2016-05-01 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

There is good news for people who think they do not have time to exercise.A group of researchers from a university in Canada recently published a study that says short bursts of hi

2016-05-01 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Education spending in the United States differs from school to school.In the southern state of Mississippi, a school in Brookhaven spends $6,417 per student. Just 100 kilometers we

2016-04-30 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Italy says an international force aimed at limiting the number of people sailing from Libya to Europe could be ready by July.Some observers are worried that the number of people ar

2016-04-30 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

A new report says freedom of the press declined worldwide last year to its lowest point in more than ten years.Freedom House, a group that supports freedom and democracy, said only

2016-04-30 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Our story today is called "The Purloined Letter." It was written by Edgar Allan Poe. Poe is generally known for his horror stories. This is the third of three stories he wrote a

2016-04-30 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Beyonce opened her Formation World Tour to a full house on April 27 in Miami, Florida.The pop superstar started the show with songs from her album "Lemonade,'' released just a fe

2016-04-30 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Our National Parks journey this week takes us to New Orleans, Louisiana, the city many consider to be the birthplace of jazz. New Orleans is a port city at the mouth of the Mississ

2016-04-29 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Scientists believe a species of monkeys used a raft to cross 160 kilometers of ocean from South to North America about 21 million years ago.The monkeys are similar to today’s

2016-04-29 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.Everyone knows about the flu and the common cold. But what about norovirus?If you have never heard of norovirus, yo

2016-04-29 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 continue explaining commonly confused words in the English language.Ashley: That reminds me…Adam, do you st

2016-04-28 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

How long have you had your Apple iPhone or computer? If you have not replaced that product in the last two or three years, you may be part of the reason for Apple’s falling s

2016-04-28 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Application software for computers or mobile devices can do a lot of things for students of all ages.Apps can help students get better organized, study for tests and prepare resear

2016-04-28 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Five northeastern U.S. states held primary elections on Tuesday -- Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island. Voters there expressed their choices for their pa

2016-04-28 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

At first look, the black-and-white photograph seems sweet and innocent. The image was taken in 1929 in Bremen, Germany. Nine neighborhood boys stand together. They are smiling as t

2016-04-27 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Have you ever had trouble sleeping in a new place?Lots of people do. And now researchers from Brown University in Rhode Island think they know why.They found that one-half of the b

2016-04-27 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 to improve your English skills. This week, Suzanne Meyer, the assistant director at the

2016-04-26 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

After 50 years of economic isolation, observers fear that Myanmar children might be forced to work before they can complete schooling in a booming economy.The Southeast Asian count

2016-04-26 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Two U.S. presidential candidates will work together and try to stop Donald Trump from becoming the Republican Party’s presidential nominee.On Sunday, Senator Ted Cruz of Texa

2016-04-26 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.The World Health Organization (WHO) says drowning is among the top five causes of death for children under the age

2016-04-25 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Researchers are using the polio virus to fight cancer cells in the brain.A team at Duke University is using a polio virus to infect tumor cells. It sets off an immune response that

2016-04-25 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

America’s top education official says many schools are spending too much time teaching the “basics” – reading, math and writing.That might seem opposite to

2016-04-25 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The number of people from other countries -- especially China -- who want to invest in the United States in exchange for a permanent resident visa reached its highest level in 2015

2016-04-24 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Fewer than 5 percent of the students who applied to Stanford University in California were accepted this year. About 6 percent of the applicants to Yale University in Connecticut w

2016-04-24 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

And now for the VOA Learning English program, Words and Their Stories.When you work hard for your money, you do not want to lose it. And if you invest your hard-earned money, you w

2016-04-24 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

A group of researchers at Rice University in Texas are learning how to help the brain heal from serious injuries.Brain cells, called neurons, connect with each other through chemic