VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Im Bob Doughty. VOICE TWO: And Im Barbara Klein. This week, we talk about a sickness called lupus and other autoimmune diseases. Autoimmune diseases affect the immune system the bodys na...
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Farmers in the United States sometimes plant switchgrass as a border crop. But could this tall grass lower the nation's dependence on foreign oil? South Dakota State University professor Arvid Boe...
VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Barbara Klein. VOICE TWO: And I'm Steve Ember. This week on our program, we tell about two skillful writers who tell stories about people living in the American West. Cormac McCarthy...
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Some actors and rock stars use their star power for social activism. But how much power do they really have? Daniel Drezner is a professor of international politics at the Fletcher School at Tufts...
VOICE ONE: This is Faith Lapidus. VOICE TWO: And this is Steve Ember with People in America in VOA Special English. Today we tell Cole Porter about the life and music of American songwriter Cole Porter. (MUSIC: Begin the Beguine) VOICE ONE: That was...
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. John McCain After Super Tuesday, Republicans have their likely nominee for president in the November election, John McCain. But for Democrats, there was nothing super about the biggest day of voting in the...
HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. On our show this week: We play music from artists nominated for the two thousand eight Grammy Awards ... And from some of very first Grammy Award winners, honored fif...
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. President Bush holds a laptop computer showing the electronic version of his 2009 budget This week, President Bush sent Congress the final budget of his presidency. The spending plan for two thousand...
ANNOUNCER: Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION American history in VOA Special English. Today, Gordon Gaippe and Richard Rael continue the story of the United States Constitution. (MUSIC) VOICE TWO: Edmund Randolph's speech introducing the Virginia Pl...
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. People who have unusual difficulty with reading, writing, listening or working with numbers might have a learning disability. We talked last week about a reading disorder, dyslexia. Today we discuss...
Correction attached VOICE ONE: Im Faith Lapidus. VOICE TWO: And Im Steve Ember with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today, we tell about one of the most popular walking paths in the United States, the Appalachian Trail. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: One o...
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. We talked last week about the value of breastfeeding for a babys development. But getting the milk into the baby can seem difficult, at least at first. So here is some advice. Breastfeeding should begin...
VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Bob Doughty. VOICE TWO: Chickens at a market in Bangkok. And I'm Barbara Klein. This week, we will tell how a deadly bird flu virus is able to infect people. We will also tell about...
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. A woman in Zambia with a bag of corn from the international aid group CARE The United States provides more than half the world's food assistance. American programs totaled close to two billion doll...
VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Faith Lapidus. VOICE TWO: And I'm Steve Ember. This week our subject is the presidential campaign, heading into the biggest day of the nominating season: Super Tuesday. (MUSIC) VOICE...
