日期：2009-07-04 This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. For Chinese, this is the Year of the Pig. So this is probably as good a time as any to talk about the different kinds of production systems for raising pigs. One kind of operation is called a farro... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-07-04 This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. What happens when a food crop becomes a fuel crop? This is a question many people are trying to answer as demand for ethanol increases. The issue is important not just to farmers and the energy indus... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-07-04 VOICE ONE: Im Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And Im Barbara Klein with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. International Women's Day is March eighth. It is a day to observe women's struggle for equality, justice, peace and development. VOA reporters in se... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-07-04 This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Not all college teachers are professors. In fact, not even all professors are full professors. Many are assistant or associate or adjunct professors. This week in our Foreign Student Series, we sort... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-07-04 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, we have the third part of our series on living with a disability in America. In January we looked at education. Last mont... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-07-04 This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Financial markets around the world took investors on a shaky ride this week. On Tuesday, concerns about the health of Chinese markets and the United States economy helped send investors on a flight from ri... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-07-04 This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Nanotechnologyuses matter at the level of molecules and atoms. Researchers are finding different uses for particles with a length of one nanometer, or one-billionth of a meter. These include things... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-07-04 This is the VOA Special English Education Report. The legal age for drinking alcohol in the United States is twenty-one. Underage drinking is a crime but also a common part of college social life. This week in our Foreign Student Series, we look at... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-07-04 This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. I'm Bob Doughty. VOICE TWO: And I'm Faith Lapidus. This week, an American study shows a link between air pollution and heart disease. We will tell you about it. We also will tell about preparation... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-07-03 This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. For centuries, farmers have usedwindmillsto pump water,crush grainand perform other tasks. Today, farmers can earn money with high-powered wind turbines that produce electricity. Wind power has bec... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-07-03 This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Before refrigerators, homes usually had ice boxes. But another way to keep food cool without the need for electricity is to use an evaporative cooler. This is easy to make and does not even use ice... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-07-03 This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. A beetle invasion in the United States has killed at least twenty millionash trees. The invasion of the emerald ash borer was first discovered near Detroit, Michigan, in 2002. Experts believe the s... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-07-03 This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. British Prime Minister Tony Blair announced this week that 1,600 British troops will leave Iraq in the coming months. Britain has more than 7,000 troops in Iraq. The forces to be withdrawn are in the Basra... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-07-03 This is the VOA Special English Education Report. We continue our Foreign Student Series on higher education in the United States. We have talked all about the college admissions process. Now we move on to college life once you get accepted to a sch... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-07-03 Researchers think a protein level can tell if a person with heart disease is likely to suffer a heart attack. Also, a study says afternoon sleep may cut the risk of dying from a heart attack. This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Researcher... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-07-03 PEOPLE IN AMERICA -- a program in Special English on the Voice of America. Today, Steve Ember and Rich Kleinfeldt tell about scientist Rachel Carson. Her work started the environmental protection movement in the United States. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: Rac... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-07-03 This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Goats are raised not just for their milk and meat, and their ability to control weeds and help renew grasslands. They can also be valuable for their hair. Cashmere comes from cashmere goats and ang... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-07-03 This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Goats are raised not just for their milk and meat, and their ability to control weeds and help renew grasslands. They can also be valuable for their hair. Cashmere comes from cashmere goats and ang... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-07-03 This is the VOA Special English Education Report. This week in our Foreign Student Series, we return to a subject we have discussed before: financial aid. This time we are going to talk about financial aid in the form of assistantships, grants, scho... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-07-03 This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. This week, President Bush sent Congress his spending plan for two thousand eight. His budget proposes almost three trillion dollars in government spending, a four percent increase over this year. The... 阅读全文>>