(MUSIC)VOICE ONE:This is Steve Ember.VOICE TWO:And this is Shirley Griffith with the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS.Our story today tells of ships, explorers, pirate attacks and wars. It is the story of an old military base, the Castillo de San Marcos.It was built in the oldest permanent E...
(MUSIC)VOICE ONE:This is Phoebe Zimmerman.VOICE TWO: And this is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS.Many people in America's Pacific Northwest believe in the existence of an animal that is half human and half ape. Other people have reportedly seen a huge creature in a famo...
(MUSIC)VOICE ONE:This is Mary Tillotson.VOICE TWO: And this is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS.A new exhibit of paintings is being shown at the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Renwick Gallery in Washington, D.C.Today, we tell about the man who painted them.His name wa...
(MUSIC)VOICE ONE:This is Mary Tillotson.VOICE TWO:And this is Steve Ember with the Special English program EXPLORATIONS.Today we present the second part of our program about American artist George Catlin and his paintings of Native Americans.(MUSIC)VOICE ONE:Last week, we told how George Catlin had ...
(MUSIC)VOICE ONE:I'm Steve Ember.VOICE TWO: And I'm Faith Lapidus with Explorations in VOA Special English. Today we tell about population changes around the world and the problems they have created.World population is expected to grow by more than 40 percent by 2050(MUSIC)VOICE ONE:More than six an...
(MUSIC)VOICE ONE:This is Faith Lapidus.VOICE TWO: And this is Steve Ember with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we tell about an unusual scientific research area in the United States.La Brea Tar Pits in Los AngelesIt is filled with the remains of ancient animals.This unusual place is in th...
(MUSIC)VOICE ONE:I'm Steve Ember.VOICE TWO: And I'm Faith Lapidus with Explorations in VOA Special English. Today we tell about forensics 鈥?a special kind of medical science used to solve crimes.Analia Gonzalez Simonetta of the Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team works with human remains to identif...
(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 NASA space vehicle orbiting Mars.We also hear what it is like to live in space.But first, we tell about Venus Express, the European Space Agency vehicle.(MUSIC)VOICE ONE: V...
(MUSIC)VOICE ONE:I'm Barbara Klein.VOICE TWO:And I'm Steve Ember with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English.Today, we tell about a World Bank program that supports people with new ways to solve social problems.It is called the Development Marketplace.The World Bank program identifies and pays for the ...
(MUSIC)VOICE ONE:I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO:And I'm Barbara Klein with Explorations in VOA Special English. Today we tell about a large National Park established to protect the culture of ancient Native Americans. It is called Mesa Verde.(MUSIC)VOICE ONE: Cliff dwellings at Mesa VerdeIt was cold tha...
(MUSIC)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. He spent much of his life helping make space travel possible far out in the universe. He also helped people understand sc...
(MUSIC)VOICE ONE: I'm Steve Ember.VOICE TWO:The glass dome of the Monterey Aquarium is filled with anchoviesAnd I'm Barbara Klein with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. For thousands of years, people have wanted to explore the world under the sea. Such activity was not possible until modern times...
Editor's Note attached(MUSIC)VOICE ONE:This is Phoebe Zimmermann.VOICE TWO:And this is Steve Ember with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today, we tell about one of the most famous national parks in the United States. You can find it high in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of the western state of Ca...
(MUSIC)VOICE ONE:Men of 99th Squadron in January 1944This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, EXPLORATIONS. Today, Shirley Griffith and I tell about the Tuskegee Airmen who served in World War Two. They were the first group of African-Americans ever trained as fighter pilots.(MUSIC)...
(MUSIC)VOICE ONE:I'm Faith Lapidus.VOICE TWO:And I'm Steve Ember with Explorations in VOA Special English. There are many natural wonders in the United States. Today, we take you to seven man-made wonders in America. (MUSIC)VOICE ONE:"Against the city's gleaming spires,Above the ships that ply the s...
(MUSIC)VOICE ONE:This is Faith Lapidus.VOICE TWO:Men preparing to hunt for gold during the Klondike gold rush.And this is Richard Rael with the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS. Today we begin the first of two programs about the discovery of gold. Huge amounts of gold. Enough gold to make a ...
VOICE ONE: This is Bob Doughty. VOICE TWO: Men preparing to seek gold during the Klondike gold rushAnd this is Phoebe Zimmermann with the VOA Special English program, EXPLORATIONS. Today we tell the second part of our story about the discovery of gold in the area of Canada called the Yukon. We tell ...
VOICE ONE:Explorations-- a program in Special English by the Voice of America. (SOUND: Countdown and launch) Project Mercury astronautsThat announcement was made May fifth, nineteen sixty-one. It was the first manned flight of project Mercury. Today, Tony Riggs and Larry West tell about the beginnin...
VOICE ONE:This is Steve Ember. VOICE TWO:And this is Shirley Griffith with the VOA Special English program, Explorations. Today we finish the story of the first American program to send a person into space. It was called Project Mercury. (MUSIC)VOICE ONE:Alan Shepard in Freedom 7 before launchThe Am...
EXPLORATIONS -- a program in Special English by the Voice of America.(MUSIC)Today, Harry Monroe and Tony Riggs report about America's second manned space program, Gemini. Two astronauts flew on each flight. Gemini's purpose was to bring the United States closer to its goal of landing astronauts on t...
