This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. High-quality systems used in video conferencing are called telepresence systems. The images are life-size yet not truly lifelike. They lack the depth that people would normally see if they were in th...
SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: I'm Shirley Griffith. STEVE EMBER: And I'm Steve Ember with the Special English program PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Every week we tell about someone important in the history of the United States. Today we tell about writer F. Scott Fitzgeral...
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. On Wednesday, a jury in federal court in New York City announced its decision in the case of Ahmed Ghailani. The Tanzanian was the first terrorism suspect held at Guantanamo ever to face trial in a civilian...
DOUG JOHNSON: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC)I'm Doug Johnson. This week we play music from winners of the Country Music Association awards ... And answer a question about the military academy West Point ... But first, a re...
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Continuing debt problems in Greece and Portugal. The banking crisis in Ireland. A trillion-dollar deficit in the United States. These are all reasons why high levels of public debt are a big worry aro...
BOB DOUGHTY: Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION American history in VOA Special English. After the end of World War One, President Woodrow Wilson sought national support for his idea of a League of Nations. He took his appeal directly to the American...
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. This week, the Institute of International Education in New York published its yearly report on international students in the United States. The report says more than six hundred ninety thousand attend...
SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: Im Shirley Griffith. STEVE EMBER: And Im Steve Ember with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Starting this Friday, the auto industry will show off more than nine hundred of its latest vehicles at the LA Auto Show in Los Angeles, C...
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Delegates from around the world are meeting this week in Uruguay to consider new ways to control tobacco. A World Health Organization treaty called the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control took effect...
STEVE EMBER: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Im Steve Ember. BARBARA KLEIN: And Im Barbara Klein. This week, we will tell about six diseases of the liver. The diseases come from six different viruses. Doctors have one name for all...
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Teff is a common part of the diet in Ethiopia and other parts of Africa. This nutritious grain is very small. It has a mild, nutty taste. People use teff flour to make bread and other foods. Now tef...
BARBARA KLEIN: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Barbara Klein. STEVE EMBER: And Im Steve Ember. Today on our program, we visit the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington, D.C. to hear how American dollars are made. In tw...
This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. A hologram is a three-dimensional image -- an image that appears to have height, width and depth. More than thirty years ago, Princess Leia gave her famous holographic plea for help in the original S...
FAITH LAPIDUS: Im Faith Lapidus. JIM TEDDER: And Im Jim Tedder with PEOPLE IN AMERICA in VOA Special English. Today we tell about the award-winning writer Pearl S. Buck. (MUSIC)FAITH LAPIDUS: The year was nineteen thirty-one. Americans were suffering...
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Leaders of the world's twenty largest economies met this week in Seoul, South Korea. They agreed to try to let market forces drive currency exchange rates. Their declaration Friday also promised to avoid co...
