2016-03-05 所属栏目:英音听力材料

BBC Radio 4 2016-02-26For me the most magical moment in this week’s news was the sight of a 106 year old woman, Virginia McLaurin dancing with Barack and Michelle Obama in th

2016-03-05 所属栏目:英音听力材料

BBC Radio 4 2016-02-25Good morning. The damage to Delhi’s Munak canal at the weekend has left millions of its residents without water. Twelve people are dead, the army’

2016-03-05 所属栏目:英音听力材料

BBC Radio 4 2016-02-24Good morning. Yesterday MPs debated how to measure the life chances of children and the factors that hold them back. The Government wanted to remove the requi

2016-03-05 所属栏目:英音听力材料

BBC Radio 4 2016-02-23Pope Francis and Donald Trump recently had an argument over a wall, so to speak. Mr Trump wants to build one between Mexico and America to stop illegal immigr

2016-03-05 所属栏目:英音听力材料

BBC Radio 4 2016-02-22Whatever else the last few weeks have shown about the European Community, one thing is very impressive – the ability of mainland European politicians to

2016-03-05 所属栏目:英音听力材料

BBC Radio 4 2016-02-20Donald Trump was sore this week when his plans for ending immigration from Mexico received a severe rebuke from an unexpected quarter. ‘A person who thi

2016-03-05 所属栏目:英音听力材料

BBC Radio 4 2016-02-19Tomorrow is the United Nations World Day of Social Justice, which is interesting, because one of the great thinkers of the twentieth century, Friedrich Hayek,

2016-02-29 所属栏目:英音听力材料

BBC Radio 4 2016-02-18Good morning. The presidential address of the Archbishop of Canterbury to the General Synod was published yesterday. It focuses on last month’s meeting

2016-02-29 所属栏目:英音听力材料

BBC Radio 4 2016-02-17Good morning. Last night the General Synod of the Church of England passed a motion calling on all parishes to encourage people to give blood and to register

2016-02-29 所属栏目:英音听力材料

BBC Radio 4 2016-02-16Good morning. I’m sad to say that my father died last year. He was taken into a hospice in early December, suffering from the final stages of terminal c

2016-02-29 所属栏目:英音听力材料

In the middle of last week I got back from a ten-day visit to Tanzania. Not only are my feet still moving to the rhythms of the music and the energy of the dancing – in schoo

2016-02-29 所属栏目:英音听力材料

BBC Radio 4 2016-02-13A report from Public Health England says that Older people are living longer than ever before. So If you're 65 now, men can expect to live to 84 years old an

2016-02-29 所属栏目:英音听力材料

BBC Radio 4 2016-02-12Good Morning,A study from You Gov shows that the number of parents who would be upset if their children married or partnered with someone of a different polit

2016-02-29 所属栏目:英音听力材料

BBC Radio 4 2016-02-11Good morning. It’s been announced that the Royal Bank of Scotland has shortlisted three eminent nineteenth century scots, one of whom will be portrayed

2016-02-29 所属栏目:英音听力材料

BBC Radio 4 2016-02-10Good morning. Today is Ash Wednesday which for Christians is a day of fasting and abstinence to mark the beginning of Lent. I have to admit that I am absolute

2016-02-21 所属栏目:英音听力材料

BBC Radio 4 2016-02-09It was forty years ago, when I worked in the Netherlands, that I first became aware that Britain did not have all the answers.I had a friend called Josef who,

2016-02-21 所属栏目:英音听力材料

BBC Radio 4 2016-02-08For all those of you, like me, who are going to miss the BBC’s adaptation of War and Peace, here is another rough adaptation of a Tolstoy short story ca

2016-02-21 所属栏目:英音听力材料

BBC Radio 4 2016-02-06Good Morning,It’s the start of the 6-Nations rugby tournament and throughout these lands people will be digging out their team colours, dusting off thei

2016-02-21 所属栏目:英音听力材料

BBC Radio 4 2016-02-05Good morning.Earlier this week, Barack Obama made his first presidential visit to an American mosque. His speech touched on several important issues, but one

2016-02-21 所属栏目:英音听力材料

BBC Radio 4 2016-02-04Good morning. A couple of years ago I was staying with friends at their home in Washington DC. On the Sunday afternoon they invited me to go with them to a te

2016-02-21 所属栏目:英音听力材料

BBC Radio 4 2016-02-03Browsing idly for a few minutes yesterday, I came across a feature online entitled My Future Self. Over a dozen young girls were asked what they want to do wh

2016-02-21 所属栏目:英音听力材料

Good MorningThe vast outpouring of grief and the sense of loss which filled the airwaves yesterday, as listeners sent in their personal memories of Sir Terry Wogan (most particular

2016-02-21 所属栏目:英音听力材料

BBC Radio 4 2016-02-01The Church of England is currently considering proposals for its clergy to swap their traditional robes for more everyday clothes when taking services. Appare

2016-02-02 所属栏目:英音听力材料

BBC Radio 4 2016-01-30Good morning.Last week, the West reached a new milestone. According to Steve Howard, the head of sustainability at Ikea, famed for its flat pack furniture and

2016-02-02 所属栏目:英音听力材料

BBC Radio 4 2016-01-29Good Morning,There was once a house in a big city that fell to the ground with a great crash. Fortunately, no-one was hurt. The owner wasn’t home. And t