日期：2009-06-16 This is the VOA Special English Development Report. October 16 is World Food Day. This day is also the anniversary of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization. The U.N. agency leads international efforts to defeat world hunger. It was cr... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-16 This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. The northeastern state of Vermont is the leading producer ofmaple syrupin the United States. This sweet, sticky liquid is a favorite on pancakes and other foods generally eaten in the morning. The... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-16 This is the VOA Special English Education Report. We continue our series of reports about how foreign students can attend a college or university in the United States. Our subject this week is government rules and requirements for entering the Unite... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-16 This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Last week, a committee released proposals to make America's publicly traded companies more competitive. The Committee on Capital Markets Regulation says costly and complex rules hurt the position of... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-16 This is the VOA Special English Education Report. For several weeks now, our Foreign Student Series has dealt with college admissions tests. We have talked about the SAT, ACT, GRE and the MAT. We have also discussed the English tests known as the TO... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-16 This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Many parents wish children were born with directions. Raising children is a complex job -- many would say the most complex there is. So, from time to time, we are going to present information for parent... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-16 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, we tell you about a popular area for outdoor activities in the state of West Virginia. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: The... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-16 This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Local governments in the United States have always had a constitutional right to seize private property, with fair payment. This right is calledeminent domain. Eminent domain has traditionally been limited... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-16 This is the VOA Special English Education Report. A few weeks ago, we talked about the Test of English as a Foreign Language, or TOEFL. A listener in Cambodia named Thida asks if American colleges and universities also accept the IELTS exam. IELTS i... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-16 This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Scientists now have a genetic map of the world's most important insect -- important to the food supply. The results showing the order, or sequence, of 98 percent of the honey bee genome created a b... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-16 This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Dancing is good exercise. Now a study shows it can improve the health and quality of life of people with mild to moderateheart failure. Heart failure is not the same as a heart attack or heart stoppage.... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-16 ANNOUNCER: People in America -- a program in Special English on the VOICE of America. Every week at this time, we tell the story of a person was important in the history of the United States. Today Steve Ember and Frank Oliver begin the story of ind... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-16 This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. The meeting of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders ended without announcement of major policy changes among APEC members. However, the leaders did say they were ready to make changes in their n... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-16 This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Exercise and keeping a healthy weight are two things that doctors say might help women lower their risk of breast cancer. Mothers may reduce their risk if they breastfeed for at least four months. For o... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-16 This is the VOA Special English Education Report. For the past few weeks, we have been talking about some of the college entrance exams used in the United States. Well, we still have some more to talk about. A listener in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Noel... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-16 VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Barber Cline. VOICE TWO: And I'm Steve Ember. Our subject this week is what the writer O. Henry called the one day that is purely American -- Thanksgiving. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: This Thu... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-16 This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. American turkey producers will raise close to 270 million of the big birds this year. That is the estimate of the National Turkey Federation, an industry group. Tens of millions will be the traditi... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-16 This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Many children first learn the value of money by receiving anallowance. The purpose is to let children learn from experience at an age when financial mistakes are not very costly. The amount of money... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-16 This is the VOA Special English Education Report. This week in our Foreign Student Series, we continue our discussion of college entrance exams. So far we have talked about three tests that are widely accepted by American schools. These are the SAT,... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-16 Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I'm Shirley Griffith. Our subject this week is the midterm election results. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: Elections are often about local issues. But two national issues drove... 阅读全文>>