was thought to be a more appropriate activity for
Other anthropologists think its because meat-eating isnt the key at all, that the real key is cooked tubers, like yams. They say an increase in calories is whats important when it comes to the development of larger brains, and that cooked tubers woul
Ow! Why Hot Feels Cold Kids dont try this at home! Have you ever dipped your toe into a very hot bath and felt a flash of icy cold just before you realize that its really burning? After you pull your toe out, you might wonder what causes very hot wat
Does Facebook Lead To Loneliness? Dear A Moment of Science, Im not a big Facebook user, but I have friends who are. And Ive noticed that some of them are constantly updating their status. Where some people might post a message once a day, others seem
本期内容: To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting. 读书不思考,犹如吃饭不消化。 首先,我们来学习两个单词 Reflect R-E-F-L-E-C-T 反省深思 Digest D-E-G-E-S-T 消化吸收 我们再来学习一个句型