Archive for March, 2010
International Monetary Fund Says World Economy Will Shrink This Year
This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund will meet in Washington, D.C. Saturday and Sunday. One subject for discussion will be falling expectations for world economic growth. A new report by the I.M.F. estimates that the world economy will shrink by one and three-tenths percent this [...]
The Global Snakebite Initiative Is Working to Improve Treatment for Victims
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. More than four million people around the world are bitten by snakes each year. At least one hundred twenty-five thousand of these people die. Almost three million others are seriously injured. Doctors and researchers say the world does not provide enough good treatment for poisonous snakebites. To [...]
Studying in the US: Beware of Essay Mills
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. We continue our discussion of plagiarism. Last week, we said colleges and universities in the United States define plagiarism as representing another person’s work as your own. It is considered a kind of cheating. Professors at American colleges have tried many ways to stop student plagiarism. Some [...]
