Welcome to the MAKING OF A NATION – American history in VOA Special English.
In eighteen forty, as the administration of Martin Van Buren came closer to an end, there was a widespread feeling that he had not been a strong president. He seemed unable to make the people understand his policies. The opposition Whig Party was happy ove

This is the VOA Special English Education Report.
We answer some questions this week in our series on getting into an American college or university.
The first question has to do with our recent discussion of English language tests. Vo Ngoc Toan from Vietnam would like to know about the TOEIC-- the Test of English for Interna

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This is the VOA Special English Health Report.
Wisdom teeth are normally the last teeth to appear in the mouth. It usually happens when people are older and wiser. That is, when they are in their late teenage years or early twenties.
Wisdom teeth are molars, or chewing teeth at the back of the mouth. The third set of molars, i

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This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember.
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And I'm Barbara Klein. This week, we will tell about cancer. Health experts say it will soon become the world's leading killer. We also will present evidence of a suspected link between tobacco smoke and behavioral problems in

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This is the VOA Special English Development Report.
This week in our report we are going to talk about adobe. No, not the information technology company in California, Adobe Systems. We mean the traditional building product made of soil and other materials. Adobe is shaped into bricks that are laid one on top of another and used as a low

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And I'm Barbara Klein with PEOPLE IN AMERICA in VOA Special English. Today we tell about the art collector and cultural supporter, Isabella Stewart Gardner.
During the late nineteenth century, she traveled around the world to learn about foreign cultures and improve

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There were fierce battles in Gaza on Friday as Hamas and Israel both rejected a United Nations call for an immediate cease-fire. The densely populated area faces shortages of food, medicine, water and electric power.
　

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Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English.
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I'm Doug Johnson. This week:
We listen to new music from the Killers …
Answer a listener question about the famous book and movie "Gone With the Wind" ...
And, tell about America's first Vietnamese-bor

This is the VOA Special English Economics Report.
President-elect Barack Obama is calling on Congress to pass an economic recovery plan in the next few weeks. He warned about the deepening recession in a speech in Virginia on Thursday, less than two weeks before he takes office.
BARACK OBAMA: "Now, I don't believe it's t

Welcome to the MAKING OF A NATION – American history in VOA Special English.
Martin Van Buren was sworn-in as the eighth president of the United States in eighteen thirty-seven. Not long after he took office, the United States suffered an economic depression.
　

This is the VOA Special English Education Report.
What do you think is the most popular subject of study for international students at colleges and universities in the United States?
How many of you thought of engineering? Seventeen percent of foreign students, or one out of six, studied engineering during the last academic y

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