日期：2009-06-15 EXPLORATIONS -- a program in Special English by the Voice of America. (MUSIC) The summer of 1969 a special time in history. That was when men from Earth -- American astronauts -- flew their Apollo 11 spacecraft to the moon, landed and returned home... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-15 This week, we begin a series of reports for students around the world who are interested in higher education in the United States. The last time we broadcast our Foreign Student Series was two years ago. Since then we have gotten more requests for i... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-15 This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Sister Cities International is an organization that brings together communities from different areas and different cultures.Sister-city relationshipscan help communities learn from each other and s... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-15 This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Batteries are rarely a worry except when the devices they supply power to go dead. But in June the battery in a Dell laptop computer caught fire during a conference at a hotel in Osaka, Japan. Pictur... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-15 This is the VOA Special English Education Report. A new school year is beginning in the United States -- and with it comes new debate aboutcharter schools. These are publicly financed but privately operated schools. Charter schools can be found in m... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-15 VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Barbara Klein. VOICE TWO: And I'm Doug Johnson. This week, our subject is the first anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. The storm hit land three times in the final days of August of two... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-15 This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Opponents of genetically engineered crops say they worry about possible dangers to health and the environment. Supporters of biotechnology say these crops are safe and tested before governments app... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-15 This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. How much information can people learn about you by seeing what you look for on the Internet? Too much, say some people with Internet service from America Online. These people should know. AOL put the... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-15 This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Sometimes a small loan is a big deal. Microcredit has helped many poor people who want to develop self-employment projects into businesses. And it has helped small businesses grow so people can ris... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-15 This is the VOA Special English Education Report. We continue with our discussion from last week about internships for students. As we said, interns are sometimes paid. Many times they are not, but they might receive college credit for their work. S... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-15 Now, the VOA Special English program, Words and Their Stories. There are many special terms in the world of business. The following story is abouta sweetheart dealwhich I made last week. I made the deal with a friend, and we both made a profit. I ha... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-15 This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Ohio University has written to 40 engineering graduates about copied material in the research papers for their master's degrees. This action is the result of an investigation by a former student at t... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-15 This is the VOA Special English Health Report. The sixteenth International AIDS Conference ended Friday in Toronto, Canada. All week there was discussion of the need to do more to prevent H.I.V., the virus that causes AIDS. Speakers called for educa... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-15 VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Faith Lapidus. VOICE TWO: And I'm Steve Ember. Some people love it. Some think it ruins young minds. And some remember the days when it was all music. This week our subject is twenty-... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-15 Now, the VOA Special English program, Words and Their Stories. Some unusual words describe how a person spends his or her time. For example, someone who likes to spend a lot of time sitting or lying down while watching television is sometimes called... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-15 I'm Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Development Report. Millions of people around the world cook their food over a smoky fire every day. It is often difficult to find wood for the fire. People who do not have wood must spend large amounts of... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-15 This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. PepsiCo this week named Indra Nooyi to become its chief executive officer in October. The food and drink company is the world's second-largest soft drink maker, behind Coca-Cola. Miz Nooyi will join... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-15 This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Prevention is a central issue being discussed at the sixteenth International AIDS Conference in Toronto, Canada. Twenty-four thousand delegates are at the conference which ends Friday. Bill and Melinda... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-15 EXPLORATIONS -- a program in Special English by the Voice of America. The 1960s were exciting times in space exploration. Today, Kay Gallant and Harry Monroe look back at the first flights of the Apollo program designed to land humans on the moon. (... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-06-15 VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Bob Doughty. VOICE TWO: And I'm Faith Lapidus. Today we talk about the past, present and future of personal computers. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: You could say the first personal computers w... 阅读全文>>