VOA慢速英语 2007 0918b

VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Im Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO: A NOAA satellite image of Hurricane Katrina, taken on August 29, 2005 And Im Steve Ember. Powerful storms are called hurricanes when they form over the At

VOA慢速英语 2007 0918a

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. American beekeeping operations have been hit hard by what scientists call colony collapse disorder. Almost half of their worker bees have disappeared during the past season. C.C.D. has also been re

VOA慢速英语 2007 0917a

This is the VOA Special English Development Report. More than one billion people around the world do not have clean drinking water. Their water supplies are unsafe because of natural or man-made pollution, such as industrial chemicals or human and a

VOA慢速英语 2007 0916

ANNOUNCER: Welcome to People in America from VOA Special English. Today, Sarah Long and Rich Kleinfeldt tell the story of Wilbur and Orville Wright. The Wright Brothers made a small engine-powered flying machine and proved that it was possible for h

VOA慢速英语 2007 0915

This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. This week, President Bush said he will bring home almost six thousand American troops from Iraq by the end of the year. He also accepted the advice of his top commander in Iraq, General David Petraeus, for

VOA慢速英语 2007 0914b

HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC, in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. On our show this week: We listen to opera music by Luciano Pavarotti /P Answer a question about the most respected professions /P And report about the anniversary of

VOA慢速英语 2007 0914a

This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. In the last few years, many Americans have bought houses with ARMs: adjustable-rate A foreclosed home in Pasadena, California. mortgages. These loans usually begin with lower interest rates for the f

VOA慢速英语 2007 0913a

This is the VOA Special English Education Report. An exciting start to the college football season: A team that many people never heard of defeats one of the best in the country. A Michigan player catches the ball, but Appalachian State captured the

VOA慢速英语 2007 0913b

This is Faith Lapidus. VOICE TWO: American troops prepare to invade Iraq from Kuwait And this is Steve Ember with THE MAKING OF A NATION, a VOA Special English Program about the history of the United States. George W. Bush became president in Januar

VOA慢速英语 2007 0904a

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Some milk drinkers like what they call real milk, also known as raw milk. This is milk that has not been pasteurized or homogenized. A cow named Iris is milked for raw dairy products under a cow sh

VOA慢速英语 2007 0903b

VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: 2006 Labor Day parade in Detroit, Michigan And I'm Barbara Klein. Most of the world observes Labor Day on May first. But the United States has its workers holi

VOA慢速英语 2007 0903a

This is the VOA Special English Development Report. We talked last week about Mercy Corps, a nonprofit group that provides emergency services after disasters. Another organization involved in this kind of work is Catholic Relief Services, based in B

VOA慢速英语 2007 0901

This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Abdullah Gul was sworn in this week as the eleventh president of Turkey. The fifty-six-year-old economist formerly served as foreign minister. Abdullah Gul after his election He easily won the election in

VOA慢速英语 2007 0902

VOICE ONE: Im Phoebe Zimmerman. VOICE TWO: And Im Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Program, People in America. Today we tell about one of the countrys greatest labor leaders, Samuel Gompers. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: Samuel Gompers Samuel Gompers w

VOA慢速英语 2007 0920a

This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Recently we talked about how some American schools have made changes in the traditional school year. Their goal is to improve student learning. A teacher and student at Barcroft Elementary in Arlingt

VOA慢速英语 2007 0921b

HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. On our show this week: We listen to some hip-hop music from Talib Kweli /P Answer a question about American slang /P And report about a famous parrot. Alex HOST: A ta

VOA慢速英语 2007 0925a

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. American farmers are raising more goats for meat these days. The Department of Agriculture says the United States had about three million meat goats in July. That was a five percent increase from J

VOA慢速英语 2007 0925b

VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Im Faith Lapidus. VOICE TWO: Magnolia trees at the National Arboretum And Im Bob Doughty. Washington, D.C. is home to famous buildings, memorials and museums that visitors love. But it i

VOA慢速英语 2007 0924a

This is the VOA Special English Development Report. UNICEF says a record low number of children are dying before the age of five. The United Nations Children's Fund has records back to nineteen sixty. It says the number has dropped below ten million

VOA慢速英语 2007 0923

VOICE ONE: Im Gwen Outen. VOICE TWO: And Im Steve Ember with People in America in VOA Special English. Today we tell about one of the greatest painters of the twentieth century, Georgia O'Keeffe. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: Georgia O'Keeffe America has produ