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PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Mary Kay Ash, 1918-2001: She Started a Skin Care Company That Has Sales of More Than Two Billion Dollars a Year Independent representatives sell products in peoples' homes in more than 30 countries. Transcript of radio broadcast:

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Development Report - HIV and Life for Rural Women in South Africa Amnesty International says those already infected face abuses, while others face a higher risk of becoming infected. Transcript of radio broadcast: 23 March 2008 This is the VOA Speci

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SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - An International Appeal to Cut Smoking Rates Through Six Policies Also: An effort to find evidence of climate change in plants. And researchers develop a kind of rubber that can repair itself. Transcript of radio broadcast: 17

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IN THE NEWS - American Orchestra Performs in North Korea More than 100 musicians traveled to Pyongyang for historic first performance by an American symphony orchestra. Transcript of radio broadcast: 29 February 2008 This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Speci

VOA慢速英语-Development Report - Working With Clay: A How-to Gui

This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Clay is found almost everywhere in the world. It is formed by the action of wind and water on rocks over thousands of years. The rocks change in both chemical and physical ways. Chemically, element

VOA慢速英语-SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - Scientists Discover New Gorill

VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Bob Doughty. VOICE TWO: And I'm Shirley Griffith. This week, we tell about a discovery of gorillas in the Republic of Congo and the loss of Bengal tigers in Nepal. We also tell about

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HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Steve Ember. Today we play music from country singer Julianne Hough ... Answer a question about American political parties And report on the fiftieth anniversary of a popular resta

VOA慢速英语-People in America - Alan Shepard, 1923-1998: The Fir

VOICE ONE: I'm Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO: Alan Shepard waiting for launch into space on May 5, 1961 And I'm Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program People in America. Each week we tell about someone important in the history of the United

VOA慢速英语-Agriculture Report - Locavores Like Their Food Close

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. A locavore is someone who eats foods produced locally. Locavores usually define local as within one hundred sixty kilometers. This new term grew out of a reaction to the long distances that food no

VOA慢速英语-EXPLORATIONS - Scuba Diving Is an Exciting Sport Tha

VOICE ONE: I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: Colorful fish at Danger Reef And I'm Barbara Klein with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we explore the clear blue waters around the islands of the Bahamas to learn about the exciting sport of scuba d

VOA慢速英语-IN THE NEWS - Pakistani Lawmakers to Elect New Presi

This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Lawmakers in Pakistan will elect a new president on September sixth. Officials set the date Friday. Presidents are elected by parliament and the assemblies of the four provinces. President Pervez Musharraf

VOA慢速英语-THIS IS AMERICA - Democrats Gather in Denver to Nomi

Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO: Barack Obama and Joe Biden Saturday in Springfield, Illinois, at their first appearance as running mates And I'm Steve Ember. This week, the Democrats meet to nomina

VOA慢速英语-EXPLORATIONS - Where Did the English Language Come F

VOICE ONE: This is Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And this is Shirley Griffith with the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS. Today we present the first of two programs about the history of the English Language. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: More people are tryin

VOA慢速英语-THE MAKING OF A NATION - American History Series: Mo

Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION American history in VOA Special English. James Monroe In the spring of eighteen twenty, President James Monroe was coming to the end of his first four years as president. He wanted to be elected again. But he faced

VOA慢速英语-THIS IS AMERICA - White Sands National Monument: A W

ANNOUNCER: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA IN VOA Special English. I'm Faith Lapidus. One of the world's great natural wonders is in the state of New Mexico, in the American Southwest. Nature has created huge moving hills of pure white sand. These sand d

VOA慢速英语-Health Report - New Findings Add to Health Concerns

This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Bisphenol A is a chemical widely used to make hard, polycarbonate plastic. Food storage containers, reusable water bottles and baby bottles are among the many different products that may contain BPA. BP

VOA慢速英语-Agriculture Report - Burros as Guard Dogs on the Far

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. A burro is a small donkey. Donkeys are related to horses; both are part of the equine family. Another way people say it is BOOR-oh. The name comes from Spanish and, before that, from a Latin term f

VOA慢速英语-EXPLORATIONS - National Cryptologic Museum Is Filled

VOICE ONE: This is Mary Tillotson. VOICE TWO: And this is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS. Today we visit a small museum in the state of Maryland. It is called the National Cryptologic Museum. It is filled with informat

VOA慢速英语-People in America - Franklin Roosevelt, 1882-1945: O

VOICE ONE: I'm Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO: And I'm Steve Ember with People in America in VOA Special English. Today we tell about one of the greatest American presidents, Franklin Delano Roosevelt. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: Franklin Delano Roosevelt Frank

VOA慢速英语-Education Report - Foreign Student Series: College,

This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Americans use the term college students to mean students either in colleges or universities. Not only that, Americans almost never say going off to university or when I was in university. That sounds