2019-11-29 所属栏目:美语听力讲解

Bolivia is the scene of today's first story. The South American country is in the middle of a political crisis following a resignation of its president early this week. And lea

2019-11-28 所属栏目:美语听力讲解

Which of these events occurred 30 years ago?
Soviet troops left Afghanistan, Hubble telescope was launched, Gulf War began, or the Berlin Wall fell?
The only one of these events

2019-11-27 所属栏目:美语听力讲解

New South Wales is where you'll find Sydney, the Australian capital and largest city in the country. It's also where dozens of bushfires are burning up land and homes.
A N

2019-11-26 所属栏目:美语听力讲解

You don't have to look hard on social media to find opinions concerning politics. But the political ads you see could be changing in some way or another as the 2020 U.S. Presid

2019-11-25 所属栏目:美语听力讲解

Which of these animals hibernates in winter? Tree squirrel, mosquito, monarch butterfly or silverfish. Mosquitoes are the only animals on this list that enter diapause, a hibernati

2019-11-22 所属栏目:美语听力讲解

We've done some reporting lately on the destructive wildfires in California. The state's still in the midst of its fire season when blazes are more likely to flare up, but

2019-11-21 所属栏目:美语听力讲解

Of the 30 most polluted urban areas on the planet, 22 of them are in India, the world's second most populated country. In fact, the nation's capital New Delhi is ranked as

2019-11-20 所属栏目:美语听力讲解

The Bureau of Labor Statistics releases its employment situation summary on the first Friday of every month. It's also called the Jobs Report, which is easier to say, and it gi

2019-11-19 所属栏目:美语听力讲解

We're getting started with a look at a recent vote in the U.S. House of Representatives concerning President Donald Trump and the issue of impeachment. Late last week, the Hous

2019-11-18 所属栏目:美语听力讲解

First story out of California. Hurricane force is a term to describe wind speeds that blow at or faster than 74 miles per hour and some of the winds buffeting wildfires near Los An

2019-11-15 所属栏目:美语听力讲解

It's been a year and a day since a passenger jet crashed shortly after takeoff in the island nation of Indonesia. The flight was operated by Lion Air, a low cost airline, and t

2019-11-14 所属栏目:美语听力讲解

In the U.S. state of California, students at Mount Saint Mary's University and NBA star LeBron James have a couple of things in common. One, they live near Los Angeles. Two, th

2019-11-13 所属栏目:美语听力讲解

Who is the current U.S. Treasury secretary?
Jack Lew, Kathleen Sebelius, Wilbur Ross, or Steven Mnuchin?
The role is currently filled by Steven Mnuchin, the nation's 77th sec

2019-11-12 所属栏目:美语听力讲解

First story in our lineup today is the death of the leader of an infamous terrorist group. Since 2014, news organizations around the world have done a lot of reporting on ISIS. It&

2019-11-11 所属栏目:美语听力讲解

First story takes us to the largest country in South America, where a mystery is washing up along Brazil's coast. Crude oil — hundreds of tons of it — has appeared on Brazil&

2019-11-08 所属栏目:美语听力讲解

First story we're explaining a ceasefire in northern Syria that America's leader believes will last. Here's what's happening — Turkey, which borders Syria to the n

2019-11-07 所属栏目:美语听力讲解

Which of these World War II battles was a turning point in the fight between the U.S. and Japan? Battle of the Bulge, Battle of Midway, Battle of the Coral Sea or Battle of Kursk.

2019-11-06 所属栏目:美语听力讲解

Up next, a settlement worth hundreds of millions of dollars related to America's opioid epidemic. A trial was set to begin this week. The plaintiffs were two counties in Ohio,

2019-11-05 所属栏目:美语听力讲解

Election results are in from Canada and the nation's incumbent Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to serve another four year term in office. But election results for him were

2019-11-04 所属栏目:美语听力讲解

A tornado and the effects of it lead things off for us today. We're taking you to Dallas, Texas. That's where daylight on Monday morning revealed the effects of the severe

2019-11-01 所属栏目:美语听力讲解

First story takes us to North Korea. There's a lot that happens here that's unknown to the outside world. North Korea is a secretive country that threatens people who expos

2019-10-31 所属栏目:美语听力讲解

That may not be breaking news exactly, but some of that is expected this weekend in the United Kingdom. The country's parliament, its law making body, is set to debate a new de

2019-10-30 所属栏目:美语听力讲解

Our first topic today is a weather event. It's not a classic Nor'easter. It could be a "bomb cyclone". Whatever its formal designation will be, it's a system so powerfu

2019-10-29 所属栏目:美语听力讲解

Today's first report comes from Japan where it could be weeks before some victims of Typhoon Hagibis get back to a normal routine. Last Saturday Hagibis made landfall on the Iz

2019-10-18 所属栏目:美语听力讲解

First story we're explaining today concerns the United States, the nation of Turkey and the group of Kurdish fighters near a Turkish border.
Here's what's happening. T