By VOA 2009-9-30 Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION American history in VOA Special English. By the summer of eighteen sixty-two, the American Civil War had been going on for more than a year. The Union had won some battles. The Confederacy had won ot...

By Caty Weaver 2009-9-29 This is the VOA Special English Health Report. AIDS researchers say they still have much work to do on a vaccine against H.I.V. But the first reports of some success have raised hopes. Scientists say an experimental vaccine r...

By Mario Ritter 2009-9-29 VOICE ONE: I'm Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO: And I'm Steve Ember with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. This week, we tell about the discovery of water on the moon. We learn where scientists found one of the basic substanc...

By VOA 2009-9-28 This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. From the beginning of human history, people have used oils from seeds and nuts. Most of the time these oils are used as food, especially in cooking. But sometimes they have other us...

By June Simms, Jerilyn Watson and Caty Weaver 2009-9-28 VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Bob Doughty. VOICE TWO: And I'm Faith Lapidus. This week, we will tell about a study linking activity on the sun to changes in...

By June Simms 2009-9-27 This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Children eat sugar cane near their home in Kumbali, Malawi earlier this year. UNICEF says the southern African country is among those where the child death rate is improving....

By Nancy Steinbach 2009-9-27 VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I'm Shirley Griffith. This week on our program, we look at the subject of a six-part series being shown on public television in...

By Dana Demange 2009-9-26 VOICE ONE: I'm Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO: And I'm Steve Ember with People in America in VOA Special English. Today we tell about Les Paul, one of the most influential people in modern popular music. He was a skillful guita...

By VOA 2009-9-25 This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. This week, leaders of the top industrial and developing economies gathered in the eastern United States. They met in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for a summit on the world's financial future....

By Nathaniel Hawthorne 2009-9-25 Now, the VOA Special English program, AMERICAN STORIES. (MUSIC) Our story today is called The Birthmark. It was written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Here is Barbara Klein with the story. (MUSIC) STORYTELLER: Nathaniel Hawt...