Technology Report - Technology Designed to Take Paralympians to New Levels 科技报道 - 科技引领残奥会进入新高度 This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语科技报道。 The Paralympic Games in...
Building Peace at the Grassroots Level A Christian-based aid organization says if peacebuilding is to succeed in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, it must begin at the grassroots level. Millions of people have died in the Eastern DRC from nea...
Ocean Levels Rising Fast on US Coasts Ocean levels are rising faster and higher on both coasts of the United States than in other parts of the globe, according to two new studies, and California could be especially hard hit. There will be about one m...
IN THE NEWS - Candidates Target Ohio; US Family Wealth at 1992 Levels This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. In the American presidential campaign, Ohio is considered one of the battleground or swing states. These are states where the race is cl...
Elaine: Welcome to your first day as an intern in our company office. Let me show you around. This is the main office area with a cubicle for each employee. Are you pretty good with computers? Tony: Actually, my computer knowledge is pretty basic. Th...
Curbside Cuisine Takes Street Food to New Level In recent years, the success of food trucks has been on the rise in big cities across the United States. Mobile kitchens offer gourmet and ethnic food to customers they might not otherwise have reached....
BEIJING, Aug. 24 (Xinhuanet)-- A new study shows that a diet rich in cholesterol-friendly foods, such as soy products and tree nuts, can decrease LDL (bad) cholesterol significantly, according to media reports on Tuesday. The study, published in the...
Funding Levels for UN Women Questioned The mandate of U.N. Women is large, and some supporters are concerned that its starting budget of $500 million dollars is not enough to promote women and gender equality around the world, especially at the count...
WASHINGTON, March 30 (Xinhua) -- A trace amount of radioactive(辐射性的) iodine（碘） has been found in a sample of milk from the west state of Washington, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sai...
STEVE EMBER: Im Steve Ember. BARBARA KLEIN: And Im Barbara Klein with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today on our program we meet an extreme hiker. He recently completed a more than seven thousand kilometer exploration of the state of Alaska an...
