AS IT IS 2013-05-04 The Wonder Wheel and Spook-A-Rama Reopen at Coney Island Hello again, and welcome to AS IT IS your daily magazine show from VOA Learning English. Im June Simms. Today we hear about how sea levels are rising around the world, and w...
Scary Rides, Spooky House Return to NY's Coney Island Through the winter, members of the Vourderis family cleaned up, reimagined and rebuilt their iconic Coney Island attractions for opening day in 2013. For over a century, Coney Island has been know...
N. Korean Threats Cause Worry on S. Korean Island Fisherman Lee Hwan-sun has lived all his life on Baengnyeong Island. These days he does not take his boat out very far. I used to take my boat out into the waters about five minutes out of this port....
30,000 Sandy-Damaged Cars Stored on Eastern Long Island An idyllic winter scene - deer, horses, snow, a beautiful natural pine reserve, lakes and streams - that make New York's Long Island more than just a summer beach playground. And in its midst, a...
BEIJING, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- China is to survey the Diaoyu Islands in the East China Sea as part of a program of mapping its territorial islands and reefs, it was revealed on Tuesday. The first stage of the island surveying and mapping was launched i...
By Doug Levine Washington 03 April 2007 A string quartet that plays jazz? How about a Grammy Award-winning string quartet that plays jazz? VOA's Doug Levine fills us in on the Turtle Island Quartet, whose latest album pays tribute to jazz legend Joh...
EXPLORATIONS – December 4, 2002: Galapagos Islands By Caty Weaver VOICE ONE: This is Mary Tillotson. VOICE TWO: And this is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS. Today, we t...
SCIENCE REPORT – February 20, 2002: Pine Island Glacier By Jerilyn Watson This is the VOA Special English Science Report. Scientists have expressed much interest in the development of a huge new ice...
When you think of the islands, you probably picture beaches and palm trees and green golf courses. But many American citizens and companies see 1) a different kind of green there, money. This week, th...
By Shelley Gollust and Jerilyn Watson Broadcast: November 3, 2003 (THEME) VOICE ONE: Millions of people came through Ellis Island on their way to new lives in the United States. I'm Steve Ember. VOICE...
