2001-11-28 Project Mercury, Part 2
VOICE 1: This is Steve Ember. VOICE 2: And this is Shirley Griffith with the VOA Special Englishprogram, EXPLORATIONS. Today we finish the story of the firstAmerican program to send…
2001-11-21 Project Mercury, Part 1
VOICE 1: EXPLORATIONS — a program in Special English by the Voice ofAmerica. ((tape Cut 1: countdown & launch)) that announcement was made May fifth, nineteen-sixty-one. It wasthe first manned…
2001-11-14 Literacy
VOICE ONE: This is Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO: And this is Doug Johnson with the VOA Special English program,EXPLORATIONS. Today we tell about a continuing problem in manycountries — literacy.…
2001-11-07 Space Digest
VOICE ONE: This is Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And this is Shirley Griffith with the VOA Special Englishprogram, EXPLORATIONS. Today we will tell about the spacecraft MarsOdyssey. We will tell…
2001-10-31 Newseum
VOICE ONE: This is Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And this is Shirley Griffith with the VOA Special Englishprogram, EXPLORATIONS. Today we tell about a museum that shows howreporters do their…
2001-10-24 South Street Seaport Museum
VOICE ONE: This is Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And this is Shirley Griffith with the VOA Special English programEXPLORATIONS. Today we take you to visit another unusual museum inNew York…
2001-10-17 Tenement Museum
VOICE ONE: This is Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And this is Bob Doughty with the VOA Special English programEXPLORATIONS. Today, we tell about an unusual museum in New YorkCity. It…
2001-10-10 Edwin Hubble
ANNOUNCER: EXPLORATIONS — a program in Special English by the Voice ofAmerica. (THEME) Today, Richard Rael and Tony Riggs tell the story of Americanastronomer, Edwin Hubble. He changed our ideas…
2001-10-03 North Carolina Lighthouses
VOICE ONE: This is Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO: And this is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program,EXPLORATIONS. Today we tell about the lighthouses that protect shipssailing along the…
2001-09-26 Grand Canyon
VOICE ONE: This isSteve Ember. VOICE TWO: And this is Shirley Griffith with the VOASpecial English program EXPLORATIONS. Today, we tell about a famousnatural place, the Grand Canyon. ((THEME)) VOICE…
2001-09-19 Space Digest
VOICE ONE: This is Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And this is Shirley Griffith with the Special English programEXPLORATIONS. Today, we tell about the latest flight of the spaceshuttle Discovery to…
2001-09-12 X-15 Plane
ANNCR: EXPLORATIONS — A PROGRAM IN SPECIAL ENGLISH BY THE VOICE OFAMERICA. (THEME) TODAY, DOUG JOHNSON AND FRANK OLIVER TELL ABOUT THE FIRSTAIRPLANE THAT FLEW OUT OF THE EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE.…
2001-09-05 Indiana Dunes
VOICE ONE: This is Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO: And this is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program,EXPLORATIONS. Today we tell about the Indiana Dunes. These hills ofsand are…
2001-08-29 Carl Sagan
VOICE ONE: THIS IS SHIRLEY GRIFFITH. VOICE TWO: AND THIS IS STEVE EMBER WITH THE VOA SPECIAL ENGLISH PROGRAM,EXPLORATIONS. TODAY WE TELL ABOUT AMERICAN SCIENTIST CARL SAGAN. HESPENT MUCH OF…
2001-08-22 Meridian International Center
VOICE ONE: This is Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO: And this is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program,EXPLORATIONS. Today we tell about the Meridian International Centerin Washington, D.C. It…