This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. In Washington this week, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner announced new steps to rebuild trust in financial markets and restart the flow of credit. The plan, separate from President Barack Obama's eco...
HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. This week, a special Valentine's Day program about love in hard economic times. (MUSIC: My Funny Valentine) HOST: Love is in the air this weekend as Americans celebra...
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. This week in our Foreign Student Series, we talk about the Fulbright Program. It sends Americans to study, teach or do research in other countries. And it brings people from other countries to do the...
Welcome to the MAKING OF A NATION American history in VOA Special English. In eighteen forty-three, Texas was a major issue in American politics. President John Tyler wanted to make Texas a state in the Union. But his secretary of state, Daniel Webs...
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. A new study suggests that the more teenagers watch television, the more likely they are to develop depression as young adults. But the extent to which TV may or may not be to blame is a question that th...
VOICE ONE: This is Bob Doughty. VOICE TWO: And this is Phoebe Zimmermann with the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS. Today we tell the second part of our story about the discovery of gold in the area of Canada called the Yukon. We tell about...
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Everyone knows that ships are a favorite target of pirates. But another problem takes place under the sea and often gets less attention: fish piracy. The technical term is illegal, unreported and u...
VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. I'm Bob Doughty. VOICE TWO: And I'm Barbara Klein. Today we tell about developments in pain control. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: As recently as the nineteen seventies, little research existed ab...
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. A few degrees can make a big difference when it comes to food storage. Foods can go bad if they get too warm. But for many of the world's poor, finding a good way to keep food cool is difficult. Re...
VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I'm Barbara Klein. This week on our program, we remember President Abraham Lincoln. This Thursday is the two hundredth anniversary of his birth. (MUSIC) VO...