VOICE ONE:THIS IS SHIRLEY GRIFFITH.VOICE TWO:AND THIS IS STEVE EMBER WITH THE VOA SPECIAL ENGLISH PROGRAM,EXPLORATIONS. TODAY WE TELL ABOUT AMERICAN SCIENTIST CARL SAGAN. HESPENT MUCH OF HIS LIFE HELPING MAKE SPACE TRAVEL POSSIBLE FAR OUT INTHE UNIVERSE. HE ALSO HELPED PEOPLE UNDERSTAND SCIENCE.((TH...
VOICE ONE:This is Shirley Griffith.VOICE TWO:And this is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program,EXPLORATIONS. Today we tell about the Indiana Dunes. These hills ofsand are not far from Chicago, Illinois. They rise on the shores ofLake Michigan, one of America's Five Great Lakes.((THEME))VO...
ANNCR:EXPLORATIONS -- A PROGRAM IN SPECIAL ENGLISH BY THE VOICE OFAMERICA.(THEME)TODAY, DOUG JOHNSON AND FRANK OLIVER TELL ABOUT THE FIRSTAIRPLANE THAT FLEW OUT OF THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE. IT WAS DESIGNED TOTEST EQUIPMENT AND CONDITIONS FOR FUTURE SPACE FLIGHTS. THE PLANEWAS CALLED THE X-FIFTEEN.VOIC...
VOICE ONE:This is Steve Ember.VOICE TWO:And this is Shirley Griffith with the Special English programEXPLORATIONS. Today, we tell about the latest flight of the spaceshuttle Discovery to the International Space Station. We tell abouta new high-flying aircraft. We report about new research into ocean...
VOICE ONE: This isSteve Ember. VOICE TWO: And this is Shirley Griffith with the VOASpecial English program EXPLORATIONS. Today, we tell about a famousnatural place, the Grand Canyon. ((THEME)) VOICE ONE: In lateSeptember, Fifteen-Forty, a group of Spanish explorers led byCaptain Garcia Lopez de Card...
VOICE ONE:This is Shirley Griffith.VOICE TWO:And this is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program,EXPLORATIONS. Today we tell about the lighthouses that protect shipssailing along the coast of North Carolina.(THEME)VOICE ONE:Lighthouses are built along coasts to signal to passing ships.Light...
ANNOUNCER:EXPLORATIONS -- a program in Special English by the Voice ofAmerica.(THEME)Today, Richard Rael and Tony Riggs tell the story of Americanastronomer, Edwin Hubble. He changed our ideas about the universeand how it developed.Edwin Hubble made his most important discoveries in theNineteen-Twen...
VOICE ONE:This is Steve Ember.VOICE TWO:And this is Bob Doughty with the VOA Special English programEXPLORATIONS. Today, we tell about an unusual museum in New YorkCity. It explores and celebrates the stories of people fromdifferent nations who came to the United States to live.((MUSIC BRIDGE))VOICE...
VOICE ONE:This is Steve Ember.VOICE TWO:And this is Shirley Griffith with the VOA Special English programEXPLORATIONS. Today we take you to visit another unusual museum inNew York City, the South Street Seaport.((THEME))VOICE ONE:On September Second, Sixteen-Oh-Nine, British Captain HenryHudson was ...
VOICE ONE:This is Steve Ember.VOICE TWO:And this is Shirley Griffith with the VOA Special Englishprogram, EXPLORATIONS. Today we tell about a museum that shows howreporters do their jobs.((THEME))VOICE ONE:When terrorists attacked the United States on September Eleventh,millions of people saw what w...
VOICE ONE:This is Steve Ember.VOICE TWO:And this is Shirley Griffith with the VOA Special Englishprogram, EXPLORATIONS. Today we will tell about the spacecraft MarsOdyssey. We will tell about a storm on Mars. And we will tell aboutthe discovery of what may be a very early galaxy.((THEME))VOICE ONE:T...
VOICE ONE:This is Shirley Griffith.VOICE TWO:And this is Doug Johnson with the VOA Special English program,EXPLORATIONS. Today we tell about a continuing problem in manycountries -- literacy.(THEME)VOICE ONE:Many people say literacy is the ability to read and write. Theysay to be considered literate...
VOICE 1:EXPLORATIONS -- a program in Special English by the Voice ofAmerica.((tape Cut 1: countdown & launch))that announcement was made May fifth, nineteen-sixty-one. It wasthe first manned flight of Project Mercury.Today, Tony Riggs and Larry West tell about the beginning of theUnited States s...
VOICE 1:This is Steve Ember.VOICE 2:And this is Shirley Griffith with the VOA Special Englishprogram, EXPLORATIONS. Today we finish the story of the firstAmerican program to send a person into space. It was called ProjectMercury.(Theme)VOICE 1:The American space agency opened for business October fi...
VOICE ONE:This is Shirley Griffith.VOICE TWO:And this is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English programEXPLORATIONS. Today, we tell about science experiments that will besent to the planet Mars. And we tell about the hunt for gravity inextremely deep space.We also tell about a possible new medical...
VOICE ONE:This is Shirley Griffith.VOICE TWO:And this is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English programEXPLORATIONS. Several American groups are building and testingcopies of flying machines that are almost one-hundred years old.Today, we tell about why this is being done.((THEME))VOICE ONE:Orvill...
VOICE ONE:This is Shirley Griffith.VOICE TWO:Orhids inthe U.S. Botanic GardenAnd this is Steve Ember with theVOA Special English program, EXPLORATIONS.Today we tell about the United States Botanic Garden. This museumof living plants re-opened in Washington last week.((THEME))VOICE ONE:The trees on t...
ANNCR:EXPLORATIONS -- a program in Special English by the Voice ofAmerica.Graphic ImageToday, Richard Rael and ShepO'Neal tell the story of one of America's most famous pilots,Charles Lindbergh.(THEME)VOICE ONE:Charles Lindbergh is probably one of the best-known people in thehistory of flight. He wa...
