Archive for May, 2009
Elias Zerhouni Leaving as Head of US National Institutes of Health
VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I’m Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I’m Barbara Klein. This week, we will tell about a plan to stop the disease malaria in Africa by twenty fifteen. We will also tell about a change of leadership at America’s National Institutes of Health. And [...]
Continents and Ocean Floors Are Always Moving
VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. I’m Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: A massive earthquake in China’s Sichuan province earlier this year was the country’s worst in more than 30 years. And I’m Barbara Klein. Scientists who study the Earth tell us that the continents and ocean floors are always [...]
Jessica Tandy, 1909-1994: She Performed in More Than 100 Plays and Movies
VOICE ONE: I’m Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO: And I’m Rich Kleinfeldt with the Special English program, People in America. Today, we tell the story of Jessica Tandy who died in nineteen ninety-four. She won many awards for her acting during the almost seventy years she performed. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: Jessica Tandy in “Driving Miss Daisy” [...]
