2020-03-11 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Spring break is a popular tradition among students in the United States.As the name suggests, spring break is a time in the spring when schools suspend classes and let students tak

2020-03-11 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The internet has led to major changes in nearly every area of modern life, higher education included.Many colleges and universities have created internet-based study programs to me

2020-03-11 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Dogs have a kind of sensor on the end of their nose that helps them recognize small changes in temperature, such as when other animals are nearby.That information comes from scient

2020-03-10 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Chinese researchers have developed a robot designed to help doctors treat the new coronavirus and other highly contagious diseases.The machine has a long robotic arm attached to a

2020-03-10 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

NASA's newest Mars rover is one step closer to being ready to launch next summer. It now has a name.The American space agency announced recently that it has named the six-wheeled

2020-03-10 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

A new study suggests that healthy adults who get at least eight hours of sleep a night may be less likely to experience common exercise-related injuries.The study was based on info

2020-03-10 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The fast-spreading new coronavirus is hurting the world's economies, lowering production and limiting travel.On Monday, the New York Stock Exchange stopped trading five minutes af

2020-03-10 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Afghanistan's top two presidential candidates were sworn-in as president at competing ceremonies Monday.Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah each claim to have won the September 201

2020-03-09 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

As concerns over the new coronavirus spread around the world, people have to make basic health decisions. They are wondering how worried they should be about getting infected and w

2020-03-09 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

If you have always wanted to become an astronaut, now could be your chance. For the first time in more than four years, the U.S. space agency NASA is seeking candidates to be futur

2020-03-09 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

A group of Spanish fishermen will receive financial support to catch plastic as well as fish. It is part of a new project aimed at fighting the huge amount of waste left in the wor

2020-03-09 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Tene Konate's family cannot believe how she earns a living.She drives a huge truck around the Hounde gold mine in Burkina Faso.The 42-year-old single mother is one of 111 women wo

2020-03-08 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

A new study has found that ride-sharing services result in much more pollution than other kinds of private and public transportation.Ride-sharing trips also draw passengers away fr

2020-03-08 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, or UNESCO, said school closings to stop the spread of the new coronavirus affected more than 290 million stude

2020-03-08 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

A new study says up to one-half of the world's sandy beaches could disappear by 2100 because of climate change. Australia, Canada, Chile, Mexico, China and the United States would

2020-03-08 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Now, the VOA Learning English program Words and Their Stories.People who believe in luck and bad luck -- that is to say, those considered superstitious – may think that some

2020-03-07 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

An expression recently introduced by officials in Seoul closely describes life for many in South Korea these days: "Let's Take a Break from Social Life."The government is working

2020-03-07 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Red pandas are native to the high forests of Asia. They are only a little bigger than a house cat and considered to be endangered.Scientists reported last month that not all red pa

2020-03-07 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This week, we answer a question from a listener in China, who asks:Question: What is the difference between sports and sport? VOA Fan, ChinaAnswer:Dear VOA Fan:That is an interesti

2020-03-07 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Our story is called "The Diamond Lens. " It was written by Fitz-James O'Brien. Today we will hear the second and final part of the story. Here is Maurice Joyce with part two of "T

2020-03-06 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Big companies are trying to keep their employees healthy by banning business trips. The decision, however, has been a hard blow to the travel industry, which has already been suffe

2020-03-06 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

A group of scientists are warning that weather extremes in the future and growing demand could lead to a drop in power supplied from renewable energy.In a new study, researchers co

2020-03-06 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Professor Matthew Delmont decided a few years ago that he wanted to change how he teaches African American history.Delmont teaches at Dartmouth College in the state of New Hampshir

2020-03-05 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

People in Switzerland may see some very large, hydrogen-powered trucks on the road this month. The trucks are products of the South Korean company Hyundai. They are part of its pla

2020-03-05 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Scientists say they have used the gene-editing tool CRISPR to repair a person's eyesight for the first time.DNA is short for deoxyribonucleic acid. It is the substance that carrie