2004-02-09 Lincoln Portrait
(THEME) ANNCR: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA, in VOA Special English. Next Monday is a holiday that honors American presidents.…
2004-02-02 Girl Groups’ in Rock Music
(THEME) VOICE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA, in VOA Special English. I’m Phoebe Zimmermann. In the later years of the…
2004-01-26 Campaign to Reopen the Statue of Liberty
(THEME) VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA, in VOA Special English. I’m Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I’m Faith…
2004-01-19 Health Care in the United States
(THEME) VOICE ONE: In recent years, health care spending in the United States has grown to fifteen percent of the…
2004-01-12 Presidential Race
(THEME) VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA, in VOA Special English. I’m Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I’m Phoebe…
2004-01-05 Asian-American Writers
(THEME) VOICE ONE: The United States is made up mostly of people whose ancestors came from other continents. Writers who…
2003-12-15 Philanthropy
(THEME) VOICE ONE: I’m Faith Lapidus. VOICE TWO: And I’m Steve Ember. Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA, in VOA SpecialEnglish.…
2003-12-08 Kennedy Center Honors
VOICE TWO: At thirteen, Itzhak Perlman came to the United States. He soonappeared on television. He attended the Juilliard School…
2003-12-01 Montpelier Gets a Facelift
((THEME)) VOICE ONE: I’m Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I’m Faith Lapidus. Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA, from VOASpecial English.…
2003-11-24 California
(THEME) VOICE ONE: People have been following a dream to California for more thanone-hundred-fifty years. Around thirty-six-million people live therenow,…
2003-11-17 Gays in America
(THEME) VOICE ONE: I’m Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I’m Faith Lapidus. Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA, from VOASpecial English.…
2003-11-10 Veterans Day
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: November eleventh is a day Americans honor men and women who haveserved in the United States armed…
2003-11-03 New Campaign to Restore Ellis Island
(THEME) VOICE ONE: Millions of people came through Ellis Island on their way to newlives in the United States. I’m…
2003-10-27 Best-Selling Books in America
(THEME) VOICE ONE: Health and love, crime, secrets from the past — these are someof the subjects that readers in…
2003-10-20 Historic Documents at the National Archives
(MUSIC) VOICE ONE: The Declaration of Independence helped establish the UnitedStates as a new nation. So did the Constitution and…