This is the VOA Special English Development Report. One of the best ways to protect yourself and other people from getting sick is to wash your hands with soap. To make soap, you need three main things: oil, water and lye. The oil can come from anim...
VOICE ONE: I'm Phoebe Zimmermann. VOICE TWO: And I'm Steve Ember with People in America in VOA Special English. Today we tell about a man who made possible one of the most important communications devices ever created -- television. His name was Phi...
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. India continues to investigate the terrorist attacks last week in Mumbai. More than one hundred seventy people were killed in two and a half days of violence. Taj Hotel in Mumbai burning Indian officials h...
HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. This week: We listen to music from Taylor Swift Answer a listener question about chess champion Bobby Fischer And report about blogs right here at VOA. (MUSIC) Blogs...
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. The United States is already one year into a recession. That was the news this week from the National Bureau of Economic Research. The downturn is the longest since a recession that began in nineteen...
Welcome to the MAKING OF A NATION American history in VOA Special English. The national election of eighteen thirty-two put Andrew Jackson in the White House for a second term as president. One of the major events of his second term was the fight ag...
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Many American colleges and universities require applications for the fall term to be completed by January first. But some have deadlines of December first. So this was a fitting week for a research g...
VOICE ONE: This is Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And this is Shirley Griffith with the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS. Our story today tells of ships, explorers, pirate attacks and wars. It is the story of an old military base, the Castillo de S...
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. A new study in the United States says mental disorders appear to be common in college-age adults, but most do not seek treatment. Researchers at the New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia Uni...
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. The search for new fuels has led some researchers to algae. Algae is a name for thousands of different organisms. They include single-celled plants as well as kelp and other large plants. Blue-gree...
