FAITH LAPIDUS: Im Faith Lapidus. DOUG JOHNSON: And Im Doug Johnson with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Since ancient times, people have grown grapes to produce wine. Join us as we tell about the history of wine and how it is made. We will also...
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Years ago, scientists began to learn that certain parts of the brain had certain duties. For example, one part was responsible for breathing; another dealt with the sense of smell. Scientists thought our...
BOB DOUGHTY: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Im Bob Doughty. BARBARA KLEIN: And, Im Barbara Klein. Today, we will tell about stress and its effects on human health. Stress is a condition resulting from mental or emotional tension....
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Some people like to start their dinner with a salad of lettuce or other leafy greens. Ancient Egyptians and Romans also liked to have lettuce with their evening meal. But they served it at the end....
DOUG JOHNSON: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Doug Johnson. FAITH LAPIDUS: And I'm Faith Lapidus. This week on our program, we look at drug use and drug control policy in the United States. (MUSIC) DOUG JOHNSON: Last month, the...
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. International donors have promised almost twelve billion dollars to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. The Global Fund held a two-day conference last week in New York. This is...
SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: I'm Shirley Griffith. RAY FREEMAN: And I'm Ray Freeman with the Special English program, PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Every week we tell about a person important in the history of the United States. Today, we tell about a reporter of more tha...
BARBARA KLEIN: Welcome to American Mosaic in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) Im Barbara Klein. Today, we play music from the new hit album by singer/actress Selena Gomez And answer a question about the beautiful Florida city of Key West But, first, we r...
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Few people had ever heard of the natural elements known as rare earth metals before a recent dispute between China and Japan. Yet these metals are used in devices like smartphones, flat screens, hybri...
BOB DOUGHTY: Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION American history in VOA Special English. In nineteen fourteen, Europe exploded into the First World War. It was a war no nation really wanted. But no nation seemed able to stop it. The assassination of A...
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Surveys of American teenagers find that about half of them do not get enough sleep on school nights. They get an average of sixty to ninety minutes less than experts say they need. One reason for this...
SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: EXPLORATIONS -- a program in Special English by the Voice of America. (MUSIC) It was called the last great goal in flying. It would be a flight around the world without stopping or adding more fuel. Today, Frank Oliver and Doug John...
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Rachel Valltos and Evan Sapperstein are dentists who share an office and a life together. In nine years of marriage, they have built not just a successful dental practice, but also a family. Rachel and E...
BOB DOUGHTY: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. I'm Bob Doughty. FAITH LAPIDUS: And, I'm Faith Lapidus. Today, we will tell about possible good news for people seeking to prevent Alzheimer's disease. We will also tell about two anci...
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Farmers in the United States have grown genetically engineered crops since the late nineteen nineties. Now, a federal agency is deciding whether to let a genetically modified animal into the food su...
