VOA慢速英语:A Silent Killer – Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

VOA慢速英语:Google Faces Heat Over New Privacy Policy

VOA慢速英语:New Photography Shows Different Side of Annie Leibovitz

VOA慢速英语:Words and Their Stories: Apple Pie Order

VOA慢速英语:Stephen Vincent Benet, 1898-1943: One of America’s Most Popular Writers of the 1900s

VOA慢速英语:Rains End Famine in Somalia, but Millions Remain at Risk

This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English.This week, the United Nations declared an official end to the famine in southern Somalia. Recent rains, an improved harvest and a major humanitarian aid effo

VOA慢速英语:Giants, Patriots: Rematch at the Super Bowl

FAITH LAPIDUS: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English.(MUSIC)I’m Faith Lapidus. Today, we report all about the Super Bowl, the national championship for American professional football.(MUS

VOA慢速英语:Facebook and Its Stock Offering

This is the VOA Special English Economics Report.Investors soon will be able to own shares of Facebook stock. The world’s biggest social media network presented documents to the Securities and Exchan

VOA慢速英语:When a Textbook Is Online, Not on Paper

This is the VOA Special English Education Report.Electronic books have changed the way many people read for pleasure. Now online textbooks are changing the way some students learn and some teachers te

VOA慢速英语:American History: The Presidential Election of 1988

STEVE EMBER: Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION – American history in VOA Special English. I’m Steve Ember.This week in our series, we look at the presidential election of nineteen eighty-eight.(MUSI

VOA慢速英语:What Happens When TB Becomes Untreatable?

This is the VOA Special English Health Report.In December, doctors in Mumbai, India, reported about a group of patients with what they called "totally drug-resistant" tuberculosis. Indian health offic

VOA慢速英语:Grow It Yourself: Diving Into Aquaponics

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report.Aquaponics is the idea of producing vegetables and fish in the same closed system. It combines aquaculture, or fish farming, with hydroponics, a way

VOA慢速英语:Basketball. Football. Ultimate?

JUNE SIMMS: I’m June Simms.CHRISTOPHER CRUISE: And I’m Christopher Cruise with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today, we talk about a game that many people love, but few have heard of. It is

VOA慢速英语:A Death in the Family May Cause Real Heart Break

SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. I’m SHIRLEY Griffith.MARIO RITTER: And I’m Mario Ritter. Today, we tell about an American study of heart attack survivors. We t

VOA慢速英语:Ruling on GPS Tracking by Police Leaves a Big Question

This is the VOA Special English Technology Report.The satellite-based Global Positioning System is a great way to locate places -- or people. But, last week the United States Supreme Court ruled that

VOA慢速英语:Book Cooks Up Recipe for Innovation

SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Shirley Griffith.STEVE EMBER: And I'm Steve Ember. This week on our program, we hear from the author of a book about the maki

VOA慢速英语:Words and Their Stories: Back, Shoulders and Chest

Now, the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES.There are many American expressions that use parts of the body. These include the eyes, ears, nose, mouth and even the heart. Today we will

VOA慢速英语:Cliff Robertson, 1923-2011: Award Winning Actor, Writer, Producer and Director

JUNE SIMMS: This is PEOPLE IN AMERICA, in VOA Special English. Today we tell about award-winning actor Cliff Robertson. He appeared in movies, television shows, and plays for more than half a century.

VOA慢速英语:Obama Calls for Economy Where 'Everyone Does Their Fair Share'

This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English.This week, President Obama gave his State of the Union speech, the last one before he seeks re-election in November.BARACK OBAMA: "Tonight I want to speak ab

VOA慢速英语:How an Allowance Helps Children Learn About Money

This is the VOA Special English Economics Report.Many children first learn the value of money by receiving an allowance. The purpose is to let children learn from experience at an age when financial m

VOA慢速英语:For Some, Religion is Part of the College Experience

FAITH LAPIDUS: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English.(MUSIC)I’m Faith Lapidus. Today on our show, we play music from singer Lana Del Rey.We also answer a question from Burma about the way

VOA慢速英语:Does Physical Activity Lead to Higher Grades?

This is the VOA Special English Education Report.Recently we told you about a finding that more years of school could help students get higher scores on intelligence tests. That was the finding of a s

VOA慢速英语:American History: Life in the 1970s and '80s

STEVE EMBER: Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION -- American history in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember.This week in our series, we look back at some of the social issues and cultural changes in A

VOA慢速英语:Health Risks in a Crowd: Not What You May Think

This is the VOA Special English Health Report.Picture a huge public gathering -- a sea of people like the hajj to Mecca or an appearance by the pope. Think of the World Cup, the Olympics, a political

VOA慢速英语:Amelia Earhart: First Woman to Fly Across the Atlantic Alone

MARY TILLOTSON: This is Mary Tillotson.STEVE EMBER: And this is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS. Today, we tell about Amelia Earhart. She was one of America’s first