This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Freezing weather can mean frostbite and hypothermia unless a person is prepared. Today we talk about how to stay warm, dry and safe. Frostbite is damage that happens when skin is exposed to extreme cold...
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 will tell how people who are lonely can spread that feeling to others. We will tell about an experimental treatment for...
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Today we discuss the greenhouse effect. Farmers and gardeners have long used greenhouses to extend the growing season in cold weather. Now, hoop houses are gaining popularity. Hoop houses are someti...
VOICE ONE: A major snowstorm hit the East Coast on the weekend before Christmas. Christmas trees for sale in the Upper West Side neighborhood of New York. Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Barbara Klein. This week on our program,...
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Dave Irvine-Halliday in Mexico More than one and a half billion people around the world live without electricity. Finding better ways to bring light to the poor is the goal of researchers like David...
VOICE ONE: Im Phoebe Zimmerman. VOICE TWO: And I'm Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Today, we tell about Irving Berlin. He wrote the words and music for some of the most popular songs of the twentieth century. (MUSI...
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Think of your family or friends. How well would those relationships work without trust -- or with a broken trust? Tiger Woods considers a difficult shot from deep grass during the 2009 U.S. Open Recently, F...
HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. Today, we play jazz music by a young saxophonist, Hailey Niswanger And answer a question about the history of blue jeans ... But first, we tell about one company's pla...
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. President Obama with members of the financial industry at the White House on Monday President Obama told some of the nation's top bankers Monday that they need to explore every responsible way to make...
Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION American history in VOA Special English. On March fourth, eighteen sixty-five, Abraham Lincoln was sworn-in as president after winning a second term. The election had taken place in the Union of northern states. The...
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. A question from the West Bank: Zuheir Khlaif wants to know how American schools use educational technology. There is not a simple answer. It depends on the subject and level of students, of course. Bu...
VOICE ONE: I'm Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO: And I'm Steve Ember with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today, we tell about the Galapagos Islands in the Pacific Ocean and the unusual creatures that live there. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: Bartolome Island T...
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Last week, researchers in the United States reported curing nine adults with sickle cell disease. Ten patients in all were treated in a study with donated bone marrow. The healthy marrow causes new blood...
VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Barbara Klein. VOICE TWO: And I'm Bob Doughty. This week, we will tell about efforts to protect the burial place of Egypt's King Tutankhamen. And we will tell about what imaging tests...
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Last week our subject was illegal fishing. Now we report on two cases where fish are both the victims and the offenders. The first involves two kinds of Asian carp, bighead and silver. They can grow...
