This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. BP is one of the world's largest energy companies. It reported a profit of about six billion dollars in the first three months of this year. That was more than double compared to a year ago. Now, BP f...
FAITH LAPIDUS: Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION -- American history in VOA Special English. The eighteen eighties were years of important change in American business and industry. Twenty years after the Civil War, the Unitedbl States had become one...
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. In the American state of Massachusetts, some teenagers who break the law are sentenced -- to Shakespeare. ACTOR: A kingdom for a stage ... Twelve young actors rehearse the opening of Henry the Fifth....
FAITH LAPIDUS: Im Faith Lapidus. DOUG JOHNSON: And Im Doug Johnson with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we tell about the highest level of mens soccer in the United States Major League Soccer. We hear from three players who have links to W...
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. A pacemaker is a small device that doctors place in people with an abnormal heartbeat. If a heart beats too slowly, the pacemaker will use electrical signals to help set a normal rate. Some devices inclu...
BOB DOUGHTY: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, a program in VOA Special English. Im Bob Doughty. FAITH LAPIDUS: And Im Faith Lapidus. Today, we will tell about herbs and spices, and some of their many uses. (MUSIC) BOB DOUGHTY: People have been using herb...
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Chicken feathers are useful, and not just to a chicken. Some go into pillows, coats and other products. But countless chicken feathers go to waste. In the United States, billions of chickens are pro...
