- voa慢速英语:Fun in the Sun and Sea at Martha's...2010-08-23
- Many Americans take their summer vacations in August. President Obama and his family are among them. This past weekend the first family visited the Florida Gulf coast. The president wants to support tourism in the area after the BP oil spill.
- voa慢速英语:Poker and the 'November Nine';Steinbrenner and...2010-07-26
- We also talk about the defending champions of baseball's World Series, the New York Yankees. We look at the effects that team owner George Steinbrenner had on the business of sports.
- voa慢速英语讲解:古典音乐的再创造2010-07-19
- Today we present the second of two programs about contemporary classical music written by composers working in the United States. We begin with Osvaldo Golijov. He grew up in La Plata, Argentina, in a Jewish family from eastern Europe. He studied music in Israel and currently lives in the United States.
- voa慢速英语:Classical Music,but With a Modern Sound2010-07-12
- We start with Ellen Taaffe Zwilich. Her music is often described as complex but accessible, appealing to wider audiences. In nineteen eighty-three she became the first female composer to win a Pulitzer Prize. She won it for her Symphony Number One.
- voa慢速英语:In New Mexico,Visiting Two Links to...2010-07-05
- In eighteen eighty, a scientist was traveling in the Southwest United States. Adolph Bandelier was researching the history and social organization of the American Indians who had lived there for centuries.
- voa慢速英语:Becoming an Explorer of Your Family History2010-06-28
- People study their family history for different reasons. For some, genealogy is important to their religion. This is especially true for Mormons. Genealogy is also important for membership in some historical or cultural organizations. These include the General Society of Mayflower Descendents and the Daughters of the American Revolution. Candidates for membership may be asked for evidence about when their families came to America.
- voa慢速英语:Fighting Childhood Obesity2010-06-07
- Childhood obesity is a serious problem in the United States. Almost one-third of American children are overweight or obese. Officials say the rate has tripled in teenagers and doubled in younger children since nineteen eighty.
- voa慢速英语:Six Men,a World War,a Pacific Island and an...2010-05-31
- This Monday is Memorial Day in the United States. The holiday honors the memory of the nation's military dead.
- voa慢速英语:'The Fantasticks' at 502010-05-24
- The Fantasticks first opened on May third, nineteen sixty. It was performed more than seventeen thousand times at the Sullivan Street Playhouse in New York City. It is still the longest-running musical play in the world. The show ended January thirteenth, two thousand two after forty-two years. It closed because operating costs increased. At the same time, ticket sales decreased.
- voa慢速英语:Record-Breaking Storm Floods Music City2010-05-17
- The official nickname of Nashville is Music City, USA. When people think of Nashville, they think of country music. The city is home to the Grand Ole Opry, the Country Music Hall of Fame and many major record companies. But some of these famous places were seriously damaged by severe flooding earlier this month.
- voa慢速英语:参观华盛顿林肯别墅2010-05-10
- The Civil War between the Union North and Confederate South is in its second year. The first major battle on Northern territory has just been fought that day a hundred kilometers from Washington. Union troops defeated a rebel invasion in the Battle of Antietam in the state of Maryland.
- voa慢速英语:After 40 Years,Record Label Has Deep...2010-05-03
- That was Alison Krauss and Robert Plant with "Rich Woman." That song received one of the more than fifty Grammy Awards that have gone to Rounder recordings.
- voa慢速英语讲解:向美国西部送信的驿马车2010-04-26
- These are usually in areas with little traffic but lots of open country. The roads are good, a driver can see far -- and a trip hundreds of kilometers long can take just a few hours. And if that is not fast enough, then people can drive to another part of the modern transportation system: the airport.
- voa慢速英语讲解:难以抗拒的美味纸杯蛋糕2010-04-19
- The Perishables Group is a consulting company in the fresh food industry. It says those doughnuts represented just sixty percent or so of all the doughnuts sold in supermarkets. And the sales total does not include all the doughnuts sold in specialty stores.
- voa慢速英语:Celebrating National Poetry Month2010-04-05
- Poets, schools, publishers, booksellers and libraries will hold readings, competitions, book displays, educational events and other activities in honor of National Poetry Month. They will celebrate poetry and its important place in American culture.
- voa慢速英语:For Many,NCAA Means Championships2010-03-29
- This week on our program, we tell about the largest college sports organization in the United States. The National Collegiate Athletic Association includes colleges and universities, athletic conferences and non-profit organizations. It has over one thousand members. The NCAA sets rules for student athletes and their schools.
- voa慢速英语:Fun in the Sun in the Florida Keys2010-03-22
- The first European to see the Florida Keys was Spanish explorer Ponce de Leon in the year fifteen-thirteen. He was searching for special water that would keep people young forever. But he did not find that special water, or any other water that people could drink. Later, other Spanish explorers mapped the area as an aid to help their treasure ships return to Spain.
- voa慢速英语:泰坦尼克号中永不沉没的莫莉·布朗2010-03-08
- Margaret Brown lived an interesting life, but not all the stories about her are true. For example, a Denver newspaper reporter named Gene Fowler wrote that she survived a tornado as a baby, refused to attend school and chewed tobacco.
- voa慢速英语:A Crowded Field for Best Picture at ...2010-03-01
- The eighty-second Academy Awards ceremony takes place March seventh at the Kodak Theater. Actors, directors, writers, producers and others will gather in Hollywood, the center of the American film industry.
- voa慢速英语:Music Spotlight:Reba,Zac Brown Band and More2010-02-22
- Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Barbara Klein. This week on our program, we have music from the latest albums by country singer Reba McEntire and saxophonist David Sanborn.
- voa慢速英语:Tombstone, Arizona:“The town too tough to die”2010-02-18
- The town that is now Tombstone, Arizona was first a mining camp. Silver miner Ed Schieffelin named the town. In eighteen seventy-seven, Mister Schieffelin was searching for silver in the Arizona territory. The area at the time was extremely dangerous. Apache Indians considered it to be their land and were all too ready to fight for it.
- [VOA今日美国]Valentine's Day Offers a Chance to 'Refocus on What Love Is All About'2010-02-09
- These are important days because soon it will be February fourteenth, Valentine's Day. This week on our program, we ask three generations of people what the holiday for love and romance means to them.
- voa慢速英语讲解:聚焦情人节:什么是爱2010-02-08
- These are important days because soon it will be February fourteenth, Valentine's Day. This week on our program, we ask three generations of people what the holiday for love and romance means to them.
- voa慢速英语讲解:伸出援手,帮助海地人民2010-02-01
- The January twelfth earthquake in Haiti killed or injured hundreds of thousands of people. The quake also left hundreds of thousands homeless as it destroyed much of the capital, Port-au-Prince. This week on our program, we look at some of the efforts to assist Haiti and its people.
- voa慢速英语:Seeking 'Cultural Equity' in Musical Traditions2010-01-25
- We talked last week about John Avery Lomax and his work collecting American folk songs. He collected thousands of songs in the nineteen twenties, thirties and forties to save for future generations. His son Alan soon joined him, and continued collecting music after his father died in nineteen forty-eight.