2010-09-08 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

STEVE EMBER: This is Steve Ember.SARAH LONG: And this is Sarah Long with the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS. Today, we visit two of the most unusual national parks in the United States.

2010-09-07 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report.Goats are valuable not just for their milk and meat. Or for their ability to control weeds and help renew grasslands. Or even for their ability to be

2010-09-07 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

VOICE ONE:This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Faith Lapidus.VOICE TWO:And I'm Bob Doughty. We recently told you about health problems linked to extreme heat. This week, we talk a

2010-09-07 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Today we have the second of two reports explaining how to prepare fish by drying or smoking them for future use.We talked last week about the first

2010-09-07 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.VOICE TWO:And I'm Barbara Klein. Most of the world observes Labor Day on May first. But the United States has its workers

2010-09-05 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.Today we tell about the expression, "apple pie order." It means in perfect order, very well organized.Nobody is sure where and when the exp

2010-09-05 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 Andy Warhol, one of the most influential people in American mode

2010-09-04 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.American Defense Secretary Robert Gates says history will judge whether the war in Iraq was justified. He spoke during a visit to a military base in western

2010-09-04 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

FAITH LAPIDUS: 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 li

2010-09-03 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This is the VOA Special English Economics Report.Businesses are structured in different ways to meet different needs.The simplest form of business is called an individual or sole proprietorship. The p

2010-09-03 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.Today, we listen to music from Kenna.And we answer a question about marriage between people of different race

2010-09-02 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This is the VOA Special English Education Report.Not everyone who teaches in a college or university is a professor. Many are instructors or lecturers. In fact, not even all professors are full profes

2010-09-02 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 United States did not play a very large part in world events during the eighteen hundreds. At the beginni

2010-09-01 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This is the VOA Special English Health Report.Old age may not sound exciting. But recent findings offer good news for older people and for people worried about getting older.Researchers found that peo

2010-09-01 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. This week, we tell about one of the most recognizable objects in science fiction — the

2010-08-31 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report.Today we have a test for you -- a vocabulary quiz. The words are all related to agriculture. We start with two questions about terms for plants.Ready

2010-08-31 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 osteoporosis, a disease that can make bones weak so they b

2010-08-31 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This is the VOA Special English Development Report.There are different ways to store fish. Two ways to keep fish for future use are canning and freezing. Two other methods are drying and smoking. Toda

2010-08-31 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, we tell you about Lake Champlain and the Finger Lakes i

2010-08-29 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.Every people has its own way of saying things, its own special expressions. Some of these expressions are easy to understand. The words cre

2010-08-29 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

MARIO RITTER: I’m Mario Ritter with PEOPLE IN AMERICA in VOA Special English. Today Jim Tedder tells about modern dancer Isadora Duncan.(MUSIC)JIM TEDDER: Angela Isadora Duncan was born in San Franci

2010-08-28 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 United States central bank is prepared to take further actions to support the economy if conditions get a lot worse. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernank

2010-08-27 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This is the VOA Special English Economics Report.America's biggest carmaker accepted fifty billion dollars in federal aid from the Obama and Bush administrations. People joked that GM meant "Governme

2010-08-27 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.Today, we listen to new music from pop singer Katy Perry …And we answer a question about famous dancer, chor

2010-08-26 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 half of young black men in the United States do not finish high school. Many grow up without fathers and in neighborhoods with gangs, drugs a