This is the VOA Special English Development Report. The World Bank lends money to developing countries but also considers itself a knowledge bank. Its advice can influence government policies as well as its own future policies. An Indonesian woman an...
VOICE ONE: I'm Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO: Madame C.J. Walker And I'm Rich Kleinfeldt with the VOA Special English program, People in America. Every week, we tell the story of someone important in the history of the United States. Today we tell abou...
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. President Bush gave his two thousand seven State of the Union speech to Congress and the American people Tuesday night. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Vice President Dick Cheney as President Bush prepares t...
HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. On our show this week: We answer a question about American lawmakers ... Play some music from the North Mississippi Allstars ... .And report about a world famous exper...
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. One of the top issues this week at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, was climate change. But the business and political leaders gathered for the yearly event in the Swiss Alps were not t...
VOICE ONE: THE MAKING OF A NATION -- a program in Special English by the Voice of America. (MUSIC) Presidential elections are exciting events in American politics. Few elections for the White House have been as exciting as the one in nineteen forty-e...
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Graduate students often work as teaching assistants while they study in the United States. Teaching assistants may get money or get to take classes for free, or both. A T.A. usually works about twenty...
VOICE ONE: I'm Barbara Klein. VOICE TWO: And I'm Steve Ember with Explorations in VOA Special English. We continue the series about how older Americans are keeping their minds active. Today we tell about some of the adult education programs offered b...
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Measles is one of the most infectious viruses known. It spreads through the air when people infected with the disease cough or sneeze. Children in wealthier countries are usually vaccinated to protect ag...
VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I'm Barbara Klein. Today, we tell you everything you ever wanted to know about snow. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: Digging out from a blizzard Winter weather has retu...