2013-01-02 How English Evolved Into a Modern Language
This is Steve Ember. And this is Shirley Griffith with the VOA Special English program, EXPLORATIONS. Today we present the second of our two programs about the history of the…
2012-12-26 Where Did the English Language Come From?
This is Steve Ember. And this is Shirley Griffith with the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS. Today we present the first of two programs about the history of the English…
2012-12-19 The Missouri is America’s Longest River
This is Shirley Griffith. And this is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, EXPLORATIONS. Today, we tell about another important American river, the Missouri. It is the longest…
2012-12-12 Lighthouses Keep Watch Over the North Carolina Coast
This is Shirley Griffith. And this is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, EXPLORATIONS. Today we tell about the lighthouses that protect ships sailing along the coast of…
2012-12-05 MOOCs Are Moving Forward
From VOA Learning English, this is EXPLORATIONS in Special English. I’m Bob Doughty. And I’m Faith Lapidus. Today we tell about the growing popularity of Massive Open Online Courses in…
2012-11-28 Older Populations Are a Fact of Life for Many Countries
I’m Barbara Klein. And I’m Christopher Cruise with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. The number of young people in Africa is growing. So is the number of older people in…
2012-11-21 1890’s Gold Rush
This is Bob Doughty. And this is Phoebe Zimmermann with the VOA Special English program, EXPLORATIONS. Today we tell the second part of our story about the discovery of gold…
2012-11-14 Hungry for Wealth, Gold Seekers Once Rushed to Canada’s Northwest
This is Faith Lapidus. And this is Richard Rael with the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS. Today we begin the first of two programs about the discovery of gold. Huge…
2012-11-07 Eleanor Creesy Helped Guide One of the Fastest Sailing Ships Ever Built
I’m Steve Ember. And I’m Shirley Griffith with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today, we tell about Eleanor Creesy. She helped to guide one of the fastest sailing ships ever…
2012-10-31 Edwin Hubble Changed Our Ideas About the Universe and Its Birth
EXPLORATIONS — a program in Special English by the Voice of America. Today, Richard Rael and Tony Riggs tell the story of American astronomer Edwin Hubble. He changed our ideas…
2012-10-24 High and Fast: the X-15 Reached the Edge of Space
EXPLOATIONS — a program in Special English by the Voice of America. Today, Doug Johnson and Frank Oliver tell about the first airplane that flew out of the Earth’s atmosphere.…
2012-10-17 Jimmy Doolittle: a Pilot and Leader
EXPLORATIONS, a program in Special English on the Voice of America. Today Shirley Griffith and Frank Oliver tell about a famous World War Two pilot, Jimmy Doolittle. He was a…
2012-10-10 William Shakespeare: Star of Stage and Screen
Welcome to EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today, we complete our story about the English writer William Shakespeare. Last week, we talked about Shakespeare’s life, his plays and poems. Now,…
2012-10-03 The Works of William Shakespeare Remain Full of Life
Welcome to EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. I’m Mario Ritter. Today, Steve Ember and Barbara Klein tell us about one of the most influential and skillful writers in the history…
2012-09-26 Apollo’s Final Missions: The Last Footsteps on the Moon
SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: I’m Shirley Griffith. STEVE EMBER: And I’m Steve Ember with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we tell about the flights that followed Apollo Eleven to the moon.…