2021-03-12 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The $1.9 trillion spending plan signed into law by United States President Joe Biden Thursday provides more than just aid for the coronavirus health crisis. Some experts say it cou

2021-03-12 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Many of Brazil's hospitals face severe overcrowding as another version, or variant, of the new coronavirus spreads in the country.Over the past week, Brazilian governors have trie

2021-03-11 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Researchers say that a highly infectious variant of the new coronavirus is 30 percent to 100 percent more deadly than earlier strong variants.The variant was first found in Britain

2021-03-11 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Google has announced plans to stop supporting tools designed to follow internet users across the web in order to target them with specific advertising.Such tools are known as cooki

2021-03-11 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The United Nations believes about 17 percent of the world's food goes to waste each year. That amounts to 931 million metric tons of food being thrown away from homes, stores and

2021-03-11 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Across the United States, COVID-19 vaccinations are changing older Americans' lives. The coronavirus health crisis forced many people in the high-risk group to be separated from f

2021-03-11 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

On March 11, 2011, Toshiharu Onoda had just finished preparing pottery at his workshop in the town of Namie close to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant when a huge earthquak

2021-03-10 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

People vaccinated against the coronavirus in the U.S. can now gather in small groups indoors without restrictions a U.S. health agency said.The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and

2021-03-10 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Members of South Korea's K-pop band BTS say they feel honored to be competing for a Grammy at Sunday's award ceremony. The group will also perform during the 2021 Grammy Awards s

2021-03-10 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Two Iraqi women are working as engineers in Iraq's oil industry to help develop their country's economy.Zainab Amjad is a 24-year-old engineer who works on an oil rig for six wee

2021-03-10 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Lawmakers in the American state of Mississippi passed a measure last week to ban transgender athletes from joining competitive female sports teams. Similar bills are under consider

2021-03-09 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Meghan, the wife of Britain's Prince Harry, and her husband spoke to American Oprah Winfrey Sunday on American television.Meghan accused Britain's royal family of being worried a

2021-03-09 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

First lady Jill Biden, the wife of President Joe Biden, helped the U.S. State Department honor 21 women for their "courage" and "intentional decisions" in 2020.The women were recog

2021-03-09 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

An American professor is facing criticism after suggesting that Korean women kept as sex slaves in wartime Japan willingly took part in sex work.Harvard University professor J. Mar

2021-03-09 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.In many parts of the world, cold weather may mean one kind of vegetable is on your table -- root vegetables!Root ve

2021-03-08 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Liza Scott is a seven-year-old girl in the southern U.S. state of Alabama. Like many young girls, she became interested in earning money. So, she created a small table where she se

2021-03-08 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

A proposed new avocado farm in Kenya would block the movements of elephants and other wildlife near a major national park.Local conservation activists say the farm would cut off th

2021-03-08 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Scientists have long suspected that the rate of new infectious diseases could speed up. This is especially possible in developing countries where human and animal contact is increa

2021-03-08 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

In December, a 31-year-old Cambodian worker died at a farm near Pocheon, South Korea. The woman's death led to criticism of South Korea's foreign worker policies. The government

2021-03-07 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Greenland has become a point of interest for several countries, including the United States and China.This interest comes at a time when Greenland's government faces difficult dec

2021-03-07 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The business that oversees the work of children's writer Dr. Seuss will stop publishing six of his books. In a statement Dr. Seuss Enterprises gave this reason: "These books portr

2021-03-07 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.On this program we explore words and expressions in American English. Today we talk about a common idiom from sports: To

2021-03-07 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

On his first day in office, President Joe Biden said he was sending a bill to Congress called The U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021.The aim of the bill is to provide ways to give more i

2021-03-06 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The World Health Organization (WHO) warns that 25 percent of the world's population, or 2.5 billion people, will have hearing problems by 2050.The warning came from the first-ever

2021-03-06 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Pope Francis has urged Iraqis to respect the nation's Christians and reject longstanding religious conflicts and violence.The leader of the Roman Catholic Church arrived Friday in