This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Right now, many people around the world are feeling the pain of agflation. Agricultural inflation has been hitting the price of grains and other products. Food prices have risen under pressure from e...
VOICE ONE: Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION -- American history in VOA Special English. I'm Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO: And I'm Steve Ember. Today history repeats itself. We start our series over again. The last time we were at the beginning was i...
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. What does the Constitution do? What are the first ten amendments to the Constitution called? What did Susan B. Anthony do? New American citizens at a naturalization ceremony in Boston These are three...
VOICE ONE: I'm Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO: And I'm Steve Ember with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we tell about an unusual scientific research area in the United States. It is filled with the remains of ancient animals. This unusual pl...
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Scientists continue to look for ways to deal with the deadly form of bird flu virus. Medical workers care for a bird flu patient in Medan, Indonesia, last year Researchers in Singapore, for example, hav...
VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Im Bob Doughty. VOICE TWO: And Im Faith Lapidus. On our program this week, some new information about tobacco smoke -- and its not good news. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: On October 1, 2002, a loc...
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Biodiesel is made from plant oils or animal fats. Producers of this renewable fuel often use oils like soybean or palm oil. But a wild plant called Jatropha curcas (JAT-ruh-fuh KUR-kas) is getting...
VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I'm Shirley Griffith. This week on our program, we take you to the East Coast for a boat trip on the Chesapeake Bay. (SOUND) VOICE ONE: Ten passengers ease...
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. The project known as One Laptop Per Child has a new campaign to bring its computers to children in developing countries. The campaign will urge people in the United States and Canada to spend just...