2016-02-26 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

For VOA Learning English, this is Everyday Grammar.Today we are going to talk about different ways of expressing quantity in English.A quantifier is a word or number that shows an

2016-02-25 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Donald Trump won another state in his effort to become the Republican Party nominee for president.He earned 46 percent of the vote in the Nevada caucus.Florida Senator Marco Rubio

2016-02-25 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

People take hundreds or even thousands of photographs with their smart phones. But when they take a special photo, they might want to make sure that the picture looks its best.Phot

2016-02-25 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

A new study finds that major media companies in the United States “whitewash” the films and movies they produce.The researchers say women and minorities are almost invi

2016-02-24 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The European Union is unlikely to lift some trade barriers on China later this year because of worries that Chinese exports will lead to job loss in member nations.That is what the

2016-02-24 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Today, we return to the subject of successful public speaking centering on the physical message of presentation.Some call this body language. Charles LeBeau is a professor of publi

2016-02-24 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This is What’s Trending Today….The English rock band Pink Floyd released the album Dark Side of the Moon in 1973.But four years earlier, in 1969, NASA astronauts on th

2016-02-23 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

New York Stock Exchange traders are wondering which way a volatile financial market will move in the upcoming months.Low oil prices combined with less demand around the world have

2016-02-23 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The diseases afflict more than a billion people around the world but the media gives little attention to them.They are Neglected Tropical Diseases or NTDs.The World Health Organiza

2016-02-22 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

On Saturday, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton defeated Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders in the Nevada Democratic caucuses.Political experts say the clear win in Nevada was a

2016-02-22 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Ancient people knew that some kinds of clay have healing qualities. They rubbed clay on their skin to cover wounds. They also used the natural rock or soil material to treat stomac

2016-02-21 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Famed American writer Harper Lee has died. She was 89.Lee died in her hometown of Monroeville in the southern state of Alabama. The cause of death was not announced.Lee was the aut

2016-02-21 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The Zika virus has become a major health concern for people around the world.They are worried that it could become a crisis like the Ebola epidemic.The Ebola virus disease killed o

2016-02-21 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Educators across the U.S. are calling for major changes to the admissions process in higher education.The National Center for Educational Statistics (or NCES) reported that U.S. co

2016-02-21 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Hello and welcome to Words and Their Stories!Touch is one of our five senses. It is our only language before birth -- as we develop inside our mothers. Later, touch is important wh

2016-02-21 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

People are divided about whether governments should torture people suspected of terrorism.Torture involves severe physical or emotional pain to gain information from someone.The Pe

2016-02-20 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

One American election poll shows a shift in the Republican Party race for U.S. president.Texas Senator Ted Cruz has become more popular than early Republican front-runner Donald Tr

2016-02-20 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

During a campaign visit in Nevada earlier this week, Hillary Clinton told a story about her husband, Bill.Bill, or William J. Clinton, was the U.S. president for eight years, start

2016-02-20 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Famed American writer Harper Lee has died. She was 89.Lee died in her hometown of Monroeville in the southern state of Alabama. The cause of death was not announced.Lee was the aut

2016-02-20 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Today we complete the story "Paul's Case." It was written by Willa Cather. Donna de Sanctis​ adapted it for VOA Learning English. Here is Kay Gallant with the story.Paul wa

2016-02-19 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The president of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, has asked Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk to resign.Demonstrators and politicians say that Yatsenyuk's government is corrupt. Yatsenyu

2016-02-19 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

President Barack Obama will visit Cuba on March 21 and 22, the White House announced Thursday.It will be the first time in nearly 90 years that a U.S. president visits Havana, the

2016-02-19 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Today we are going to talk about the difference between count and noncount nouns.Most nouns in English can be counted. Think of the noun shirt, as in, “I bought a shirt.&rdqu

2016-02-18 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

A new phone app uses vibrations from smartphones to alert people about earthquakes.The phone app recognizes sudden shaking of the earth's surface through sensors in smartphones.Th

2016-02-17 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Kendrick Lamar had a big night at the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California. The hip-hop artist won five Grammys, including Best Rap Album for “To Pimp a Butterfly.”