2011-03-26 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

SUSAN CLARK: Now, the Special English program, AMERICAN STORIES.(MUSIC)Our story today is called "Luck." It was written by Mark Twain. Here is Shep O’Neal with the story.(MUSIC)SHEP O’NEAL: I was

2011-03-25 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This is the VOA Special English Economics Report.President Obama held a White House conference this month to discuss ways to prevent bullying in school. But bullying is a problem not just among young

2011-03-25 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, we answer a question about sports terms and play music by blues great Pinetop Perkins, who died Mond

2011-03-24 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This is the VOA Special English Education Report.The Intel Science Talent Search is the top science competition for high school students in the United States. The forty finalists were honored in Washi

2011-03-24 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

DOUG JOHNSON: Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION -- American history in VOA Special English. I'm Doug Johnson with Mario Ritter. This week in our series, we talk about the first one hundred days of th

2011-03-23 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This is the VOA Special English Health Report.Have you ever felt lumps under the skin on the sides of your neck when you were sick? Those might be lymph nodes. They can get swollen and painful but the

2011-03-23 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

STEVE EMBER: I’m Steve Ember.BARBARA KLEIN: And I’m Barbara Klein with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today on our program we meet an extreme hiker. He recently completed a more than seven tho

2011-03-22 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report.Food prices continue to rise, threatening to push more people into poverty and hunger. Experts have been urging increased efforts around the world t

2011-03-22 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 tell about efforts by American scientists to communicate with dolphin

2011-03-21 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This is the VOA Special English Technology Report.A powerful earthquake struck the northeastern coast of Japan at two forty-six p.m. local time on March eleventh. Japan’s Meteorological Agency releas

2011-03-21 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. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame welcomed new members into its highly respected cl

2011-03-20 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, we tell about "horse" expressions. In the past, many people depended on horses for transportation, farming and other kinds of work.

2011-03-20 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

STEVE EMBER: I’m Steve Ember.BARBARA KLEIN: And I’m Barbara Klein with PEOPLE IN AMERICA in VOA Special English. Today we tell about Shirley Chisholm. She was an educator, activist and politician.

2011-03-20 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.A huge earthquake and tsunami destroyed a large part of northeastern Japan last week. Survivors and rescue workers stopped for one minute on Friday to rememb

2011-03-19 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This is the VOA Special English Economics Report.The crisis at Japan’s Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear energy center has raised questions about the future of the nuclear energy industry. Arjun Makhijani i

2011-03-19 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, we play R.E.M.’s new album, “Collapse Into Now,” and read a few comments about some of our recent

2011-03-17 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This is the VOA Special English Education Report.In Giles County, Virginia, the school board has removed displays of the Ten Commandments in its schools. The county thought that posting the Ten Comman

2011-03-17 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 with Shirley Griffith. This week in our series, we begin the story of President Franklin Del

2011-03-16 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 crisis at the damaged Fukushima Dai-Ichi Nuclear Power Station in northern Japan has raised worries about radiation risks. We spoke Tuesday with Jonat

2011-03-16 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 travel to India by way of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Art

2011-03-15 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report.People in a community on the Pacific coast in Southern California awoke last week to a sea of dead fish. About eight hundred fifty sailboats and powe

2011-03-15 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

CHRISTOPHER CRUISE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I’m Christopher Cruise.FAITH LAPIDUS: And I’m Faith Lapidus. This week, we tell about sharks. We tell how demand for shark fin

2011-03-14 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This is the VOA Special English Technology Report.Tens of thousands of people travel to Austin, Texas each year to attend the South by Southwest festival. The festival is most famous for its music and

2011-03-14 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. Every ten years the United States government counts the national population and

2011-03-13 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.Monkeys are very similar to us in many ways. Most have ten fingers and ten toes, and brains much like ours. We enjoy watching them because