2020-05-04 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The United States is to hold a presidential election in November of 2020. The coronavirus crisis, however, has caused concern among some Americans about the safety of public voting

2020-05-04 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The coronavirus crisis has resulted in major drops in pollution across the world. Environmental groups welcome this change. But, some experts warn that pollution is likely to retur

2020-05-04 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

All it takes is a few words from a storybook to connect young children over a radio station's broadcasts. Radio may not be the most modern technology, but it has been reaching out

2020-05-04 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Researchers say the world has lost more than one fourth of its land-based insects over the past 30 years.The finding comes from a major study of insect populations worldwide. The r

2020-05-03 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

A Japanese aquarium that has closed because of the coronavirus outbreak is asking people to make video calls to the aquarium's eels.The reason? Aquarium workers fear the sensitive

2020-05-03 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Students across the United States are using three-dimensional, 3D, printing equipment to make face shields for medical workers.Some of the students are attending Camdenton High Sch

2020-05-03 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Colleges and universities are working hard to close deep budget deficits. And some have been pushed close to financial ruin because of actions taken to protect people from the new

2020-05-03 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

And now, Words and Their Stories, from VOA Learning English.The last Friday in April is National Arbor Day in the United States. Arbor Day celebrates the role of trees in the world

2020-05-02 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

An American high school student has named the first helicopter to be sent to Mars.Ingenuity was the name chosen by the U.S. space agency NASA in a competition involving thousands o

2020-05-02 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Researchers have used high technology methods to learn secrets about a famous painting by the Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer.The painting is called "Girl with a Pearl Earring." Ver

2020-05-02 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This week we answer a question from Terrence in Vietnam. He writes:Question:Which of the following forms is more correct in English usage?"Yes, we can go out but we need to be soci

2020-05-02 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

During World War I, posters saying "Food will win the war" urged Americans to grow their own food in what became known as victory gardens. More than 100 years later, home gardeners

2020-05-01 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Is there any place on earth not affected by COVID-19?The Reuters news agency found that 214 countries and territories have had at least one case of COVID-19, the disease caused by

2020-05-01 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Doctors in Britain, Italy and Spain have been warned to look out for a rare inflammatory condition in children. The condition is possibly linked to the new coronavirus.Earlier this

2020-05-01 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Wood is burning again in Naples' world-famous pizza ovens. Pizza businesses reopened this week in the birthplace of pizza, after two months of coronavirus restrictions. For now, t

2020-05-01 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Wild animal experts say increasing reports of snow leopard sightings in Pakistan show that conservation efforts there are working.But the COVID-19 crisis is threatening the success

2020-04-30 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

A major study shows the experimental drug remdesivir to be effective in fighting the new coronavirus, American health officials say.The United States National Institutes of Health

2020-04-30 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Government orders for people to stay home to halt the spread of the coronavirus have resulted in a sharp decrease of vehicle traffic around the world.Cities such as Delhi, India, L

2020-04-30 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Scientists say they have used artificial intelligence (AI) to create music to represent the protein structure of the new coronavirus.Researchers used machine-learning methods to ma

2020-04-30 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Last week, United States officials announced a decision that affects most international students and all Dreamers.The term "Dreamer" means immigrants who were brought to the United

2020-04-29 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The new coronavirus outbreak has brought attention to a little-known creature – the pangolin.In a recent report, the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) says the animal is

2020-04-29 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

As doctors know too well, the disease COVID-19 can be deadly for two groups of people: those with some pre-existing health conditions and older adults, or the elderly.Places that c

2020-04-29 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Upali Sedere writes about education and serves as an advisor to Sri Lanka's Ministry of Education. He notes that online learning is available to children and adults in many areas,

2020-04-29 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The streets of Brussels are mostly quiet as people stay home to guard against the new coronavirus. But one bus traveling through the Belgian capital can be heard loud and clear. It

2020-04-28 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle Report.Exercise is an important part of staying healthy – both physically and mentally. Studies show that it can hel