- voa慢速英语讲解:游览美国几个特别的博物馆2010-09-03
- We have art museums, history museums, car museums, train museums and space museums. Many are famous. Millions of people from around the world visit them each year. And then we have those other museums. The kind that make you ask, "Did they really build a museum for that?" Mario Ritter tells us about some of these unusual museums.
- voa慢速英语讲解:电视节目后起之秀2010-08-28
- On Sunday, the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences will present the Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, California. The awards will honor the people who make the best nighttime shows on television. Barbara Klein tells about some of this year's nominees.
- voa慢速英语:With Elena Kagan,US Supreme Court Has...2010-08-20
- The United States Supreme Court made history this month when it swore in Elena Kagan as its one hundred twelfth justice. It is the first time in history that three women will serve together on the nine-member court. Barbara Klein has more.
- voa慢速英语:A Forest of Art That Grows on Museum...2010-08-13
- Artists and twin brothers Doug and Mike Starn and a team of rock climbers have been building a work called Big Bambu since April. This sculpture is on the roof of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. It has been a huge hit with summer visitors. Shirley Griffith has more.
- voa慢速英语讲解:世界各国庆祝童子军成立100周年2010-08-06
- Tens of thousands of boys from all over the world gathered in the state of Virginia on July twenty-sixth for ten days of camping, community service and friendship. It was the Boy Scouts of America National Jamboree, which is held every four years at Fort A.P. Hill army base. But this year was a special Jamboree. Mario Ritter tells why.
- voa慢速英语讲解:美国西部中国移民的故事2010-07-23
- This next story is about emptied burial places and an unmet longing for home. It begins with a box of newly discovered documents about Chinese immigrants in the Old American West. Bob Doughty has more.
- voa慢速英语讲解:老年人通过志愿者项目帮助他人2010-07-16
- Many retired Americans seek volunteer work as a useful way to spend their time. Older citizens have knowledge, experience and skills that can fill many needs. Shirley Griffith tells about some of these volunteers and the help they provide.
- voa慢速英语讲解:华盛顿残疾人艺术展2010-07-09
- VSA is an international organization that supports the arts for people with disabilities. Last month, the group's festival brought artists from around the world to Washington to celebrate art and art education. VSA also organized an art exhibit called "Revealing Culture," now on view at the Smithsonian Institution's S. Dillon Ripley Center. Jim Tedder tells us more.
- voa慢速英语讲解:美国迎来第234个生日2010-07-02
- Today we tell about Independence Day in the United States. This Fourth of July will mark America's two hundred and thirty-fourth birthday.
- voa慢速英语:So This Lakers Fan Walks Into a Bar Full of...2010-06-25
- We also answer a question about a famous former soccer player.But first we go to a sports bar in Washington for the final game of this year's National Basketball Association championship.
- voa慢速英语讲解:棒球界新星Stephen Strasburg2010-06-18
- Baseball fans across America are excited about a new pitcher for the Washington Nationals named Stephen Strasburg. The twenty-one year-old throws a sharp breaking ball that cuts across the plate at the last second. He has great control of all his pitches. But what really has fans on the edge of their seats is The Kid's fastball. Mario Ritter tells us more.
- voa慢速英语:The Story of 'Moby Dick' Moves from the Page to...2010-06-11
- Today we listen to new music by three country and western performers.And we answer a question about the first nuclear-powered submarine.
- voa慢速英语:首批女兵在美国海军舰艇服役2010-05-21
- The United States Navy has announced that eleven female graduates of its Naval Academy will be among the first American women to serve on submarines. Faith Lapidus tells about the sea-change soon to take place in what is called the Silent Service.
- voa慢速英语讲解:科学咖啡馆之夜2010-05-14
- Today on our show we listen to the great singer Lena Horne, who died this week at age ninety-two...
- voa慢速英语讲解:公共艺术项目为华盛顿带来生机2010-05-08
- By law, the United States is required to count its population every ten years. In the last national census, or population count, Hispanics, or Latinos, made up twelve percent of the total population. Hispanic-Americans are the fastest growing group in the country. The census is taking place again. Officials say it is important that all Hispanics are counted. Barbara Klein has more.
- voa慢速英语:Pop Singer Spreads 'Bieber Fever' Wherever He Goes2010-04-30
- On April twenty-second, some American children stayed out of school but they were not punished. They were with their parents. As Faith Lapidus tells us, it was Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day.
- voa慢速英语:Sade Returns to Battle of the Heart in 'Soldier of Love'2010-04-23
- Parents, especially mothers, often face a difficult question when raising families. To work or not to work? The Great Recession gave some mothers no choice but to work, as job cuts hit hard at men. But, as Faith Lapidus reports, the Census Bureau says more than one million women in America were stay-at-home mothers last year.
- voa慢速英语讲解:纪念为正义而战的美国人2010-04-16
- In Washington, there is a new exhibit at the National Portrait Gallery, part of the Smithsonian Institution. "The Struggle for Justice" explores American human rights movements through the activists and leaders who took part. Faith Lapidus has our report.
- voa慢速英语讲解:纪念切诺基族第一位女性领袖2010-04-09
- In nineteen fifty-seven, the family moved to California under the Bureau of Indian Affairs Relocation Program. Wilma Mankiller lived in and around San Francisco for the next twenty years. She went to college and became an activist for Indian rights. She also studied community development. And she married and gave birth to two daughters.
- voa慢速英语:美国华盛顿环境电影节18周年2010-03-27
- For eighteen years, the Environmental Film Festival in Washington, D.C. has been bringing important movies to America's capital. This thirteen-day event is taking place at fifty-six museums, embassies and movie theaters around the city. Many of the one hundred fifty-five movies explore the connection between food and the environment. Shirley Griffith has more.
- voa慢速英语:Aniekan Udofia Makes Art With a Social Message2010-03-19
- Today we tell about an artist in Washington whose work can be found on the sides of several city buildings. And we report on new members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and play some of their music.
- voa慢速英语:百老汇舞台剧《桥上一瞥》2010-03-12
- Arthur Miller has written plays about an individual's struggle with social responsibility, family ties and power conflicts. His plays are about everyday people who are tragic heroes of modern life. Arthur Miller's nineteen forty-nine play,Death of a Salesman,earned him a Pulitzer Prize.
- voa慢速英语:蒂姆·波顿离奇作品在纽约展出2010-03-05
- Tim Burton makes strange and creative movies. They are influenced by his love of old horror and science-fiction films. Some of his most famous movies include Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, Mars Attacks! and Corpse Bride. Visitors to New York City can see more of Tim Burton's artistic work at an exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art. tells us more.
- voa慢速英语:On the Web,a Site for Baby's First Clicks2010-02-12
- Two-year-old Lilianna Robinson is sitting on her mother's lap. Lilianna is busy with one of her favorite activities -- playing Kneebouncers on the computer.
- [VOA万花筒]US Groups Working to Aid Quake Victims in Haiti2010-02-06
- In the United States, many people are also giving their time and energy to collect money and goods for the earthquake victims. Faith Lapidus tells about some of these projects.