2016-05-16 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The American space agency and private companies are developing vehicles to take humans into low Earth orbit and even farther into space.A space vehicle system called Crew Space Tra

2016-05-15 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Disney Studios has broken another earnings record and “Captain America” helped make it happen.The latest in the movie series, “Captain America: Civil War,”

2016-05-15 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Now, the VOA Learning English program Words & Their Stories.Baseball is often called America’s game. This may or not be true but a baseball game is a great place to learn Ame

2016-05-15 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt was a member of the exclusive Porcellian Club. Franklin Roosevelt was a member of the Fly Club. John F. Kennedy was a Spee.Eduardo Saverin, who he

2016-05-15 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Researchers have created a backpack that has a computer and medicines in it that can help even untrained soldiers save the lives of wounded troops.Wounded soldiers have a better ch

2016-05-15 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Mermaids -- half woman, half fish -- are not supposed to exist.
But for almost 70 years, mermaids have been swimming in the southeastern state of Florida.VOA recently visited the

2016-05-14 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The first woman to lead one of the largest U.S. military commands officially began the job on Friday.Air Force General Lori Robinson is the new head of the U.S. Northern Command (N

2016-05-14 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Tyler Mulvenna worked three jobs last summer, but was still short the money he needed to pay for college.Mulvenna, 21, a junior at Georgia State University in Atlanta, got a small

2016-05-14 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

From VOA Learning English, this is In The News.Brazil is preparing to host the Olympic Games in August, but the South American nation may not be celebrating.Political problems and

2016-05-14 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Today we visit a national park that stretches across two southern U.S. states -- Tennessee and North Carolina -- and two mountain ranges -- the Blue Ridge and the Appalachian. The

2016-05-14 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

We present the short story "Mammon and the Archer" by O. Henry. The story was originally adapted and recorded by the U.S. Department of State.Old Anthony Rockwall, who made million

2016-05-13 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan pledged to work together despite their differences after a meeting Thursday.The men said the meeting

2016-05-13 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

If you learned about grammar in school, you were probably taught to think about “correct” and “incorrect” ways of using a language.Maybe you had to “u

2016-05-12 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Many people like to use their phones or tablets at night before they go to sleep.However, the light from mobile devices can interfere with sleep. But not all light carries the same

2016-05-12 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Hundreds of Christians gathered recently in front of the United States Capitol building on a cold and rainy day.They began a public reading of their holy book, the Bible.They kept

2016-05-11 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The 2016 Invictus Games began this week in Orlando, Florida.The games are a sports competition, similar to the Olympics, for former soldiers injured in combat.Britain’s Princ

2016-05-11 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

In the Education Tips series, education experts in the United States give you tips about how you can improve your English skills. This week, Eli Hinkel, a professor at Seattle Paci

2016-05-11 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

China sent fighter jets into the air on Tuesday after a U.S. Navy ship sailed close to a disputed area in the South China Sea.The U.S. Defense Department said the USS William P. La

2016-05-10 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

A new blood test can tell doctors whether a person has suffered a concussion up to a week after he or she was injured.A study describing the test was published in the journal JAMA

2016-05-10 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

North Korea has expelled a group of BBC reporters, apparently because the country was unhappy with their reports.The BBC’s Tokyo correspondent, Rupert Wingfield-Hayes, was de

2016-05-09 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

A French company has designed a camera that recognizes faces and tells people if a stranger has entered their home.Many homes now have security cameras that tell owners if someone

2016-05-09 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Living among trees, plants and flowers can fill your life with beauty. And if you are a woman, it can also help you live longer.Researchers found that women who live in homes surro

2016-05-09 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Scientists studying the area where the Amazon River meets the Atlantic Ocean were in for a surprise.Under the muddy, dark Amazon River water was a large number of undiscovered reef

2016-05-08 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Fewer high school students in the United States were ready for college in 2015, say recent test results.Only 37 per cent of seniors scored at or above proficiency level in reading.

2016-05-08 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The government in Nigeria is urging citizens to use a new, simple test for malaria.The test is available at Nigerian drugs stores. Each box sells for $12 and comes with five test s