2016-02-02 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the spread of mosquito-borne Zika virus a global public health emergency. On Monday, the global health agency held an emergency mee

2016-02-02 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Voters in Iowa say they are ready for their life to return to normal.Iowa is the first state to hold caucuses. These meetings let supporters of the two main parties – Democra

2016-02-02 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Alexander Hamilton was not a U.S. president, but he was one of the most important early leaders of the U.S. He fought in the Revolutionary War, wrote powerful arguments to persuade

2016-02-01 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

A new report says businesses around the world are not keeping up with the new and increasingly tricky methods of cyber criminals.The international technology company Cisco Systems

2016-02-01 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Four miners were rescued in eastern China after spending 36 days underground, reported the country’s state-run news agency.The workers were lifted from a mine in Shandong Pro

2016-02-01 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

It’s the biggest craze in Thailand.Life-size dolls believed to possess the spirits of child angels have become popular in recent months.

The dolls, known in Thai as luk t

2016-02-01 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Scientists say they have captured photographs of one of the most mysterious known animals: bush dogs.Bush dogs live in Central and South America. They are a rarely seen and threat

2016-01-31 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Hello and welcome to the VOA Learning English program Words and Their Stories!People all over the world love to talk about the weather. Today, we talk about expressions that come f

2016-01-31 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Justin Massey chose to study at Wheaton College in 2011 because of the university’s strong religious and academic record."I grew up as a very strong Christian and my faith wa

2016-01-31 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

You probably saw Concepcion Picciotto if you visited the White House over the past 35 years or so.She lived in a camp, in Lafayette Park, right across the street from the official

2016-01-30 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

A growing number of Asian Americans are becoming active in politics, according to demographic researchers.The Pew Research Center says an estimated nine million Asian Americans wer

2016-01-30 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

In 2009, John and Jen Palmer posted a critical online comment about a business.The Palmers said they ordered and paid for a small toy and a keychain for $20 from KlearGear.com, but

2016-01-30 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

“Elizabeth, Michael and Marlon” is a British comedy show based on an unconfirmed story of a road trip taken by Michael Jackson, Elizabeth Taylor and Marlon Brando.But n

2016-01-30 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Today we complete the story of Benito Cereno, written by Herman Melville.As we told you in earlier parts of our story, rebel slaves seized the ship San Dominick off the coast of Ch

2016-01-29 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Attacks from Boko Haram militants are hurting the economies of Chad and northern Cameroon.The militants often attack trucks transporting goods to the two central African nations. S

2016-01-29 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Thailand’s Public Health Ministry says the country has a second case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, or MERS.A public health official said Sunday that a 71-year-old man

2016-01-29 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 words that connect opposing ideas.We call these ideas contrast or concession. Some of these adve

2016-01-28 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Federal and state police officers have exchanged gunfire with members of an armed group in Oregon, killing one person. The armed group had taken control of a federal wildlife area

2016-01-28 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Thousands of people were in the American state of Nevada earlier this month for the Consumer Electronics Show.The CES is the world’s biggest show for electronic devices. It i

2016-01-28 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

U.S. President Barack Obama has called for immediate development of tests, vaccines and treatments for the Zika virus.The Zika virus has infected people in more than 20 countries.S

2016-01-28 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

No one can deny that buttons are an important clothing device.But, can they rise to the level of art? Organizers of an exhibit in New York City think so.Peter "Souleo" Wright organ

2016-01-27 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The leaders of Zimbabwe and Equatorial Guinea are calling for African nations to have more power and influence at the United Nations.President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe and Preside

2016-01-27 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

America’s top diplomat was in Cambodia Tuesday on the second stop of his trip to Asia.Secretary of State John Kerry met with Cambodian government leaders and opposition party

2016-01-27 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Clean-up efforts continue in the eastern United States after a major winter storm left recording-setting snowfall and coastal flooding.But more than 2 ½ days since the snow

2016-01-26 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

A magnitude-7.1 earthquake shook south-central Alaska Sunday.At least four homes were destroyed but no injuries or deaths were reported, according to the Associated Press and the A