This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson announces the proposal on March 31, 2008 This week, the Bush administration proposed major changes to the way the financial system is supervised. Treasury Secretary He...
ANNOUNCER: Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION -- American history in VOA Special English. George Washington by artist Laugier The United States declared its independence from Britain on July fourth, seventeen seventy-six. The new nation was a loosely...
This is the VOA Special English EDUCATION REPORT. A new report says only about half of all students in the main school systems of America's largest cities finish high school. The report notes higher rates of graduation -- more than seventy percent --...
VOICE ONE: This is Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And this is Bob Doughty with the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS. Today, we tell about how people learned an important piece of information necessary for safely sailing on the oceans. It is called l...
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. The W.H.O. says climate change has increased the risk of natural disasters, like this flooding that trapped hundreds of people near Xai-Xai, Mozambique in 2000 Next Monday is World Health Day, observed b...
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, we discuss scientific findings about how intelligence develops in babies. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: Not long ago, many...
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Scientists say flies can spread bacteria in hen houses The common housefly is unwelcome around food because flies can carry disease-causing germs. Now, scientists have shown that the insects can al...
