EXPLORATIONS - The Evolution of Spacesuits STEVE EMBER: Im Steve Ember. SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: And Im Shirley Griffith with the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS. Today we tell about the special clothes astronauts wear that protect them while they...
Why Hands-Free Faucets May Be a Risk to Some Hospital Patients This is the VOA Special English Health Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语健康报道。 Automatic faucets use an electronic sensor to start and stop the flow of water when people...
Exploring the Long and Short of Hair Loss BARBARA KLEIN: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Im Barbara Klein. STEVE EMBER: And Im Steve Ember. Today we talk about hair. We will tell what hair is, how it grows, and some of the main re...
Next Step After Carbon: Knowing Your Nitrogen Footprint This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语农业报道。 A carbon footprint is the amount of carbon dioxide pollution that we produce as a result of o...
BARBARA KLEIN: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Barbara Klein. Baseball is a sport that began in the eastern United States in the eighteen hundreds. It became known as the national pastime, a game that millions of people continu...
Brain-Computer Interfaces Could Mean More Freedom for the Disabled This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. Since the nineteen seventies, scientists have been searching for ways to link the brain with computers. Brain-computer interface, or...
Elizabeth Taylor, 1932-2011: She Was Considered One of the Most Beautiful Women of Her Time BARBARA KLEIN: Im Barbara Klein. STEVE EMBER: And Im Steve Ember with PEOPLE IN AMERICA in VOA Special English. Today we tell about the film star Elizabeth Ta...
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Ivory Coast gained independence from France in nineteen sixty. It grew into one of the wealthiest countries in West Africa through cocoa exports and foreign investments. (SOUND) But its latest political cri...
DOUG JOHNSON: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. This week on our program, we play music from an album released this week by the two sisters who sing together as Mary Mary. We also answer a question from Colo...
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语经济报道。 Microsoft has fought legal battles with officials in Europe and the United States over competition in the personal computer market. But now Microsoft i...
