2012-01-13 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

STEVE EMBER: Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION – American history in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember.This week in our series, we look at the presidential campaign of nineteen eighty and the ele

2012-01-11 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This is the VOA Special English Health Report.The journal Science chose an AIDS study as the twenty-eleven "Breakthrough of the Year." The study found that antiretroviral drugs can greatly lower the r

2012-01-11 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

MARIO RITTER: Welcome to EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. I’m Mario Ritter. This week, we tell about one of the most recognizable objects in science fiction — the laser. It is one of the best

2012-01-11 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

FAITH LAPIDUS: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I’m Faith Lapidus.BOB DOUGHTY: And I’m Bob Doughty. Scientists who study the Earth tell us the continents and ocean floors are alwa

2012-01-10 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report.Foreign investment in African land is growing. Countries like China, Saudi Arabia and South Korea are leasing or buying millions of hectares to grow

2012-01-09 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This is the VOA Special English Technology Report.Nearly a billion and a half people, mainly in Asia and Africa, were living without electricity in two thousand nine. That latest count from the Intern

2012-01-09 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

BOB DOUGHTY: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Bob Doughty.FAITH LAPIDUS: And I'm Faith Lapidus. This week on our program, we meet an American in Italy who teaches travelers how

2012-01-08 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Now, the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES.Each week, this program explains the many meanings of English expressions. Today’s expressions include a very important word – heart.We w

2012-01-08 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

RAY FREEMAN: People in America -- a program in Special English on the VOICE of America.Every week at this time, we tell the story of a person was important in the history of the United States. Today S

2012-01-07 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English.This week, President Obama announced a new defense plan based on budget cuts in the coming years.BARACK OBAMA: "Our military will be leaner, but the world mu

2012-01-07 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

FAITH LAPIDUS: Now, the Special English program, AMERICAN STORIES.(MUSIC)Today we tell a traditional American story called a “tall tale.” A tall tale is a story about a person who is larger than lif

2012-01-06 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This is the VOA Special English Economics Report.This week, President Obama appointed Richard Cordray as director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The new government agency says it has alr

2012-01-06 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

(MUSIC)FAITH LAPIDUS: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English.(MUSIC)I’m Faith Lapidus. Today on our show, we play music by blues artist Joe Louis Walker …We also read from some of your re

2012-01-05 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This is the VOA Special English Education Report.Did you make a New Year's resolution? Some of you shared your goals at the VOA Learning English page on Facebook. And, no surprise, many of you said a

2012-01-05 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

STEVE EMBER: Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION – American history in VOA Special English. I’m Steve Ember.Today, we tell about the administration of the thirty-ninth president of the United States,

2012-01-04 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This is the VOA Special English Health Report.Officials in the United States say deadly abuse of painkillers and other prescription drugs has reached epidemic levels. More than thirty-six thousand peo

2012-01-04 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

MARIO RITTER: Welcome to the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS. I’m Mario Ritter. Today, Steve Ember and Sarah Long tell us about two of the most unusual national parks in the United States

2012-01-03 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report.MIRANDA (TV's "Sex and the City"): "I'll start with a salad with extra blue-cheese dressing, thank you."Many people have lettuce in a salad at the

2012-01-03 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Shirley Griffith.STEVE EMBER: And I'm Steve Ember. Today, we tell about soft-bodied robots -- robots that can move more easi

2012-01-03 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This is the VOA Special English Technology Report.The modern way to collect signatures on a petition requires no paper or pen or standing on a street for hours. All it requires is going online.Change.

2012-01-02 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

STEVE EMBER: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember.SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: And I'm Shirley Griffith. This week on our program, we bring you some laughs from old-time American

2012-01-01 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Now, a Special Words and their Stories for New Years. I'm Faith Lapidus. The New Year is the time for new beginnings. It is also the time to buy a new calendar. Yet it can take a lot of time just to

2011-12-31 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English.December marks twenty years since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Mikhail Gorbachev was the last Soviet leader. His reforms influenced the Soviet Union’s

2011-12-30 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This is the VOA Special English Economics Report.This week, we look back on a few of the big economic stories of twenty eleven.The debt crisis in that started last year in Greece and Ireland spread to

2011-12-30 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

DOUG JOHNSON: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English.(MUSIC)I’m Doug Johnson. Today on our show: the best books and movies from two thousand eleven. Plus, we play some of the music we mis