2019-12-06 所属栏目:VOA慢速英语|美国之音慢速英语听力下载

The Speaker of the United States House of Representatives has directed congressional leaders to take steps aimed at removing the president from office.Speaker Nancy Pelosi asked la

2019-12-06 所属栏目:VOA慢速英语|美国之音慢速英语听力下载

When Craig and Vicki Leuthold opened the Maryhill Winery in 2001, there were about 100 wine producers in the American state of Washington. That number has since grown to more than

2019-12-06 所属栏目:VOA慢速英语|美国之音慢速英语听力下载

The Eiffel Tower closed down and France's high-speed trains stood still Thursday as labor unions launched nationwide strikes.The unions are protesting the government's plan to re

2019-12-06 所属栏目:AS IT IS

If you have been studying English even for a short time, chances are you have already heard or read hundreds of collocations.A collocation is a group of two or more words that is a

2019-12-05 所属栏目:voa标准英语|美国之音常速英语下载|在线收听

Since the fall of the Berlin Wall 30 years ago, many Central and Eastern European and Eurasian countries have overcome significant social, economic, and political challenges on the

2019-12-05 所属栏目:VOA慢速英语|美国之音慢速英语听力下载

The world's oil oversupply could continue to rise, causing a drop in fuel and energy prices. That possibility will be under discussion at OPEC negotiations on Thursday.The Organiz

2019-12-05 所属栏目:VOA慢速英语|美国之音慢速英语听力下载

New research suggests many older Americans may incorrectly estimate their chances for developing dementia.Almost half of adults questioned believed they were likely to develop deme

2019-12-05 所属栏目:VOA慢速英语|美国之音慢速英语听力下载

Carolyn Harper made her appeal for donations to the Salvation Army with a smile on her face and a bell in her hand.But several people apologized to Harper and said they did not hav

2019-12-04 所属栏目:voa标准英语|美国之音常速英语下载|在线收听

USAID Administrator Mark Green and Advisor to the President Ivanka Trump have announced an additional $5O million for the Women’s Global Development and Prosperity Initiative, kno

2019-12-04 所属栏目:VOA慢速英语|美国之音慢速英语听力下载

The United Nations weather agency says the past 10 years were likely the hottest decade since scientists began keeping records.In a new report, the World Meteorological Organizatio

2019-12-04 所属栏目:VOA慢速英语|美国之音慢速英语听力下载

Chinese scientist He Jiankui shocked the world last year when he claimed to have helped make the first gene-edited babies.Now, it is unclear what has happened to him and the babies

2019-12-04 所属栏目:VOA慢速英语|美国之音慢速英语听力下载

Students from China and Singapore came out on top in an international survey of educational achievement.Results of the 2018 Program for International Student Assessment, or PISA, w

2019-12-04 所属栏目:VOA慢速英语|美国之音慢速英语听力下载

The First Lady of the United States Melania Trump is celebrating American patriotism at the White House this Christmas. She has also honored American design, inventions and buildin

2019-12-04 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The United States and South Korea are meeting for the fourth time to reach an agreement on sharing defense costs.There are about 28,500 U.S. troops in South Korea. The country shar

2019-12-03 所属栏目:VOA慢速英语|美国之音慢速英语听力下载

Many world leaders are gathering in Madrid, Spain to discuss how to reduce the world's temperatures. As they meet, China is expected to receive a lot of attention. China is the la

2019-12-03 所属栏目:VOA慢速英语|美国之音慢速英语听力下载

An apple tree stands alone near the top of a hill. It produces the Arkansas Beauty, a fruit long believed to have disappeared from existence. Three years ago, plant experts E.J. Br

2019-12-03 所属栏目:VOA慢速英语|美国之音慢速英语听力下载

Life expectancy rates in the United States have been increasing for most of the past 60 years. But a new study has confirmed changes.It found that U.S. life expectancy rates decrea

2019-12-03 所属栏目:VOA慢速英语|美国之音慢速英语听力下载

The government of Samoa announced on Monday that five more children had died within the past day from measles.That raises the number of measles deaths on the Pacific island nation

2019-12-03 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Maxence Melo of Tanzania did not set out to be a journalist.In 2006, he launched a website called Jamii Forums to give young people a place to speak openly and to fight corruption.

2019-12-02 所属栏目:voa标准英语|美国之音常速英语下载|在线收听

U.S. President Donald Trump has made the National Space Strategy a priority for the United States by reestablishing the National Space Council and signing directives supporting spa

2019-12-02 所属栏目:voa标准英语|美国之音常速英语下载|在线收听

This is VOA news. I'm David Byrd.
Officials in southern Afghanistan say a bomb explosion Saturday killed a senior military commander and wounded at least three other people, i

2019-12-02 所属栏目:voa标准英语|美国之音常速英语下载|在线收听

The waters are finally receding in Venice and the cleanup begins.
A series of record-high flood tides in recent days inundated 70 percent of the city.
St. Mark’s Basilica has be

2019-12-02 所属栏目:VOA慢速英语|美国之音慢速英语听力下载

The International Business Machines Corporation, known as IBM, says it is making technology for precision weather predictions available to everyone.The company said the new weather

2019-12-02 所属栏目:VOA慢速英语|美国之音慢速英语听力下载

For the first time ever, scientists have recorded the heart rate of the world's largest creature: the blue whale. To get this reading, they attached an electrocardiogram device to

2019-12-02 所属栏目:VOA慢速英语|美国之音慢速英语听力下载

South Korean startup companies are planning to use their country's similarities with Vietnam to expand their businesses.The people of both countries could be called "kindred spiri