2017-06-25 所属栏目:voa标准英语|美国之音常速英语下载|在线收听

From cashless payments to smartphone apps offering everything from taxis to take-out food -Africa’s digital revolution is gathering pace.You’re seeing a lot of the peop

2017-06-25 所属栏目:voa标准英语|美国之音常速英语下载|在线收听

This is Mosul’s old city where there has been heavy fighting over the past few days.You also don’t see any civilians around here as almost everyone in this area has fle

2017-06-25 所属栏目:VOA慢速英语|美国之音慢速英语听力下载

The continuing conflict in Iraq has brought destruction to many areas of the country. It also has had an extreme cost for families and children, as well.The United Nations Children

2017-06-25 所属栏目:VOA慢速英语|美国之音慢速英语听力下载

Now, the VOA Learning English program, Words and Their Stories.Has there ever been one issue that has caused trouble between you and another person? You know, a troublesome issue i

2017-06-25 所属栏目:VOA慢速英语|美国之音慢速英语听力下载

Editor's Note: This story is part of a continuing series about international student life at colleges and universities across the United States. Please join us over the next sever

2017-06-25 所属栏目:AS IT IS

In 2001, the United States invaded Afghanistan. Since that time, the U.S. military has lost lives and spent large amounts of money in an attempt to stop armed groups.The battles co

2017-06-25 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Computer experts said to be allied with Russia have created a weapon with the ability to cause major damage to the world’s electrical systems.Researchers have identified the

2017-06-24 所属栏目:VOA慢速英语|美国之音慢速英语听力下载

The movie Wonder Woman, directed by Patty Jenkins, has earned over $600 million worldwide since its opening day on June 2.That broke the record for a movie with a female director.J

2017-06-24 所属栏目:VOA慢速英语|美国之音慢速英语听力下载

U.S. President Donald Trump is taking a new approach in trying to get Israel and the Palestinians to sign a peace deal.He sent two negotiators with no international diplomatic expe

2017-06-24 所属栏目:VOA慢速英语|美国之音慢速英语听力下载

All races and ethnic groups in the U.S. increased in number last year.However, Asian and Hispanic populations continued to be the fastest-growing, according to the Census Bureau&rs

2017-06-24 所属栏目:VOA慢速英语|美国之音慢速英语听力下载

We present the first of two parts of the short story "The Law of Life," by Jack London. The story was originally adapted and recorded by the U.S. Department of State.Old Koskoosh l

2017-06-24 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The United Nations reports that deaths and injuries from the conflict in Ukraine have been rising in recent months.The conflict has now entered its fourth year. Russian-supported s

2017-06-23 所属栏目:VOA慢速英语|美国之音慢速英语听力下载

This is What’s Trending Today….Earthquakes are not uncommon in southern California. Citizens there know how to react and respond if the ground starts shaking.On Wednes

2017-06-23 所属栏目:VOA慢速英语|美国之音慢速英语听力下载

Ikea is known for designing furniture that people can put together themselves. Recently, a team from the Swedish company spent time inside a Mars research center to get new design

2017-06-23 所属栏目:VOA慢速英语|美国之音慢速英语听力下载

Many English learners have spent a lot of time studying the parts of speech: adjectives, nouns and verbs, for example. But sometimes studying the English sentence from a larger per

2017-06-23 所属栏目:voa标准英语|美国之音常速英语下载|在线收听

The U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, and the Pan American Development Foundation, known as PADF, celebrated the success of dozens of Haitian entrepreneurs suppo

2017-06-23 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The United Nations says amphetamines and synthetic, or man-made, drugs are a new threat to communities in Asia.UN officials have reported an increase in the production and use of s

2017-06-22 所属栏目:voa标准英语|美国之音常速英语下载|在线收听

Li Xue Mei teaches compulsory Mandarin lessons to around 300 students ranging from grade five to middle school.She is one of the Chinese instructors at the private Roots millennium

2017-06-22 所属栏目:voa标准英语|美国之音常速英语下载|在线收听

Bill Cosby’s future hangs in the balance as the jury decides whether or not he drugged and sexually assaulted Andrea Constand.She was operations director for the Temple Unive

2017-06-22 所属栏目:VOA慢速英语|美国之音慢速英语听力下载

When you remove a photo from your cell phone, it may not be gone for good. That is great news if you accidentally delete an important photo. But it could be a big problem if a phot

2017-06-22 所属栏目:VOA慢速英语|美国之音慢速英语听力下载

The United States Constitution bars Congress from “abridging” freedom of speech.But at a U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee hearing this week, some speakers said free spee

2017-06-22 所属栏目:VOA慢速英语|美国之音慢速英语听力下载

How national leaders react to crisis can influence the rest of their term in office.Leaders may be forced from office early if the public is critical of, or questions the effective

2017-06-22 所属栏目:voa标准英语|美国之音常速英语下载|在线收听

This month, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control or OFAC, sanctioned a senior Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) official pursuant to an Exec

2017-06-22 所属栏目:voa标准英语|美国之音常速英语下载|在线收听

Since the mid-1990's when limited self-rule was established in the West Bank and Gaza, the United States has contributed more than $5 billion in economic and non-lethal security a

2017-06-22 所属栏目:AS IT IS

It is sometimes more difficult to get airplanes off the ground in extremely hot weather. But the problem is not the temperature itself or the humidity.It is the air density that ca