2016-01-26 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Around 2000 years ago, the Romans moved into Europe.They built public latrines, or toilets, with many seats and washing areas. And they built sewerage systems, brought in drinking

2016-01-26 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This is What's Trending Today....Many cities in the East Coast of the United States continue to dig out after record-breaking amounts of snow fell over the weekend. The community

2016-01-25 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

About 1 percent of visitors to the United States who arrived by air or sea last year overstayed their visas, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said Tuesday.About 45 mi

2016-01-25 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Test centers in China and Macau are canceling the SAT planned for Saturday because of claims of cheating.The SAT is a standardized test that measures academic ability. Many college

2016-01-25 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

From VOA Learning English, this is In The News.Falling oil prices are one reason leading measures of world stock markets have dropped in value this year.Yet a United States governm

2016-01-25 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

British scientists say they have found the oldest known evidence of war.Researchers discovered the remains of 27 people near Lake Turkana in northern Kenya. Scientists say they bel

2016-01-25 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Scientists said they have found evidence of a giant planet far out in our solar system.In a statement, the California Institute of Technology – Caltech -- said this planet tr

2016-01-24 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Now, Words and Their Stories -- a weekly program from VOA Learning English.It can be said that the United States is a driving culture. The U.S., after all, is a big country and man

2016-01-24 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 problemCongressional Research Services reports that over the past 25 years, college fees rose almost 2 percent faster th

2016-01-24 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

An American student has been arrested in North Korea.The arrest is the latest in a series of arrests of U.S. citizens.Analysts say North Korea uses the citizens as bargaining chips

2016-01-24 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Civil rights activists, politicians and residents are calling the contamination of drinking water in an urban U.S. city “a disaster, not just an emergency.”Michigan Gov

2016-01-24 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

In 1962, President John F. Kennedy welcomed Nobel Prize winners to the White House. He said “I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge,

2016-01-23 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The International Labor Organization (ILO) predicts global unemployment will worsen over the next two years.Emerging and developing countries will be hurt the most. This is accordi

2016-01-23 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The Academy Awards ceremony is Hollywood’s biggest night of the year for actors and filmmakers. But this year, some are refusing to attend the ceremony. They are calling for

2016-01-23 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Today, we continue the story "Benito Cereno." It was written by Herman Melville.Last week, we told how African slaves on a Spanish ship rebelled in seventeen ninety-nine. They kil

2016-01-22 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Monkeys do not like it when others get more food than they do, according to a new study.Researchers from Yale and Harvard universities found Capuchin monkeys punish monkeys that ge

2016-01-22 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Editor's note: See An Introduction to Verb Tenses for the first story in this series.For VOA Learning English, this is Everyday Grammar.This is the last in our four-part series on

2016-01-21 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

British Prime Minister David Cameron has called for women immigrants to Britain to learn English within 30 months or be deported.The plan targets Muslim women joining their husband

2016-01-21 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

A new study says electronic toys are not helping babies learn.“Even if companies are marketing them as educational, they’re not teaching the babies anything at this tim

2016-01-21 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The Detroit Symphony Orchestra will be performing works by Georges Bizet Friday morning. You might enjoy classical music and like to attend the performance, but live far away from

2016-01-20 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

American rock and roll star Glenn Frey has died.He was 67 years old.The guitarist was a founding member of the Eagles. The popular Los Angeles-based band formed in 1971. Many years

2016-01-20 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Iran says it welcomes the easing of economic sanctions, but will remain wary of the United States.Monday, Iran's Defense Minister called the U.S. sanctions “hostile” t

2016-01-20 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The richest 62 people on earth now have the same wealth as the poorest 3.6 billion, according to a report from Oxfam.Five years ago, the majority of wealth was in the hands of 388

2016-01-20 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This is What's Trending Today...Millions of Twitter users were unable to use the social network Tuesday, as the company suffered a major outage worldwide.Users across Europe, the

2016-01-19 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Americans can eat eggs without feeling guilty, according to new nutritional guidelines issued by the U.S. government.A person can eat as many eggs as they like each day, the update