2015-12-08 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The head of the United States central bank says she expects the U.S. job market to continue to improve.Janet Yellen says the inflation rate should rise close to a yearly rate of 2

2015-12-08 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.What is the best way to catch someone who is telling a lie?For a long time, the traditional method of identifying l

2015-12-07 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) added China’s yuan to its group of key global currencies this week, a historic development that gives new status to the world’s se

2015-12-07 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

University of Washington researchers say they used a laser to turn hot water into cool water.Five engineers from the university are the first in the 50-year history of the laser to

2015-12-06 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Like many young people around the world, Emmanuel dreamed of getting a university education in the United States.The 26-year-old only told VOA his first name because he is an undoc

2015-12-06 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."Liar, liar, pants on fire!"Children all over the United States know this simple rhyme. They say it wh

2015-12-05 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Tensions continue to rise between Turkey and Russia as both sides increase their military power at the Turkish-Syrian border.Accusations between the two countries grew after Turkey

2015-12-05 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Thailand’s Prime Minister, Prayut Chanocha, has ordered air transport officials to improve flight safety because of international criticism.On Tuesday, the United States lowe

2015-12-05 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Our story today is called “One Thousand Dollars.” It was written by O. Henry. Here is Steve Ember with the story."One thousand dollars," said the lawyer Tolman, in a

2015-12-04 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Officials in the city of San Bernardino, in Southern California, have confirmed the names of the two people believed to have shot and killed 14 people and injured 17 at a state gov

2015-12-04 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Welcome back to Everyday Grammar from VOA Learning English.This is our third episode on phrasal verbs. As you know, a phrasal verb is a phrase with two or more words: a verb and a

2015-12-04 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Soccer star David Beckham, voted “Sexiest Man Alive” by People magazine, has more than 40 of them.Actress Reese Witherspoon has an image of a star with blue swallows. E

2015-12-03 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Police say at least 14 people have been killed in a mass shooting in Southern California. And another 14 are wounded.The attack happened in San Bernardino at a training center for

2015-12-03 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Making the most of television viewing no longer means watching what programs TV stations are showing now.Streaming media players give you more to watch than just stations. You can

2015-12-02 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Gasoline prices in the United States are nearing their lowest since 2004.While most of the world sells gas by the liter, the United States sells gas by the gallon. Either way, most

2015-12-02 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

For VOA Learning English, this is the Education Report:A surprising new study says minority students in the UK are more likely to go to college than their poor white classmates.In

2015-12-01 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Climate change on the AgendaThe hashtag #COP21 started trending over the weekend ahead of the United Nations' conference on climate change.What is COP21?It stands for the 21st Con

2015-12-01 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.A diagnosis of HIV/AIDS used to be a death sentence.Now, with proper treatment, people with HIV can live long, heal

2015-11-30 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The number of girls married in Africa is expected to double in the next 35 years, experts say.That means almost half, or 310 million girls, by 2050 will be married before they reac

2015-11-30 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Americans love peanut butter.The average child will eat 1,500 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches before he or she graduates high school, according to the U.S.-based National Peanut

2015-11-30 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

NASA, the U.S. agency that explores outer space, calls this image “Psychedelic Pluto.” Pluto is the furthest planet in our solar system. The word “psychedelic&rdq

2015-11-29 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.Every word has its own story. Where did it come from? How did it get into the language?Today’s

2015-11-29 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

More international students are studying at U.S. colleges and universities than ever before, a new report says.The report shows that nearly a million international students are stu

2015-11-29 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Anthony Graves spent 12 years on death row as a prisoner in a Texas jail.But Graves was innocent.He spent many years fighting his sentence. A court overturned his conviction. He wa

2015-11-28 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

America’s holiday shopping season started on Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving. It is the busiest shopping day of the year.Retailers make the most money this time of y