VOICE ONE: I'm Faith Lapidus. VOICE TWO: And I'm Bob Doughty with People in America in VOA Special English. Today we tell about the research scientist and broadcasting leader Henry Loomis. Mister Loomis held many interesting communications positions...
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. What began more than a year ago is often described as the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. The downturn is bad, but it would have to get much worse to compare to the nineteen thirties. In...
HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. This week: We listen to a new album from Darius Rucker Answer a listener question about vegetarians And tell about people who ride their bicycles to work. (MUSIC) Bik...
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. President-elect Barack Obama named the top members of his economic team in a series of announcements this week in Chicago, Illinois. His nominee for secretary of the Treasury is Tim Geithner, preside...
Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION -- American history in VOA Special English. Andrew Jackson was elected president in eighteen twenty-eight. He was popular with voters. But he was not sure he wanted to run for re-election in eighteen thirty-two. He...
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. This Thursday is Thanksgiving Day in the United States. Americans traditionally gather for a large holiday meal with family and friends. Most schools are also closed Friday for Thanksgiving break. So...
VOICE ONE: I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I'm Barbara Klein with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we tell about four individuals who are making a difference. Each person is working to make the world a better place. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: Geor...
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Anesthesia is used during operations and other medical procedures to block pain signals from traveling through the nervous system. The kind of anesthesia that patients receive depends on their condition...
VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Barbara Klein. VOICE TWO: Oliver Sacks And I'm Bob Doughty. This week, we tell about the doctor and writer Oliver Sacks. He has spent most of his adult life treating patients in New...
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Dickson Despommier is a public health professor at Columbia University in New York City. His area is environmental health sciences. One design for a vertical farm One day nine years ago, he and his...
VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: Incredible Hulk in July at the Comic-Con 2008 convention in San Diego, California And I'm Barbara Klein. This week on our program, we take a break from the new...
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Bacterial meningitis must be treated with antibiotics as soon as possible or the infection can cause hearing loss and brain damage. It can also kill. File photo of a girl being vaccinated against m...
HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. This week: We listen to a new album from James Taylor Answer a listener question about native American Indians And talk to some Americans about the Thanksgiving holid...
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Congress faced a big question this week, but the answer will have to wait. Auto executives at hearings this week in Congress The heads of the Big Three American automakers came to Washington to ask f...
Welcome to the MAKING OF A NATION American history in VOA Special English. The question of continuing the Bank of the United States became a serious political issue in the national election of eighteen thirty-two. The head of the bank, Nicholas Bidd...
