This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Some young engineers from the United States have brought the Internet to several areas of rural Kenya. Their idea was to connect the communities to the Web by satellite. But there was a problem. Th...
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. A few degrees can make a big difference when it comes to food storage. Foods can go bad if they get too warm. But for many of the world's poor, finding a good way to keep food cool is difficult. Re...
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. In two thousand seven, five young people in the American state of Massachusetts developed an idea. The team knew that the world is filled with mobile phones. About eighty percent of all people are...
中国发展的快速步伐正迅猛地改变着中国社会。这导致了许多人所说的发展差异。 Listen Read Learn The development of China has been a fast paced phenomenon that is rapidly changing the society. This has led to what many are calling the development gap, whe...
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. A nonprofit group in San Francisco, California, is trying to take bicycle-powered computers to rural villages around the world. The computer was developed with villagers in Laos. The group is the J...
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Guinea worm disease usually does not kill, but it is extremely painful. It prevents people from caring for their farms, their homes and sometimes even themselves. Guinea worms can grow up to one me...
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. A better rat trap has led to a better life for the Irula tribe in Tamil Nadu state in southeastern India. The improved design has a 95 percent success rate The Irulas are one of the lowest groups i...
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Millions of people around the world cook their food over a smoky fire every day. It is often difficult to find wood for the fire. People who do not have wood must spend large amounts of money on co...
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. In far northern Mongolia, the survival of the smallest ethnic group in the country depends on reindeer. Morgan Keay, right, with members of the Tsaatan community in Mongolia An American named Morga...
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Clay is found almost everywhere in the world. It is formed by the action of wind and water on rocks over thousands of years. The rocks change in both chemical and physical ways. Chemically, element...