By Nancy Steinbach 2009-9-16 This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Here is a question for a college admissions test. Who was Stanley Kaplan? Did he A) start a test preparation company, B) start the test preparation industry, or C) die las...
By Frank Beardsley 2009-9-16 Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION American history in VOA Special English. In any war, the enemy's capital city is an important target. To capture the enemy's capital usually means victory. In the American Civil War, the...
By Dana Demange 2009-9-15 VOICE ONE: I'm Barbara Klein. VOICE TWO: Tim Tate at the Washington Glass Studio And I'm Steve Ember with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. At the Smithsonian American Art Museum, you can see a large heart-shaped sculptur...
By Jerilyn Watson 2009-9-14 This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Colony collapse disorder first struck honey bees in the United States in late two thousand six. Over the next two years, beekeepers lost more than one-third of their hone...
By Gary Garriott 2009-9-13 This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Clay Clay is found almost everywhere in the world. It is formed by the action of wind and water on rocks over thousands of years. The rocks change in both chemical and phy...
By Nancy Steinbach and Marisel Salazar 2009-9-13 VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I'm Faith Lapidus. This week on our program: the world of social media. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: People use socia...
By Jill Moss 2009-9-12 Now, the VOA Special English program, Words and Their Stories. (MUSIC) A person's nose is important for breathing and smelling. The nose is also used in many popular expressions. Some people are able to lead other people by the...
By Brianna Blake 2009-9-11 This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. This week, President Barack Obama went before Congress and the nation to better explain his health care proposals. He said they would provide security and stability to people who...
By Dana Demange and Caty Weaver 2009-9-10 HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. This week on our program, we play music by a new country band called Love and Theft ... And answer a question about social pa...
By Frank Beardsley and Christine Johnson 2009-9-9 Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION American history in VOA Special English. The American Civil War in the eighteen sixties was fought not only on land. There was a great deal of fighting between the Un...
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