VOA News Ruling on GPS Tracking by Police Leaves a Big Question

• chanyi
• 2012-02-25
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This is the VOA Special English Technology Report, from http://voaspecialenglish.com | http://facebook.com/voalearningenglish The satellite-based Global Positioning System is a great way to locate places -- or people. But in January the United States Supreme Court ruled that law enforcement officials must get approval from a judge before placing a GPS tracking device on a vehicle. The case involved a suspected drug dealer in Washington. Police put a GPS device on his car and tracked his movement...

VOA News Bright Idea: Light Bulbs From Plastic Bottles, Water and Bleach

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• 2012-02-08
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Nearly a billion and a half people, mainly in Asia and Africa, were living without electricity in two thousand nine. That latest count from the International Energy Agency was an improvement. In Asia, three out of four people in developing countries had electricity in rural areas. So did almost everyone in cities. But in Africa the rate was less than seventy percent in cities, and just one-fourth of the people in rural areas. There are many efforts to find low-cost ways to light homes. One idea ...

VOA News Why Getting Dirty Can Be Healthy for Children

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• 2012-05-02
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This is the VOA Special English Health Report, from http://voaspecialenglish.com | http://facebook.com/voalearningenglish A new study suggests that early exposure to germs strengthens the immune system. That means letting children get a little dirty might be good for their health later in life. The study involved laboratory mice. It found that adult mice raised in a germ-free environment were more likely to develop allergies, asthma and other autoimmune disorders. There are more than eighty diso...

VOA News Program Helps Students Express Themselves With Creative Writing

• chanyi
• 2012-01-09
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Program Helps Students Express Themselves With Creative Writing This is the VOA Special English Education Report, from http://voaspecialenglish.com | http://facebook.com/voalearningenglish 826 is the name of a nonprofit organization that works to help students become better writers by thinking creatively.(826은 비영리기관의 이름인데 그 기관은 학생들이 창의적으로 사고하는것에 의해 더 나은 작가가 되도록 돕는 활동을 합니다.) 826 is also the address of the first center where this literary arts progr...

VOA News Limits on Rare Earth Exports Get China in Trade Dispute

• chanyi
• 2012-04-10
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This is the VOA Special English Economics Report , from http://voaspecialenglish.com | http://facebook.com/voalearningenglish The United States, the European Union and Japan have called for talks with China under the dispute settlement system of the World Trade Organization. They want to discuss China's export limits on rare earth metals and two other minerals. WTO rules give talks sixty days to work. If they do not settle the dispute, a WTO panel can then be requested to help reach a settlement...

VOA News Treating Cancer in Cats and Dogs

• chanyi
• 2012-02-03
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MARIO RITTER: Salsa is a house cat. She belongs to Chris Condetti. We asked Chris what Salsa means to his family. CHRIS CONDETTI: "She is part of the family. She's always with us." MARIO RITTER: Many people treat their pets like family members. Americans spend large amounts of money on health care for pets. They spent $13 billion on veterinary care in 2010. But the health of animals also has a big influence on medical care for people. At the University of Missouri, Doctor Kim Selting recently co...

VOA News Helping Premature Babies Survive (No Captions)

• chanyi
• 2012-07-03
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Captioned version: http://youtu.be/LNZr7pbZDYE From http://voaspecialenglish.com | http://facebook.com/voalearningenglish Premature birth is the second-greatest killer of babies worldwide, after pneumonia. A report called "Born Too Soon" says one in ten babies throughout the world is born before the 37th week of pregnancy. As a midwife, Carole Presern assists women who are giving birth. She also has seen newborns die. CAROLE PRESERN, PARTNERSHIP FOR MATERNAL, NEWBORN AND CHILD HEALTH: "It's a de...

VOA News Health Risks in a Crowd: Not What You May Think

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• 2012-02-21
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Picture a huge public gathering -- a sea of people like the hajj to Mecca or an appearance by the pope. Think of the World Cup, the Olympics, a political event or a rock concert. When thousands or even millions of people get together, what do you suppose is the biggest health concern? Traditionally, doctors and public health officials were most concerned about the spread of infectious diseases, like influenza. Robert Steffen, a researcher in Switzerland, says infectious diseases are still a conc...

VOA News Teens Get a History Lesson From History Makers

• chanyi
• 2012-05-29
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This is the VOA Special English Education Report, from http://voaspecialenglish.com | http://facebook.com/voalearningenglish Students at some high schools in Illinois recently had some famous visitors. Among them were Jimmy Carter, the former American president, and Mikhail Gorbachev, the last president of the Soviet Union. Other speakers included former South African president F.W. de Klerk and Shirin Ebadi, the Iranian human rights activist. They were all in Chicago for an event in late April,...

VOA News SpaceX and Its Mission

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• 2012-06-26
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This is the VOA Special English Technology Report, fromhttp://voaspecialenglish.com | http://facebook.com/voalearningenglish A rocket designed and built by a privately owned company recently made history by bringing a supply capsule to the International Space Station. It was the first private spacecraft to carry out such a mission. The company SpaceX launched its Dragon space capsule on the company's Falcon 9 rocket. It was launched May twenty-second from Cape Canaveral, Florida. SpaceX mission ...

VOA News Grow It Yourself: Diving Into Aquaponics

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• 2012-02-25
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This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report , from http://voaspecialenglish.com | http://facebook.com/voalearningenglish Aquaponics is the idea of producing vegetables and fish in the same closed system. It combines aquaculture, or fish farming, with hydroponics, a way to grow plants without soil. Supporters see aquaponics as a way to increase world food supplies and reduce climate change, groundwater pollution and overfishing. Sylvia Bernstein says the idea is as old as nature. "Aquaponi...

VOA News A Youth Orchestra for Chinese-Americans Widens Its Reach

• chanyi
• 2012-01-23
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A musical program in Oakland, California, gives children of Chinese-American families a safe place to spend their free time.(캘리포니아 오클랜드의 음악 프로그램이 중국계 미국가족들의 아이들에게 그들의 자유시간을 보낼 안전한 장소를 제공하고 있습니다.) Sherlyn Chew says the program is for students who might have nothing else to do after school ends for the day. (Sherlyn Chew가 말에 의하면 이 음악프로그램은 하루 수업이 끝난후 해야 할 어떤일도 가지고 있지 않을지도 모르는 아이들을 위한것입니다.) SHER...

VOA News Worried That People Are Laughing at You?

• chanyi
• 2012-06-07
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This is the VOA Special English Health Report , from http://voaspecialenglish.com | http://facebook.com/voalearningenglish Imagine this situation. You pass a group of people. The people are talking to each other. You cannot hear what they are saying. But suddenly they start laughing. What would you think? Would you think they were laughing at something funny that one of them said? Or -- be honest with yourself -- would you think they were laughing at you? Yes, you.Being laughed at is a common fe...

VOA News A New Education Center at Theater Where Lincoln Was Shot

• chanyi
• 2012-05-18
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Ford's Theatre in Washington has opened a new education center. It tells about President Abraham Lincoln, who was shot in the theater just after the civil war ended. The new center has a 10-meter-high tower of 7,000 books about the president. Tracey Avant says there are more books about Abraham Lincoln than about any other American. TRACEY AVANT: "He's just continued to be fascinating, and people throughout every generation seem to want to redefine who Abraham Lincoln is to them." The center has...

VOA News Cowboy Mounted Shooting Still Draws a Crowd

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• 2012-06-13
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Tens of thousands of people attend the Livestock Show and Rodeo in Houston, Texas. Some come to see cowboys competing in events like Cowboy Mounted Shooting. Shooting while on horseback was uncommon in the historic Old West. But it is often seen in movies about the West. Those movies led Jim Rogers, the Chairman of the Cowboy Mounted Shooting Association, to start this event more than 20 years ago. JIM ROGERS: "Cowboys shooting off a horse is part of Americana that we wanted to capture." No one ...

VOA News Philippines Looks to Geothermal Power to Address Energy Deficit

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• 2015-02-18
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Philippines Looks to Geothermal Power to Address Energy Deficit The Philippines is one of the world's leading producers of geothermal energy. Located atop the Pacific Ocean's so-called Ring of Fire, the country has used volcanic heat to produce electricity... From: VOAvideo Views: 15 2 ratings Time: 02:28 More in News & Politics 원문출처 : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpAhSbj9sFc&feature=youtube_gdata

VOA News What Is the Relationship Between Age and Happiness?

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• 2012-06-26
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This is the VOA Special English Health Report, fromhttp://voaspecialenglish.com | http://facebook.com/voalearningenglish Are people less happy or more happy the older they get? If you answered more happy, then you were right, based on a study published two years ago. It found that people generally become happier and experience less worry after age fifty. In fact, it found that by the age of eighty-five, people are happier with their life than they were at eighteen. The findings came from a Gallu...

VOA News Picturing a Future for Kodak

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• 2012-05-23
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From http://voaspecialenglish.com | http://facebook.com/voalearningenglish Jim Megargee is a traditional photographer. He struggles with how photography has changed from film to digital. JIM MEGARGEE: "There's a physical difference between a silver print and a digital print. There's just a physical difference to it. It's something not many people think of. And with a silver print, it's—that's actually an etching into paper into a silver layer. That's embedded in the paper. With a digital print i...

VOA News Farmers Learning Limits of Popular Herbicide

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• 2012-02-21
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Pigweed is a weed that spreads fast and grows up to two meters tall. It can overpower cotton and other crops. It comes from the amaranth family and is also known as Palmer amaranth or Palmer's pigweed. A cultivated version of amaranth is grown for food and medicine in Africa and Asia. In the United States, some people buy amaranth as a gluten-free substitute for wheat flour. But wild pigweed is a big problem in cotton-growing states in the South. And now the plant is spreading into the Midwest. ...

VOA News A Tablet Computer That Touches You Back

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• 2012-02-14
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From http://voaspecialenglish.com | http://facebook.com/voalearningenglish The Consumer Electronics Association holds a show every year in Las Vegas. This year, the show offered everything from dancing robots and singer Justin Bieber to ski-jumpers wearing some kind of technology. The association's Chris Ely says the direction of electronics is clear. CHRIS ELY: "The shift is more towards mobile connected devices. We are seeing an incredible amount of energy and products and volume into products...