Archive for February, 2009
Web Site Brings Attention to Wildlife and Wild Places
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Twelve years ago, a young traveler named Rhett Butler from San Francisco, California, visited the Sabah rainforest on Malaysian Borneo. In one area of the rainforest, he watched as an orangutan moved through the trees. It was a sight to remember, in a place to remember. But [...]
Young Voices in the Fight Against AIDS
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Twelve-year-old AIDS activist Keren Dunaway-Gonzalez spoke at the opening ceremony in Mexico City. The Honduran girl is HIV-positive. One thousand young people from around the world attended the International AIDS Conference last week in Mexico City. They were there to represent the five million young people living [...]
Interest Grows in International High Schools in US
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Some American high schools are for students with special interests, like science or the arts. New York City even has a program for those interested in the food service industry, called Food and Finance High School. New York also has what are called international high schools, or [...]
