日期：2009-07-03 This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Apple Computer had a big week. Steve Jobs, the chief executive officer, announced the company would now just be called Apple. And, at its MacWorld conference, he also presented the iPhone. It combine... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-07-03 This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. In the United States, the term organic has a legal meaning set by the Department of Agriculture. The department has an official label to mark products that have met the requirements of its National... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-07-03 VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA. I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I'm Faith Lapidus. Today we begin a series of reports about living with a disability in America. VOICE ONE: Our series will explore a number of subjects. These include laws that... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-07-03 This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. President Bush speaking to the nation about his new plan for Iraq President Bush told the American people this week that he plans to send more troops to Iraq. He called the situation there unacceptable and... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-07-03 Fifty years ago, most people lived in rural areas. But the world has changed. By some point next year, more than half of all people will live in cities, for the first time in history. So says the most recent estimate from the United Nations. City li... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-07-03 This is the VOA Special English Education Report. More than 560,000 foreign students attended an American college or university during the last school year. It was the seventh straight year with more than half a million international students in the... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-07-03 This is the VOA Special English Health Report. A mother in Tamil Nadu, India, recently had a question for our new series on children andparenting. This woman in Tuticorin has a son who is almost three years old. He attends apre-kindergartenschool. S... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-07-03 ANNOUNCER: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. Lots of people have a favorite city. Maybe it is the city where they were born, or the place of their happiest memories. Or maybe it is just a place they would like to call home. Today, w... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-07-03 This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Financial aid is the subject this week in our Foreign Student Series on higher education in the United States. Students who want to study in the United States may find that their chances for financia... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-07-03 This is the VOA Special English Development Report. In Pakistan, a company called Saiban creates housing communities for the poor. About 30 percent of the country's population is estimated to live in unplanned settlements without legal right to the... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-07-03 This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. American history was made, and remembered, this week in Washington. On Thursday, Representative Nancy Pelosi of California became the first female speaker of the House of Representatives. The new Congress... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-07-03 This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. TheNYSEGroup andEuronexthope to create the world's largest financial exchange group by the end of March. Their shareholders voted last month to approve a plan to combine the two exchange operators. T... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-07-03 This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Each year, the editors and news directors of the Associated Press choose what they believe are the top ten news stories of the year. They chose the war in Iraq as the number one news story this year. 2006... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-07-03 Japan hopes the opening of its borders to individual tourists from China will boost its economy, said Japan Tourism Agency (JTA) commissioner Yoshiaki Hompo. The nation began issuing tourist visas to Chinese individuals yesterday, allowing them to v... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-07-03 For the past decade, Huang Qing has seen her girth expand at a startling rate. My waistline has already grown past the tape measure, said the 17-year-old in Shanghai. Her weight has rocketed from 140 kg to 210 kg in the past four years, four to five... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-07-03 Despite a last-minute delay in implementing Green Dam internet-filtering software, China's authorities and its PC manufacturers said yesterday they expect the tool will end up on new computers. One day after the Ministry of Industry and Information... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-07-03 Tens of thousands of people from Hong Kong offered happy birthday greetings yesterday. Revelers joined a parade of dragon dancers and a marching symphony orchestra as the city marked the 12th anniversary of its return to the motherland. The parade k... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-07-03 Officials will be evaluated on more than their financial performance, a Party spokesperson said yesterday. In a bid to update its economic-orientated focus when reviewing the work of officials, environmental and social development efforts will also... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-07-03 More than 750,000 Michael Jackson fans can get full refunds for the pop star's canceled 50-night concert extravaganza. Fans can also opt to receive souvenir tickets instead, promoters announced Monday. Jackson's fans from around the world had rushed... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-07-03 A record number of recent college graduates are considering careers in the Chinese military, and officials are happy to oblige, by opening up more than 120,000 spots for them. Yesterday, the army completed a two-month pre-recruitment campaign for re... 阅读全文>>