2018-09-26 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

American comedian and actor Bill Cosby was sentenced Tuesday to three to 10 years in prison for sex crimes. After the sentencing Tuesday, Cosby was taken directly to prison.In Apri

2018-09-26 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

U.S. President Donald Trump spoke at the 73rd meeting of the United Nations General Assembly, praising national sovereignty and warning Iran and Venezuela.In his speech on Tuesday,

2018-09-25 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

A former nuclear weapons center is now a wildlife refuge.The United States Fish and Wildlife Service officially opened the Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge in Colorado last wee

2018-09-25 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle report.Some diseases receive a lot of attention in the media. Viruses like Ebola Virus Disease, HIV and influenza are just

2018-09-25 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Indonesian President Joko Widodo is facing a social media campaign as he prepares to seek re-election next year.The campaign has criticized him for failing to show enough sympathy

2018-09-25 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Researchers are using DNA evidence to fight the illegal trade in ivory. They have shown how genetic testing is able to link seizures of valuable elephant tusks to ivory traffickers

2018-09-25 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The largest opposition party in Bangladesh is holding huge protests to demand the release of their jailed leader, former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia.The Bangladesh Nationalist Party

2018-09-24 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Amanda Greene lives with pain.Greene says her pain comes from lupus, an autoimmune disease that attacks her organs and tissues."If I don't have nerve pain, I might have joint pain

2018-09-24 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Jonathan Bethony uses his experiences in West Africa and other places to bring the ancient art of bread-making to Washington, D.C.His bakery, Seylou, is different from most bakerie

2018-09-24 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Lawmakers in the United States have been debating how to deal with an accusation against a nominee for the Supreme Court. The issue has turned into a political battle between the t

2018-09-23 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Now, the VOA Learning English program Words and Their Stories.On this program we explain the origin and usage of common phrases and expressions in American English.Popular culture

2018-09-23 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Higher education can test a person's academic abilities in many ways. Most study programs require research, class discussions, presentations and group projects, to name a few.Yet

2018-09-23 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

In a rural area in northern Yemen, many families with starving children have nothing to eat but the leaves of a local plant. They cook the leaves in water, creating a bitter, sharp

2018-09-23 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

On a warm Saturday afternoon in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a group of men sit outside a shopping center in Kinshasa, the capital.Some of the men wear heavy gold jewelry and

2018-09-22 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

In the United States, the number of people who were born overseas rose last year to its highest share in over a century.The increase raised the number of foreign-born residents to

2018-09-22 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The novelist Isabel Allende does not like to discuss her legacy."I don't think women think in terms of legacy very much...People and things are forgotten. I am just very happy to

2018-09-22 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

We present the second of three parts of the short story "Benito Cereno." It was written by Herman Melville.Last week, we told how African slaves on a Spanish ship rebelled in seven

2018-09-22 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

People across Vietnam are remembering President Tran Dai Quang.Vietnamese state media reported that Quang died Friday after a serious illness. He was 61 years old.Vietnam Televisio

2018-09-22 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Philippine officials are calling for a review of mining activities in the country's mountains.The investigation was ordered after two deadly landslides struck hillside communities

2018-09-22 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The government of U.S. President Donald Trump announced this week that it plans to limit the number of refugee arrivals in the U.S. to a record low number. But refugee activists an

2018-09-21 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The United States may have regained the position of the world's biggest oil producer sooner than expected.The U.S. Energy Information Administration says the country "likely" pass

2018-09-21 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

South Korean President Moon Jae-in says North Korean leader Kim Jong Un hopes to meet again with United States President Donald Trump.The South Korean president spoke in Seoul afte

2018-09-21 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Wildlife experts are reporting increasing numbers of Atlantic bluefin tuna in the Atlantic Ocean.Atlantic bluefins are highly-prized by the fishing industry. The fish can weigh up

2018-09-20 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The world's first hydrogen-powered trains have begun running in Germany. They began carrying passengers Monday in Germany's northern Lower Saxony state. The new trains will run 1

2018-09-20 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

After graduating from high school, many young people are excited to go off to college. But not all. Some may want to skip college and jump right into a business.That was the case w