Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Mario Ritter. This week we play music by blues great Koko Taylor, who died last week at the age of eighty. But first, we take a look at cars that walk and talk visit a land down under wh...
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Elected judges in the United States got a warning this week about money, politics and the law. The Supreme Court ruled that a huge campaign donation can be reason enough not to judge a case involving...
Welcome to the MAKING OF A NATION American history in VOA Special English. In the summer of eighteen fifty-eight, two candidates campaigned across the state of Illinois for a seat in the United States Senate. That seat belonged to Stephen Douglas fr...
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. American officials say they are working to reduce visa delays that have affected foreign science students, researchers and others. The delays involve a security clearance process called Visas Mantis....
VOICE ONE: 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 Mercury. Today, Tony Riggs and Larry West tell about the beg...
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. As of Tuesday, seventy-three countries had reported more than twenty-six thousand cases of the new H1N1 flu virus. A World Health Organization official, Keiji Fukuda, said these confirmed cases included...
VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Barbara Klein. VOICE TWO: And I'm Bob Doughty. On our show this week, we will tell about what is being called the world's largest tornado experiment. We also will tell how a job loss...
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Soil naturally contains harmless amounts of lead, along with other metals. Because of pollution, however, the amounts are higher the closer you get to cities and towns. But experts say this should...
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Adults drink tea as a child laborer works in Bangalore, India, last June. A new report estimates the cost of forced labor. Millions of workers worldwide are denied more than twenty billion dollars...
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Adults drink tea as a child laborer works in Bangalore, India, last June. A new report estimates the cost of forced labor. Millions of workers worldwide are denied more than twenty billion dollars...
VOICE ONE: Im Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And Im Barbara Klein with People in America in VOA Special English. Today we tell about the unforgettable entertainer Eartha Kitt. The life of this singer and actress was as rich and interesting as her career. (...
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. President Obama is calling for new efforts toward progress in peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians. He says each side is going to have to make some difficult compromises. But he pointed to his rec...
HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. This week we: Present graduation speeches by famous speakers at several American colleges Answer a listener question about Star Trek And play music from Ziggy Marley'...
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. This week, General Motors went to bankruptcy court. It became the second of the big three American automakers to seek protection from its creditors while continuing operations. Chrysler declared bank...
Welcome to the MAKING OF A NATION American history in VOA Special English. In the eighteen twenties, in the state of New York, a man named Joseph Smith started the Mormon religion. Smith based it on what he said were God's words to the ancient peopl...
