VOICE ONE:Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA IN VOA SPECIAL ENGLISH. I'm Steve Ember. Today, Mary Tillotson and I welcome you to a group of islands that extends into the Atlantic Ocean from the southern state of Florida. These islands are called the Florida Keys. In Key West, a sign on a monument says "Amer...
VOICE ONE:Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Faith Lapidus.VOICE TWO:And I'm Steve Ember. This week on our program, we have the last of our four-part series on living with a disability in America. Last month we talked about assistive technology. Before that, it was education and ...
VOICE ONE:Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I'm Shirley Griffith. This week -- some recorded sounds for all time. (MUSIC)VOICE ONE:The Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., recently added twenty-five sound recordings to its National Recording Regis...
VOICE ONE:Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Bob Doughty with Gwen Outen. Get ready for a ride. And hold on to your camera. Today we take you on a lightning-fast trip to seven states in fifteen minutes. (MUSIC)VOICE ONE:We start in Washington. Not the capital city, but the state ...
ANNOUNCER: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA IN VOA Special English. I'm Faith Lapidus.White Sands National MonumentOne of the world's great natural wonders is in the state of New Mexico, in the American Southwest. Nature has created huge moving hills of pure white sand. These sand dunes cover more than se...
VOICE ONE:Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA. I'm Barbara Klein.VOICE TWO:And I'm Steve Ember. Next month is the four hundredth anniversary of Britain's first permanent settlement in America. Today, we tell the story of Jamestown.(MUSIC)VOICE ONE:Artist's rendering of James FortIn sixteen-oh-seven, three sh...
ANNOUNCER: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Barbara Klein. This week on our program, we tell you about two islands in Massachusetts, in the New England area of the northeastern United States. Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket are popular places to visit, especially in the warmer ...
(MUSIC)VOICE ONE:Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English.I'm Faith Lapidus.VOICE TWO:And I'm Steve Ember.This week, sit down and enjoy an American tradition -- the diner.(MUSIC)VOICE ONE:A diner is a small restaurant.Old-time diners were built in a factory and transported to their place of...
(MUSIC)VOICE ONE:Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English.I'm Steve Ember.VOICE TWO: And I'm Faith Lapidus.Today we hear music from "The Phantom of the Opera."That show sets a record this week.Phantom of the Opera(MUSIC)A mysterious man who covers his deformed face with a mask.A beautiful y...
(MUSIC)VOICE ONE:Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English.I'm Steve Ember.VOICE TWO:And I'm Faith Lapidus.Roanoke Island is off the mid-Atlantic coast of the United States, in North Carolina.In fifteen eighty-seven, more than one hundred people arrived from England to live on the island.Thr...
(MUSIC)VOICE ONE:Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English.I'm Pat Bodnar.VOICE TWO:And I'm Steve Ember.Millions of Americans are now paid to spend at least some of their work hours working from home.Computers, telephones and fax machines keep them connected to their offices.VOICE ONE:Today ...
(MUSIC)VOICE ONE:Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English.I'm Faith Lapidus.VOICE TWO: And I'm Steve Ember.The spirit of the old American West can still be found at rodeos.Modern-day cowboys compete to stay on wild, jumping horses, or struggle to ride bulls that weigh up to a ton.Cowgirls a...
(MUSIC)VOICE ONE:Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English.I'm Steve Ember.Almost four hundred years ago, three British ships loaded with passengers and supplies sailed across the Atlantic Ocean.The passengers settled on the edge of the James River in sixteen-oh-seven.They immediately began ...
(MUSIC)VOICE ONE:Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English.I'm Steve Ember.VOICE TWO:And I'm Barbara Klein.Coal mining is a historically dangerous job -- and it is our subject this week.(MUSIC)VOICE ONE: America produces more than half of its electric power from coal.Mineral experts say the ...
(MUSIC)VOICE ONE:Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English.I'm Faith Lapidus.VOICE TWO: And I'm Steve Ember.Slavery was not just in the South.Some early Americans in the North also owned African slaves.In fact, historians say the capital of American slavery for more than two hundred years wa...
(MUSIC)VOICE ONE:Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Barbara Klein.VOICE TWO:And I'm Steve Ember. Today, we tell about the seventy-eighth Academy Awards ceremony which takes place next Sunday in Los Angeles, California. For people who make movies and for people who love to watch t...
(MUSIC)VOICE ONE:Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English.I'm Barbara Klein.VOICE TWO:And I'm Bob Doughty.This week, we take you out on the dance floor for a report on ballroom dancing.(MUSIC)VOICE ONE:The two dancers step slowly at first, then move into faster rhythms.Soon their feet fly a...
(MUSIC)VOICE ONE:Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English.I'm Barbara Klein.VOICE TWO:And I'm Steve Ember.This week, we have a report on the recovery efforts in New Orleans.Six months ago that city found itself in the deadly path of Hurricane Katrina.(MUSIC)VOICE ONE: Over the years, millio...
(MUSIC)VOICE ONE:Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English.I'm Faith Lapidus.VOICE TWO:And I'm Steve Ember.This week, an example of how podcasting technology is being put to the test in American schools.(MUSIC)VOICE ONE: Write a story about your life.It sounds like a simple project, especial...
(MUSIC)VOICE ONE:Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English.I'm Steve Ember.VOICE TWO:And I'm Faith Lapidus.This week -- America's cultural history takes to the road.(MUSIC)VOICE ONE:The world's largest library is in Washington, D.C.It has more than one hundred thirty million items in its col...
