2016-12-01 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Thursday is World AIDS Day.For almost 30 years, the United Nations has marked World AIDS Day on December 1.People often note the number of deaths from AIDS, short for acquired immu

2016-12-01 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Google has some secret fun with at least seven hidden games you can play when you need a break from life. These games are free and can be a great way to escape from stress. You may

2016-11-30 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

At least 76 people were killed when an airplane carrying a Brazilian football team crashed Monday night in Colombia.A Colombian police commander said five of the 81 people on the c

2016-11-30 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Last week, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump nominated Betsy DeVos to be the Secretary of Education in his administration.DeVos is an education activist. She supports school choice

2016-11-30 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Driverless technology is quickly progressing, with many cars being tested on roads around the world.Now, researchers in Singapore are testing a different kind of self-driving vehic

2016-11-29 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

During his life, Fidel Castro blamed Cuba’s economic problems on the United States and its restrictions on trade with Cuba.Now, after Castro’s death, many people are wo

2016-11-29 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.Researches have reported a breakthrough in the search for a treatment for Zika virus. To better understand this rep

2016-11-29 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The death of former Cuban President Fidel Castro has produced a mix of reactions in the United States.The death confirms sharp differences in the thinking of President Barack Obama

2016-11-28 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

A new American weather satellite could save more lives by better predicting extreme weather conditions.The satellite was launched from Cape Canaveral, in the state of Florida, on N

2016-11-28 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

China Labor Watch (CLW) is an activist group based in New York. The group studies labor conditions in China’s toy industry.In a recent report, the group wrote: “The wor

2016-11-27 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The United States is made up of 50 states, the District of Columbia and 16 territories. Five of these territories are permanently inhabited.They are the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico

2016-11-27 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.Each week we take a closer look at words and expressions commonly used in American English. We explain how to use them

2016-11-27 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Hussain Saeed Alnahdi was one of the almost 400 international students attending the University of Wisconsin-Stout.Twenty-four-year-old Alnahdi was from Saudi Arabia. He began his

2016-11-26 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Calls for a recount of ballots in the American presidential election grew louder this week as Hillary Clinton increased her lead in the popular vote.News media say Clinton, the can

2016-11-26 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The United States Department of the Treasury is selling “Lucky Money” for the Chinese New Year.The special one-dollar note comes with a series of numbers beginning with

2016-11-26 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Americans are traveling internationally more than ever, the U.S. Commerce Department says.[In 2015], Americans took 74 million trips abroad. That is a nine percent increase from 20

2016-11-26 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Our story today is called “Feathertop.” It was written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Here is Shep O’Neal with the story.The long cold winter was gone at last. At first

2016-11-25 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Nearly one in four Americans made money over the last 12 months by using their personal computers or other devices connected to the I nternet.The Pew Research Center, an independen

2016-11-25 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

A European Union program is letting blind people experience famous paintings for the first time.The program is called Access to Museums for Blind and Visually Impaired people. It u

2016-11-25 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Most of us still have lots of photographs sitting around from the days when we used cameras, not telephones, to take pictures.There are probably many photos stored away that we do

2016-11-25 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Every year around the Thanksgiving holiday, a strange ceremony happens in Washington, DC. The president stands outside the White House, gives a brief speech and then officially par

2016-11-24 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

"Selfie," taking a picture of yourself to post on social media, became an official word in the Oxford dictionary in 2013. The idea seems simple, just pose and snap a photo of yours

2016-11-24 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Every year, billions of kilograms of fresh produce are wasted in the United States. The food ends up in landfills, producing harmful greenhouse gases. Meanwhile, millions of poor A

2016-11-24 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

On Thanksgiving Day, the fourth Thursday in November, most Americans gather with friends and family. They pause, reflect on their blessings, cook up a storm, and eat.A lot.The star

2016-11-24 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The U.S. Thanksgiving holiday is symbolized by its traditional food, a large bird we call a turkey. But turkey is certainly not from Turkey.In fact, its English name is based on on