Agriculture Report - Test Your Word Knowledge With a Quiz About Farm Terms This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Today we have a vocabulary quiz. We start with two questions about terms for plants. OK, first question: What is the name f...
THE MAKING OF A NATION - American History: Truman's Second Term STEVE EMBER: Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION American history in VOA Special English. Im Steve Ember. (MUSIC) This week in our series, we continue the story of America's thirty-third p...
Education Report - Coming to Terms With Academic Titles at US Colleges 教育报道 - 美国大学学术头衔术语 This is the VOA Special English Education Report. 这里是美国之音特别英语教育报道。 Not everyone who teaches in a coll...
The Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party has been reelected for an unprecedented third consecutive term. The party increased its votes securing just over 50% of the ballots cast. But the prime minister fell well short of his goal of a two-th...
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- A Los Angeles judge warned troubled actress Lindsay Lohan on Wednesday that she could languish(憔悴) behind bars if she makes a plea bargain in her felony grand theft case. If the case settles here ... you will be g...
UNITED NATIONS, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) -- On the heels of （紧随其后） the new year, India, Colombia, Germany, Portugal and South Africa began their two-year tenure on Saturday as non-permanent members of the UN Security Council（联合国安理会）...
Endearing terms 可爱的称呼 Bernie was invited to his friend's home for dinner. Morris, the host, preceded every request to his wife by endearing terms, calling her Honey, My Love, Darling, Sweetheart, etc. Bernie looked at Morris and remarked, T...
President Dmitri Medvedev's proposal to extend the presidential term of office in Russia from four years to six is sailing through the constitutional amendment process with virtually no input or discussion about this issue by the public. VOA Moscow...
By Jeffrey Young Washington, D.C. 04 January 2008 The U.S. Constitution requires presidents to leave office after a certain period of time, preventing endless control of the executive branch by one person and their party. In this segment of the How A...
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 22 December 2007 The Islamic militant group Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip, is seeking a cease-fire with Israel. But Israel has rejected the offer, as we hear from Robert Berger at the VOA bureau in Jerusalem. Israel Rad...
