This is the VOA Special English Development Report. People get chikungunya fever when they are bitten by mosquitoes infected with the disease. For many years, the disease has been found in countries in Africa and Asia. The symptoms are increased bod...
VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO: And I'm Steve Ember. Today we tell about nine musicians who were recently inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame is part of the Ro...
VOICE ONE: I'm Faith Lapidus. VOICE TWO: And I'm Phoebe Zimmermann with People in America in VOA Special English. Today we tell about Walt Whitman, one of America's greatest poets. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: A drawing of Walt Whitman In the Nineteenth Centu...
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. President Obama returned to the United States this week after his first visit to Europe since taking office in January. President Obama meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki Tuesday On his way...
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. April is National Financial Literacy Month in the United States. As the country faces a deep recession, Americans are paying closer attention to personal finance. Some critics partly blame the crisis...
Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. This week We hear music by the Irish rock band U2 Answer a listener question about stock car racing And report about a restaurant in Washington, D.C. that operates a fully...
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Not all college teachers are full professors. Many are assistant or adjunct professors. This week in our Foreign Student Series, we discuss academic titles in American higher education. Adjunct profe...
ANNOUNCER: Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION American history in VOA Special English. In eighteen fifty, the United States Congress debated a proposal for an important compromise. The compromise dealt mostly with the national dispute over slavery. T...
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Studies have shown that the fewer medicines a person has to take the more likely he or she will take them. Last week, a study was released about a new treatment that combines five medicines for heart di...
VOICE ONE: Im Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO: And Im Steve Ember with Explorations in VOA Special English. Today, we travel through city streets all over the world to explore street art, a popular and lively art movement. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: Street art...
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. We have a question from Malaysia -- really, two questions. How is ginseng grown and harvested in the United States? And is it used as a traditional medicine by Americans or just Asian-Americans? So...
VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Barbara Klein. VOICE TWO: And I'm Bob Doughty. Today we tell about the latest research and treatments for Parkinson's disease. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: In some patients, doctors place elec...
VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I'm Barbara Klein. This week on our program, we tell you about some fiftieth anniversaries that are being observed this year. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: Guggenheim...
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Buruli ulcer is a bacterial disease that eats away muscle tissue. People can become disabled. They may even need to have an arm or leg removed. Buruli ulcer disease can be easily treated with antib...
ANNOUNCER: Welcome to PEOPLE IN AMERICA, a program in Special English on the Voice of America. Today Shirley Griffith and Rich Kleinfeldt tell about a man who changed professional baseball in the United States. Jackie Roosevelt Robinson was the firs...
