2011-03-13 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: I’m Shirley Griffith.DOUG JOHNSON: And I’m Doug Johnson with PEOPLE IN AMERICA in VOA Special English. Today we tell about artist Edward Hopper. He painted normal objects and peopl

2011-03-12 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.The earthquake that shook Japan with historic strength on Friday created a tsunami wave ten meters high. The water washed away boats, cars and houses in coas

2011-03-12 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

SHEP O'NEAL: Keesh lived at the edge of the polar sea. He had seen thirteen suns in the Eskimo way of keeping time. Among the Eskimos, the sun each winter leaves the land in darkness. And the next ye

2011-03-11 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This is the VOA Special English Economics Report.Unrest in North Africa and the Middle East has pushed oil prices back into the news. Prices have been rising at their fastest level since two thousand

2011-03-11 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 music from Adele’s new album, which is number one on Billboard’s top two hundred ...And w

2011-03-10 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 International Primary Curriculum is an idea that began in Britain eight years ago. Today this curriculum is taught in more than one thousand primar

2011-03-10 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

BOB DOUGHTY: Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION – American history in VOA Special English.I'm Bob Doughty with Steve Ember. This week in our series, we continue the story of the administration of Her

2011-03-09 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This is the VOA Special English Health Report.In the early nineteen fifties, researchers found that people scored lower on intelligence tests if they spoke more than one language. Research in the sixt

2011-03-09 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

STEVE EMBER: I’m Steve Ember.FAITH LAPIDUS: And I’m Faith Lapidus with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. While washing your hands have you ever wondered what materials are in a bar of soap and wh

2011-03-08 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report.(SOUND)Food companies say a new kind of maize could take the crunch out of corn chips and other popular foods.The big Swiss company Syngenta genetica

2011-03-08 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. This week, we tell about a new report about alcohol abuse. And we tell how the

2011-03-07 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 new survey finds that more than eighty percent of Internet users in the United States search for health information online. The survey is from the P

2011-03-07 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

STEVE EMBER: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA. I'm Steve Ember.FAITH LAPIDUS: And I’m Faith Lapidus. This week on our program, we tell you about the past and present of the city of Baltimore, Maryland.(MU

2011-03-06 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.Sailors seem -- to those of us on land -- to lead exciting, even mysterious lives. Many things are different at sea. Even the language is d

2011-03-06 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 PEOPLE IN AMERICA in VOA Special English. Today we tell about the Carter Family, the First Family of country music.STEVE

2011-03-05 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This is the VOA Special English Economics Report.State and local governments across the United States are facing big budget deficits. Many of these shortfalls include promises of future retirement pay

2011-03-05 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

MARIO RITTER: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English.(MUSIC)I'm Mario Ritter. This week, music from banjo-playing singer Abigail Washburn. And we answer a timely question about a tragic fi

2011-03-03 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This is the VOA Special English Education Report.This week marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Peace Corps. President John Kennedy began the program in nineteen sixty-one. The Peace Corps sends Amer

2011-03-03 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

MARIO RITTER: Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION -- American history in VOA Special English.The stock market crash of nineteen twenty-nine began a long and difficult period for the United States. Presi

2011-03-02 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This is the VOA Special English Health Report.How important is your mobile phone, better known to Americans as a cell phone?MAN: "I use my phone all the time. I'm always on my phone."WOMAN: "It's k

2011-03-02 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

FAITH LAPIDUS: I’m Faith Lapidus.CHRISTOPHER CRUISE: And I’m Christopher Cruise with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we tell about an organization called Ashoka. It supports people who cr

2011-03-01 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report.White rice is the world's most popular form of rice. But it goes through a milling process that removes many nutrients. As a result, people who eat

2011-03-01 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.CHRISTOPHER CRUISE: And I’m Christopher Cruise. Today we tell about two recent inventions that have helped to save li

2011-02-28 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. An IBM super computer named Watson has won the latest battle of man versus machine.Watson won the first ever “Jeopardy!” quiz show competition star

2011-02-28 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.BARBARA KLEIN: And I'm Barbara Klein. This week on our program, we look at what some companies are doing to help their