Archive for July, 2010
Poker and the ‘November Nine’; Steinbrenner and the Price of Winning
FRITZI BODENHEIMER: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I’m Fritzi Bodenheimer with Mario Ritter. This week on our program, we deal with the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, Nevada. MARIO RITTER: We also talk about the defending champions of baseball”s World Series, the New York Yankees. We look at the [...]
National Standards for US Schools Gain Support From States
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Americans have never had national education standards. Goals for what public schools should teach are set by state and local school boards. Their members are often elected. But some Americans say the lack of national standards is wrong in a competitive global economy. Former president Bill Clinton [...]
A Story of Chinese immigrants in the Old American West
Welcome to American Mosaic in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I’m Mario Ritter. Today: Some new music from the West Coast band Wavves. A question about a colorful bridge in Northern California. And a mystery from the Old West concerning empty graves, a faraway homeland and long-forgotten papers. (MUSIC) Chinese Immigrants in the Old West MARIO [...]
