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VOA News 'Passive' Homes Save Energy, Money
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report, fromhttp://voaspecialenglish.com | http://facebook.com/voalearningenglish Heating and cooling equipment are the biggest users of energy in American homes. And homes are responsible for about one fourth of the nation's total energy use. But there are surprisingly simple ways to deeply cut energy use, its effect on the environment and its cost. David Peabody and his team at Peabody Architects design passive homes. He says the design of a passive ho...
VOA News Big Investors, Small Farmers in Africa: a Fair Deal?
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report, fromhttp://voaspecialenglish.com | http://facebook.com/voalearningenglish Foreign investment in African land is growing. Countries like China, Saudi Arabia and South Korea are leasing or buying millions of hectares to grow food for their people. Research shows that many large land deals lack protections for small farmers. Contracts may guarantee leases for up to ninety-nine years, leaving local people without land for generations. Better practi...
VOA News Bright Idea: Light Bulbs From Plastic Bottles, Water and Bleach
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 Studying the World's Deepest Volcanic Vents
British scientists in January reported details of the world's deepest volcanic vents. These passageways were discovered in 2010 in a narrow valley at the bottom of the Caribbean Sea. The vents release very hot liquid minerals. But they are surrounded by sea creatures, including shrimp and snails. The volcanic vents were discovered near the bottom of the Cayman Trough -- an undersea area south of the Cayman Islands. Jon Copley is a marine biologist at the University of Southampton in England. He ...
VOA News Treating Cancer in Cats and Dogs
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 Consumers' Online Petitions Put Pressure on Businesses
This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. The modern way to collect signatures on a petition requires no paper or pen or standing on a street for hours. Change.org and other websites let people start or sign online petitions. There are many different reasons why people start petitions at Change.org. The top causes range from animal protection to criminal justice to women's rights. Lauren Todd of New York started a petition a few months ago after she saw a picture of a girl's shirt on Fa...
VOA News Jai Alai Fans Are Betting on a Better Future for Their Fast Sport
From http://voaspecialenglish.com | http://facebook.com/voalearningenglish Jai Alai might be the fastest ball sport in the world. The ball flies at a great speed. Long-time player John Silvia says that is what got him interested in the sport. JOHN SILVIA: "The ball averages about 140 miles (225 kilometers) an hour on the throw. It kind of comes at you like a snake in the air, so it is very difficult to catch." The players catch and throw the ball with a cesta -- a wicker-basket glove tied tightl...
VOA News A Youth Orchestra for Chinese-Americans Widens Its Reach
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 Education Group Gives $170 Million to 7 Countries
A three-year effort in developing countries will seek to put twenty-five million children in school for the first time.(개발도상국 3년의 노력이 2500만명의 아이들을 처음으로 학교에 보내게 할 것으로 보인다.) Another goal of the Global Partnership for Education is to train six hundred thousand teachers. (글로벌 교육 파트너쉽의 또 다른 목표는 60만명의 교사들을 훈련시키는 것이다.) The partnership recently awarded nearly one hundred seventy million dollars in grants to seven countries.(이 파트너쉽은 ...
VOA News Religion Gets Largest Share of Charity in US
Americans gave about two hundred ninety billion dollars to charity last year.(미국인들은 대략 2천 9백억 달러를 자선단체에 기부했다.) That was ten billion dollars more than the amount of charitable giving in two thousand nine.(그것은 2009년의 자선기부보다 10억달러가 많다.) The estimates are from the Giving USA Foundation and its research partner, the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University.( 그 추정치는 기빙 유에스에이 재단과 그 재단의 연구파트너인 인디애나대학 자선센터에서 나왔습니다.) Char...
VOA News 'Property Ladder' Helps Poor Gain Land Rights
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report, from http://voaspecialenglish.com | http://facebook.com/voalearningenglish Less than a third of people in developing countries own or have any official right to the land they live on.(개발도상국에 살고있는 사람들의 1/3이하만이 그들이 살고있는 땅에 어떤 공식적인 권리를 소유하고 있거나 가지고 있다.) Development experts say gaining land rights is important for reducing poverty and increasing economic growth and food production.(개발 전문가들은 땅...
VOA News Program Helps Students Express Themselves With Creative Writing
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 Internet Change Makes Way for Dot-Anything
This is the VOA Special English Technology Report , from http://voaspecialenglish.com | http://facebook.com/voalearningenglish A top-level domain is the part of an Internet address after the dot.(인터넷 최상위 도메인이란 점(dot) 다음에 오는 인터넷 주소의 부분이다.) The most common of what are called generic top-level domains are dot-com, dot-net and dot-org.(일반 최상위 도메인이라 불리는 것 중 가장 흔한 것은 .com, .net 및 .org이다.) There are twenty-two generic top-level domain names currently a...
VOA News Words and Their Stories: Heart to Heart
The English language has many heartfelt expressions | WORDS AND THEIR STORIES 스마트폰으로 청취가능 Now, the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. Each week, this program explains the many meanings of English expressions. Today’s expressions include a very important word –heart. We will try to get to the heart of the matter to better understand the most important things about words and their stories. So take heart. Have no fear about learning new expressions. Besides, popular Engli...
VOA News Test Your Word Knowledge With a Quiz About Farm Terms
Today we have a vocabulary quiz. We start with two questions about terms for plants. OK, first question: What is the name for a plant that lives only one year or one growing season? This kind of plant is called an annual. Think of an "annual report," a report published just once a year. You can probably guess the next question. What do we call a plant that produces new growth year after year? Plants that keep growing back are called perennials. So a perennial is the opposite of an annual. Perenn...
VOA News Ear Care: Do-It-Yourself Wax Removal
Some people's ears produce wax like busy little bees.(어떤 사람들의 귀는 분주한 작은 벌들처럼 귀지를 만들어낸다.) This can be a problem even though earwax appears to serve an important purpose.(귀지가 중요한 역할을 하는듯 하지만 이것은 문제가 될 수 있다.) It protects and cleans the ear.(귀지는 귀를 보호하고 깨끗케 해준다.) It traps dirt and other matter, and it keeps insects out.(귀지는 먼지나 다른 물질을 가두어 주며, 곤충들이 들어오지 못하게 막아준다. ) Doctors think earwax might also help prot...
VOA News A Cool Way to Keep Food From Spoiling
A few degrees can make a big difference when it comes to food storage.(식품저장에 있어 몇도는 큰 차이를 만들 수 있습니다.) Foods can go bad if they get too warm.(식품은 너무 따뜻하게 되면 상할 수 있습니다.) But for many of the world's poor, finding a good way to keep food cool is difficult.(그러나 세계의 많은 가난한 사람들에게 음식을 시원하게 유지하는 좋은 방법을 찾는것은 어렵습니다.) Refrigerators are costly and they need electricity.(냉장고는 비싸고 전기를 필요로 합니다.) Yet spoiled food not ...
VOA News A Room Where Nurses Learn How Not to Get Hurt
Nurses spend their lives helping other people recover from injuries and illnesses.(간호사들은 다른 사람들이 부상이나 질병으로 부터 회복하도록 도우며 그들의 삶을 보내고 있습니다.) Yet nurses suffer a surprising number of injuries and illnesses themselves because of their work.(그러나 간호사 자신들은 그들의 일 때문에 엄청난 수의 부상이나 질병을 겪고있습니다.) In fact, the United States Department of Labor says nursing is the second leading profession for on-the-job injuries.(사실 미국 노동부는 간...
VOA News Young Haitians in Florida Learn About US Culture and Their Own
This is the VOA Special English Education Report , from http://voaspecialenglish.com | http://facebook.com/voalearningenglish The state of Florida is home to one of the largest populations of Haitians outside of Haiti. The city of Miami has a neighborhood known as Little Haiti. People who live there keep close ties to Haitian culture. Young Haitians can learn French at the Little Haiti Cultural Center. Haiti is a former French colony. French is the main language used in schools there. The center...
VOA News For Lots of People, Getting Older Means Getting Happier
"For Lots of People, Getting Older Means Getting Happier" "대부분의 사람들은 나이가 들 수록 더 행복해진다" This is the VOA Special English Health Report. 이 기사는 VOA 스페셜 영어 건강 기사입니다. Old age may not sound exciting. But recent findings offer good news for older people and for people worried about getting older. Researchers found that people become happier and experience less worry after they reach the age of fifty. In fact, they say by the age of eighty-five, people are happier with...
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