Words and Their Stories: Mayday Now, the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. A listener from Venezuela sent us a question about the meaning of the expression mayday. He wrote that he often hears this expression in movies. Mayday is a...
PEOPLE IN AMERICA - George Abbott, 1887-1995: 'Mister Broadway' SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: I'm Shirley Griffith. STEVE EMBER: And I'm Steve Ember with the Special English program, PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Every week we tell about a person important in the history o...
IN THE NEWS - Charles Taylor Found Guilty of War Crimes in Sierra Leone 新闻报道 - 利比里亚前总统查尔斯泰勒被判在塞拉利昂内战中犯下战争罪 This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. 这里是美国之音慢速英语新闻...
AMERICAN MOSAIC - Artists Paint the Town in Baltimore JUNE SIMMS: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) Im June Simms. This week on our program, we talk to Ben Nichols, lead singer and songwriter for the band Lucero. We also repo...
Economics Report - President Obama Presses Congress on Student Loan Interest This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Student loans and the interest millions of Americans pay on them have been getting a lot of attention recently. Student loa...
Education Report - How a Small Change in Teaching May Create Better Readers This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Teachers and parents usually call attention to the pictures when they read storybooks to preschool children. But a new study...
THE MAKING OF A NATION - American History: George W. Bush Re-Elected STEVE EMBER: Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION American history in VOA Special English. Im Steve Ember. This week in our series, we look at the presidential election of two thousand...
Health Report - Mouth X-Rays and the Brain; Infected Gums Do Not Cause Heart Attacks This is the VOA Special English Health Report. A new study suggests that dental X-rays may increase the risk of the most common kind of brain tumor. However, experts...
EXPLORATIONS - The Mercury Thirteen Cleared the Way for Women in the US Space Program STEVE EMBER: Im Steve Ember. BARBARA KLEIN: And Im Barbara Klein with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we tell about a program in the nineteen sixties to...
SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - What You Can Do About Headaches BARBARA KLEIN: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Barbara Klein. STEVE EMBER: And I'm Steve Ember. Today we tell about headaches, the pain that strikes almost everyone at some...
Agriculture Report - Teaching Coffee Farmers About the Birds and the Bees 农业报道 - 种植更多树木和鲜花对咖啡生产的帮助 This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语农业报道。 The Univ...
THIS IS AMERICA - Longer Prison Terms Mean More Seniors Behind Bars FAITH LAPIDUS: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Faith Lapidus. CHRISTOPHER CRUISE: And I'm Christopher Cruise. Last week on our program we talked about communit...
Technology Report - Caines Arcade Video Brings Creative Boy Fame 科技报道 - 凯恩的游乐场小男孩网络爆红 This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语科技报道。 An Internet video called Caine...
PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Beverly Sills, 1929-2007: A Beautiful Voice for Opera and the Arts STEVE EMBER: Im Steve Ember. BARBARA KLEIN: And Im Barbara Klein with PEOPLE IN AMERICA in VOA Special English. Today we tell about Beverly Sills. Her clear sopran...
IN THE NEWS - Counting Down to the Olympic Crowds in London 新闻报道 - 2012伦敦奥运会进入倒计时 This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. 这里是美国之音慢速英语新闻报道。 The London Olympics are less than one hundred d...
