He Trained in the Restaurant Industry, and Now He Serves the Homeless

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Steve Badt prepares meals for people who have no place to live in Washington, D.C. Steve Badt starts work early, while most people are sleeping. He supervises meal preparation for more than two hundred people. Badt left his job in the resta...

VOA Learning English - Education Report 393

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New developments in American education presented in Special English

Testing New Ways to Recognize What Makes a Good Teacher

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I'm Alex Villarreal with the VOA Special English Education Report, from http://voaspecialenglish.com |http://facebook.com/voalearningenglish In recent years, Bill Gates has given financial support to improve American education. In two thous...

Entrance Exams Cause Problems at University of Liberia

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From VOA Learning English, this is the Education Report. Entrance examinations have been causing problems at the University of Liberia in Monrovia. The exams help to decide whom the university will accept as a student. The trouble began aft...

Pretty Flowers Lead Two Scientists to a Discovery

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I'm Alex Villarreal with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report, from http://voaspecialenglish.com |http://facebook.com/voalearningenglish Not all research begins with a plan. Some studies begin by accident. Meredith Schafer says that i...

Smithsonian Exhibit Explores the World of the Senses

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Smithsonian Exhibit Explores the World of the Senses Student volunteers helped develop museum science and art show for the Museum of Natural History. The program combines the newest technologies and scientific equipment with more than 6,000...

What You Can Do to Help Bees

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Bee expert May Berenbaum knows that many people have an uneasy feeling about bees because they sting. MAY BERENBAUM: "But on the other hand, people all over the world have developed a dependency on the honey bee because it is really the wor...

Study Says PTSD Therapy Helps Sexually-Abused Girls

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Study Says PTSD Therapy Helps Sexually-Abused Girls Researchers say a treatment for soldiers returning from battle can also help girls who have been sexually abused. From: VOA Learning English Views: 0 0 ratings Time: 03:14 More in News &am...

Facebook Finds New Friends in the World of Private Finance

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I'm Alex Villarreal with the VOA Special English Economics Report, from http://voaspecialenglish.com |http://facebook.com/voalearningenglish Facebook is the world's biggest social network -- and the subject of the movie "The Social Network....

Business English Speakers Can Still Be Divided by a Common Language

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This is the VOA Special English Economics Report , fromhttp://voaspecialenglish.com |http://facebook.com/voalearningenglish Business is the most popular subject for international students in the United States. At last count, twenty-two perc...

Business English Speakers Can Still Be Divided by a Common Language

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I'm Alex Villarreal with the VOA Special English Economics Report, from http://voaspecialenglish.com |http://facebook.com/voalearningenglish Business is the most popular subject for international students in the United States. At last count...

Are People Who Speak More Than One Language Smarter?

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I'm Carolyn Presutti with the VOA Special English Health Report, from http://voaspecialenglish.com |http://facebook.com/voalearningenglish In the early nineteen fifties, researchers found that people scored lower on intelligence tests if th...

World Leaders Urged to Meet Development Goals by 2015

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In September, world leaders met in New York City to discuss progress on the Millennium Development Goals they set ten years ago. Five years remain to meet eight goals to reduce hunger, poverty and disease and expand education.United Nations...

How to Do It: Making Paper by Hand

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The earliest process of making paper was done almost five thousand years ago in Egypt and the Nile Valley. In those days, paper was made from strips of the papyrus plant. Modern papermaking began in China about two thousand years ago. This ...

How to Introduce Yourself Like an American?

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The job market is more competitive than ever for millions of workers around the world. In America, one reason for that right now is high unemployment after the worst recession since the nineteen thirties. But other reasons involve changes i...