VOICE ONE: This is Bob Doughty. VOICE TWO: And this is Steve Ember with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we tell about Hoover Dam. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: Our report today about Hoover Dam must begin with the Colorado River. This river made the...
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. In December, we told you about two important studies of circumcision and HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. Scientists had reported that circumcised men in Africa reduced their risk of HIV infection from s...
VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. I'm Bob Doughty. VOICE TWO: Crabeater seals lying on the ice in Paradise Bay, Antarctica, in a 2005 photo And I'm Faith Lapidus. This week, an American study shows a link between air pol...
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. For centuries, farmers have used windmills to pump water, crush grain and perform other tasks. Today, farmers can earn money with high-powered wind turbines that produce electricity. Wind power has...
VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember with Shirley Griffith. This week, come along to one of the most beautiful and historic cities in the United States - Charleston, South Carolina. The Civil War began at its...
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Before refrigerators, homes usually had ice boxes. But another way to keep food cool without the need for electricity is to use an evaporative cooler. This is easy to make and does not even use ice....
ANNOUNCER: People in America, a program in Special English on the Voice of America. Every week we tell about a person who was important in the history of the United States. Today Shirley Griffith and Ray Freeman tell about reporter Ida Minerva Tarbel...
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. British Prime Minister Tony Blair announced this week that one thousand six hundred British troops will leave Iraq in the coming months. Britain has more than seven thousand troops in Iraq. The forces to be...
HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC, in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. On our show this week: We answer a question about the Everglades ... Play some music nominated for an Academy Award ... And report about an artist who builds boxes. J...
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. This week, the drug company Merck announced that it would end a lobbying campaign for Gardasil, its new vaccine for girls and women. Bottles of Gardasil The vaccine is designed to protect against four...
VOICE ONE: This is Phil Murray. VOICE TWO: And this is Rich Kleinfeldt with THE MAKING OF A NATION -- a VOA Special English program about the history of the United States. (MUSIC) Today, we tell what life was like in American during the nineteen fift...
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. We continue our Foreign Student Series on higher education in the United States. We have talked all about the college admissions process. Now we move on to college life once you get accepted to a scho...
VOICE ONE: I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: Safari explorers on the Chobe River And I'm Barbara Klein with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we go on safari to experience the sights and sounds of Africa's rich wildlife. The word safari comes from...
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Researchers say they have developed a simple test that can tell if a person with heart disease is likely to suffer a heart attack. The test measures levels of a protein in the blood. The researchers say...
VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. I'm Faith Lapidus. VOICE TWO: And I'm Bob Doughty. Today we tell about some recent studies of pain, and new possibilities for controlling it. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: Recent findings from rese...
