VOICE ONE:I'm Doug Johnson.VOICE TWO:Art Workshops in Guatemala offers students a chance to learn about art while experiencing Guatemalan culture And I'm Barbara Klein with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today in our series about continuing education for older adults we tell about organization...
VOICE ONE:I'm Barbara Klein.VOICE TWO:And I'm Steve Ember with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we tell about freedom of the press around the world. (MUSIC)VOICE ONE:Reporters in Harare, Zimbabwe, march last year as part of World Press Freedom Day In a perfect democracy, the news media ser...
VOICE ONE:I'm Steve Ember.VOICE TWO:Safari explorers on the Chobe RiverAnd I'm Barbara Klein with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we go on safari to experience the sights and sounds of Africa's rich wildlife. The word "safari" comes from the Swahili and Arabic words for a trip or journey....
VOICE ONE:This is Bob Doughty.VOICE TWO:And this is Steve Ember with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we tell about Hoover Dam. (MUSIC)VOICE ONE:Our report today about Hoover Dam must begin with the Colorado River. This river made the dam necessary. The Colorado River begins high in the Ro...
VOICE ONE:I'm Steve Ember.VOICE TWO:Garment workers in Takoe province, Cambodia, sing a song Monday during a campaign to celebrate International Women's Day. Campaigners marched for the right to food for all people living with HIV/AIDS, especially women and children.And I'm Barbara Klein with EXPLOR...
VOICE ONE:I'm Steve Ember.VOICE TWO:Bungee jumping off the Victoria Falls bridge in ZimbabweAnd I'm Shirley Griffith with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Imagine standing at the edge of a tall bridge. Hundreds of meters below you, river water rushes by. You take a deep breath and jump off the b...
VOICE ONE:I'm Steve Ember.VOICE TWO:And I'm Barbara Klein with Explorations in VOA Special English. Today, we travel to several countries exploring the world of Outsider Art. This powerful form of creative expression usually involves art made outside the limits and rules of official culture. Detail ...
VOICE ONE:I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO:And I'm Barbara Klein with Explorations in VOA Special English. A tribe member looks at the new Grand Canyon West Skywalk built by the Hualapai Indians. Critics say it harms the natural beauty of the canyon.Today, we take you to one of the most popular and beauti...
VOICE ONE:This is Phoebe Zimmerman.VOICE TWO:Temperatures in Death Valley can reach up to 57 CelsiusAnd this is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS. Today we visit one of America's great national parks. It is a place of strange and silent beauty. As beautiful as this place ...
VOICE ONE:I'm Steve Ember.VOICE TWO: And I'm Shirley Griffith with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. At a store called Phil Brown at work turning a bowl on his latheSansar Gallery in Bethesda, Maryland, you might see work by the wood turner Phil Brown. His many wooden bowls and containers have a ...
VOICE ONE:I'm Steve Ember.VOICE TWO:And I'm Shirley Griffith with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today, we tell about Eleanor Creesy. She helped to guide one of the fastest sailing ships ever built. (MUSIC)VOICE ONE:The name Eleanor Creesy is almost unknown today. But in the middle eighteen Pa...
VOICE ONE:I'm Steve Ember.VOICE TWO:And I'm Barbara Klein with Explorations in VOA Special English. Today, we tell about the Tuskegee Airmen who served in World War Two. They were the first group of The first class of Tuskegee cadetsAfrican-Americans ever trained as fighter pilots.(MUSIC)VOICE ONE:I...
VOICE ONE:I'm Barbara Klein.VOICE TWO:And I'm Steve Ember with Explorations in VOA Special English. Today we tell about new discoveries near Stonehenge, the famous ancient circle of stones in southern England.(MUSIC)VOICE ONE:ExplorationsFor thousands of years, the circle of ancient stones called St...
(MUSIC)VOICE ONE:I'm Faith Lapidus.VOICE TWO: And I'm Steve Ember with Explorations in VOA Special English.Today we tell about how young people around the world are influencing politics in their own countries.A Youth meeting in Liberia.(MUSIC)VOICE ONE:Patrick McHenry is the youngest member in the U...
(MUSIC)VOICE ONE:I'm Steve Ember.VOICE TWO:And I'm Faith Lapidus with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English.Today we tell about a process that helps people involved in long-term conflicts.(MUSIC)VOICE ONE: The Middle East, Tajikistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Nagorno-Karabakh.These are some areas of the w...
(MUSIC)VOICE ONE:I'm Steve Ember.VOICE TWO: And I'm Faith Lapidus with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we tell about the process of Sustained Dialogue that is being used in Africa and at American colleges.Ted Nemeroff speaks to students at the University of Virginia.He has been involved i...
(MUSIC)VOICE ONE:I'm Pat Bodnar.VOICE TWO: And I'm Steve Ember with Explorations in VOA Special English. Today, we visit the International Consumer Electronics Show, or CES. This four-day gathering takes place every year in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is one of the most important events in the technology ...
(MUSIC)VOICE ONE:I'm Steve Ember.VOICE TWO:And I'm Faith Lapidus with Explorations in VOA Special English.Today we tell about the Twentieth Winter Olympic Games in Turin, Italy.(MUSIC)VOICE ONE: The Winter Olympic Games open February tenth.They will continue until February twenty-sixth.An estimated ...
(MUSIC)VOICE ONE:I'm Steve Ember.VOICE TWO:And I'm Faith Lapidus with Explorations in VOA Special English. Today we tell about In the future, micro circuits and their tiny transistors will need to be made much smallerone of the most important research fields in technology. It is called nanotechno...
(MUSIC)VOICE ONE:I'm Faith Lapidus.VOICE TWO:And I'm Steve Ember with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English.Today we tell some of the latest discoveries about the ancient mysterious structure in Britain called Stonehenge.(MUSIC)VOICE ONE:Scientists say the circle of stones called Stonehenge has stood ...
