2010-09-21 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

STEVE EMBER: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. I’m Steve Ember.FAITH LAPIDUS: And I’m Faith Lapidus. This week, we tell about Everglades National Park in the American state of Flo

2010-09-20 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This is the VOA Special English Development Report.Last week we told you about FAILFaire, an event where people talk about international development projects that failed.Many of these projects started

2010-09-20 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.STEVE EMBER: And I’m Steve Ember. Norman Rockwell was one of the most popular American artists of the twenti

2010-09-19 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 told about the number one. Today, I will tell about expressions using other numbers.Some problems are difficult to solve. But

2010-09-19 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 PEOPLE IN AMERICA in VOA Special English. Today we tell about writer Ralph Ellison and his famous novel “Invisible Man.” The

2010-09-18 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.This week, in the United States, dissident Republicans succeeded again in defeating more established candidates within their party. Seven states and the nati

2010-09-18 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: Now, the VOA Special English program, AMERICAN STORIES.(MUSIC)Our story today is called “Pigs is Pigs.” It was written by Ellis Parker Butler. Here is Shep O’Neal with the stor

2010-09-17 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 financial crisis of two thousand eight brought attention to a big problem with banks. Many banks did not have enough money in reserve to protect ag

2010-09-17 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.Today, music by Sahara Smith.And we answer a question about the Statue of Liberty.But first, a visit to the Ro

2010-09-16 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 the United States, about six out of ten students in graduate schools are women. The same is true of today's young adults who already have a degree

2010-09-16 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.This week in our series, we talk about the presidential election of eighteen twelve.The first ten years of the

2010-09-15 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This is the VOA Special English Health Report.Vaccines and chest compressions are both ways to save lives. Now, separate new reports say each could save more lives if they were used more.One report is

2010-09-15 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.

2010-09-14 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report.Not all research begins with a plan. Some studies begin by accident. Meredith Schafer says that is what happened with her and Cynthia Sagers.Cynthia

2010-09-14 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 vitamins.(MUSIC)BOB DOUGHTY: Many jobs must be done w

2010-09-14 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This is the VOA Special English Development Report.Week after week, we bring you stories about projects to improve lives in the developing world. Projects like banking by mobile phone or low-cost ligh

2010-09-14 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

VOICE ONE:Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. The Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute will hold its thirty-third annual awards ceremony this Wednesday in Washingto

2010-09-12 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.(MUSIC)Today I will tell about expressions using numbers. Let us start with the number one. Numbers can be tricky. On the one hand, they ar

2010-09-12 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

STEVE EMBER: Every week we tell about someone important in the history of the United States. Today, Shirley Griffith and Ray Freeman tell about the first western woman in modern times to become a doc

2010-09-11 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.These days, Americans worry most about an economic recovery that President Obama calls "painfully slow." But on Saturday millions will remember the day al-Qa

2010-09-10 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This is the VOA Special English Economics Report.This week, President Obama proposed new measures to lift the economy. The central bank in its latest report said there was continued growth in the past

2010-09-10 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.Today, we listen to music by John Prine.And we answer a question about aircraft pioneer Igor Sikorsky.But first

2010-09-09 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This is the VOA Special English Education Report.No one likes to make mistakes. But a new study says organizations learn more from their failures than their successes, and keep that knowledge longer.O

2010-09-09 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.June eighteenth, nineteen ten, was an exciting day for Theodore Roosevelt. It was the day that the former Amer

2010-09-08 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This is the VOA Special English Health Report.This Friday is World Suicide Prevention Day. This year's observance is meant to bring attention to the differences among suicidal individuals and their s