Exploration
Yosemite: One of the Most Famous National Parks in the US
Yosemite National Park is a place of extremes. Transcript of radio broadcast:
VOICE ONE:
This is Phoebe Zimmermann.
VOICE TWO :
And this is Steve Ember with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today, we tell about one of the most famous national parks in the United States. You can find it high in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of the [...]
Exploring the Nile in Egypt
Join us as we travel down the Nile to learn about this rich ancient culture.
VOICE ONE:
I’m Steve Ember.
VOICE TWO:
And I’m Faith Lapidus with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we visit the Nile River valley to explore one of the greatest civilizations in human history. The people of ancient Egypt developed the first nation-state, which [...]
Project Mercury: The US Space Program Begins
NASA’s major goal was to send the first Americans into space. Transcript of radio broadcast:
09 June 2009
VOICE ONE:
EXPLORATIONS — a program in Special English by the Voice of America.
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That announcement was made May fifth, nineteen sixty-one. It was the first manned flight of project Mercury. Today, Tony Riggs and Larry West tell about the beginning [...]
