2020-02-22 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

A record number of women currently serve in the United States Congress. They hold 23.5 percent of the 435 seats in the House of Representatives. And 26 out of the 100 members of th

2020-02-21 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Asian American businesses are seeing a drop in customers because of fears over the new coronavirus outbreak in China.In many places, city officials are trying to stop the financial

2020-02-21 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

"1-2-3," shouts Noradhiah Tumirin, a medical doctor and fitness trainer. "You can do it," she says approvingly as her client, Sarah Baharudin, lies on her back and struggles to lif

2020-02-21 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

When the Islamic State (IS) group moved across northern Iraq in 2014, its forces tried to destroy the Yazidi people.Yazidis are an ethnic minority in Iraq. They had lived in the mo

2020-02-21 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

American George Ball thinks he has one of the best-paying jobs available in the Chesapeake Bay area.The Chesapeake Bay stretches over 300 kilometers from Maryland to southeastern V

2020-02-20 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

People in China are using apps on mobile phones to follow and perhaps help slow the spread of the new coronavirus, COVID-19.Some of the apps provide the latest information about ar

2020-02-20 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

A space object billions of kilometers away from Earth is giving scientists information about how our planet, and others, were formed.It is the most distant object ever explored by

2020-02-20 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Japanese health officials are permitting hundreds of people to leave a cruise ship sitting in the port of Yokohama. The passengers and crew had been barred from leaving the ship fo

2020-02-20 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Six months ago, the Indian government canceled Kashmir's constitutional right to limited self-rule. Indian officials also began enforcing a ban on communications in Kashmir.Late l

2020-02-19 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Computer maker Apple is warning investors that it will not meet its three-month financial goal because of the coronavirus outbreak in China.The company said Monday that all of its

2020-02-19 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

As elections near, Iranian leaders appear to be worried about several crises that have left people with little hope for the future.Tensions with the United States, economic weaknes

2020-02-19 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This month, France marks the 60th anniversary of nuclear weapons tests that made the country one of the world's first nuclear powers. But critics claim more than 30 years of testi

2020-02-19 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The Boy Scouts of America, BSA, asked a federal court in the United States for legal protection Tuesday.The group wants to be declared bankrupt – meaning it is unable to pay

2020-02-19 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Two years ago this month, a 19-year-old American shot and killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. Fourteen of the victims were students; the

2020-02-18 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

American companies put fewer robots in place during 2019 than they did the year before, Reuters news agency reports. That is the first decrease in shipped robots since 2015.Robot s

2020-02-18 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

South Korea's Oscar-winning movie "Parasite" tells the story of class struggle through the sights and smells of Seoul."Parasite" made history this week when it became the first no

2020-02-18 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Three basketball players from a small island country are playing at the highest level of American college sports.Thorir Thorbjarnarson, Jon Axel Gudmundsson, and Hakon Hjalmarsson,

2020-02-18 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

How do you wake up in the morning?If you set an alarm on your phone or clock that sounds like this:beep beep beepThat hard, unpleasant sound may be making it harder to shake off th

2020-02-17 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

A team of scientists plans to explore a little-known part of the ocean to search for new sea life and to investigate the effects of pollution and climate change.The scientists will

2020-02-17 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

New research suggests that dogs might be able to help save diseased citrus trees.A group of scientists trained dogs to use their sense of smell to detect a crop disease called citr

2020-02-17 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The Amazon river dolphin faces new threats because its meat is used as bait to catch a popular catfish.The fish-like mammal is considered intelligent and friendly. The animal is kn

2020-02-17 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Eight-year-old Musa and her older sister Moleboheng walked slowly downhill to get water from a dirty waterway. The girls really wanted a drink and were tired of waiting for trucks

2020-02-16 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The United States Department of Education has launched an investigation into Harvard University and Yale University. Earlier this month, the agency announced the schools had failed

2020-02-16 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Researchers have used very small electronic devices to make jellyfish stronger and faster.The scientists say they developed these electronic jellyfish in the hopes of sending them

2020-02-16 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Now it's time for Words and Their Stories -- our weekly program about common, everyday expressions in American English.During the next few weeks, many people in South America will