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VOA News Going to Kenya to Seek Runners' Winning Formula
Kenyan marathon runners are world-famous for winning races. So some foreign athletes are traveling to Kenya to learn their secrets. Many of them go to the small town of Iten - about 2,400 meters above sea level and about 350 kilometers north of Nairobi. Lornah Kiplagat was born in Kenya. She has won marathons throughout the world and holds several world records. She heads the High Altitude Training Center in Iten. LORNAH KIPLAGAT: "The altitude here is, is sorta like perfect. It's not too high. ...
VOA News Obama Seeks Privacy Bill of Rights for Internet Users
This is the VOA Special English Technology Report, from http://voaspecialenglish.com | http://facebook.com/voalearningenglish The Obama administration has announced a plan to protect Internet users in the United States. In February the administration proposed what it calls a Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights. The bill is meant to give Americans more control over their personal information. President Obama said that "never has privacy been more important than today, in the age of Internet, the Worl...
VOA News Is Your Computer Committing Cybercrimes?
This is the VOA Special English Technology Reportfrom http://voaspecialenglish.com | http://facebook.com/voalearningenglish Last time, we told you about efforts by Microsoft to stop the cybercrime operation known as Zeus. Zeus hackers use a network of infected computers, known as botnets, to steal personal information from computer users.On March twenty-third, officials seized computer servers in two states, Pennsylvania and Illinois. The servers were said to be operating some of the worst known...
VOA News Activists: Nigeria Elections Should Be Postponed
Activists: Nigeria Elections Should Be Postponed Nigerian expatriates, activists recently gathered in Washington to denounce deadly raids and massacres by militant group Boko Haram, and some urged that next month's presidential polls be... From: VOAvideo Views: 8 2 ratings Time: 03:03 More in News & Politics 원문출처 : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1WHoAPTN_k&feature=youtube_gdata
VOA News New Findings About Loss of Bees
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report, from http://voaspecialenglish.com | http://facebook.com/voalearningenglish Bees add an estimated eighteen billion dollars a year to the value of American crops. They pollinate flowers that become fruits, nuts and vegetables. But, in recent years, honeybee colonies in the United States and Europe have been shrinking. Scientists have proposed different theories to explain what is known as colony collapse disorder. New research suggests that a com...
VOA News Getting Young Indians to Choose Tea Over Coffee
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report , from http://voaspecialenglish.com | http://facebook.com/voalearningenglish India is traditionally a tea-drinking country. But Indians are gaining a new taste for coffee. This has led international coffee companies to consider moving into the market. At the same time, local business people are looking for new ways to profit from the country's tea-drinking tradition. They are opening new places that offer tea. Coffee shops have spread from major c...
VOA News The Appeal of Urban Farming
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report, from http://voaspecialenglish.com | http://facebook.com/voalearningenglish Old properties and empty lots in cities and towns around the United States are finding new life as urban farms. EcoCity Farms in Edmonston, Maryland, is located near shopping centers, car repair shops and homes. The neighborhood is a working-class community. People do not have very much money, and they have limited access to fresh food in markets. Over the past two years...
VOA News World Bank and IMF Meet in Washington
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report , from http://voaspecialenglish.com | http://facebook.com/voalearningenglish Representatives of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank met in Washington in late April. This was the last time Robert Zoelick attended the spring meetings of the two organizations as World Bank president. Earlier, Jim Yong Kim was officially chosen as the bank's twelfth president.Mr. Zoellick said developing countries are now engines of growth. "Developing ...
VOA News Making Power From Coconut Shells, Mango Pits
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report, from http://voaspecialenglish.com | http://facebook.com/voalearningenglish Seth DeBolt is a plant scientist at the University of Kentucky in the United States. He and other scientists wanted to find a source of fuel that poor people in rural areas of developing countries could use to make electricity. The United Nations Development Program says a billion and a half people have no electricity. A billion others have an undependable supply. Profes...
VOA News More Young Americans Plant Themselves in Farming
From http://voaspecialenglish.com | http://facebook.com/voalearningenglish Many young Americans with no farming experience are entering agriculture. They are learning about agriculture in college. Emily Sloss is showing visitors around Duke University's new campus farm in North Carolina. EMILY SLOSS: "We don't use synthetic fertilizers or pesticides." Emily Sloss studied public policy at Duke. Now, she supervises the university's new campus farm. EMILY SLOSS: "Now I'm a farmer. Yeah. Believe it ...
VOA News Tired of That Tattoo? Get It Removed
About a third of Americans between the ages of 18 and 40 have at least one tattoo. As they grow older, some of them are having their tattoos removed. KEN SALER: "Voila!" DAVID: "Yay!" David served with the United States Army in Iraq. He says this large tattoo protected him in battle during his deployment. DAVID: "It's just a double-headed eagle with a shield in the middle." But today, David is the father of three young children. And his feelings about tattoos have changed. So he has been coming ...
VOA News For Burmese Rockers, What Will Fewer Limits Mean?
From http://voaspecialenglish.com | http://facebook.com/voalearningenglish The government in Burma is taking steps to reduce its controls over media and the arts. The musician who calls himself Darko C says he is pleased with the action, but unsure of the new limits. DARKO C: "Yeah, it's going to take some time to really change, you know. What, so now they reduced the rules a bit, but there are some lame rules about censorship still." Burma's Ministry of Information inspects the words of songs. ...
VOA News 'FlashFood' App Wins US Finals in Imagine Cup for Students
This is the VOA Special English Technology Report, from http://voaspecialenglish.com | http://facebook.com/voalearningenglish Students from Arizona State University won top honors this spring at the Imagine Cup finals in the United States. Microsoft Corporation organizes the competition every year. The Imagine Cup asks students to use their imaginations and their love of technology to solve some of the world's biggest problems. More than one hundred thousand students in the United States alone r...
VOA News Drive for 'Green' Cars Leave Some Auto Workers Behind
From http://voaspecialenglish.com | http://facebook.com/voalearningenglish Nicole Current has worked 15 years in the automobile industry, but she is losing her job. NICOLE CURRENT: "I make truck axles, so as the auto industry tries to get away from the larger size vehicles, and tries to get to more fuel efficient, more economical vehicles, and gas prices being where they are with what product we make, it makes it extremely difficult when, the actual economy, people aren't buying trucks." People ...
VOA News Greece and the Euro
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report , from http://voaspecialenglish.com | http://facebook.com/voalearningenglish The Olympic flame was lit in Greece on May tenth. The ceremony marked the beginning of a long trip through Greece and Britain, which holds the Summer Olympics this year. Greece has been at the center of a political and economic struggle that also threatens other European economies. It remains unclear if Greece will continue using the euro, or if its eurozone partners can ...
VOA News Google Faces Heat Over New Privacy Policy
This is the VOA Special English Technology Report, from http://voaspecialenglish.com | http://facebook.com/voalearningenglish Privacy activists are concerned about Google's new privacy policy as of March first. The company says one main policy is replacing more than sixty separate policies for different products. Activists say the changes will make it easier to track the activities of users across Google's many products -- from Gmail to YouTube. Marc Rotenberg heads the Electronic Privacy Inform...
VOA News European Ministers Agree to Loan Greece Another $172 Billion
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report, from http://voaspecialenglish.com | http://facebook.com/voalearningenglish European finance ministers agreed to loan Greece about one hundred seventy-two billion dollars at a meeting in February in Brussels. Luxembourg's Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker announced the agreement. "After a meeting of at least, I think, thirteen or fourteen hours, we have reached a far-reaching agreement on Greece's new program and private sector involvement that w...
VOA News China, Mexico and Brazil Lead Gains in US Graduate School Applications
This is the VOA Special English Education Reportfrom http://voaspecialenglish.com | http://facebook.com/voalearningenglish Graduate schools in the United States are reporting a nine percent increase in applications from international students this year. The increase is the same as two years ago. Last year's gain was eleven percent.China, Mexico and Brazil showed the biggest increases in applications to enter master's and doctoral programs this fall.Engineering is the top area of study for intern...
VOA News Using Student Writing to Teach Global Issues
This is the VOA Special English Education Report, from http://voaspecialenglish.com | http://facebook.com/voalearningenglish One World Education is a nonprofit group based in Washington. The group has a program in which teachers develop curriculum based on student writing. The students are in middle and high school and write essays about culture and international issues. Students are invited to write about an issue they find important. Then professionally developed learning materials based on ch...
VOA News Film Project Aids US Veterans With PTSD
Film Project Aids US Veterans With PTSD A new hands-on film project is helping American soldiers overcome post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD - a mental health condition caused by the violence of war. With the Veterans Day holiday... From: VOAvideo Views: 0 0 ratings Time: 02:53 More in News & Politics 원문출처 : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4PbeHtdzb8&feature=youtube_gdata
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