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This is the VOA Special English Health Report. We talked last week about a series of new studies of hunger in mothers and children in developing countries. The Lancet medical journal published the series. In it, researchers said poor nutrition in th

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This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Today we answer a question from a listener who wants to become a Spanish professor. Orlando Carvajal asks how much professors earn in the United States. Money from the sale of books written by profes

VOA慢速英语 2008 1117a

This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Charles Rioba is an engineer and inventor in Kenya. He and his company, Solar World Limited, have developed a product called the PowerPack. The PowerPack is a small solar-lighting system. The devic

VOA慢速英语 2007 0327a

This the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. It can be hard to decide which foods to buy in an American grocery store these days. The information on many products makes different claims. These labels suggest that the food is safe, pure or kind t

VOA慢速英语 2007 0222a

This is the VOA Special English Education Report. We continue our Foreign Student Series on higher education in the United States. We have talked all about the college admissions process. Now we move on to college life once you get accepted to a scho

2007年VOA慢速英语special200708110040

This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. On Wednesday, China celebrated the one-year mark until the start of the two thousand eight Summer Olympic Games in Beijing. The celebration included sporting events and ceremonies across China. The Chinese

2007年VOA慢速英语special200708090045

VOICE ONE: This is Mary Tillotson. VOICE TWO: And this is Shirley Griffith with THE MAKING OF A NATION -- a VOA Special English program about the history of the United States. Today, we tell about the second administration of Bill Clinton, America's

2007年VOA慢速英语special200708090041

This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Public schools in New York, America's biggest city, commonly have numbers for names. But this is unusual. In the United States, the process of naming a school often involves parents and the community

VOA慢速英语 2008 0324a

Development Report - HIV and Life for Rural Women in South Africa Amnesty International says those already infected face abuses, while others face a higher risk of becoming infected. Transcript of radio broadcast: 23 March 2008 This is the VOA Speci

VOA慢速英语 2007 0925b

VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Im Faith Lapidus. VOICE TWO: Magnolia trees at the National Arboretum And Im Bob Doughty. Washington, D.C. is home to famous buildings, memorials and museums that visitors love. But it i

VOA慢速英语 2008 0124a

This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Today we begin a series of reports about learning disabilities. Experts say the problem is not with intelligence or the willingness to work hard. The problem, they say, is that some people's brains p

VOA慢速英语 2008 1120a

This is the VOA Special English Education Report. This week in our Foreign Student Series, we talk about applying to an American college or university. International admissions officers advise students to apply to at least three schools. You may be

VOA慢速英语 2008 1105a

This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Children's mental health was the subject of two recent studies. One involved treatment of anxiety disorders, the other examined long-term effects of alcohol use in teenagers. The first study involved ab

VOA慢速英语 2007 0313a

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. For Chinese, this is the Year of the Pig. So this is probably as good a time as any to talk about the different kinds of production systems for raising pigs. Technician Adam Lewis, left, and suppor

VOA慢速英语 2007 0306a

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. To call something marginal means it is not very good. Farmers have their own way to define marginal land: It is the last to be planted under good conditions, and the first to be avoided under poor c

VOA慢速英语 2007 0309a

This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. A US fuel pump for 85 percent ethanol, 15 percent gasoline What happens when a food crop becomes a fuel crop? This is a question many people are trying to answer as demand for ethanol increases. The

VOA慢速英语 2007 0315a

This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Our Foreign Student Series continues this week with two examples of military colleges in the United States. One is the Virginia Military Institute. V.M.I. is a public, four-year military college in L

VOA慢速英语 2007 0322a

This is the VOA Special English Education Report. This week, in our series for students who want to study in the United States, we tell about the United States Military Academy at West Point. Cadet basic training West Point is a four-year school in

2007年VOA慢速英语special200708080041

This is the VOA Special English Health Report. illustration of brain Alzheimer's disease affects millions of people around the world. American researchers say the disease will affect more than one hundred million people worldwide by the year twenty f

2007年VOA慢速英语special200708010045

VOICE ONE: EXPLORATIONS -- a program in Special English by the Voice of America. (MUSIC) Members of the US Army Golden Knights parachute team at a performance in North Carolina Have you ever wondered what it would be like to jump out of an airplane w