- VOA慢速英语:Maurice Sendak 1928-2012 Helped Redefine Children's Literature2012-05-14
- This week on our program, we remember the life and work of Maurice Sendak. He was the award- winning writer and illustrator of more than one hundred children's books.
- VOA慢速英语:How to Help an Endangered Language2012-05-07
- Eleven of the world's languages have at least one hundred million native speakers. The biggest are Mandarin Chinese, English, Spanish, Arabic and Hindi. Next come Portuguese, Bengali, Russian, Japanese, French and German.
- VOA慢速英语:A New Exhibit of Bright Life in New York City2012-04-30
- Anthony Corradetti works with hot, molten glass at a studio in Baltimore, Maryland. He shapes glass in the same way glass blowers before him have done for centuries. But he is not making common household objects. Instead, he is creating works of art.
- VOA慢速英语:Longer Prison Terms Mean More Seniors Behind Bars2012-04-24
- In nineteen forty-six, William George Heirens was charged with murder and attempted murder. He was eighteen years old. He was found guilty and sentenced to life in state prison in Illinois.
- VOA慢速英语:How Safe Do You Feel in Your Neighborhood?2012-04-17
- James Q. Wilson died last month at the age of eighty. This week on our program we look back at his influence on modern policing. We also look at some of the ways technology is leading law enforcement into the future.
- VOA慢速英语:Why Birth Control Is Suddenly a Hot Issue2012-04-10
- They all attend George Washington University. They also have something else in common. They are all Catholic. They share the belief of the Roman Catholic Church that using contraception to prevent new human life is morally wrong.
- VOA慢速英语:Should You Be Jailed Simply for Lying?2012-04-02
- Today, we tell about a federal law called the Stolen Valor Act of two thousand five. The Act bars people from claiming they received military honors when they did not. Any violation is considered a crime.
- VOA慢速英语:Seasonal Music: Songs About Spring2012-03-26
- On earlier shows, we have brought you some of our favorite songs about summer, autumn and winter. Now it is spring in the northern part of the world so it is time to celebrate that season.
- VOA慢速英语:Texas School Tragedy Remembered 75 Years Later2012-03-19
- This week on our program, we tell you about the seventy-fifth anniversary of a tragedy in Texas. It led to new safety requirements for natural gas around the world. Yet the tragedy itself is not very well remembered today. A gas explosion at a school killed nearly three hundred children and adults.
- VOA慢速英语:Some American Indian Tribes Recording Faster Growth Than Rest of US2012-03-12
- This week on our program, we learn why some American Indian tribes are growing faster than the rest of the country. In some cases tribes are moving to restrict membership and are even expelling members to control growth. Later, we look at language and the mind how certain word choices might help you discover if a person is lying.
VOA慢速英语附字幕:Website Links People Across Continents Through Books2012-03-05- Reading can be a social activity. Think of the people who belong to book groups. They choose books to read and then meet to discuss them. Now, the website BookCrossing.com turns the page on the traditional idea of a book group.
- VOA慢速英语:Taiwanese-American Basketball Hero Creates ‘Linsanity'2012-02-28
- Fans in the United States are not the only ones who have cheered his surprising success. Jeremy Lin was born in the United States but his parents came from Taiwan.
- VOA慢速英语:American Helps Reunite Trafficked Nepalese Children with Their Families2012-02-20
- Conor Grennan was nearly thirty years old when he decided he wanted to do something different with his life. He left his job and used his life's savings to plan a trip around the world. He began with Nepal near the end of its ten-year civil war.
- VOA慢速英语:Athletes Battle Extreme Conditions in Arrowhead 1352012-02-13
- This week on our program, we tell you about an extreme winter race in Minnesota. Then, we meet a Mexican-American playwright bringing immigrant stories to the stage in California. And later, we tell you the story of a comic book hero living in Texas.
- VOA慢速英语:New Photography Shows Different Side of Annie Leibovitz2012-02-07
- This week on our program, we visit a new exhibit of work by photographer Annie Leibovitz. Then, we tell you about a collection of works by women performing traditional American music. And, later, we go under the streets of New York City to hear the work of subway musicians.
- VOA慢速英语:Book Cooks Up Recipe for Innovation2012-01-30
- This week on our program, we hear from the author of a book about the makings of innovation. Then, we learn how a Native American is bringing back the art and culture of his tribe from Alaska. And later we tell you about an American naturalist and the results of his work in Africa.
- VOA慢速英语:What Moves America? Some Transportation Trends in the United States2012-01-23
- A federal safety agency wants to send a message to all drivers in the United States: keep your attention on the road. The National Transportation Safety Board has called for a nationwide ban on the use of portable electronic devices while driving.
- VOA慢速英语:'Super PACs' and More: Politics, Money and Language2012-01-17
- The court said the government may continue to limit direct donations to political candidates by corporations and unions. However, the justices said the government may not limit spending on independent efforts to support or oppose candidates.
- VOA慢速英语:These Are Not Your Usual Businesses2012-01-09
- This week on our program, we meet an American in Italy who teaches travelers how to eat like an Italian. Then we take you to a Washington sandwich shop where an Iranian-American and his mother serve a world of flavors. And later we tell you about a business in California. It's called Rent a Grandma.
- VOA慢速英语:Kids, Before the Age of TV There Was a Funny Thing Called Radio2012-01-02
- Another of America's great comedians was Fred Allen. As early as nineteen thirty-six, he had a weekly radio audience of about twenty million people. So says the Museum of Broadcast Communications in Chicago.
- VOA慢速英语:Social Scientists Rethink City Living2011-12-26
- Since ancient times, he says, cities have given creative minds a place to work together to improve societies. But cities have not always gotten much thanks in return.
- VOA慢速英语:'Snoopy House' Finds a New Home, and Other Holiday Tales2011-12-19
- Snoopy House is what people call a house in Southern California known and loved for its Christmas displays. Jim Jordan created the display of Snoopy and other characters from Charles Schulz's Peanuts comic strip more than forty years ago.
- VOA慢速英语:Itzhak Perlman: A Citizen of the World, With His Violin as a Passport2011-12-12
- Itzhak Perlman was born in Tel Aviv, in what was then Palestine, in nineteen forty-five. Today he lives in New York City. But his music has made him a citizen of the world. He has played in almost every major city.
- VOA慢速英语:‘Occupy' Demonstrators Share a Common Message Although Demands May Differ2011-12-05
- The Occupy Wall Street protests began in the middle of September in New York. Since then they have spread around the country, to other cities, to college campuses, and to other countries.
- VOA慢速英语:Exploring the Art of Rhetoric2011-11-28
- We use rhetoric every time we use language, whether giving a speech or talking with a friend. So what is rhetoric? Dictionaries list several meanings for this word. One is the study of using language effectively. Another is the art of using language to persuade, influence or please.