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

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(53) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA慢速英语2009年(九)月

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

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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

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(69) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2009年(八月)

By Brian Wagner Tegucigalpa 29 September 2009 The interim government in Honduras has closed two news broadcasters and suspended some constitutional rights in response to the country's ongoing political crisis. In Tegucigal, officials say they are co

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(51) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2009年(九月)

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 28 September 2009 The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, Antonio Guterres, is appealing to countries to open their borders to asylum seekers. He says the number of places where people fleeing conflict and persecution can fin

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2009年(九月)

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

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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

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(112) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA慢速英语2009年(九)月

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Ethiopian scientist was named on Thursday as the winner of the 2009 World Food Prize in an event at the U.S. State Department. Ejeta, a faculty member at Purdue University in the Midwestern U.S. state of Indiana, was honored for his work on drought

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2009年(六月)

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

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The European Union is urging Burma to immediately release democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other political prisoners. European and Asian foreign ministers are meeting in Hanoi this week to discuss cooperation on a range of issues. EU leaders ar

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(69) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2009年(五月)

One day after the U.S. central bank signaled a possible end to America's longest recession since World War II, new data suggest continued weakness in several economic sectors. Shoppers move through the check-out line after a shopping trip to Wal-Mar

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By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 06 October 2009 Mobile phones in Kenya can be used to transfer funds In Kenya, sending money home to villages and farms from the city used to be problematic. Many people in rural areas do not have access to banking, making

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(61) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2009年(十月)

By Akiko Fujita Nagasaki, Japan 08 October 2009 Brick-colored Urakami Cathedral (center), with twin towers, stands 08 Aug 2005 in area of hypocenter of atomic bombing in Nagasaki Students at Japan's University of Nagasaki are attempting to recreate

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