Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION -- American history in VOA Special English. In November of eighteen sixty-three, President Abraham Lincoln traveled to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. He went there to make a speech at a ceremony establishing a military b...
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. An American nonprofit organization helps young people around the world to understand important issues -- and each other. The Global Nomads Group organizes educational videoconferences. Students and s...
VOICE ONE: I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I'm Barbara Klein with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. This week, we tell about the biggest system of freshwater lakes in the world, the Great Lakes between the United States and Canada. They are busy...
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. H1N1 flu continues to spread. Currently the virus is most active in the northern half of the world. But experts say it has become the leading influenza virus in all countries. No one really knows how ma...
VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Barbara Klein. VOICE TWO: And I'm Doug Johnson. Today we tell about the American plant scientist Norman Borlaug. He won the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to increase food product...
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Alternate bearing is a widespread problem for growers of citrus and other fruit trees. It can affect a large area or just individual trees or even part of a tree. No, it is not a disease. Alternate...
VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I'm Barbara Klein. It is autumn in the northern part of the world. So it is time to play some of our favorite songs about this season. (THEME) VOICE ONE: P...
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Women wait near their children as they are treated for diarrhea at the government-run Children's Hospital in Allahabad, India, earlier this year. Diarrhea kills one and a half million children each...
VOICE ONE: I'm Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO: And I'm Ray Freeman. Every week we tell about a person who was important in the history of the United States. This week we tell about Helen Keller. She was blind and deaf but she became a famous writer and...
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. People in Afghanistan were supposed to vote again Saturday for president. But earlier this week the Independent Election Commission declared Hamid Karzai the winner of a second term. His only remaining opp...
HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. This week on our program: A competition to find a spokesmodel for Mother Earth And a question from Russia about Kurt Cobain and the band that he led, Nirvana. But fir...
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. America's economy has started to grow again. Now what about jobs? The government says productivity jumped in July, August and September. That meant companies produced more with fewer workers. Also, n...
Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION American history in VOA Special English. America's civil war in the eighteen sixties did not have the full support of the people. Many said they did not care who won -- North or South. They just wanted to be left al...
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Twenty-six thousand foreign exchange students are in American high schools this year. A few days ago, we asked four teenagers who arrived in August to discuss their experience so far. All but one are...
VOICE ONE: I'm Doug Johnson. VOICE TWO: B.J. Adams in her studio And I'm Faith Lapidus with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. At craft shows and corporate headquarters across the United States, you might see works by the artist B.J. Adams. She ma...
