2016-11-23 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

“Post-Truth” is Oxford Dictionaries’ Word of the Year.The Oxford Dictionaries website told readers post-truth could be “one of the defining words of our tim

2016-11-23 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

For VOA Learning English, this is the Education Report.In developing countries, attending school can be a daily struggle for some children.They may walk several kilometers to schoo

2016-11-23 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

President-elect Donald Trump says the United States will withdraw from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal on his first day in office.Trump promised to block the trade d

2016-11-23 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

President-elect Donald Trump is being urged not to withdraw the United States from the international nuclear agreement with Iran.Members of Trump’s Republican Party and other

2016-11-22 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The number of people in the United States without a home is down from one year ago.The total is nearly 550,000, about 3 percent lower than in 2015. The number comes from the Depart

2016-11-22 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.For nearly 20 years, opioid abuse has been spreading across the United States.Health experts say increasing numbers

2016-11-22 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Taiwan says it will carry out exercises in the disputed South China Sea to practice search-and-rescue operations. ​Taiwan has described the exercises as “humanitarian.&

2016-11-22 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

President Barack Obama’s public approval rating is higher now than at any time in his second term in office.Many observers think Obama will have high popularity ratings when

2016-11-21 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Spider webs have something in common with guitar strings.The long, thin strings on a guitar can vibrate. They move back and forth, or from side to side.So do webs made by spiders.

2016-11-21 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Donald Trump supporters expect him to carry out his campaign promises.“I expect him to move quickly with his rock-the-boat agenda,” said Republican Senator David Vitter

2016-11-20 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Join us now for Words and Their Stories, a program from VOA Learning English.Each week, we tell the story of words and expressions used in American English. Some of them are old. S

2016-11-20 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

College is a time when many young people experiment and learn more about themselves. Some may have romantic relationships and even engage in sexual activity for the first time.But

2016-11-20 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Kenya is the third-largest tea producer in the world. Almost all of the tea grown in the East African nation is exported.Black tea is responsible for nearly all of the exports. But

2016-11-19 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Although Hillary Clinton did not become the first woman to be elected president of the United States, there are now more female state legislators than ever before.Beginning in Janu

2016-11-19 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

We present the short story "Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen," by O. Henry. The story was originally adapted and recorded by the U.S. Department of State.There is one day that is our

2016-11-18 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

A United States government report says hate crimes against Muslims in America rose 67 percent in 2015.The Federal Bureau of Investigation, or FBI, produced the report. It says ther

2016-11-18 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Police shootings of African-Americans across the United States have directed many people’s attention on racial inequality in American society.A new documentary film aimed mai

2016-11-18 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Pakistan's Interior Ministry has ordered Turkish educators reportedly linked to an opposition Turkish clergyman to leave the country by November 20th.The order came on Wednesday,

2016-11-18 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The film “Casablanca” is one of the most famous American movies of all time.At the end of the film, the actor Humphrey Bogart says a heartbreaking farewell to the woman

2016-11-17 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This is What’s Trending Today.A mannequin is a plastic model used in clothing stores.A storeowner puts clothing on the mannequin to show shoppers how the clothing looks on th

2016-11-17 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The cost of airplane flights is often the biggest expense of travel. Airfares can be expensive and budgeting for them can be difficult. Prices change often so it is not easy to kno

2016-11-17 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

On Election Day in the United States, Arkansas voted to permit the medical use of marijuana. Twenty-seven other states legalized medical marijuana earlier. Eight states now permit

2016-11-16 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

When Donald Trump was a candidate for president, he criticized scientists who blamed pollution for rising temperatures on Earth’s surface.Trump rejected scientific documentat

2016-11-16 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Adults in the Netherlands are the best non-native English speakers, a new report released Tuesday says.The report also says that Iraq has fallen to last place.The private education

2016-11-16 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The next president of the United States, Donald Trump, has begun appointing members of his White House team.The president-elect chose his top two advisers on Sunday. He is expected