VOA慢速英语2010年-Agriculture Report - Integrated Pest M

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Farmers know that if you reduce harmful insects and diseases in your crops, you have a chance for a better harvest. Today, many farmers and experts praise Integrated Pest Management, or IPM. IPM is

VOA慢速英语2010年-AMERICAN MOSAIC - Banknote Knowledge:

DOUG JOHNSON: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC)I'm Doug Johnson. This week, we play songs from two new albums from music greats Elton John and Leon Russell and Elvis Costello. We also answer a question about the faces found o

VOA慢速英语2010年-Economics Report - Indian State Seeks

This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Microfinance is a fast-growing part of the financial industry in many developing countries. Micro lenders give small loans to poor people to start or expand businesses. Microcredit offers a chance to

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BOB DOUGHTY: Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION American history in VOA Special English. In nineteen eighteen, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, a truce took effect between the Allies and Germany. But not until seven mont

VOA慢速英语2010年-Education Report - Prison Program Aims

This is the VOA Special English Education Report. A program in the eastern United States invites young people into a prison to try to scare them away from prison. The goal is to teach them to avoid bad choices and bad influences that could put them b

VOA慢速英语2010年-EXPLORATIONS - Blue Holes: Some of the

BARBARA KLEIN: Im Barbara Klein. STEVE EMBER: And Im Steve Ember with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. A blue hole is a flooded sea cave with a hole that opens up at the lands surface. These cave systems form in carbonate rock, often on islands.

VOA慢速英语2010年-Health Report - Haiti's Cholera Outbre

This is the VOA Special English Health Report. An outbreak of cholera in Haiti continues to spread sickness and worry. Health officials are worried that the capital could suffer a major outbreak of the disease. So far most cases in Port-au-Prince hav

VOA慢速英语2010年-SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - Thousands of Dis

BOB DOUGHTY: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. Im Bob Doughty. FAITH LAPIDUS: And Im Faith Lapidus. Today, we will tell about a ten-year study of the worlds oceans. We will also tell about four American women who are being honored

VOA慢速英语2010年-THIS IS AMERICA - Women Pilots in Worl

FAITH LAPIDUS: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. Im Faith Lapidus. BOB DOUGHTY: And I'm Bob Doughty. November eleventh is Veterans Day. A veteran is anyone who has served in the armed forces. Veterans Day honors the living. A separat

VOA慢速英语2010年-PEOPLE IN AMERICA - John Coltrane, 192

SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: PEOPLE IN AMERICA, a program in Special English by the Voice of America. (MUSIC)He was one of the greatest saxophone players of all time. He wrote jazz music. He recorded new versions of popular songs. And, he helped make modern jaz

VOA慢速英语2010年-IN THE NEWS - After 'Shellacking' of D

This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. A shellacking is an especially bad defeat. And that was how President Obama described the elections on Tuesday. His Democratic Party lost control of the House of Representatives. The Democrats retook the Ho

VOA慢速英语2010年-AMERICAN MOSAIC - Online Tools Let Pla

DOUG JOHNSON: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC)I'm Doug Johnson. This week we play new music from Taylor Swift And, answer a question about Veterans Day But first, a report on a group that has built hundreds of playgrounds in

VOA慢速英语2010年-Economics Report - Fed Gets Ready to P

This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. The Federal Reserve calls Americas economic recovery disappointingly slow. So the Federal Reserve decided Wednesday to add six hundred billion dollars to the financial system by the middle of next yea

VOA慢速英语2010年-Technology Report - Making the World W

This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. The world has almost seven billion people. At least two billion are expected to be on the Internet by January. New growth is mostly from developing countries. Yet only twenty-one percent of their pop

VOA慢速英语2010年-IN THE NEWS - Jury Decision Renews Deb

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

VOA慢速英语2010年-AMERICAN MOSAIC - On Stage: The Great

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

VOA慢速英语2010年-Economics Report - Groups Offer Ideas

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

VOA慢速英语2010年-Education Report - China Passes India

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

VOA慢速英语2010年-EXPLORATIONS - Are EVs, Plug-in Hybrid

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

VOA慢速英语2010年-Health Report - World Health Officials

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