This is the VOA Special English Development Report. An American named Malcom McLean invented a better box and changed the world. He designed the shipping containers that today carry most of the world's goods. Standardized containers can go on ships,...
VOICE ONE: I'm Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO: And I'm Tony Riggs with People in America. Today we tell about writer Willa Cather. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: The second half of the nineteenth century brought major changes to the United States. From its earlies...
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Sarah Palin and Joe Biden during the vice presidential debate on Thursday night Americans are a month from elections on November fourth. This week the vice presidential candidates of the two major parties...
HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. This week We listen to guitarist Buddy Guy singing the blues Answer a question about great American tennis players And, tell about twenty-five creative people who won...
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Wednesday night, the United States Senate passed a rescue bill for the financial industry. A wide majority sent the bill for debate in the House of Representatives. The House rejected its own version...
Welcome to the MAKING OF A NATION American history in VOA Special English. Four of the first five presidents of the United States came from Virginia. They were George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and James Monroe. The second president...
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Governments, businesses and other groups have promised to add three billion dollars to the fight against malaria. The promises came last week at a meeting at the United Nations in New York. The money wi...
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Governments, businesses and other groups have promised to add three billion dollars to the fight against malaria. The promises came last week at a meeting at the United Nations in New York. The money wi...
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Governments, businesses and other groups have promised to add three billion dollars to the fight against malaria. The promises came last week at a meeting at the United Nations in New York. The money wi...
