This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Friday was a statewide day of mourning in Virginia for the people shot to Mourners at a memorial in Blacksburg, Virginia death Monday at Virginia Tech. But other Americans also honored the thirty-two stude...
HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC, in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. On our show this week: We answer a question about the Billboard Hot One Hundred /P Tell about an award that honors young people for social action/P And report about...
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Last week, the United States asked the World Trade Organization to help settle two trade disputes with China. Pirated materials from China, including movies and books One of these involves the issue...
VOICE ONE: This is Richard Rael. VOICE TWO: And this is Rich Kleinfeldt with THE MAKING OF A NATION -- a VOA Special English program about the history of the United States. (MUSIC) Today, we tell about the movement for civil rights for black America...
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Two listeners, Youngmin Kim in South Korea and Nestor Gastelo in Peru, would like us to talk about pharmacy education in the United States. This will be the subject today in our Foreign Student Serie...
VOICE ONE: Im Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And Im Shirley Griffith with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today, we tell about Eleanor Creesy. She helped to guide one of the fastest sailing ships ever built. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: The name Eleanor Creesy...
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Most vaccines are designed with the same goal in mind. That is, to help the body's own defense system prevent a disease by producing antibodies against it. Antibodies are disease-fighting proteins. The...
VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Im Barbara Klein. VOICE TWO: And Im Steve Ember. On our program this week, we tell about the disease tuberculosis. Tuberculosis can be deadly if not treated the right way. It is a serous...
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. The Web site FarmersOnly.com calls itself an online dating and friendship finder. The idea started in the mind of a man in Ohio. Jerry Miller wondered how farmers could meet new people who understa...
VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Bob Doughty with Gwen Outen. Get ready for a ride. And hold on to your camera. Today we take you on a lightning-fast trip to seven states in fifteen minutes. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: We sta...
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. AMPATH patient in western Kenya AMPATH is the Academic Model for Prevention and Treatment of HIV/AIDS. This is a partnership between the medical schools at Indiana University in the United States a...
VOICE ONE: PEOPLE IN AMERICA, a program in Special English by the Voice of America. (MUSIC) He was one of the greatest saxophone players of all time. He wrote jazz music. He John Coltrane recorded new versions of popular songs. And, he helped make m...
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Jackie Robinson Sunday will mark an important anniversary in American society. Sixty years ago, Jackie Robinson became the first black man to play in Major League Baseball. His uniform number, forty-two, w...
HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC, in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. On our show this week: We answer a question about The Alamo /P Listen to some music from Robin Thicke /P And report about the YouTube Video Awards. YouTube Video Awa...
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Who will succeed in buying Chrysler, the troubled carmaker in the United States? The competition is just getting started. Dieter Zetsche Dieter Zetsche, chairman of DaimlerChrysler, confirmed last we...