2011-06-12 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.Today’s program is all about eyes. When it comes to relationships, people’s eyes can be a window into their hearts. This means that the

2011-06-12 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 People in America in VOA Special English. Today we tell about Bessie Coleman, the first African American woman pilot.(MUSIC)FAI

2011-06-11 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.American Defense Secretary Robert Gates has told NATO members that they need to do more -- and spend more -- to support the alliance.ROBERT GATES: "The blunt

2011-06-11 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

STEVE EMBER: 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 life. T

2011-06-10 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This is the VOA Special English Economics Report.European agriculture ministers met in Luxembourg this week to discuss the spread of E. coli bacteria. E. coli infections have killed at least thirty pe

2011-06-10 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

FAITH LAPIDUS: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English.(MUSIC)I'm Faith Lapidus. On our program this week, we play songs from some of Broadway’s top musicals…We tell about a training prog

2011-06-09 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This is the VOA Special English Education Report.More than forty of the fifty American states have approved what are known as the common core state standards. These are lists of content that students

2011-06-09 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)In December nineteen forty-one, the United States was at war.It declared war against

2011-06-08 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This is the VOA Special English Health Report.Thirty years ago this week, public health officials in the United States reported on the first cases of what came to be known as AIDS. There is growing pr

2011-06-08 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. Today we talk about two hugely influential computer software tools. Auto-Tune is a softwa

2011-06-07 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report.Europe's deadly outbreak of a rare form of E. coli bacteria has brought new attention to food safety issues. One of the problems when people get sic

2011-06-07 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. This week, we tell about tsunamis -- the deadly sea waves often caused by earth

2011-06-06 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 World Health Organization has added to the debate over the risk of brain cancer from mobile phone use. Last week the WHO's International Agency f

2011-06-06 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.STEVE EMBER: And I’m Steve Ember. This week on our program, our subject is law and society. We hear about a new fi

2011-06-05 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.(MUSIC)From birth to death, the word kick has been given an important part in expressing human experience. The proud and happy mother feels

2011-06-05 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. Every week we tell about a person important in the history of the Uni

2011-06-04 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.South Sudan is preparing to declare its independence on July ninth. But recent events have raised concerns about the peace process that ended years of civil

2011-06-04 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: Now, the Special English program, AMERICAN STORIES.(MUSIC)Our story this week is called “Bartleby." It was written by Herman Melville, one of America’s best-known writers. Here i

2011-06-03 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This is the VOA Special English Economics Report.Small business entrepreneurs play an important part in American job growth. Small businesses have created almost two-thirds of new jobs in the last fif

2011-06-03 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. On our program this week, we read some of your comments about our recent shows…And we listen to music from tw

2011-06-03 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)Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor in December of nineteen forty-one was one of the most

2011-06-02 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This is the VOA Special English Education Report.Professors have lectured for centuries. But how effective is lecturing to students compared to working with them?A new study compared two classes of a

2011-06-01 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This is the VOA Special English Health Report.Rob Summers of Portland, Oregon, is twenty-five years old and a former college athlete. In July of two thousand six he was hit by a car. Doctors told him

2011-06-01 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

SHIRLEY GRIFFITH:This is Shirley Griffith.STEVE EMBER: And this is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, Explorations. Today we tell about one of the world's greatest scientists, Isaac Ne

2011-05-31 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report.Most kinds of rose plants come from Asia. But roses are also native to other areas including northwest Africa, Europe and the United States.In ninete