EXPLORATIONS -- a program in Special English by the Voice of America.(MUSIC)Today, Shirley Griffith and Tony Riggs complete a report about America's second manned space program, Gemini. Its purpose was to bring the United States closer to its goal of landing astronauts on the moon.VOICE ONE:To explo...
EXPLORATIONS -- a program in Special English by the Voice of America. Launch of Apollo 7The nineteen sixties were exciting times in space exploration. Today, Kay Gallant and Harry Monroe look back at the first flights of the Apollo program designed to land humans on the moon. (MUSIC)VOICE ONE:The de...
EXPLORATIONS -- a program in Special English by the Voice of America. (MUSIC)(SOUND: Apollo Eleven Countdown)A rocket launch countdown. A common sound in the nineteen sixties. But this was not just another launch. It was the beginning of an historic event. It was the countdown for Apollo Eleven -- t...
ANNOUNCER:EXPLORATIONS -- a program in Special English by the Voice of America. (MUSIC)American astronauts in Apollo Eleven landed on the moon July twentieth, nineteen sixty-nine. A second landing was made four months later. Both flights were almost perfect. Everything worked as planned. Everyone ex...
ANNOUNCER:EXPLORATIONS -- a program in Special English by the Voice of America. (MUSIC)Apollo 17: the last visitors to the moonThe summer of nineteen sixty-nine was a special time in history. That was when men from Earth -- American astronauts -- flew their Apollo Eleven spacecraft to the moon, land...
VOICE ONE:I'm Steve Ember.VOICE TWO:Artist's image of a GlidehouseAnd I'm Barbara Klein with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we tell about the Green House movement. Its goal is to produce houses that are healthier for people and the environment.(MUSIC)VOICE ONE:Most people think of a gree...
VOICE ONE:I'm Shirley Griffith.VOICE TWO:And I'm Faith Lapidus with Explorations in VOA Special English. Today we tell about female scientists around the world and some of the problems they face. (MUSIC)VOICE ONE:Women scientists have developed drugs to treat diseases like cancer, diabetes, and mala...
VOICE ONE:I'm Shirley Griffith.VOICE TWO:And I'm Steve Ember with Explorations in VOA Special English. Today, we travel through city streets all over the world to explore street art, a popular and lively art movement. (MUSIC)VOICE ONE:A project in New York by one of two brothers known as Os Gemeos (...
VOICE ONE:I'm Shirley Griffith.VOICE TWO:'Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest'And I'm Steve Ember with Explorations in VOA Special English. Adults and children alike enjoy stories and movies about pirates-- criminals who steal money or goods from people on ships. One of the most popular has b...
VOICE ONE:I'm Shirley Griffith.VOICE TWO:An artist's picture of ErisAnd I'm Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS. The International Astronomical Union has given a name to a solar system object discovered last year. How the distant, icy world called Eris shook up astronomy an...
VOICE ONE:I'm Barbara Klein.VOICE TWO:Scientists record electrical brian activity to study dreamingAnd I'm Steve Ember with Explorations in VOA Special English. Do you dream? Do you create pictures and stories in your mind as you sleep? Today, we are going to explore dreaming. People have had ideas ...
VOICE ONE:I'm Barbara Klein.VOICE TWO:And I'm Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS. Recently, VOA reporters examined the problem of corruption around the world. Today, we tell about their investigation. (MUSIC)VOICE ONE:Almost every day, reports appear in the news about gove...
VOICE ONE:I'm Faith Lapidus.VOICE TWO:And I'm Steve Ember with Explorations in VOA Special English. Today, we explore some national parks of great beauty in the American west.(MUSIC)VOICE ONE:Zion National ParkMillions of people from all over the world visit the state of Utah every year. One reason ...
VOICE ONE:I'm Steve Ember.VOICE TWO:Mars Spirit RoverAnd I'm Barbara Klein with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we tell about the latest exploration of the red planet, Mars. We learn about the travels of the Mars Rover vehicles. And we find out about the Mars Global Surveyor and Mars Odys...
VOICE ONE:This is Faith Lapidus.VOICE TWO:They were known as the Dodge City Peace Commission. Standing, from left: W.H. Harris, Luke Short, Bat Masterson and W.F. Petillon. Seated: Charlie Bassett, Wyatt Earp, Frank McLain and Neal Brown.And this is Steve Ember with EXPLORATIONS from VOA Special Eng...
VOICE ONE:This is Shirley Griffith.VOICE TWO:John Slaughter helped bring law and order to the WestAnd this is Steve Ember with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today, we present the second of two programs about the Old American West. Experts disagree about who were the most dangerous gunmen of t...
ANNOUNCER: EXPLORATIONS -- a program in Special English by the Voice of America. (MUSIC) Edwin HubbleToday, Richard Rael and Tony Riggs tell the story of American astronomer Edwin Hubble. He changed our ideas about the universe and how it developed. Edwin Hubble made his most important discoveries i...
VOICE ONE:I'm Steve Ember.VOICE TWO:Wolfgang Amadeus MozartAnd I'm Barbara Klein with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. This year, the world marked the two hundred fiftieth anniversary of the birth of Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. There have been celebrations of the composer's work a...
VOICE ONE:I'm Barbara Klein.VOICE TWO:And I'm Steve Ember with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today, we tell about some beautiful, interesting and unusual places in the world. We tell you why they were chosen as Wonders of the World. (MUSIC)VOICE ONE:The newspaper USA Today and the television ...
VOICE ONE:I'm Steve Ember.VOICE TWO:''Revolt on the Amistad,'' silkscreen print by Jacob LawrenceAnd I'm Barbara Klein with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. At the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., you can see a colorful and expressive print called "Revolt on the Amistad." The small s...
