VOA'sSpecialEnglishcommunicatesbyradioinclearandsimpleEnglishwithpeoplew____nativelanguageisnotEnglish.ItalsohelpspeoplelearnAmericanEnglish.Anditprovideslisteners,eventhosewhoarenativeEnglishspeakers,withinformationtheycannotfindelsewhere.ThefollowingthreeelementsmakeSpecialEnglishunique.
(1)Ithasalimitedvocabularyof1500words.Mostaresimplewordsthatdescribeobjects,a____oremotions.Somearemoredifficult.Theyareusedf____reportingworldeventsanddescribingdiscoveriesinmedicineandscience.
(2)SpecialEnglishisw____inshort,simplesentencesthatcontainonlyoneidea.Noidiomsareused.
(3)AndSpecialEnglishisspokenataslowerpace,abouttwo-thirdsthespeedofstandardEnglish.ThishelpspeoplelearningEnglishheareachwordc____.ItalsohelpspeoplewhoareEnglishspeakersunderstandcomplexsubjects.SpecialEnglishbroadcastsaroundtheworldsevendaysaweek,fivetimesaday.Eachhalf-hourbroadcastb____withtenminutesofthelatestnewsfollowedby20minutesoffeatureprogramming.Thereisadifferentshortfeatureeveryweekdayaboutscience,development,agricultureandenvironment,andontheweekend,aboutnewseventsandAmericanidioms.Theseprogramsarefollowedbyin-depth15-minutefeaturesaboutAmericanculture,history,science,medicine,space,i____peopleorshortstories.
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