This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. For many years, people in American cities have depended on farmers in rural areas to grow fruits and vegetables. But now a new generation of farmers is planting crops in urban areas. Sean Conroe is...
VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. Im Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And Im Barbara Klein. This week we visit two special places in the state of New Mexico. They are important in the history of the Pueblo Indians of the Southwest...
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Manute Bol played ten years in the National Basketball Association. But he will be remembered as much for his shot-blocking in the NBA as for his charity work in Sudan. He died June nineteenth from...
SARAH LONG: Now, the VOA Special English program PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Today, Shirley Griffith and Steve Ember tell about the jazz singer, Ella Fitzgerald. She was known as America's first lady of song. (MUSIC: How High The Moon) SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: The y...
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. One of Barack Obama's campaign promises was to reform immigration policies. On Thursday he gave his first major speech on the issue as president. BARACK OBAMA: In sum, the system is broken. And everybody kn...
DOUG JOHNSON: Welcome to American Mosaic in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) Im Doug Johnson. Today we tell about Independence Day in the United States. This Fourth of July will mark Americas two hundred and thirty-fourth birthday. We also answer a liste...
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Concerns about a double-dip recession were back in the news this week. Some economists warned of the possibility of another downturn if governments withdraw growth measures too quickly. But others war...
STEVE EMBER: Welcome to the MAKING OF A NATION -- American history in VOA Special English. In the eighteen nineties, the American people were deeply divided over the nation's money system. Should the United States support its currency with gold or wi...
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Car crashes are the top killer of American teenagers. Most of the crashes result from distracted driving -- not paying attention to the road. Ryan Didone was a fifteen-year-old passenger in a car that...
