This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah speaks at the opening of the Arab summit in Riyadh Arab leaders met this week in Riyadh. The Arab League Summit in the Saudi capital ended with calls for Israel to accept an Ar...
HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC, in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. On our show this week: We answer a question about MP3 players/P Present some music from Elvis Perkins/P And report about something called March Madness. March Madnes...
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Buy now, pay later. Credit cards give people that choice. Those billions of small pieces of plastic in use all over the world make it easy to buy things. But people who use credit cards irresponsibly...
VOICE ONE: This is Rich Kleinfeldt. VOICE TWO: And this is Stan Busby with THE MAKING OF A NATION -- a VOA Special English program about the history of the United States. (MUSIC) Today, we continue the story of President John Kennedy. VOICE ONE: Joh...
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. A listener from China named Walker would like information about agricultural programs in the United States. This is our subject today in week number thirty of our Foreign Student Series. About one hu...
VOICEONE: I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I'm Barbara Klein with Explorations in VOA Special English. A tribe member looks at the new Grand Canyon West Skywalk built by the Hualapai Indians. Critics say it harms the natural beauty of the canyon. Tod...
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or CPR, can save the life of someone whose heart has stopped. The condition is called cardiac arrest. The heart stops pumping blood. The person stops breathing. Without li...
VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. I'm Faith Lapidus. VOICE TWO: And I'm Bob Doughty. This week, scientists report finding millions of genes and thousands of protein families in seawater. We will also tell about chimpanz...
This the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. It can be hard to decide which foods to buy in an American grocery store these days. The information on many products makes different claims. These labels suggest that the food is safe, pure or kind t...
VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA IN VOA SPECIAL ENGLISH. I'm Steve Ember. Today, Mary Tillotson and I welcome you to a group of islands that extends into the Atlantic Ocean from the southern state of Florida. These islands are called the Florid...
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Patients suffering from tuberculosis in Hyderabad, India World Tuberculosis Day was March twenty-fourth. It was also the one hundred twenty-fifth anniversary of the discovery of the bacterium that...
VOICE ONE: I'm Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO: Billie Holiday And I'm Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Every week we tell about a person important in the history of the United States. This week, we tell about Billie...
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. A plane carrying eleven people aiding the African Union peacekeeping force in Somalia crashed Friday near the capital, Mogadishu. Officials say it was shot down by a missile shortly after takeoff from the...
HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC, in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. On our show this week: We answer a question about an advertising expression/P Play some music from Sonya Kitchell/P And report about the World Almanac. The World Alm...
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. More and more people are considering the social and environmental results of their investments. Socially responsible investing has become a fast-growing part of the investment industry. Over two trill...
