2020-01-23 所属栏目:VOA慢速英语|美国之音慢速英语听力下载

The little-known word "pettifogging" was used during a 1905 impeachment trial of a judge. This week, Chief Justice John Roberts used it again during the impeachment trial of U.S. P

2020-01-23 所属栏目:VOA慢速英语|美国之音慢速英语听力下载

Call it luck, but not "dumb luck."Just three days into Wolf Cukier's summer internship with the American space agency NASA, he found a new planet.The 17-year-old high school stude

2020-01-23 所属栏目:VOA慢速英语|美国之音慢速英语听力下载

A new report says man-made "forever chemicals" are more common in U.S. drinking water supplies than earlier estimates suggested.An environmental group reported Wednesday that some

2020-01-23 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The largest swimming pool in Russia's Muslim-majority North Caucasus area has banned all women from using the pool.Rights groups and others criticized the new policy, calling it d

2020-01-22 所属栏目:VOA慢速英语|美国之音慢速英语听力下载

The trial to decide whether to remove U.S. President Donald Trump from office began this week. Trump is charged with abusing his power as president, and with obstructing – or

2020-01-22 所属栏目:VOA慢速英语|美国之音慢速英语听力下载

Many Asian countries are making final preparations for Lunar New Year celebrations. In China, the Lunar New Year holiday will begin this Friday, January 24. Under the country's tr

2020-01-22 所属栏目:VOA慢速英语|美国之音慢速英语听力下载

Michael Morris is a curator with New York's Museum of Jewish Heritage. He was trying to fulfill a common request when he uncovered a number of artworks. They were images of the Ho

2020-01-22 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Imagine that you work in a university admissions office. You see the applications of two students who have the same test scores. One would be the first in her family to attend coll

2020-01-21 所属栏目:voa标准英语|美国之音常速英语下载|在线收听

On the third Monday of each January, Americans honor the memory of the Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr. King, a Baptist minister from the southern state of Alabama, was

2020-01-21 所属栏目:VOA慢速英语|美国之音慢速英语听力下载

People claim they have seen large groups of drones flying through the night sky across rural areas of the United States. Their mysterious appearance has raised questions and launch

2020-01-21 所属栏目:VOA慢速英语|美国之音慢速英语听力下载

The Chinese paddlefish – one of the world's largest freshwater fish – has been declared extinct.Scientists say the paddlefish, also called the Chinese swordfish, is be

2020-01-21 所属栏目:VOA慢速英语|美国之音慢速英语听力下载

From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle report.The transition from childhood to the teenage years can be a difficult time. Hormones in the body can affect a young

2020-01-21 所属栏目:VOA慢速英语|美国之音慢速英语听力下载

Not long ago, Egypt marked the 150th anniversary of the opening of the Suez Canal.The canal connects the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean. It helped speed worl

2020-01-21 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Leila Ben Gacem wants to rebuild an area in Tunisia known as the Medina of Tunis.A local official in a village outside of the capital, Ben Gacem takes visitors to the ancient part

2020-01-20 所属栏目:voa标准英语|美国之音常速英语下载|在线收听

"My name is Jasmine Burton,and I’m originally from Atlanta Georgia.
I’m passionate about toilets,which is kind of a strange thing.
But I learned I was a freshman at G

2020-01-20 所属栏目:voa标准英语|美国之音常速英语下载|在线收听

U.S. lawmakers managing the impeachment case against President Donald Trump filed a brief on Saturday laying out their arguments supporting charges of abuse of power and obstructio

2020-01-20 所属栏目:VOA慢速英语|美国之音慢速英语听力下载

The idea of setting up a wealth tax to target the richest Americans has created a lot of debate in the United States.President Donald Trump calls it socialism. But Senators Elizabe

2020-01-20 所属栏目:VOA慢速英语|美国之音慢速英语听力下载

Scientists say they have identified the oldest solid material on Earth – stardust believed to have formed about 7 billion years ago. It was found in pieces of meteorite that

2020-01-20 所属栏目:VOA慢速英语|美国之音慢速英语听力下载

Increasingly intense wildfires are burning forests across Australia and the western United States. They are fueling concern among locals and health professionals about the long-ter

2020-01-20 所属栏目:VOA慢速英语|美国之音慢速英语听力下载

While drinking tea with officials at a plantation in southern India, Sharda Krishnan had memories of her childhood. She thought of the farm where, as a girl, she was enslaved.Her o

2020-01-19 所属栏目:VOA慢速英语|美国之音慢速英语听力下载

Vietnam's government is seeking to expand the country's economy by seven percent this year. The goal would be one of Vietnam's highest growth rates yet and could be greater than

2020-01-19 所属栏目:VOA慢速英语|美国之音慢速英语听力下载

Few people understand the issue of sexual violence at colleges and universities in the United States better than Faith Ferber.Ferber began her studies at American University, or AU

2020-01-19 所属栏目:VOA慢速英语|美国之音慢速英语听力下载

Now, it's time for Words and Their Stories, a program from VOA Learning English.Each week, we explore words and expressions in American English. Today's expression comes from the

2020-01-19 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad appears unlikely to surrender his leadership as promised to government coalition partner Anwar Ibrahim.Mahathir was returned to office in

2020-01-18 所属栏目:VOA慢速英语|美国之音慢速英语听力下载

On January 19, The New York Times will endorse a candidate seeking the presidential nomination of the Democratic Party.The Democratic nominee is expected to face U.S. President Don