2019-04-23 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Measles is only found in human beings. There is a highly effective and safe vaccine for the disease. So, in theory, measles could be destroyed.Yet the number of measles cases is on

2019-04-23 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Sri Lanka is under a state of emergency following bomb attacks at hotels and Christian religious centers in the country Sunday. The attacks killed almost 300 people and wounded hun

2019-04-22 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Vietnam could be one of the biggest winners or biggest losers in a changing global economy. That finding comes from Moody's Investors Services, a financial company.Recently, Moody

2019-04-22 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Israeli researchers say they have created the world's first three-dimensional ,or 3D-printed heart using a patient's own cells.The researchers, from Tel Aviv University, recently

2019-04-22 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Is it possible for a business to legally own a word from a native culture and prevent its use by members of the native community?This question is being considered in the American s

2019-04-22 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

At a dusty playground in southwest Nigeria, school children line up to return to their classrooms. Many of their faces have exact matches within the group. That is because an unusu

2019-04-21 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Today, a different kind of Words and Their Stories - an examination of the word redaction.This week, United States Attorney General William Barr released the long-awaited report by

2019-04-21 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

With more than 4,000 colleges and universities in the Unites States, it may seem like students have plenty of access to higher education.But that is not always the case for student

2019-04-21 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

A new study released by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science aims to define "a range of relationships between people and birds" across the United States.Those are the

2019-04-21 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Visitors may soon have to pay as much as $10 to drive down the world-famous Lombard Street in San Francisco, California.Lombard Street winds down a hill and is often overrun by tou

2019-04-20 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

In today's Ask a Teacher, our reader Hoang asks:Question: What is the proper use of look, watch and see?Answer: Hello, Hoang!You are asking about the differences between three wor

2019-04-20 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Scientists say that the brains of animals and humans risk severe damage without blood flow and oxygen. But, researchers say they were able to restore some activity in the brains of

2019-04-20 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Jordan Peele is an African American filmmaker. His newest movie, "Us," is the second-most popular movie released in 2019 so far. The first movie he directed, "Get Out," won an Acad

2019-04-20 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Editor's note: This is the fourth in our series of programs called “A Princess of Mars.” The story is from a series of books by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
Last week, we t

2019-04-19 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

North Korea said it no longer wanted to deal with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in talks over its nuclear weapons program. The comment by a foreign ministry official came a f

2019-04-19 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The United States Attorney General William Barr released most of a special government report on Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election Thursday.The report from Spec

2019-04-19 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

On Monday, the European Council of the European Union, or EU, approved new copyright rules. They aim to give more protection to artists and news organizations. Critics say the new

2019-04-19 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Small, independent bookstores in neighborhoods across the United States are places to discover new books and make friends.About 20 years ago, stores like these were closing in larg

2019-04-18 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

France has promised a worldwide effort to rebuild Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, the famous Christian church damaged by fire this week.Many people have been sharing pictures of the

2019-04-18 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The world's biggest airplane has made its first successful test flight in the United States.The huge six-engine aircraft, called Stratolaunch, took its first-ever flight last week

2019-04-18 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Imagine a world with no more wild animals: no elephants, no giraffes or lions.To some people, that thought is too terrible for words. So, they are doing something about it.Being su

2019-04-18 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Lee Dong Kil's daughter was born on December 31, 2018.She arrived late in the night – two hours before the start of the New Year. But two hours later, the baby girl became 2

2019-04-17 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

It took 15 hours for 400 French firefighters to put out the fire at the 850-year-old Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral.The cathedral, one of Paris's most famous landmarks, lost its sp

2019-04-17 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

If you want to make sure that you understand this story as fully as possible, you might consider printing the article and reading it on paper. That is one of the findings of a rece

2019-04-17 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Any traveler to Vietnam knows a trip to the country is not complete until the traveler tries to cross a road.The streets are crowded with motorbikes moving at all different speeds,