2011-08-29 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

BARBARA KLEIN: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Barbara Klein. This week on our program, the man who declared himself emperor of the United States: Joshua Norton. Here are Steve

2011-08-28 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.Last week, I explained some English expressions about clothes. Everything I told you was true. I did not talk through my hat or say somethi

2011-08-28 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

GWEN OUTEN: This is Gwen Outen.STEVE EMBER: And this is Steve Ember with People in America in VOA Special English. Every week we tell about a person who was important in the history of the United Stat

2011-08-27 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.A deadly car bombing at the United Nations building in Abuja has brought more attention to an Islamic group. The attack happened Friday morning in the Nigeri

2011-08-26 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, Moody’s Investors Service lowered its credit rating for Japanese government debt. The credit rating agency downgraded Japan one step from A

2011-08-26 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. I’m Doug Johnson. Today on our show, we play new music from Jay-Z and Kanye West. We also answer a question about Martin Luther King,

2011-08-25 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This is the VOA Special English Education Report.Not everyone who teaches in a college or university is a professor. Many are instructors or lecturers. In fact, not even all professors are full profes

2011-08-25 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(MUSIC)This week in our series, we continue the story of America's thirty-third president, H

2011-08-25 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This is the VOA Special English Health Report.Old age may not sound exciting. But recent findings offer good news for older people and for people worried about getting older.Researchers found that peo

2011-08-25 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 EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today, we tell about one of the greatest thinkers in the world, Leonardo da Vinci.

2011-08-23 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report.East Africa's drought is the worst in sixty years. Scientists say the dry conditions in the Horn of Africa are at least partly the result of an even

2011-08-23 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

FAITH LAPIDUS: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, a program in VOA Special English. I’m Faith Lapidus.BOB DOUGHTY: And I’m Bob Doughty. Today, we will tell about herbs and spices, and some of their many

2011-08-22 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This is the VOA Special English Technology Report.Today we take another look at facial recognition systems. These can tag friends in Facebook photos or help police identify suspects in the recent riot

2011-08-22 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.FAITH LAPIDUS: And I’m Faith Lapidus. This week on our program, we hear about some teenagers in Washington who brought

2011-08-21 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.Have you ever considered all the English expressions that include words about clothes? Let’s see if I can name a few off the cuff, or with

2011-08-21 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

FAITH LAPIDUS: I’m Faith Lapidus.BOB DOUGHTY: And I’m Bob Doughty with People in America in VOA Special English. Today we tell about Eunice Kennedy Shriver. She was a member of one of the most famou

2011-08-20 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.Experts say political unrest in the Arab World and protests in Europe have more in common than it may seem.(SOUND)The "Arab S*" pro-democracy movement began

2011-08-19 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This is the VOA Special English Economics Report.Eleven countries first began to use the euro in nineteen ninety-nine. Today seventeen of the twenty-seven members of the European Union are in the euro

2011-08-19 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. This week on our show, we play new music from Gillian Welch… and we answer a question about a popular place t

2011-08-18 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This is the VOA Special English Education Report.Girls and boys usually attend classes together in American public schools. But there are some single-sex programs, like a girls public school in Dallas

2011-08-18 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 EmberHARRY TRUMAN: “I want to say to you, for the next four years, there’ll be a Democrat in the

2011-08-17 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 World Health Organization is urging health officials to ban commonly-available blood tests for tuberculosis. W.H.O. officials made the call after two

2011-08-17 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

BARBARA KLEIN: I’m Barbara Klein.STEVE EMBER: And I’m Steve Ember with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. This week, we learn about caves and their creatures, visit an archeological dig in Canada,

2011-08-16 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 movie from Cameroon called "The Big Banana" has come to the United States. It looks at issues with the banana industry like disputed land rights, f

2011-08-16 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 about evidence of what some scientists are calling one of the la