VOA Special English - Weekly Report

Tuesday, 29 November 2011 Today from VOANews.com Black Friday, MREs and Rihanna's 'Talk That Talk' What Americans do on Black Friday (not all shop). Tastier Meals Ready to Eat for troops. And Rihanna's new album | AMERICAN MOSAIC Exploring the Art of Rhetoric Popular American Rhetoric website home to thousands of speeches | THIS IS AMERICA The Story of Aspirin A study suggests this ancient pain and fever reducer also reduces bowel cancer risk, but it has risks of its own | SCIENCE IN THE NEWS UN Says Food Production Must Rise; How 'Fertilizer Trees' Could Help Farmers in southern African are planting the trees to improve soil with nitrogen from the air | AGRICULTURE REPORT Georgia O'Keeffe, 1887-1986: Her Paintings Showed Her Love for the American Southwest People can immediately identify the artists's paintings of huge, colorful flowers or bones in dream-like deserts | PEOPLE IN AMERICA A Cool Way to Keep Food From Spoiling Mohammed Bah Abba's pot-in-pot cooling system | TECHNOLOGY REPORT Republican Presidential Hopefuls Debate Pakistan, Iran The seven men and one woman dealt with national security and foreign policy issues in their latest debate | IN THE NEWS American History: The Election of 1968 A presidential election campaign to remember | THE MAKING OF A NATION US Congressional Committee Fails to Identify Budget Cuts That means $1.2 trillion in cuts will automatically take effect over 10 years | ECONOMICS REPORT A School System in Maine Gives iPads to Kindergartners A $200,000 project brings debate, but educators believe the tablets will improve reading and math skills | EDUCATION REPORT Explorers Sense a Guiding Presence in Times of Danger Writer John Geiger discusses the Third Man Factor and his book about the mystery | EXPLORATIONS Study Links Smoking to Millions of TB Deaths "If you want to control the infectious disease of TB, you have to control the tobacco industry," a researcher says | HEALTH REPORT More News Headlines Visit our Web Site Special English U.S.A World U.S. History American Life Arts and Entertainment Health Education Business Agriculture Science and Technology Unsubscribe If you no longer wish to receive this E-mail please unsubscribe Need Help? If you have questions about this E-mail newsletter send an e-mail to: voanews@ voanews.com Unsubscribe Voice of America | 330 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington DC 20237

iPad で VoiceThread (2) Movie Reviews

東洋学園大学の皆さんが、映画レビューのVoiceThread を作ってくれました。
どんな映画がレビューされているか、チェックしてみましょう。

iPad で見る場合の操作方法を載せておきます：

1. Connected Classrooms（交流ブログ）を開き、右側の Group Conversations のブロックで、VoiceThread のリンクをクリック。

2. Movie Reviews by Togaku Students というリンクをクリック。

※パソコンでこのページを開けると、埋め込まれているVoiceThread が直接見られますが、iPad では無理なのです。

3. iPad 用 VoiceThread のページに行くために、Continue ボタンをクリック。

 

Amazing plays - MLB 2011

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwDwEzHn6TQ 

VOA Special English - Weekly Report

Special English 

Date: Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 11:20 PM

Tuesday, 22 November 2011 Today from VOANews.com At Thanksgiving, the Makings of a National Feast State facts about holiday foods. Also, a look at a food drive for poor families in Denver, Colorado | AGRICULTURE REPORT What It Means to Be a Good Samaritan Humans may have a biological urge to help others that is even stronger than the modern urge to avoid lawsuits | THIS IS AMERICA American History: The 1960s, a Decade That Changed a Nation Folk singers like Joan Baez and Bob Dylan helped give voice to a time of social rebellion | THE MAKING OF A NATION Number of Foreign Students in US Continues to Rise The latest report shows big increases from China, Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, Iran and Venezuela | EDUCATION REPORT Should Anthrax Vaccine Be Tested in Children? Ten years after the anthrax attacks in the U.S., questions remain, including who was responsible | SCIENCE IN THE NEWS Tobacco Companies Challenge Efforts in US, Australia A US judge blocks a new requirement for graphic warning images; Australia moves to limit cigarettes to plain packaging | HEALTH REPORT Sam Houston, 1793-1863: Statesman, Politician and Soldier (Part 2) Sam Houston was named the first president of the Republic of Texas in 1839 | PEOPLE IN AMERICA Words and Their Stories: How 'Rx' Came to Be How the symbol came to mean a doctor's prescription | WORDS AND THEIR STORIES India on Way to Topping US in Internet Users India could be second to China in less than two years. Also, Africa is the fastest growing mobile market | TECHNOLOGY REPORT A Novel Set in Hurricane Katrina Wins National Book Award Plus, music from the year-old band Blouse. And a question about the Virginia state motto | AMERICAN MOSAIC Microsavings Could Mean Big Gains for the World's Poor A conference gathers experts to find ways to bring services to those left out of the financial system | ECONOMICS REPORT US, Australia Expand Military Cooperation Officials say the expanded cooperation is aimed at strengthening security in East Asia and the Pacific | IN THE NEWS Great Thinkers: Charles Darwin and Evolution Darwin remains one of history's most influential minds | EXPLORATIONS More News Headlines Visit our Web Site Special English U.S.A World U.S. History American Life Arts and Entertainment Health Education Business Agriculture Science and Technology Unsubscribe If you no longer wish to receive this E-mail please unsubscribe Need Help? If you have questions about this E-mail newsletter send an e-mail to: voanews@ voanews.com Unsubscribe Voice of America | 330 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington DC 20237