Health Report - What Parents Can Do to Help Prevent Dating Abuse This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Today we take another look at teaching young people how to build healthy relationships. Last week we told you about a new study in the Uni...
Agriculture Report - US Faces Worst Drought in 56 Years This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. The United States is suffering its worst drought in almost sixty years. Moderate to extreme dry conditions spread to fifty-five percent of the...
Technology Report - New Laws Needed to Deal With Users Digital Legacies This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. Benjamin Stassen took his own life in twenty-ten. His parents thought their twenty-one year old son was happy. Since his suicid...
Health Report - More Low Cost Anti-AIDS Drugs Mean More People Treated This is the VOA Special English Health Report. An American program called the Presidents Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief helps millions of people infected with HIV, the virus respo...
EXPLORATIONS - NASA and the Early Apollo Flights of the 1960s BARBARA KLEIN: I'm Barbara Klein. STEVE EMBER: And I'm Steve Ember with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. The nineteen sixties were exciting times in space exploration. Today look back...
Agriculture Report - Deadly Maize Disease Threatens Food Supplies in Kenya This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Officials in Kenya are attempting to deal with a deadly disease attacking maize crops. Some Kenyan farmers say the disease...
THIS IS AMERICA - Catching Up With Vivica A. Fox, Shaft, the Hulk and TV's Batman BARBARA KLEIN: Welcome to the VOA Special English program THIS IS AMERICA. Im Barbara Klein. CHRISTOPHER CRUISE: And Im Christopher Cruise. This week we tell about seve...
PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Martha Graham, 1894-1991: The Mother of Modern Dance STEVE EMBER: I'm Steve Ember. BARBARA KLEIN: And I'm Barbara Klein with PEOPLE IN AMERICA in VOA Special English. Today, we explore the life of dancer and choreographer Martha G...
Words and Their Stories: Computer Terms 词汇典故：计算机术语 Now, the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. 现在是美国之音慢速英语词汇典故节目。 Computer technology has become a major part of people's lives....
SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - Pain Treatment Improved in Recent Years BOB DOUGHTY: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. Im Bob Doughty. STEVE EMBER: And Im Steve Ember. Today we tell about developments in pain control. (MUSIC) BOB DOUGHTY: As...
Technology Report - India Dismisses Charges of Internet Censorship This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. The government in India is defending itself against charges of Internet censorship. The move comes after the government last week as...
IN THE NEWS - Abortion Debate Takes Center Stage in US Election Campaign This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. The Republican Partys national convention opens Monday in Tampa, Florida. Republican delegates will officially nominate former Massac...
AMERICAN STORIES - Children's Story: 'Pecos Bill' Now, the Special English Program AMERICAN STORIES. (MUSIC) Today we tell a traditional American story called a tall tale. A tall tale is a story about a person who is larger than life. The description...
AMERICAN MOSAIC - Whitney Houston Comes to Life in Sparkle JUNE SIMMS: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) Im June Simms. This week, we tell about the hit song Call Me Maybe and the young woman who made it famous. We also tell...
Economics Report - Burma Places Hopes for Development in Foreign Investment This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Burma is in a good position to make big gains in Asias fast-growing markets. But development must include all of society and...
