A: 911 emergency. What is the problem? B: I would like to report a break-in. A: When was this break-in? B: I believe it happened last night. A: Where was the break-in? B: It happened at my house. A: Was anything stolen? B: I haven't checked yet. A: W...
A: 911. What can I do for you? B: I am reporting a break-in. A: When did it happen? B: It happened last night. A: Where did it happen? B: It happened at my house. A: What was taken? B: I don't know. A: How do you know there was a break-in? B: Someone...
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. C.O.P.D., chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, blocks airflow through the lungs. It makes breathing difficult. The leading cause is cigarette smoking. Experts at the National Institutes of Health in t...
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Today in our Foreign Student Series we discuss writing college papers. Writing a term paper, research paper or essay for a college class is a kind of academic writing. Academic writing among professi...
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Swine flu is a respiratory sickness caused by an influenza virus that mainly infects pigs. However, sometimes the virus can sicken humans. That is what has happened in Mexico in the last few weeks. The...
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Even in ancient times, people liked to eat lettuce. Egyptians and Romans served the green, leafy vegetable at the end of dinner. Now, people in some countries start the meal with lettuce as part of...
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Seven activists from around the world have received the Goldman Environmental Prize for two thousand nine. Former Vice President Al Gore presented the prizes in San Francisco, California last week....
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund will meet in Washington, D.C. Saturday and Sunday. One subject for discussion will be falling expectations for world economic growth. A new report b...
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. We continue our discussion of plagiarism. Last week, we said colleges and universities in the United States define plagiarism as representing another person's work as your own. It is considered a kin...
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. More than four million people around the world are bitten by snakes each year. At least one hundred twenty-five thousand of these people die. Almost three million others are seriously injured. Doctors a...
