2016-03-14 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said he is a “uniter,” but the growing violence at his campaign events has led many to question whether Trump can unite h

2016-03-14 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.The United States is looking for sub-Saharan African students to study at American universities.There were about 1 million i

2016-03-14 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

An astronomer, TV weatherman and “eclipse chaser” named Joe Rao from New York begged an airline to change its schedule.He wanted his flight to leave 25 minutes late so

2016-03-13 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the former president of Brazil, was charged this week with the crime of money laundering.Officials say they have evidence the former president and his fa

2016-03-13 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

From VOA Learning English, this is Words and Their Stories.Each week we report on words and expressions commonly used in American English. We explain their meanings, their roots an

2016-03-13 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

“A few days ago I received a letter from the ITF (International Tennis Federation) that I had failed a drug test at the Australian Open. I did fail the test and I take full r

2016-03-12 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The European Central Bank released a new round of measures to stimulate the economy, including lowering interest rates more.The financial moves announced Thursday are the latest ef

2016-03-12 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Last weekend, the latest Disney movie, “Zootopia,” broke records.The movie had the largest opening weekend for a Disney animated film. People across the United States b

2016-03-11 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Dying of a broken heart sounds like the ending of a romantic story.But it actually happens.The “broken heart syndrome,” usually affects people who have received very ba

2016-03-11 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

What word appears most often in English?It's "the," also known as the definite article.Its partner, the indefinite article "a", is also among the top 10 most frequent words in Eng

2016-03-10 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The Facebook “like” button was one of the social media website’s most popular features.But now Facebook has added more emojis that users can click on to quickly e

2016-03-10 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Presidential candidates Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders won primary elections in Michigan on Tuesday.Sanders’ victory in the Democratic Party primary in Michigan was a surpri

2016-03-10 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

An American court has ordered several defendants to pay a woman $55 million in damages connected to an online video.Erin Andrews is a broadcaster of sports news. She was secretly v

2016-03-09 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, the Democratic Party candidates for the U.S. presidential nomination, say they welcome opposing Donald Trump in the general election.Both candid

2016-03-08 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

An experimental therapy uses a person’s weak immune system to fight deadly blood cancers. Stanley Riddell is a researcher at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in the

2016-03-08 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This year, the U.S. National Park Service turns 100.American’s 28th President, Woodrow Wilson, formed the National Park Service in 1916 to “protect the wild and wonderf

2016-03-07 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Former first lady Nancy Reagan has died at the age of 94, her spokeswoman told NBC News.Nancy Reagan's representative Joanne Drake told NBC the former first lady died of congestiv

2016-03-07 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

A piece of metal from missing Malaysia Airways Flight 370 may have been found in Mozambique.The metal is white and about one meter long. It is being sent to Australia for testing.T

2016-03-07 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

A new U.N. report on labor and migration in the Asia Pacific area says economic gains from migration are often ignored.The report calls for greater cooperation to avoid inequalitie

2016-03-07 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Scientists say new made-made materials equipped with sensors could turn bandages into a valuable tool for health care workers.Simple bandages are usually seen as the first line of

2016-03-06 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

From VOA Learning English, this is Words and Their Stories.Today let’s talk about … everything.American English has many ways to talk about everything under the sun.Cr

2016-03-06 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Rapper Kanye West went to the social media website Twitter in February to share his views on the cost of textbooks.“Education puts Americans into debt before they even get a

2016-03-06 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Donna-Lane Nelson was so upset after giving up her U.S. citizenship that she threw up.“Like the day I was divorced, this was one of the saddest of my life,” Nelson wrot

2016-03-06 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

On a 500-hectare estate of rolling hills in the Virginia countryside live 11 Trappist monks.There used to be almost 70. But the decision to become a monk is not as popular as it on

2016-03-05 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Google’s self-driving car hit a small bump in the road.The driverless car had an accident February 14 in California. The accident was reported to the Department of Motor Vehi