2019-06-23 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Our question today on Ask A Teacher comes from Mohamad. He says:Question:Hi. Could you explain more about the meanings of the words "Develop" and "Alternative" by your examples. Th

2019-06-23 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Now, Words and Their Stories from VOA Learning English.This program explores common expressions in American English.We talk about them a little more in depth. We give you examples

2019-06-23 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Scientists in the United States have predicted a near-record area of oxygen-starved water to appear in the Gulf of Mexico this summer.The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administr

2019-06-23 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

When Mauricio Lopez came to the United States 20 years ago from El Salvador to live with his mom, he had a green card, but no high school degree. He was 18 years old and did not sp

2019-06-22 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

American President Donald Trump says he canceled a planned military strike on Iran after being told as many as 150 people could be killed.The attack plan was made to answer Iran's

2019-06-22 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Ten years after finishing The Hunger Games book series, American writer Suzanne Collins is returning readers to Panem.A prequel, set 64 years before the beginning of her best-selli

2019-06-22 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Many people who live on Norway's far-northern island of Sommaroey are campaigning to go "time-free."They note that between May and July, the sun does not set there for 69 days. To

2019-06-21 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Iran shot down a United States military drone on Thursday. The incident comes as tensions between the two countries have increased following American withdrawal from Iran's nuclea

2019-06-21 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The piping plover is already one of the most endangered birds in the Great Lakes area of the northern United States. Now, the rising water levels of Lake Michigan further threaten

2019-06-21 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Joy Harjo, the first Native American to be named U.S. poet laureate, has been ready for such a responsibility for a long time."I've been an unofficial poetry ambassador -- on the

2019-06-20 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Facebook has announced the launch of its own digital currency in a major new push into the worldwide financial services industry.The new currency will be a cryptocurrency similar t

2019-06-20 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The world's oceans will likely lose about one-sixth of their fish and other creatures within 100 years if climate change continues on its current path.These are the findings of a

2019-06-20 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Today is Juneteenth in the United States – a holiday that is over 150 years old, but is still unknown to many people. It marks the end of official slavery in the country and

2019-06-20 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

An independent report into the murder of Saudi reporter Jamal Khashoggi says there is "credible evidence" of possible involvement by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.The Unit

2019-06-20 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The United Nations refugee agency says there are now more than 70 million people displaced in the world and the problem is growing.The U.N. reports on refugees in its yearly public

2019-06-19 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

United States President Donald Trump has threatened to remove millions of people who entered the country illegally "as fast as they come in."Trump wrote on Twitter that the U.S. Im

2019-06-19 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Raegan Byrd tries to complete her school homework every night. But the high school student in Hartford, Connecticut, uses her mobile phone because she does not have a computer or i

2019-06-19 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The MTV Movie and TV Awards were held recently in Los Angeles, California. One of the surprising winners: Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader GinsburgThe 86-year-old judge was named t

2019-06-18 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Iran says it plans to go beyond limits placed on its uranium enrichment in the next 10 days

2019-06-18 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Mohammed Morsi, Egypt's former president and the country's first freely elected leader, collapsed in court during trial Monday and died.The 67-year-old Muslim Brotherhood leader

2019-06-18 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

A growing number of American firefighters are now using drones to help with their live-saving work.The city of Fremont, California uses 14 drones to help fight fires and carry out

2019-06-18 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

There is trouble in one of Iceland's most special industries: the production of hand-knit "lopi" sweaters. Visitors love to buy them and Icelanders happily wear them. Each sweater

2019-06-18 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Older women who walk a little over three kilometers each day might live longer than less active women of the same age, a new study suggests.Many Americans hoping to stay healthy se

2019-06-17 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Many old buildings and aging neighborhoods across the United States look like they are ready to be torn down and replaced. But the National Trust for Historic Preservation believes

2019-06-17 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Researchers say they have discovered a plant in Canada that not only eats insects, but also feeds on at least one amphibious creature.The discovery was recently reported in a study