2019-03-28 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said the United States will reduce the amount of money it gives to the Organization of American States, or OAS.The reduction is tied to exis

2019-03-28 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Apple has announced several new product offerings, including television and gaming services, an expanded news app and a credit card. The new services were announced this week durin

2019-03-28 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Weekly clashes between Palestinians and Israeli soldiers have once again become part of daily life over the past year in Gaza. A local artist has found inspiration and even raw mat

2019-03-28 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Officials in Mozambique said Wednesday several cases of cholera have been confirmed in the city of Beira. These are the first confirmed cases of cholera announced there since Cyclo

2019-03-27 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Chinese President Xi Jinping is continuing his visit to Europe with the second day of a state visit to France.On Tuesday, French President Emanuel Macron invited German Chancellor

2019-03-27 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

An increasing number of pregnant women in the United States choose to work with a doula. A doula is not an official nurse or doctor, but a professional who is trained to help ease

2019-03-27 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

One morning in January, Kefayat Ullah walked to his school in southern Bangladesh, just as he had done most days over the past six years.Kefayat had always been one of the top stud

2019-03-27 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Did people decide to fall in love with dogs or did dogs choose people? And why do these two species seem to think so much alike, act so much alike and get along so well?The Califor

2019-03-26 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Researchers warn that many young women know little about the risks they face of cardiovascular or heart disease. But a new study suggests women may be able to reduce those risks by

2019-03-26 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

A Kenyan teacher who gave away most of his monthly earnings to poor people has won a $1-million prize.Peter Tabichi was named the winner of the Global Teacher Prize on Sunday at a

2019-03-26 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This week marks the fourth anniversary of the Saudi-led campaign to force Houthi rebels from parts of northern Yemen.The fighting has caused what the United Nations calls "the worl

2019-03-26 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Many people around the United States are wondering what will happen next, now that a report on Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election has been completed.Special Cou

2019-03-25 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

A new examination of temperatures in the United States shows that there were two times more heat records set in the past 20 years than cold ones.The Associated Press analyzed tempe

2019-03-25 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Almost every week, John Little sees images of Native Americans being represented as relics of the past.There is the picture of a young Native woman on a container of butter. There

2019-03-25 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

An insect called the fall armyworm has already eaten crops in the Americas and Africa. Now it is doing the same in Asia.The young worms are about the size of a person's smallest f

2019-03-25 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

You never know what you will find in a pawnshop, stores which sell used goods.Where else can you find snow removal equipment sitting next to a costly piece of clothing? Or a beauti

2019-03-24 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

World Health Organization experts said last week it would be irresponsible for any scientist to do human gene-editing studies in people. They also called for a central registry of

2019-03-24 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Until recently, when scientists studied cells from people and animals, they often had to examine large samples, producing an average of results from many kinds of cells.The process

2019-03-24 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

U.S. President Donald Trump has approved an order linking "free speech" efforts at colleges and universities in the United States to federal money.Trump signed the executive order

2019-03-24 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Stibiri Fiona of Uganda was born with the medical condition known as albinism.Her body lacks the natural dark brown or black coloring that is in the skin of many African people. As

2019-03-23 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Hi, everyone!I hope you like prepositions because I am going to talk about them again today.The question today comes from our reader Francesca in Rome, Italy. Here it is:Question:H

2019-03-23 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Reporters have been following American actress Meghan Markle ever since plans for her marriage to Britain's Prince Harry were announced.Today every time Meghan, now the Duchess of

2019-03-23 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

We present the fourth of four parts of the short story "The Blue Hotel," by Stephen Crane. The story was originally adapted by the U.S. Department of State. The audio was recorded

2019-03-23 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Flooding remains a serious problem in Southern Africa more than a week after Cyclone Idai hit the area.Idai is one of the most destructive natural disasters in the area's history.

2019-03-23 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Levi Strauss is known as the company that gave America its first pair of blue jeans.This week, the New York Stock Exchange suspended its "no jeans allowed" policy for one day to ce