VOA慢速英语2010年-THIS IS AMERICA - A Rolling History of

VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA, in VOA Special English. I'm Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO: And I'm Faith Lapidus. This week, travel back in time to explore the history of transportation in the United States. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: In eighteen-hundre

VOA慢速英语2010年-Agriculture Report - Keeping Plants an

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Florida, in the southeastern United States, is called the Sunshine State. It grows more oranges than anyplace except Brazil. But Arctic air has damaged some Florida oranges and strawberries in recen

VOA慢速英语2010年-SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - How Earth Is Cra

VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Bob Doughty. VOICE TWO: And I'm Steve Ember. Scientists who study the Earth tell us that the continents and ocean floors are always moving. Sometimes, this movement is violent and mig

VOA慢速英语2010年-EXPLORATIONS - How Culture Affected Sh

VOICE ONE: I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I'm Barbara Klein with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today, we complete our story about the influential English writer William Shakespeare. He wrote plays and poems during the late fifteenth and early

VOA慢速英语2010年-THIS IS AMERICA - White Sands National

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 du

VOA慢速英语2010年-Development Report - New Treatment for

This is the VOA Special English Development Report. The World Health Organization is using a new combination of drugs to treat human African trypanosomiasis disease, also known as sleeping sickness. The drugs nifurtimox an eflornithine will be given

VOA慢速英语2010年-IN THE NEWS - The Economy Was Top News

This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. At the end of each year, editors and news directors of the Associated Press in the United States vote for the top ten news stories of the year. They named the American economy as the top news story of two t

VOA慢速英语2010年-AMERICAN MOSAIC - 2009: Best Year for

HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Faith Lapidus. Happy New Year! Before we look ahead to two thousand ten, we want to talk about some of the best movies and books of two thousand nine. And we play some great music w

VOA慢速英语2010年-Economics Report - Banks Recover, But

This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Two thousand nine may be remembered as the year the world avoided an economic depression. In the United States, stock prices sank to their lowest levels in March. But stocks recovered strongly for the

VOA慢速英语2010年-Agriculture Report - New Alliance to S

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Experts say that agriculture provides fourteen percent of the world's greenhouse gas emissions each year. The gases released include carbon dioxide, a major cause of global warming. Twenty-one natio

VOA慢速英语2010年- SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - Science of Safe

SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Shirley Griffith. BOB DOUGHTY: And I'm Bob Doughty. Today we tell about two recent inventions that have helped to save lives. We will also tell about the people who developed t

VOA慢速英语2010年-SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - Crime and Punish

VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Bob Doughty. VOICE TWO: And I'm Barbara Klein. This week, we tell about two recent studies by teams of social scientists. One study showed that signs of disorderly behavior and theft

VOA慢速英语2010年-People in America - Doctor Spock, 1903

VOICE ONE: I'm Faith Lapidus. VOICE TWO: And I'm Steve Ember with People in America in VOA Special English. Today we tell about the world's most famous doctor for children, Benjamin Spock. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: Doctor Benjamin Spock with grand-daughter

VOA慢速英语2010年-THIS IS AMERICA - How a Family Helped

VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO: And I'm Steve Ember. Lomax is a name well known to historians of American musical culture. Today we have the first of two programs about how the Lomax fami

VOA慢速英语2010年-IN THE NEWS - Attention Turns to Yemen

This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Yemen is the poorest Arab nation. Poverty can help breed extremism -- al-Qaida is a growing concern for the Yemenis. But the government also faces an armed rebellion in the north and a separatist movement i

VOA慢速英语2010年-Development Report - Cancer May Soon B

This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Health experts predict that soon, more people will die from cancer than from AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria combined. They expect that by two thousand ten, cancer will become the world's leading cau

VOA慢速英语2010年-Health Report - Health: Now, an Update

This is the VOA Special English Health Report. People who stop smoking often replace cigarettes with food. A new study says the weight they gain may increase their diabetes risk in the short term. Type two diabetes is common in people who eat too muc

VOA慢速英语2010年-Education Report - Some US Students Le

This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Some schools in the United States and other countries offer Chinese language classes with government support from China. (CLASSROOM SOUND) Saint Mary's School is a private college preparatory school i

VOA慢速英语2010年-Agriculture Report - Want Truly Homema

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Goats are valuable not just for their milk and meat. Or for their ability to control weeds and help renew grasslands. Or even for their ability to be gentle around children. Goats can also be valuab

VOA慢速英语2010年-PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Andy Warhol, 1928-

STEVE EMBER: Im Steve Ember. BARBARA KLEIN: And Im Barbara Klein with PEOPLE IN AMERICA in VOA Special English. Today we tell about Andy Warhol, one of the most influential people in American modern art. Warhol was best known for his bright colored i