2017-01-05 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

How many times did you search for terms on the Internet last year?Google’s search engine performed 1.2 trillion searches in 2016.Google Trends, part of the American company,

2017-01-05 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Skateboarding involves riding and performing tricks on a small oval board attached to four wheels. It can be considered a recreational activity, an art form or a method of transpor

2017-01-05 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Ford Motor Company says it has cancelled plans to build a car factory in Mexico.Ford said this week it will not move forward with plans to build a factory in the central Mexican st

2017-01-05 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Two weeks before Donald Trump becomes president of the United States, the U.S. Senate is already considering his nominees for top government positions.The 115th Senate took office

2017-01-04 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Melania Trump will become the first foreign-born wife of an American president in almost 200 years.On January 20, her husband, Donald Trump, will be inaugurated as the 45th preside

2017-01-04 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

One day in May 2015, James Gitau Mwangi was reading in the library at the American Reference Center in Nairobi. He did not know that a conversation he overheard there would change

2017-01-04 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The United States will continue to investigate unsolved murders of black people during the civil rights period.President Barack Obama recently signed into law a bill that continues

2017-01-03 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Recently, dangerous levels of air pollution spread over several major cities in China. The problem shows that China has much to do to fight pollution. But China is also changing th

2017-01-03 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.In 2016, three viruses made news, and they present difficult problems for health officials in the New Year.One viru

2017-01-03 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

China and Nepal are preparing to hold their first-ever joint military exercises, officials from both countries confirmed.A spokesman for China’s Defense Ministry said last we

2017-01-03 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Antonio Guterres became the ninth United Nations Secretary-General on Sunday. The term of former U.N. leader Ban Ki-Moon ended at midnight, December 31.Guterres is a former prime m

2017-01-02 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This is What’s Trending Today.Noah Forman is an Uber driver in New York City.He is an experienced driver in a city known for its severe traffic jams.Forman started driving a

2017-01-02 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

China wants to develop “strength and size” in its space program, a China National Space Administration official said last week.In the next five years, the country plans

2017-01-02 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Debbie Reynolds’ son, Todd Fisher, said his mother told him that the death of her daughter, Carrie Fisher, was “too much” for her.On Wednesday, one day after Fish

2017-01-01 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Welcome to This Is America with VOA Learning English. Steve Ember brings you music for the New Year.In the United States and other countries, this old Scottish song, "Auld Lang Syn

2017-01-01 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

And now the VOA Learning English program, Words and Their Stories.
This week we finish the three-part story “Mystery at The Ice Castle Inn.” You will learn not only th

2017-01-01 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Freedom of the press is one of the most valued rights protected under the United States Constitution. Among other things, the constitution’s First Amendment bars creation of

2017-01-01 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The United States and Israel have exchanged criticism over the issue of Israeli settlements in the West Bank.On December 23, the Obama administration allowed the United Nations to

2016-12-31 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that he has decided not to expel American diplomats from his country.Russia’s foreign minister had suggested expelling United Sta

2016-12-31 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The entertainment world may be happy to see 2016 come to a close.The music industry lost a lot of its stars in 2016, beginning in January with David Bowie’s passing, and cont

2016-12-31 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Today, we begin a series from a book by American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs. The book is called “A Princess of Mars.” It is the first book in a series that Burroughs w

2016-12-31 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

American Larry Colburn, who became famous for his actions during the Vietnam War, died earlier this month.He was 67 years old.Lisa Colburn, his wife of 31 years, told the Associate

2016-12-30 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Gun violence is an issue in Chicago, Illinois, America’s third largest city.The Chicago Tribune reported that 61 people were shot in the city during the long Christmas holida

2016-12-30 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Today we look back at some of the biggest news stories of 2016. With stories of conflict, tension and peace, it was a “complicated” year.First on many people’s li

2016-12-30 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Editor’s note: This is the third episode of four-part series on verb tenses. Be sure to listen to part one and part two first.For VOA Learning English, this is Everyday Gramm