MARY TILLOTSON: Im Mary Tillotson. STEVE EMBER: And Im Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Today, we begin a two-part story about songwriter and singer Woody Guthrie. He wrote songs about common people and social issu...
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. This week, twelve American states voted for candidates for elections in November. Tuesday was the busiest day of the primary season -- and women were the big winners. In California, the Republicans nominate...
DOUG JOHNSON: Welcome to American Mosaic in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) Im Doug Johnson. Today we listen to new music by three country and western performers. And we answer a question about the first nuclear-powered submarine. But first, we hear abo...
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. June means one more big test for many students finishing college -- a test of the job market. Wish them luck. Americans age twenty to twenty-four faced an unemployment rate in May of fourteen and seve...
BOB DOUGHTY: Welcome to the MAKING OF A NATION American history in VOA Special English. Eighteen ninety-two was a presidential election year in the United States. In that year, most parts of the American economy were expanding. But one part was not d...
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. John Wooden died last Friday at the age of ninety-nine. He was one of the greatest twentieth-century Americans in sports. He was an excellent college basketball player. He led Purdue University to a n...
BARBARA KLEIN: Im Barbara Klein. BOB DOUGHTY: And Im Bob Doughty with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. A maker of luxury travel goods recently launched an advertisement campaign. Video and magazine ads show three men playing table football and la...
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Parents know a nightly bedtime is not always easy to enforce. But researchers say bedtime rules may improve a child's development. A new study found better results in four-year-olds who go to bed around...
FAITH LAPIDUS: This is the VOA Special English program SCIENCE IN THE NEWS. Im Faith Lapidus. BOB DOUGHTY: And Im Bob Doughty. Today, we will tell about physical exercise. We will tell why exercise is important, and some of the popular ways to get in...
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. About eight hundred million people in Africa, Asia and South America eat cassava. The plant is a major source of food energy and a major food security crop. It can survive in poor soil and without m...
STEVE EMBER: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. BARBARA KLEIN: And I'm Barbara Klein. This week on our program, we tell about a new White House program to fight childhood obesity. (MUSIC) STEVE EMBER: Childhood obesit...
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. The health care industry needs more nurses. All areas of the world face a nursing shortage. But the shortage is most severe in developing countries. Many of their nurses leave. They move to more dev...
STEVE EMBER: I'm Steve Ember. BARBARA KLEIN: And I'm Barbara Klein with PEOPLE IN AMERICA in VOA Special English. Today we tell about the life and writings of Ayn Rand. (MUSIC) STEVE EMBER: Although she died more than twenty-five years ago, many Amer...
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Monday's raid on ships carrying pro-Palestinian activists brought international criticism of Israel. The ships loaded with aid tried to break a three-year-old Israeli blockade of Gaza. The raid in internati...
DOUG JOHNSON: Welcome to American Mosaic in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) Im Doug Johnson. Today we listen to a new album of songs by Shel Silverstein And answer a question about dinosaurs. But first, we visit a website for children to explore the wor...
