FAITH LAPIDUS: And Im Faith Lapidus with PEOPLE IN AMERICA from VOA Special English. Today, we tell about Edgar Allan Poe, a nineteenth-century American writer. His stories and poems were some of the most frightening and strange ever written. (MUSIC)...
Americans will vote in elections on Tuesday. They will elect all four hundred thirty-five members of the United States House of Representatives, thirty-seven senators, many state governors and local officials. Political experts say all signs point to...
MARIO RITTER: Welcome to American Mosaic in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) Im Mario Ritter. This week on our program, we take a look at some scary movies, just in time for Halloween... We also answer a question about the Kennedy Center, in Washington.....
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. When we print something, a flat page comes to mind. For example, you might use a photocopier. (SOUND) Photocopiers print in two dimensions. Now, imagine how this would work for three dimensions. A mac...
BOB DOUGHTY: Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION American history in VOA Special English. This week in our series, Larry West and Maurice Joyce continue the story of President Woodrow Wilson and American involvement in World War One. LARRY WEST: Ninete...
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. On Tuesday, the United States will hold congressional and state elections in a year defined by voter dissatisfaction. Democrats are trying hard to excite their party's base of support in an effort to...
STEVE EMBER: Im Steve Ember. SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: And Im Shirley Griffith with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we tell about Hoover Dam. It was the largest and most difficult structure of its kind ever built when work started in nineteen thir...
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. A neighborhood barbershop might seem to some Americans like a thing of the past. Today men often get their hair cut at the same salons as women. But the traditional barbershop still holds a special place...
SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Shirley Griffith. BOB DOUGHTY: And I'm Bob Doughty. This week, we will examine the brain disorder known as epilepsy. Many people do not understand epilepsy. Medical experts are...
Chocolate comes from cocoa beans, and more than half of those beans come from two countries in West Africa. But the situation is not all sweetness for poor cocoa farmers in Ivory Coast and neighboring Ghana. The United States has announced ten millio...
STEVE EMBER: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. BARBARA KLEIN: And Im Barbara Klein. This week on our program, we take you on a trip through the northeastern state of Vermont, part of the area known as New England. (M...
This is the VOA Special English Technology Report, formerly called the Development Report. Before we changed the name, we went on our Facebook page and asked for story ideas. Some of you suggested that we talk about ICT, information and communication...
PHOEBE ZIMMERMANN: I'm Phoebe Zimmermann. DOUG JOHNSON: And I'm Doug Johnson with the VOA Special English program PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Every week we tell about a person who was important in the history of the United States. Today, we tell about writer...
President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton each released video messages this week on the problem of bullying. Both messages centered on abusive behavior toward homosexuals. BARACK OBAMA: Like all of you, I was shocked and saddened by the...
DOUG JOHNSON: Welcome to American Mosaic in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) Im Doug Johnson. This week on our program, we play music from Shakira's new album ... We also answer a question about the Smithsonian Institution ... But first we explore the fo...
