VOA慢速英语2010年-Education Report - English and Spanish

This is the VOA Special English Education Report. In the last ten years, hundreds of American schools have begun to offer a new way to teach foreign languages. This method is called dual or two-way immersion. Here is how it works at London Towne Elem

VOA慢速英语2010年-Economics Report - Young Workers Lead

This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Factory labor built China into the world's third largest economy, after the United States and Japan. Now something else is building: labor tensions. China bars labor unions independent of the Communis

VOA慢速英语2010年-American Mosaic - A Look at Baseball’

DOUG JOHNSON: Welcome to American Mosaic in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) Im Doug Johnson. Today we listen to music from Gershwin Prize winner Paul McCartney And we answer a question about what American college students do over summer vacation. But fi

VOA慢速英语2010年-IN THE NEWS - Oil Spill in US Gulf: Th

This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Attention turned to Washington this week over the continuing oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. On Thursday, the chief executive officer of BP faced hours of intense questioning at a House of Representatives

VOA慢速英语2010年-THIS IS AMERICA - A Student Orchestra

BARBARA KLEIN: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Barbara Klein. STEVE EMBER: And I'm Steve Ember. This week on our program, we look at musical diplomacy, past and present. And we talk to an actor whose most recent role came from

VOA慢速英语2010年-American Mosaic - New Website Gives Ki

DOUG JOHNSON: Welcome to American Mosaic in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) Im Doug Johnson. Today we listen to a new album of songs by Shel Silverstein And answer a question about dinosaurs. But first, we visit a website for children to explore the wor

VOA慢速英语2010年-Development Report - Shortage of Nurse

This is the VOA Special English Development Report. The health care industry needs more nurses. All areas of the world face a nursing shortage. But the shortage is most severe in developing countries. Many of their nurses leave. They move to more dev

VOA慢速英语2010年-PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Ayn Rand, 1905-198

STEVE EMBER: I'm Steve Ember. BARBARA KLEIN: And I'm Barbara Klein with PEOPLE IN AMERICA in VOA Special English. Today we tell about the life and writings of Ayn Rand. (MUSIC) STEVE EMBER: Although she died more than twenty-five years ago, many Amer

VOA慢速英语2010年-THIS IS AMERICA - Fighting Childhood O

STEVE EMBER: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. BARBARA KLEIN: And I'm Barbara Klein. This week on our program, we tell about a new White House program to fight childhood obesity. (MUSIC) STEVE EMBER: Childhood obesit

VOA慢速英语2010年-Agriculture Report - Farmers in East A

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. About eight hundred million people in Africa, Asia and South America eat cassava. The plant is a major source of food energy and a major food security crop. It can survive in poor soil and without m

VOA慢速英语2010年-EXPLORATIONS - South Africa Bets on 20

BARBARA KLEIN: Im Barbara Klein. BOB DOUGHTY: And Im Bob Doughty with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. A maker of luxury travel goods recently launched an advertisement campaign. Video and magazine ads show three men playing table football and la

VOA慢速英语2010年-Economics Report - Job Market an Extra

This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. June means one more big test for many students finishing college -- a test of the job market. Wish them luck. Americans age twenty to twenty-four faced an unemployment rate in May of fourteen and seve

VOA慢速英语2010年-IN THE NEWS - US Voters Look to Women

This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. This week, twelve American states voted for candidates for elections in November. Tuesday was the busiest day of the primary season -- and women were the big winners. In California, the Republicans nominate

VOA慢速英语2010年-PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Woody Guthrie,1912

MARY TILLOTSON: Im Mary Tillotson. STEVE EMBER: And Im Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Today, we begin a two-part story about songwriter and singer Woody Guthrie. He wrote songs about common people and social issu

VOA慢速英语2010年-Agriculture Report - World Food Prize

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. This year's World Food Prize will honor two leaders of hunger-fighting groups based in the United States. The winners are David Beckmann of Bread for the World and Jo Luck of Heifer International. T

VOA慢速英语2010年-Development Report - How Manute Bol Us

This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Manute Bol played ten years in the National Basketball Association. But he will be remembered as much for his shot-blocking in the NBA as for his charity work in Sudan. He died June nineteenth from

VOA慢速英语2010年-PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Ella Fitzgerald, 1

SARAH LONG: Now, the VOA Special English program PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Today, Shirley Griffith and Steve Ember tell about the jazz singer, Ella Fitzgerald. She was known as America's first lady of song. (MUSIC: How High The Moon) SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: The y

VOA慢速英语2010年-IN THE NEWS - Obama Urges Congress: Re

This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. One of Barack Obama's campaign promises was to reform immigration policies. On Thursday he gave his first major speech on the issue as president. BARACK OBAMA: In sum, the system is broken. And everybody kn

VOA慢速英语2010年-American Mosaic - Celebrating Independ

DOUG JOHNSON: Welcome to American Mosaic in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) Im Doug Johnson. Today we tell about Independence Day in the United States. This Fourth of July will mark Americas two hundred and thirty-fourth birthday. We also answer a liste

VOA慢速英语2010年-IN THE NEWS - US-Russia Spy Exchange B

This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Russia and the United States have completed the largest spy exchange since the Cold War. On Friday, at an airport in Vienna, Austria, an American plane and a Russian plane landed, parked side by side and ex