2016-05-08 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Hello! It’s time again for Words and Their Stories from VOA Learning English.Many Americans and people who come to America want to own a home.Home ownership is part of the Am

2016-05-08 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

American Douglas Lindsay left prison last November -- after 19 years and 28 days.He had been given a life prison sentence for selling the drug crack cocaine. President Barack Obama

2016-05-07 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

American businessman Donald Trump and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton are likely to face each other in the U.S. presidential election this year.Both candidates call New Y

2016-05-07 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Today, we visit a place of strange and silent beauty. As beautiful as this place is, its name provides evidence of very real danger. We are exploring Death Valley National Park.Dea

2016-05-07 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Benin-born musician Angelique Kidjo has won a major human rights award, along with three African youth activist movements.Kidjo and the groups were honored for their work to defend

2016-05-07 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

We present the short story "Doctor Heidegger's Experiment" by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Here is Barbara Klein with the story.That very unusual man, old Doctor Heidegger, once invited f

2016-05-06 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Americans are divided about how involved the United States should be in the problems of other countries.They also do not agree whether U.S. economic involvement in other nations &n

2016-05-06 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

From VOA Learning English, this is Everyday Grammar.This week, we are looking at more commonly confused words in the English language. Today’s subject is homophones.Homophone

2016-05-05 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

A 5-year-old Afghan boy who became world famous earlier this year has fled his country because of safety concerns.A photograph of Murtaza Ahmadi first appeared on the Internet in J

2016-05-05 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Businessman Donald Trump has become the de facto Republican Party presidential nominee after all other opponents withdrew from the competition.Ohio Governor John Kasich was the las

2016-05-05 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

We all have daily problems with technology, but how many of us can fix them?Mya Le Thai is a scientist studying at the University of California, Irvine. She recently discovered a p

2016-05-05 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Donald Trump is the presumptive Republican Party presidential nominee following the suspension of Ted Cruz’s campaign.The Texas senator was Trump’s closest competitor.

2016-05-05 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Hundreds of things belonging to rock ‘n' roll musicians will be offered to the public at an auction later this month.Julien’s Auctions is holding the event on May 21 a

2016-05-04 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This is What’s Trending Today.The Leicester City soccer players gathered at a teammate’s home Monday evening. They were anticipating the result of another game in the E

2016-05-04 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Malia Obama’s decision to wait a year before going to college is bringing new attention to “Gap Years.”A gap year is when a student takes a year off after high sc

2016-05-04 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Housing costs are rising in northern California because of a small supply of rental apartments and growing demand for them by technology workers.A strong economy and the technology

2016-05-03 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Hundreds of people demonstrated in Vietnam on Sunday against a company they accuse of killing large numbers of fish along the country’s central coast.Some demonstrators criti

2016-05-03 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.Here in the United States, there is a saying: “Diversity is the spice of life.”This means that having a

2016-05-03 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Chinese buyers are increasing their search for real estate around the world, although government restrictions limit the movement of money out of China.Some European countries have

2016-05-03 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The Republican and Democratic U.S. senators who have served the longest in the current Senate disagree about whether they should take action on President Barack Obama’s nomin

2016-05-02 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

A new study by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows suicide rates increased 24 percent between 1999 and 2014.The study showed that the number of suici

2016-05-02 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Dinosaurs—those big prehistoric creatures— may have already been decreasing in population long before an asteroid crashed into the Earth, and killed them.Until now, it

2016-05-02 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The latest issue dividing Americans is about public bathrooms.At issue is what bathroom -- men’s or women’s – transgender people should use. Transgender people ar

2016-05-01 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Using the term “bird brain” is one way to insult another person’s intelligence. That is because a bird’s brain is small. So, anyone with such a bird-sized b

2016-05-01 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Now, time for Words and Their Stories from VOA Learning English.William Shakespeare is probably the most famous English-language writer ever.Historians think Shakespeare was born o