I'm Susan Clark with the Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. (MUSIC) In the nineteen thirties, a song, Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?, was very popular in the United States. It was the time of the big Depression. The song had meaning for...
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. This Sunday is the biggest sporting event of the year for Americans: the Super Bowl. More than ninety million people in the United States watched the National Football League championship game on television...
HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC, in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. On our show this week: We answer a question about popular American states... Play some music recorded to help women in Darfur, Sudan... And report about a little girl...
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Events for the launch of Vista included dancers on the wall of a New York building This week, with dancers and other events, Microsoft launched the general release of its new operating system for pers...
VOICE ONE: This is Doug Johnson. (MUSIC) VOICE TWO: And this is Phil Murray with THE MAKING OF A NATION, a VOA Special English program about the history of the United States. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: Harry Truman, then vice president, right, with President...
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. International Student Handbook 2007 from the College Board We continue our Foreign Student Series this week with a report on the International Student Handbook. This publication can be a useful guide...