2016-10-30 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Theodore Roosevelt Island is small and peaceful. It sits in the Potomac River in Washington, D.C. The island is a tree-filled memorial to America’s 26th president. It include

2016-10-29 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Police have removed more than 100 protesters from private land in the midwestern state of North Dakota. The protesters were showing their opposition to an oil pipeline in a demonst

2016-10-29 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Each week, crowds of people fill a sleepy town in the American state of Maryland for a fast-moving auction.Buyers and sellers from up and down the East Coast go there in hopes of f

2016-10-29 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation has announced it is reopening an investigation of Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server.FBI chief James Comey made

2016-10-29 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Editor's Note: This is a weekly multimedia series of American short stories for English language learners. Each story has video, audio, quizzes, and a lesson plan for teachers. Ho

2016-10-28 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Teachers have always had to deal with cheating students. But in today’s high-tech world, new devices are making it much easier for students to cheat.Recent studies have shown

2016-10-28 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Political candidates like to use one or more grammatical structures when they speak. They use grammatical structures because they can have a rhetorical effect.In other words, the o

2016-10-27 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Officials in Afghanistan said Wednesday that gunmen killed more than 25 people in a rural area in the central province of Ghor. The victims were among a group of 33 people seized b

2016-10-27 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Technology sometimes goes wrong. And the more you use technology, the more you know it can go wrong.A connection drops. A printer will not print. An app crashes or a cell phone bat

2016-10-27 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Beauty comes in many shades. But some women find their shades are underrepresented in the cosmetics industry.Balanda Atis wants an end to that. She is a chemist in Research and Inn

2016-10-26 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The election in the United States next month is not just about who will be the next president. There are many local issues on the ballots as well.For example, some states are consi

2016-10-26 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

From VOA Learning English, this is the Education Report.Pronouncing English can be difficult. One reason is because English has some difficult sounds that are – unfortunately

2016-10-25 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

A small robot may help children who are recovering from a long-term illnesses in the hospital or at home.These children may feel isolated from their friends and classmates. The rob

2016-10-25 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The United States Senate plans to hold hearings next month on a plan to join two of the country’s largest media companies.Senators want to hold hearings on AT&T’s propo

2016-10-25 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Television star Billy Bush is the latest well-known person to lose his job after reports of bad behavior.The American television network, NBC, announced last week that Bush was lea

2016-10-24 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The World Health Organization says the widespread use of sugar in food products and drinks is a major concern in many areas. So WHO officials are calling on governments to require

2016-10-24 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Scientists in Scotland are using modern technology to examine the bones of a large sea creature that lived 170 million years ago.First found 50 years ago in Scotland’s Isle o

2016-10-23 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Some Facebook users can now order food and buy tickets on the social media site.The new service launched in the United States this week. Facebook designed it as a new way to connec

2016-10-23 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

From VOA Learning English, welcome to Words and Their Stories.On this program, we explore the origin of common expressions in American English. And we teach you how to use them.Tod

2016-10-23 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Many Americans have probably never heard of McIntosh College in the northeastern state of New Hampshire. The same might be said for St. Catharine College in Kentucky or Bethany Uni

2016-10-23 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

For the first time, a major American political party has a woman as its candidate for president.The Democratic Party officially nominated Hillary Clinton for the presidency three m

2016-10-22 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Some Americans think it could be a joke, but people around the country are talking about a number of clown sightings.The first sighting took place a few months ago in South Carolin

2016-10-22 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Republican Party candidates for seats in Congress must decide what to do about Donald Trump.Trump, the Republican candidate for president, has many loyal supporters. They crowd int

2016-10-22 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Today's story is “The Lady, or the Tiger?” by Frank R. Stockton. Here is Barbara Klein with the story.Long ago, in the very olden time, there lived a powerful king. So

2016-10-21 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Rami Adham was deeply troubled by television reports he saw about children in his former home of Aleppo, Syria.The reports said Syrian government attacks were terrorizing the child