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VOA News Teaching Coffee Farmers About the Birds and the Bees
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report, from http://voaspecialenglish.com | http://facebook.com/voalearningenglish The University of Georgia is a respected research university. Thirty-five thousand students attend the main campus in Athens, Georgia, and extended campuses around the state. And among its areas of research is agriculture. UGA has a center in San Luis de Monteverde in Costa Rica. This center is for students and visitors who want to learn more about farming and living in ...
VOA News A New Education Center at Theater Where Lincoln Was Shot
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 Learning History at Birmingham's Civil Rights Institute
From http://voaspecialenglish.com | http://facebook.com/voalearningenglish Birmingham, Alabama, was a battleground in the early 1960s during the civil rights movement. The Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. and others led peaceful protests in support of equal rights for African-Americans. But some protests turned violent when police attacked the demonstrators. Many people were hurt. Thousands were arrested. The pictures helped create support for an end to racial discrimination. Almost 50 years late...
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 Dementia Cases May Triple by 2050 as World Ages
This is the VOA Special English Health Report, from http://voaspecialenglish.com | http://facebook.com/voalearningenglish Dementia is the loss of mental abilities caused by brain disorders that affect memory, thinking, behavior and judgment. The most common cause of dementia, especially in older people, is Alzheimer's disease. It causes up to seventy percent of dementia cases. Worldwide an estimated thirty-six million people are living with dementia. A new report predicts that number will increa...
VOA News Helping Women Continue Their Education After Prison
This is the VOA Special English Education Report , from http://voaspecialenglish.com | http://facebook.com/voalearningenglish Some women's prisons in the United States offer classes for college credit. But when the prisoners are released, they may not have much chance to continue their education. In two thousand, a woman named Barbara Martinsons started a program to help these former prisoners. She established the College and Community Fellowship. Ms. Martinsons taught at Manhattan Marymount Col...
VOA News From Ancient Farmers, Lessons for Today's Amazon
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report , from http://voaspecialenglish.com | http://facebook.com/voalearningenglish South America's Amazon is the largest tropical rainforest and river system on Earth. But the Amazon is disappearing at the rate of about eight hundred thousand hectares a year. This deforestation is caused by an increase in agriculture and cattle ranching and the building of roads and dams. Another cause is the illegal cutting of trees for logging companies. Now, a new ...
VOA News 15,000 Websites That Spread Terror and Hate
This is the VOA Special English Technology Report, from http://voaspecialenglish.com | http://facebook.com/voalearningenglish Hate groups and terrorists are increasingly using the Internet to spread their beliefs. The Simon Wiesenthal Center based in California says the problem is getting worse. The center has released its latest "Digital Terror and Hate" report. Rick Eaton is a researcher with the group. He says the Internet offers a lot of information not only about things like making explosiv...
VOA News Is That Real Whiskey?
From http://voaspecialenglish.com | http://facebook.com/voalearningenglish St. Andrews in Scotland is famous for many things. It is the home of golf. It is also famous for being home to the university where Britain's Prince William and Kate Middleton met for the first time as students. Now, scientists at the university have developed a small device that shows whether whiskey is real. One of the scientists - Praveen Ashok - places a drop of whiskey on the glass. Laser light shines through the dro...
VOA News A Life Lesson From the Rodeo
From http://voaspecialenglish.com | http://facebook.com/voalearningenglish The Livestock Show and Rodeo in Houston helps to educate people about farm life and agriculture. For families from farms, being around cows is part of everyday life. But the Houston rodeo's Joel Cowley says that is not true of most Americans. JOEL COWLEY: "Less than two percent of the U.S. population is involved in production agriculture, directly involved, and of the six million people that live in the Houston Metro area...
VOA News A Call for Equal Rights for Women Farmers
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report, from http://voaspecialenglish.com | http://facebook.com/voalearningenglish A new report says if women farmers had the same rights as men, more could be done to reduce world hunger. The report, "Empowering Women in Agriculture," is from the anti-hunger group Bread for the World. Bread for the World says equal access to agricultural resources would help increase food security and economic growth. Faustine Wabwire is the group's foreign assistance...
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 Beverly Sills: A Great Voice for the Arts
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VOA News Groups Warn of Health Needs in Burma
This is the VOA Special English Health Reportfrom http://voaspecialenglish.com | http://facebook.com/voalearningenglish In the past year, Burma has opened its political system and reached cease-fire agreements with some ethnic militias. The government has also eased media restrictions. But many aid groups say their jobs have not gotten any easier.Health workers are warning about the spread of a form of drug-resistant malaria. The malaria is resistant to treatment with artemisinin. It was first s...
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 US Brings Case Against Apple, 5 Publishers Over E-Books
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report from http://voaspecialenglish.com | http://facebook.com/voalearningenglish The United States government says Apple and five book publishers illegally fixed prices of e-books. Three publishers -- Hachette, HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster -- agreed to a settlement announced April eleventh with the Justice Department. The agreement says they must repay millions of dollars and stop giving Apple special treatment. Attorney General Eric Holder sa...
VOA News World War Two: Attack on Poland
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VOA News Crushed Autos as Art
From http://voaspecialenglish.com | http://facebook.com/voalearningenglish New York's Guggenheim Museum has some sculptures made of automobile parts. The sculptures are the work of American artist John Chamberlain. He died in December of 2011 at the age of 84. The Guggenheim Museum organized a show of Chamberlain's work. Susan Davidson tells how he reshaped the cars. SUSAN DAVIDSON: "He is able to choose the positioning of the colors, the fit of the shapes that he brings together, the sound that...
VOA News Why Getting Dirty Can Be Healthy for Children
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 Getting a Better Picture of Student Success
This is the VOA Special English Education Report, from http://voaspecialenglish.com | http://facebook.com/voalearningenglish About ten percent of spending on primary and secondary education in the United States comes from the federal government. For ten years now, federal law has tied this spending to student performance. States have been required to show progress through yearly testing. But states say testing tells only part of the story about efforts by schools and students to improve. So the ...
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