BARBARA KLEIN: Im Barbara Klein. STEVE EMBER: And Im Steve Ember with PEOPLE IN AMERICA in VOA Special English. Today, we will tell about several men who influenced the development of radio. BARBARA KLEIN: Some people say radio was invented by Guglie...
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. President Obama gave his first State of the Union speech Wednesday night. He talked mostly about the economy, and he repeated some of his message the next day in Florida. BARACK OBAMA: The worst of the stor...
DOUG JOHNSON: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. This week on our program we listen to music from singer/songwriter Jason Mraz. And answer a question about Americans' favorite winter sports . But first, a rep...
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. American children and teenagers have increased their use of entertainment media by more than one hour a day in the last five years. On an average day they now spend seven and a half hours using media....
Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION -- American history in VOA Special English. The Civil War ended in eighteen sixty-five. After that, tensions grew between Congress and the new president, Andrew Johnson. The Republican Party was still new. It was for...
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Web browsers first appeared on computers in the early nineteen nineties. Since then, the Internet has greatly changed the way people communicate. But some teachers think the changes are not all for th...
VOICE ONE: I'm Bob Doughty. VOICE TWO: And I'm Faith Lapidus with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. The United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., is one of the most recognized buildings in the world. Its design was influenced by the classical bui...
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Even a small reduction in salt in the diet can be a big help to the heart. A new study used a computer model to predict how just three grams less a day would affect heart disease in the United States. Wh...
VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Faith Lapidus. VOICE TWO: And I'm Bob Doughty. This week, we look at the newest devices demonstrated at the recent International Consumer Electronics Show. The show offered a look at...
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Scientists have discovered more details about how plants use water. Their findings could help to engineer plants that grow better and more effectively in conditions with higher levels of carbon diox...
VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Doug Johnson. VOICE TWO: And I'm Barbara Klein. This week on our program, we finish the story of the Lomax family. They were an influential family of musical folklorists. (MUSIC) VOICE...
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. A Western Diamondback rattlesnake in Cave Creek, Arizona Snakes bite an estimated five and a half million people worldwide each year. Experts say tens of thousands of people die from venom poisoning...
VOICE ONE: Im Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And Im Barbara Klein with PEOPLE IN AMERICA in VOA Special English. Today we tell about the life and work of one of Americas greatest music writers: Scott Joplin, the King of Ragtime. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: That song...
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. President Barack Obama has begun his second year in office. The forty-fourth president, and first African-American president, was inaugurated last January twentieth. BARACK OBAMA: Today I say to you that th...
HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. This week on our program We visit New Orleans, Louisiana, to learn about the recovery efforts since Hurricane Katrina And play music from several of the city's many ja...
