2021-01-08 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Lawmakers are promising to investigate the way law enforcement dealt with Wednesday's violent breach at the United States Capitol. They want to know why the Capitol Police were no

2021-01-08 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Leaders around the world expressed shock and concern as a pro-Trump mob attacked and occupied the U.S. Capitol Building, where Congress meets.The attack took place as lawmakers wer

2021-01-08 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Indonesia has decided to give COVID-19 vaccinations to working age adults before older citizens.The plans differ from vaccination programs in countries such as the United States an

2021-01-07 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Millions of people are waiting for their turn to receive the newly-released COVID-19 vaccines. Delays in getting vaccines to the public, however, have led to a growing number of on

2021-01-07 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

A Vietnamese court sentenced journalist Pham Chi Dung to 15 years in prison on Wednesday. He had been found guilty of making and spreading "propaganda against the state."Dung, who

2021-01-07 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The city of Kandahar in southern Afghanistan was once the center of the Taliban's Islamist government.But Kandahar is slowly changing into an energetic city of 700,000. It has bus

2021-01-06 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Iran has denied it is using crew members aboard a seized South Korean oil tanker as hostages.Armed troops from Iran's Revolutionary Guard seized the ship Monday near the Strait of

2021-01-06 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

A pharmacist in the American state of Wisconsin told police that he tried to ruin hundreds of doses of coronavirus vaccine. In court documents released Monday, the man said he beli

2021-01-06 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Cindy Soule is a teacher in Portland, Maine, an area known to have extremely cold and snowy winters. But cold weather is not stopping Soule and her students from continuing with ou

2021-01-06 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

When European settlers came to North America, grassy savannas secured by tall pine trees with footlong needles covered much of the southern part of the continent. Native Americans

2021-01-05 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The United States says it is considering giving some people half the dose of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine in order to vaccinate more people.Moncef Slaoui is the head the country's

2021-01-05 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

President Donald Trump and President-elect Joe Biden are campaigning in Georgia Monday ahead of the Senate runoff elections there. Both of the state's Senate seats are open after

2021-01-05 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.As COVID-19 vaccinations begin, health officials around the world are watching for any problems that might develop.

2021-01-05 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Eight years ago, investigative journalist Regina Martínez was found beaten and dead in her home in Veracruz, Mexico. A well-known reporter, she was investigating power and c

2021-01-04 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

A government committee in Jordan is facing a difficult question. How can it save the country's ancient past while planning for its future?The committee, set up two weeks ago, is c

2021-01-04 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Google reportedly moved to increase its control over research reports written by its scientists.In 2020, the company created a new review, or examination, process for research writ

2021-01-04 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Islands in the Pacific Ocean have few coronavirus cases. But the pandemic has caused problems by interfering with supplies, causing price increases and a loss of business from fore

2021-01-04 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

In 2020, many of the world's top scientists centered their attention on the new coronavirus. Their efforts provided valuable information about the virus and led to new vaccines to

2021-01-03 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Japanese officials say they are pleased with the quality of asteroid material collected by a spacecraft and returned to Earth.Last week, officials from the Japan Aerospace Explorat

2021-01-03 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Student reporters have been on the frontlines of COVID-19 news coverage at their universities.This year, many of them broke stories about the spread of the new coronavirus on schoo

2021-01-03 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

And now, Words and Their Stories, from VOA Learning English.To say 2020 was difficult, is probably the understatement of the year.The coronavirus pandemic turned 2020 into a really

2021-01-03 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Native American tribes in the United States are working to protect their oldest members from the new coronavirus.A Navajo woman, Monica Harvey, wanted to help the oldest members of

2021-01-02 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently said it is issuing long-awaited rules that permit small drones to fly at night and over people. Drones, a kind of small airc

2021-01-02 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

When it comes to English-language nature programs, perhaps the world's most well-known voice is David Attenborough.Sir David Attenborough - as he is known in his native Britain -

2021-01-02 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Our story today is called "The Ambitious Guest. " It was written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Here is Harry Monroe with our story.One December night, a long, long time ago, a family sat