2020-04-28 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Linked to the rising call for equality worldwide, women's sports had been gaining much attention before the new coronavirus appeared.The women's World Cup in France fueled Americ

2020-04-28 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Japan's government declared an emergency to help limit the spread of the coronavirus earlier this month.As part of the declaration, the government asked the Japanese people to wor

2020-04-27 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Italian professional cyclist Davide Martinelli is using his bicycle to help deliver medicine during the coronavirus pandemic.The service helps older people and others in Lodetto, M

2020-04-27 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Millions of people around the world are currently working from home in an effort to slow the spread of the new coronavirus. Many of them have had to learn new ways of performing th

2020-04-27 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

American Brooklyn Dotson needed food. Dotson had worked at a warehouse in Tennessee, but she lost her job. She told the government about her situation in hopes of getting financial

2020-04-27 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Lavina D'Souza has not been able to get the medicine she needs since India ordered its citizens last month to stay at home. The order was meant to help the country's 1.3 billion

2020-04-27 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Vietnamese women in and around Seattle are making face masks for health care workers who face a shortage of protective equipment in Washington state.Katie Nguyen is a tailor from S

2020-04-26 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The Chief Justice of the United States, John Roberts, said in 2014 that courts will always be careful when it comes to "the next big thing" in technology. And it took a worldwide p

2020-04-26 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Scientists recently reported new details about the second interstellar object ever seen passing through our solar system. It is a comet called 2I/Borisov.Comets are made up of froz

2020-04-26 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 English language has many expressions that describe a fast-moving event. Some expressions relate to body movements.

2020-04-26 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

American Carter Oselett is back in his childhood bedroom. He was sent home from Michigan State University because of the coronavirus crisis. But, he told the Associated Press that

2020-04-25 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This week we answer a question from Julio in Peru. He writes:Question:I would like to know the difference between BUY and PURCHASE and when to use each of them. -- Julio, Lima, Per

2020-04-25 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The American state of Florida has some of the most-visited theme parks in the world. Millions of people go there for vacation every year.Florida's theme parks are among the bigges

2020-04-25 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Some of today's top action directors were first doubles for Brad Pitt, Keanu Reeves and Hugh Jackman.A double is a person who looks like an actor and takes the actor's place in s

2020-04-25 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

After Senegal ordered universities to close because of the coronavirus, some students have found themselves in difficult situations.Ousmane Issaka was forced to sleep on the street

2020-04-25 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Young female engineers in Afghanistan are using old car parts to develop ventilators to treat coronavirus patients.The girls - ages 14 to 17 - are members of a prize-winning roboti

2020-04-24 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Editor's Note: Late Thursday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed an additional $484-billion aid bill already approved by the Senate. The legislation now goes to the presiden

2020-04-24 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

An environmental group in Colombia is leading a project to save wild areas in the San Lucas mountains with the help of coffee growers.Gold mining and coca farming make more money t

2020-04-24 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

North Korea is among a small number of countries in the world reporting to be free of COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus. The country is also among those least pre

2020-04-24 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Portugal has increased government efforts to support the country's struggling Roma communities during the coronavirus crisis. But rights groups say more help is needed.Many famili

2020-04-23 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Wednesday marked the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. American Gaylord Nelson launched the first Earth Day in 1970. His aim was to urge local action and increase people's understand

2020-04-23 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

False information about the new coronavirus has continued to spread around the world, just like the illness itself. In answer, major technology companies have created new tools and

2020-04-23 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

War and unrest around the world have forced over 70 million people from their homes. Up to 10 million live in refugee camps or unofficial settlements.Experts are warning that lack

2020-04-23 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Two retirees in the United States have found ten apple varieties that many scientists thought had died out.The apples once identified as "lost" were among hundreds of fruits collec

2020-04-22 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

With millions of people out of work, several nations are planning to ease anti-coronavirus restrictions on businesses and other activities.The push to reopen has brought warnings f