2011-12-14 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report.Less than a third of people in developing countries own or have any official right to the land they live on. Groups like UN-Habitat and its partners

2011-12-14 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, find out about the Mars Science Laboratory known as “Curiosity.” The American space agency launched the p

2011-12-14 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. Today, we tell how warmer weather in the Arctic could speed up climate change a

2011-12-12 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This is the VOA Special English Technology Report.New research shows that "sexting" is not as common among young people as earlier findings suggested.Last week the Crimes Against Children Research Cen

2011-12-12 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

STEVE EMBER: Many consider him the greatest concert violinist in the world. The music of Itzhak Perlman is our program today on the VOA Special English program THIS IS AMERICA. I’m Steve Ember.(MUSIC

2011-12-11 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

I'm Susan Clark with WORDS AND THEIR STORIES, a program in Special English on the Voice of America.People often say that money talks. They mean that a person with a lot of money can say how he or she

2011-12-11 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: I’m Shirley Griffith.STEVE EMBER: And I’m Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Today we tell about the life of Nineteenth Century philosopher and wri

2011-12-10 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.Most members of the European Union have agreed to a deal to increase central control over the budgets of individual governments. The plan to increase economi

2011-12-10 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Clarification attached(MUSIC)DOUG JOHNSON: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English.(MUSIC)I’m Doug Johnson. On our show today we play music from rock band Nickelback …We also answer a ques

2011-12-09 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This is the VOA Special English Economics Report.In business, leadership is never yesterday’s issue. This week, the Japanese electronics company Olympus made a public apology. It said company officia

2011-12-08 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This is the VOA Special English Education Report.826 is the name of a nonprofit organization that works to help students become better writers by thinking creatively. 826 is also the address of the fi

2011-12-08 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This is the VOA Special English Health Report.Malaria control efforts currently depend on things like chemically treated bed nets and spraying against mosquitoes. But scientists keep trying to find ot

2011-12-08 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 continue the story of the thirty-seventh president of the United States, Richard N

2011-12-07 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report.A cash crop is a crop grown for money. Four hundred years ago the first cash crop for European colonists in North America was tobacco. American India

2011-12-07 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

FAITH LAPIDUS: I’m Faith Lapidus.STEVE EMBER: And I’m Steve Ember with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today, we tell about the first attempts to settle what is now the western state of Cali

2011-12-06 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

BOB DOUGHTY: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. I’m Bob Doughty.FAITH LAPIDUS: And I’m Faith Lapidus. Today, we will tell you everything you ever wanted to know about snow.(MUSIC)

2011-12-05 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This is the VOA Special English Technology Report.Nurses spend their lives helping other people recover from injuries and illnesses. Yet nurses suffer a surprising number of injuries and illnesses the

2011-12-05 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 look at the income gap in the United States a

2011-12-04 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.Every week at this time we tell the story of words and expressions used in American English. Some of them are old. Some are new. Together,

2011-12-04 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

STEVE EMBER: I’m Steve Ember.SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: And I’m Shirley Griffith with the VOA Special English Program, PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Today we tell about Burl Ives. He won a Grammy award for his music

2011-12-03 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, people in the Democratic Republic of Congo voted for president and parliament.On Friday, President Joseph Kabila took an early lead in the vote co

2011-12-03 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This is the VOA Special English Economics Report.Stock prices around the world rose and fell this week on news of efforts to help countries using the euro.The European Central Bank took action Wednesd

2011-12-02 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, we tell about some of the major Hollywood movies, showing in theaters now, for young people.And we pla

2011-12-01 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This is the VOA Special English Education Report.A program in the United States brings scientists and engineers into elementary schools to teach teachers more about how to teach science.DAVE WEISS: "W

2011-12-01 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 begin the story of America's thirty-seventh president.RICHARD N