2020-03-29 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Mixing work and home lives has rarely been easy.But measures to contain the virus have brought those worlds together, suddenly and sharply. Office workers, educators and many other

2020-03-28 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This week we answer a question from Young-Ho in Korea. He writes,Question: I really want to know the difference between "affect" and "effect."Answer:Dear Young-Ho,These are commonl

2020-03-28 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

It has been almost six-and-a-half-years since the American music group Pearl Jam released an album. That changed Friday when the band dropped its eleventh collection, Gigaton.Many

2020-03-28 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

When Dominic Benhura started creating traditional Zimbabwean sculptures as a young man 40 years ago, he never thought it would make him famous and rich.He was born into a family of

2020-03-28 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

We present the third of four parts of the short story "The Blue Hotel," by Stephen Crane. The story was originally adapted by the U.S. Department of State. The audio was recorded a

2020-03-27 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

More than 3 million jobless Americans asked the United States government for financial assistance last week.That is a record number for one week, the U.S. Labor Department reported

2020-03-27 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The face of Dobo Mambanza is blistered as she fights to breathe. The little girl is crying and, slowly, going blind.Her mother holds three-year-old Dobo in her arms at a health cen

2020-03-27 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Formula One, or F1, racing drivers will join video game players and other people in a series of computer-based motor races, the sport announced last week.These virtual events will

2020-03-26 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The coronavirus outbreak has now affected people in over 170 countries.The outbreak forced India's 1.3 billion people to stay at home Wednesday under a government-ordered lockdown

2020-03-26 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Sien Lagae of Belgium has only 20 percent of lung capacity. She was already careful to avoid viruses even before the COVID-19 crisis. Lagae has depended on caregivers for years. Th

2020-03-26 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

During a crisis, some people buy a lot of food and other products because of fear they will run out of them. This behavior is known as hoarding. It can cause serious problems for o

2020-03-26 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

As people stay home to help stop the spread of the new coronavirus, many are using video calling services to stay connected to the outside world.Today we examine some of the top te

2020-03-25 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Three weeks ago, the car service company EmpireCLS was heading toward its second straight year of a growing business. Empire, based in New Jersey, could not find enough drivers and

2020-03-25 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The remains of a small bird are giving scientists a rare look at early ancestors of modern birds. Scientists believe it may be the oldest known fossil from this group of animals.Re

2020-03-25 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Information about the coronavirus seems to spread as fast as the virus itself. Sometimes it is just too much information—an overload. Some people even spread misinformation o

2020-03-25 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

As schools close because of the coronavirus outbreak, educators in specialized subjects are dealing with the difficulty of moving their classes online.College classes in the scienc

2020-03-25 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced a first-of-its-kind postponement of the Summer Olympics.The Tokyo Games are being delayed because of the coronavirus pandemi

2020-03-24 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

On Thursday morning, VOA's reporter in Seoul, William Gallo, received a text message from South Korea's emergency alert system. The message appeared on his telephone. He has rece

2020-03-24 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Washington, D.C.'s cherry trees are known around the world for their blossoms. The beautiful flowers brighten up many areas along the Potomac River each spring.But this year as th

2020-03-24 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The containers of tulip flowers in storage at Henk van der Slot's farm in The Netherlands were supposed to go to Vatican City. The Roman Catholic Church planned to use them to hel

2020-03-24 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.Several governments around the world have requested or ordered their citizens to quarantine themselves: to stay at

2020-03-23 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Months before coronavirus fears hit the United States, business was slow at Mediterranean Breeze, a family-owned Greek restaurant near Washington, D.C.Terry Kasotakis is the restau

2020-03-23 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Ugandan poet Stella Nyanzi was released in February after spending more than a year in prison for some words she wrote on Facebook. Uganda's government says those words insulted P

2020-03-23 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

You can find a lot in popular culture about the generation of young people called millennials.Millennials are often described in movies and television shows as feeling entitled. Th

2020-03-23 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Government restrictions aimed at slowing the spread of the new coronavirus appear to have led to major drops in pollution levels in parts of China and Italy.Earlier this month, pol