2007-08-15 It’s a Zoo Up There in Space. Make That a Galaxy Zoo
VOICE ONE: I’m Barbara Klein. VOICE TWO: And I’m Bob Doughty with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. This week, we tell about a project to identify images of one million…
2007-08-08 The Galapagos Islands Are Added to UNESCO’s Endangered List
VOICE ONE: I’m Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO: And I’m Steve Ember with Explorations in VOA Special English. Today, we tell about the Galapagos Islands in the Pacific Ocean and the…
2007-08-01 Looking for an Activity for the Brave of Heart (and Heights)? Try Sport Parachuting
VOICE ONE: EXPLORATIONS — a program in Special English by the Voice of America. (MUSIC) Have you ever wondered what it would be like to jump out of an airplane…
2007-07-25 Space Station Remains a Work in Progress, One Great Big Piece at a Time
VOICE ONE: I’m Barbara Klein. VOICE TWO: And I’m Steve Ember with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. This week we tell about the most recent flight of the space shuttle…
2007-07-18 A National Park in Colorado Shows the Wild Artistry of Nature
VOICE ONE: This is Faith Lapidus. VOICE TWO: And this is Steve Ember with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Come with us today as we visit a national park in…
2007-07-11 New Seven Wonders of the World Are Announced After Voting Campaign
VOICE ONE: I’m Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I’m Barbara Klein with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Two thousand five hundred years ago, the Greek historian Herodotus is believed to…
2007-07-04 Amelia Earhart, 1897-1937: First Woman to Fly Alone Across the Atlantic
VOICE ONE: This is Mary Tillotson. VOICE TWO: And this is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS. Today, we tell about Amelia Earhart. She was one of…
2007-06-27 The ‘Mercury 13’: Women Who Chased a Dream but Never Got to Become Astronauts
VOICE ONE: I’m Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I’m Barbara Klein with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we tell about a program in the nineteen sixties to train women…
2007-06-20 Record Number of Climbers Reach Top of World’s Highest Mountain
VOICE ONE: I’m Barbara Klein. VOICE TWO: And I’m Steve Ember with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today, we tell about efforts to climb Mount Everest. Last month, an eighteen-year-old…
2007-06-13 Good to the Last Drop: Coffee Culture Is Alive and Well in the US
VOICE ONE: I’m Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I’m Barbara Klein with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. At La Colombe coffee shop in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, you can enjoy a tasty…
2007-06-06 National Wildlife Refuge System: Protecting America’s Furred and Feathered Friends
VOICE ONE: I’m Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I’m Barbara Klein with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we tell about the National Wildlife Refuge System that protects wildlife in…
2007-05-30 What Keeps Works of Shakespeare So Alive and Well After 400 Years?
VOICE ONE: I’m Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I’m Barbara Klein with Explorations in VOA Special English. Today, we complete our story about the influential English writer William Shakespeare. He…
2007-05-23 All the World Still a Stage for Shakespeare’s Timeless Imagination
VOICE ONE: I’m Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I’m Barbara Klein with Explorations in VOA Special English. Today, we tell about one of the most influential and skillful writers in…
2007-05-16 Charles Lindbergh Flew to Paris, and Into the History Books, 80 Years Ago
ANNOUNCER: EXPLORATIONS — a program in Special English by the Voice of America. Today, Richard Rael and Shep O’Neal tell the story of one of America’s most famous pilots, Charles…
2007-05-09 Have an Active Interest in Volcanoes? Then One Place to Look Around Is Hawaii
VOICE ONE: This is Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And this is Sarah Long with the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS. Today, we visit two of the most unusual national parks…