AMERICAN MOSAIC - Disabled Cyclists Prepare For Summer Paralympic Games JUNE SIMMS: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) Im June Simms. On the program today, new music from The Ting Tings And we consider some of the advice you h...
Education Report - These Pirates Help Children Learn to Write This is the VOA Special English Education Report. A group called Story Pirates goes into schools and performs shows for children. But these shows are based on stories written by the childr...
THE MAKING OF A NATION - American History: The 1990s STEVE EMBER: Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION -- American history in VOA Special English. Im Steve Ember. This week in our series, we take a look at life in the United States during the last decad...
Health Report - New Findings on Sleep in Children, Older Adults 健康报道 - 儿童、老年人睡眠问题上的新发现 This is the VOA Special English Health Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语健康报道。 Sleep-disordered breathing is...
EXPLORATIONS - Singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles Reflects on Success MARIO RITTER: Welcome to the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS. Im Mario Ritter. Music is often called the universal language, meaning everyone can understand it. This week, w...
Agriculture Report - Making Power From Coconut Shells, Mango Pits 农业报道 - 通过椰子壳和芒果核发电 This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语农业报道。 Seth DeBolt is a plant scientist a...
SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - A Possible Blood Test for Alzheimers Disease JUNE SIMMS: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. Im June Simms. SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: And Im Shirley Griffith. Today we tell about Alzheimers disease. More than a century...
TechnologyReport-SyrianCitizenJournalistsUseSocialMediatoSpreadNewsRestrictedby This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. Social media networks have come to play an important part in the political unrest in Syria. The Syrian government barre...
THIS IS AMERICA - Some American Indian Tribes Recording Faster Growth Than Rest of US FAITH LAPIDUS: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. Im Faith Lapidus. CHRISTOPHER CRUISE: And Im Christopher Cruise. This week on our program, we lear...
Words and Their Stories: Proverbs, Part 1 词汇典故:美国常用谚语 1 Now, the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. 现在是美国之音慢速英语词汇典故节目。 Today we talk about proverbs. A proverb is a short, wel...
PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Wilma Rudolph, 1940-1994: The Fastest Woman in the World STEVE EMBER: Im Steve Ember. BARBARA KLEIN: And Im Barbara Klein with PEOPLE IN AMERICA in VOA Special English. Today we tell about Wilma Rudolph, the first American woman t...
IN THE NEWS - Japan, a Year After the Disaster This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. This Sunday is the first anniversary of the major earthquake and tsunami in Japan. It led to one of the worst nuclear accidents ever. The quake struck near the...
AMERICAN MOSAIC - Remembering a Congressman and His Efforts to Help Africa JUNE SIMMS: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) Im June Simms. On the program today, new music from the Boss, Bruce Springsteen And we go to Texas for a...
Economics Report - Energy As an Issue in Americas Presidential Campaign 经济报道 - 能源问题成为美国总统竞选重要议题 This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语经济报道。 Energy has beco...
Education Report - High Dropout Rate a Problem for South Africa This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Since the nineteen nineties, education has been required for all South Africans from age seven to fifteen. Last December, the government...