2016-09-01 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Researchers say they have created a new synthetic rubber that could be used to make biodegradable tires.A team at Texas A&M University’s campus in the Gulf nation of Qatar is

2016-09-01 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This week, the United States lost a beloved actor and funnyman. Gene Wilder, the wild-haired star of unforgettable comedy films, died Monday at the age of 83.A family member said W

2016-09-01 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The nation’s top expert on infectious diseases is Dr. Anthony S. Fauci.Fauci has carried out important research in HIV/AIDS and other diseases affecting the immune system. He

2016-08-31 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Emily Olivares was surprised when a friend told her she is $50,000 in debt after paying for four years of college.“I almost had a heart attack,” Olivares said. “T

2016-08-31 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Indian scientists have designed a new device they hope will solve one of the biggest problems with the use of solar energy.They call the device a solar tree.Solar trees have metal

2016-08-31 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The spacecraft Juno successfully passed close to Jupiter Saturday as it orbits the solar system’s largest planet.NASA, the American space agency, said the spacecraft passed a

2016-08-31 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

English learners face a common problem: their writing often lacks clarity and cohesion.That is according to Babi Kruchin and Alan Kennedy who teach at the American Language Program

2016-08-30 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

American men weigh about seven kilograms more now, on average, than they did 20 years ago.The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or CDC, reported the finding

2016-08-30 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Tyler Skluzacek’s father, Patrick, could not sleep through the night.It was 2007, and Patrick had just returned from a year in Iraq, where he was a convoy commander in the U.

2016-08-30 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

A new study suggests that recent college graduates have a good chance of finding employment.The website Career Builder published the survey. The website reports on the U.S. job mar

2016-08-29 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

To most of us, medicine comes from a drugstore. But originally, much of the medicine developed in the last century came from natural sources: plants, bacteria and fungi.Now, a grou

2016-08-29 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.Food as medicine is not a new idea.The ancient Greek physician Hippocrates is commonly quoted as saying, 'Let food

2016-08-29 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Citrus fruits like oranges, lemons and grapefruit in a diet could reduce the chance of chronic diseases that are related to obesity, according to a new study.Citrus fruits contain

2016-08-29 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

A group called the National Center for Fathering launched a program for American men almost 20 years ago.The program is called Watch D.O.G.S. D.O.G.S. stands for Dads of Great Stud

2016-08-28 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

New research found the longest living animal on Earth with a backbone is – a shark.The research, published in Science magazine, found the Greenland shark is the longest livin

2016-08-28 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

"They face the same challenges that any immigrants face: a different language, a different culture. They have left behind the whole world that they know: their neighbors, their par

2016-08-28 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Now, the weekly program Words and Their Stories from VOA Learning English.On this program, we explore the history and usage of common expressions in American English.Today we explo

2016-08-28 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Graham Kinchen had an emergency when a sandbag wall near his home began to fall apart.The wall was protecting his house in Baton Rouge, Louisiana from the recent flooding.He let pe

2016-08-27 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This week, America celebrated the National Park Service’s 100th birthday.Yellowstone National Park became America’s first national park in 1872. The National Park Servi

2016-08-27 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Health officials in the southern U.S. state of Florida identified several new cases of local transmission of the Zika virus this week.And internationally, Hong Kong joined the list

2016-08-27 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Our story today is called "Pigs is Pigs." It was written by Ellis Parker Butler.Mike Flannery, the agent of the Interurban Express Company, leaned over the desk in the company's

2016-08-26 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The American space agency, NASA says it has again made contact with a spacecraft studying the sun and space weather.NASA said it lost contact with the Solar Terrestrial Relations O

2016-08-26 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

American researchers are making final plans to send a spacecraft into space for a possible meeting with an asteroid.The spaceship is called OSIRIS-Rex. It is six meters long and sh

2016-08-26 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

On March 5, Jazmine Hughes wrote in a New York Times blog,“Recently, at an IRL party — that is, a party that takes place ‘in real life,’ as opposed to where

2016-08-25 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Last week, Google launched Duo, a new video calling app. It was first announced in May this year.Duo means “two.” As its name suggests, Duo allows two callers to connec