2021-03-27 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

It tastes like flowers. It smells like a campfire.What is it?It is a $6,000 bottle of Petrus Pomerol wine that spent a year on the International Space Station.Researchers in Bordea

2021-03-27 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

In the forests of southeastern Myanmar, aid workers say the army was shooting and arresting people long before last month's military overthrow.These largely unseen activities cont

2021-03-27 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This week on Ask a Teacher, we answer a question from Minnie in China. She says:Question:Hello dear VOA, I'm a fan from China. I'm confused about "nutrition" and "nutrient." [Is

2021-03-27 所属栏目:AS IT IS

We present the short story "A Retrieved Reformation," by O. Henry. The story was originally adapted and recorded by the U.S. Department of State.In the prison shoe-shop, Jimmy Vale

2021-03-26 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Next, an editorial reflecting the views of the United States government.It is grotesque abuse: a government seizing foreign nationals and imprisoning them -- separating them from t

2021-03-26 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

A very large container ship struck land and is blocking Egypt's Suez Canal waterway. At least 150 other ships cannot pass it, officials said.The ship, called the Ever Given, is re

2021-03-26 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

American zoos are taking steps to protect their animals from catching the new coronavirus from humans.The steps include many of the same measures used to slow the spread of the vir

2021-03-26 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

One of our readers recently asked about the word 'breaking.'"I know about the word 'breaking,' as in 'breaking glass.' But what does it mean in 'breaking news'? And what is

2021-03-25 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

This is VOA news. Via remote, I'm Marissa Melton. U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Sunday made a surprise visit to Afghanistan. It's the first visit to Afghanistan since ta

2021-03-25 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

A massive container ship got stuck in the Suez Canal and blocked all traffic in the important waterway for more than a day.The Suez Canal Authority said the 400-meter-long ship, ca

2021-03-25 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Ozlem Tureci started the German drug company BioNTech with her husband Ugur Sahin in 2008.The two are now known for doing important work on the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against the

2021-03-25 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

A new study suggests lightning strikes that hit Earth after its formation may have unlocked a necessary chemical element to support the beginning of life.Researchers say the lightn

2021-03-24 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Opponents of Myanmar's coup fled gunfire in Naypyidaw on Saturday as international pressure on the military junta increased. Video obtained by the Reuters news agency showed crowd

2021-03-24 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Ten people, including a police officer, were shot and killed at a food store in the American state of Colorado Monday night. The attack followed a mass shooting that killed eight p

2021-03-24 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

A new study says a mysterious, cookie-shaped object that entered our solar system likely broke off from a distant planet.Arizona State University astronomers reported earlier this

2021-03-24 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

A United States health agency said Tuesday that drug-maker AstraZeneca might have included "outdated information" on its latest U.S. vaccine test. The action again raised questions

2021-03-24 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Have you ever thrown a camel?Camels are large and heavy animals, so it would be hard to do.But in the French-speaking Democratic Republic of the Congo, "to throw a camel" is a way

2021-03-24 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The United Nations says at least 15 people were killed in a massive fire at a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh.The fire injured more than 550 people and left 400 missing at the

2021-03-23 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

This is VOA news. Reporting by remote, I'm David Byrd. Protesters in Germany clashed with police Saturday over coronavirus measures, with officers using water cannon, pepper spray

2021-03-23 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Drug-maker AstraZeneca said Monday its vaccine provided strong protection against COVID-19. The two-shot vaccine also stopped hospitalizations and deaths for all age groups, includ

2021-03-23 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

An artwork jointly created by a robot and a human artist will go on sale this week.The artwork -- known as an NFT -- is to be sold during an online auction on Tuesday. NFT stands f

2021-03-23 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

A fire in Bangladesh Monday destroyed hundreds of shelters at the Rohingya refugee camp near Cox's Bazar. Thousands of people are now without homes, officials and witnesses said.M

2021-03-23 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Young male songbirds usually learn their songs from adult songbirds. But when those young birds do not have older ones to teach them, they have less success attracting mates.For fi

2021-03-23 所属栏目:AS IT IS

From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle report.The success of COVID-19 vaccines based on messenger RNA (mRNA) is increasing the use of the new technology on other

2021-03-22 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

This is VOA news. Reporting by remote, I'm David Byrd.President Joe Biden says that his administration's goal of vaccinating 100 million Americans before the first 100 days of hi