An Air Show for Showing Off; West Bank's Speed Sisters
29 July 2010
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report.
One of the largest air shows in the United States is also one of the largest trade shows in the aircraft industry. AirVenture is taking place this week at an airport in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
Ron Wagner is from the Experimental Aircraft Association, which holds the event each year.
For-Profit Colleges in US May Face Tests on Federal Student Aid
28 July 2010
This is the VOA Special English Education Report.
President Obama wants the United States to have the world's highest rate of college graduates. But his administration also wants stronger rules for colleges that operate for profit.
Career colleges receive billions of dollars from taxpayers through student loans. The Education Department says some of that goes to waste and leaves students in debt for educations of little or no value.
Marking the 20th Anniversary of the Americans With Disabilities Act
20 July 2010
This is the VOA Special English Health Report.
Twenty years ago this week, President George H. W. Bush signed a civil rights law that Americans call the ADA.
GEORGE H. W. BUSH: "I now lift this pen to sign this Americans with [Disabilities] Act and say let the shameful wall of exclusion finally come tumbling down."
Congress passed the law to bar discrimination against people with physical or mental disabilities. The ADA governs employers, transportation systems and public places, including hotels and other businesses.
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On Mars Day, the Red Planet Is Center Stage
27 July 2010
VOICE ONE:
I’m Doug Johnson.
VOICE TWO:
And I’m Faith Lapidus with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Mars Day at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum in Washington is a celebration of our solar system’s most famous planet. The event, on July sixteenth, was a rare chance for planetary scientists to share with the public the mysteries of Mars.
(MUSIC: "Mars"/Gustav Holst)
Its a Good Idea to Be Careful When You Write -- Oops, Make That It's
27 July 2010
AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on WORDMASTER: Charles Harrington Elster, author of "The Accidents of Style: Good Advice on How Not to Write Badly."
RS: It's full of examples, such as this common error.
