VOA慢速英语:Business Students Compete to Solve Global Problems

This is the VOA Special English Education Report.Hult International Business School has campuses in Boston, San Francisco, London, Dubai and Shanghai. The Hult Global Case Challenge is a competition b

VOA慢速英语:American History: Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis

VOA慢速英语:Fukushima Children Tested for Thyroid Cancer Risk

This is the VOA Special English Health Report.This week, Japanese doctors began examining three hundred sixty thousand children in Fukushima Prefecture. The goal is to learn the extent to which radiat

VOA慢速英语:Robert Edison Fulton Circled the World on a Motorcycle

FAITH LAPIDUS: This is Faith Lapidus.STEVE EMBER: And this is Steve Ember with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we tell about an unusual man who traveled alone around the world. He was a

VOA慢速英语:Poor Suffer as Food Prices Likely to Stay High

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report.There are growing concerns about food insecurity in the developing world. Rising food prices, weather emergencies and political problems are deepenin

VOA慢速英语:Studies Link the Weather Event Known as La Niña to Lack of Rainfall in East Africa

SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. I’m Shirley Griffith.BOB DOUGHTY: And I’m Bob Doughty. Today, we examine the extremely dry conditions in parts of East Africa.

VOA慢速英语:Chuck Berry Still Reeling and Rocking on Stage at 85

DOUG JOHNSON: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I’m Doug Johnson.(MUSIC)FAITH LAPIDUS: And I’m Faith Lapidus. This week on our program -- the music of Chuck Berry. The man often cal

VOA慢速英语:No More Guesses at How to Say a Name

This is the VOA Special English Technology Report.A new online service offers a simple way to let other people know how to say your name correctly. It lets others hear you say it yourself in your e-ma

VOA慢速英语:Lena Horne, 1917-2010: A Star Who Broke Racial Barriers

BARBARA KLEIN: I’m Barbara Klein.STEVE EMBER: And I’m Steve Ember with PEOPLE IN AMERICA in VOA Special English. Today we remember the singer and actress Lena Horne. She helped break racial barriers

VOA慢速英语:Words and Their Stories: I'm Feeling Very Blue

Now, the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES.(MUSIC)Every people has its own way of saying things, its own special expressions. Many everyday American expressions are based on colors.R

VOA慢速英语:Report of Plot to Kill Saudi Raises US-Iran Tensions

This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English.This week, American officials accused Iran of being involved in a plot to kill Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the United States.BARACK OBAMA: "This is a - not

VOA慢速英语:Two American Professors Win Nobel for Studies on Effects of Economic Policy

This is the VOA Special English Economics Report.Two American professors will share the twenty eleven Nobel Prize in economics. Staffan Normark, Permanent Secretary of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sc

VOA慢速英语:“Ghost on the Canvas” Final Album for Country Star Glen Campbell

DOUG JOHNSON: Welcome to American Mosaic in VOA Special English.(MUSIC)I’m Doug Johnson.The singer Glen Campbell has released his first album of new songs in years. The album is also his last because

VOA慢速英语:American History: Kennedy Becomes President

STEVE EMBER: Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION – American history in VOA Special English. I’m Steve Ember(MUSIC)We begin this week's story on January twentieth, nineteen sixty-one, the day John Fit

VOA慢速英语:East Asian Educators Look to US Schools for Ideas

This is the VOA Special English Education Report.High school students in Asia often do better than American students on international math and science tests. Experts say part of this is because school

VOA慢速英语:Does a Birth Control Method Raise HIV Risk?

This is the VOA Special English Health Report.The World Health Organization has called a meeting to discuss if there is truly a link between hormonal birth control and the spread of HIV.A new study in

VOA慢速英语:Will Physicists Have to Rewrite The Special Theory of Relativity?

DOUG JOHNSON: Welcome to EXPLORATIONS, in VOA Special English. I’m Doug Johnson.This week, we hear about developments in physics that, if proven correct, could have scientists rewriting physics text

VOA慢速英语:In the Garden: Growing Blueberries

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report.Blueberries are generally grown in northern climates with cool winters and mild summers. But some newer varieties do well in very cool or very warm c

VOA慢速英语:Scientists Continue Their Search for Better Treatments for Multiple Sclerosis – and a Cure

SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. I’m Shirley Griffith.BOB DOUGHTY: And I’m Bob Doughty. Today, we continue our report about multiple sclerosis. America’s Food

VOA慢速英语:Steve Jobs Remembered

This is the VOA Special English Technology Report.Steve Jobs made technology fun. The co-founder of Apple died last Wednesday at the age of fifty-six. He had fought for years against cancer. Mourners

VOA慢速英语:A Few Steps Up From Fast Food, and Down the Road From Fine Dining, Lies the Diner

STEVE EMBER: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. This is a three-day weekend for millions of Americans in observance of Columbus Day on Monday. A holiday can be a good

VOA慢速英语:Words and Their Stories: It Will Not Wash

I'm Susan Clark with the Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES.Young Mister Smith had an idea for his employer. It was an idea for saving money for the company by increasing prices. At the

VOA慢速英语:Dr. Spock, 1903-1998: The World’s Most Famous Baby Doctor

FAITH LAPIDUS: I’m Faith Lapidus.STEVE EMBER: And I’m Steve Ember with People in America in VOA Special English. Today we tell about the world’s most famous doctor for children, Benjamin Spock.(MU

VOA慢速英语:Protests Against Big Business Spread in US

This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English.Protests that began last month near Wall Street in New York have now spread to other American cities. The Occupy movement differs from the Tea Party movement

VOA慢速英语:Greek Protests Intensify, But So Is Pressure on Europe’s Banks

This is the VOA Special English Economics Report.Violent protests in Greece have added to tensions over the debt crisis affecting Europe.(SOUND: Protests)Tens of thousands of people marched in Athens