2021-01-02 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This week, we answer a question from a VOA listener who writes:Question: I work with some native speakers of English. I want to practice speaking with them so I improve my English.

2021-01-01 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The year 2020 brought India its most serious economic and security issues in many years. The COVID-19 pandemic pushed the country into a recession.India ordered one of the world's

2021-01-01 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

China has approved its first COVID-19 vaccine for general public use.The vaccine was developed by state-owned company Sinopharm. The shots had already been approved for emergency u

2021-01-01 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Scientists in Italy have uncovered a fast-food eatery in the ancient Roman town of Pompeii. The remains help in the understanding of foods that were popular among Pompeii's citize

2021-01-01 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The New Year can come on different dates for different cultures. Most of the Western world, for example, celebrates it on January 1st.But one thing many cultures have in common is

2020-12-31 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The new movie Wonder Woman 1984 has enjoyed a successful opening in 2020. The second movie in the Wonder Woman series reportedly earned $16.7 million over the Christmas weekend.Tha

2020-12-31 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The COVID-19 pandemic affected many industries across the world in 2020. Many companies faced severe economic difficulties related to the worldwide spread of the new coronavirus. B

2020-12-31 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Britain on Wednesday approved use of Oxford University and drugmaker AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine.The shot has been described as the "vaccine for the world" because of its lo

2020-12-31 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Argentina's Senate passed a law legalizing abortion up to the 14th week of pregnancy Wednesday. The vote came after the senate debated the measure for 12 hours.It is considered a

2020-12-30 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Belarus and Argentina have launched mass COVID-19 vaccination campaigns using the Russian-developed Sputnik V shots. They are the first countries outside Russia to release the vacc

2020-12-30 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

So far this year in San Francisco, 621 people have died of drug overdoses. This is a record. It is also far greater than the number of COVID-19 deaths in the California city. As of

2020-12-30 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Imagine you are studying English. Perhaps you are learning new words or expressions. But then you feel the need to check your phone. Perhaps you look on social media.You return to

2020-12-30 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The island nation of Haiti is slowly developing its cocoa industry. Cocoa is the main element used to make chocolate.The business is helping thousands of farmers earn better wages.

2020-12-29 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

American President Donald Trump signed a $2.3 trillion spending plan measure Sunday night that he had suggested he would veto. The bill includes $900 billion for coronavirus aid an

2020-12-29 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

People who fled fighting in Ethiopia's Tigray area continue to tell stories of suffering as they gather in refugee camps.At a simple medical center in Sudan, a doctor who is also

2020-12-29 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Healthcare workers across the United States are busy fighting COVID-19 in overcrowded hospitals. At the same time, there is a great need for medical workers to give millions of new

2020-12-29 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.Today, we look back on the year 2020.In early January, few people knew about a disease that was spreading in the Ch

2020-12-28 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Jean-Francois has not left his nursing home in eastern France to visit his daughter or sister since COVID-19 appeared. In fact, the 74-year-old thinks it has been two months since

2020-12-28 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Space exploration gave moments of hope in a difficult year.Three countries sent spacecraft toward Mars in 2020. Astronauts launched into orbit from the United States for the first

2020-12-28 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

It takes several weeks after infection or vaccination for the most effective antibodies to form in the human body.Drugs like the one that scientists at Regeneron Pharmaceuticals de

2020-12-28 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The man first saw Marie Kamara as she ran with her friends past his house in a small village in Sierra Leone. Soon after, he asked the fifth-grade girl to marry him. No, she told h

2020-12-27 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Mana Srivate has performed many attempts to save lives in his 26 years as a rescue worker in Thailand. But he had never tried to do so for an elephant.That changed when Mana was ca

2020-12-27 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

At the beginning of 2020, the problems faced by American schools and colleges included issues like slavery, school shooting, sexual assault and the use of technology.That all chang

2020-12-27 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.Every word has its own story. Where did it come from? How did it get into the language?Today's word is "Shenandoah."Hun

2020-12-27 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

New research shows that social media companies differ in their ability to stop social media manipulation.The NATO Strategic Communications Center of Excellence carried out the stud