2011-02-14 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This is the VOA Special English Technology Report.A shortwave radio might seem like ancient technology these days. But for some people, it remains their only link to the wider world.Ears to Our World

2011-02-14 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

CHRISTOPHER CRUISE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I’m Christopher Cruise.FAITH LAPIDUS: And I’m Faith Lapidus. Some people will celebrate this Valentine's Day with someone they

2011-02-13 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. A listener from Brazil, Elenir Scardueli, sent us a list of popular expressions about food. So today we will talk about expressions that

2011-02-13 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: I'm Shirley Griffith.RAY FREEMAN: And I'm Ray Freeman with the Special English program PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Every week we tell the story of someone important in the history of the Un

2011-02-12 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 resignation of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak after eighteen days of protests filled Cairo's Tahrir, or Liberation, Square with celebrations.(SOUND)CR

2011-02-11 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This is the VOA Special English Economics Report.Food prices are at their highest level since the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization began keeping records in nineteen ninety. The causes

2011-02-11 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 love songs for Valentine’s Day…And answer a question from China about bullet train developm

2011-02-10 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 Southeast Asian English Olympics begin Monday in Jakarta. High school and university students will compete to demonstrate their English skills at t

2011-02-10 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.The presidential election of nineteen twenty-eight gave American voters a clear political choice. The Democrat

2011-02-09 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This is the VOA Special English Health Report.Last week a study of one hundred ninety-nine countries and territories confirmed what many people may have already noticed. People around the world are ge

2011-02-09 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 an American spacecraft that has a date with a comet. We hear

2011-02-09 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report.Traditional fisheries may no longer be the world’s most important provider of fish. A new United Nations report shows that fish farming or aquacultu

2011-02-09 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 Alzheimer’s disease. More than a century after its discov

2011-02-07 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This is the VOA Special English Technology Report.Egypt's government faced international criticism when it blocked Internet service to try to suppress the uprising there. But Egyptian activists found

2011-02-07 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Shirley Griffith. This week on our program, Rich Kleinfeldt and I tell the story of President Abraham Lincoln. His birthday is

2011-02-06 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Now, WORDS AND THEIR STORIES, a program in Special English by the Voice of America.It is surprising how many expressions that Americans use every day came from the card game of poker. For example, you

2011-02-06 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

BARBARA KLEIN: Welcome to PEOPLE IN AMERICA in VOA Special English. Today Gwen Outen and Steve Ember tell about America's fortieth president, Ronald Reagan. Experts say Ronald Reagan re-defined the

2011-02-05 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.Earlier this week, Hosni Mubarak promised to leave office, but not until elections in September. President Obama spoke twice with the Egyptian leader by phon

2011-02-04 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This is the VOA Special English Economics Report.Egypt is the biggest of the nations hit by recent protests in North Africa and the Middle East. One of the causes of this spreading wave of popular dis

2011-02-04 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 Sunday, the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Green Bay Packers face each other for the championship of the Nation

2011-02-03 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This is the VOA Special English Education Report.President Obama talked a lot about education in his State of the Union speech last week.BARACK OBAMA: "We need to out-innovate, out-educate and out-bui

2011-02-03 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

FAITH LAPIDUS: Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION – American history in VOA Special English.The nineteen twenties are remembered as a quiet period in American foreign policy. The nation was at peace.

2011-02-02 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This is the VOA Special English Health Report.We started talking last week about how to decide if a common injury -- a bleeding cut on a finger -- requires medical attention. If the bleeding stops whe

2011-02-02 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 explore ways in which local governments around the world are working to pro

2011-02-01 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report.Airtight plastic bags can help farmers protect their harvests without the use of harmful chemicals. These bags are designed to keep air out of crops