2019-01-30 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

It is common for adults to use "baby talk" when interacting with very young children. This way of speaking attempts to copy the sounds babies make when they first try to talk. But

2019-01-30 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Leaders from the United States and China will meet in Washington, DC this week to try to decrease trade tensions between the two countries. But the talks are complicated by a dispu

2019-01-29 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Rescue workers confirmed on Monday that at least 60 people are dead after a dam collapsed in Minas Gerais state in Brazil.Officials say at least 300 other people remain missing.The

2019-01-29 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.If you are like millions of people around the world, the New Year brings with it new goals.Perhaps you want to save

2019-01-29 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The United States says recognition of opposition leader Juan Guaido as Venezuela's interim president is the only way to restore democracy in that country. Russia and China, howeve

2019-01-29 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The United States official working to bring peace to Afghanistan says "significant progress" was made during his latest talks with the Taliban.U.S. special representative Zalmay Kh

2019-01-28 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The U.S. Department of Energy's nuclear security office is developing a project to help other countries deal with nuclear waste. The information comes from two sources who spoke t

2019-01-28 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Huge rocks from outer space, or asteroids, are falling from the sky more than they have in the past. But there is no need to worry.A new study has shown that for the past 290 milli

2019-01-28 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Teaching children social and emotional skills is getting new attention in the world of education. Some experts say doing arts and crafts at home and at school can help build those

2019-01-27 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

British scientists are developing gene-edited chickens designed to be fully resistant to the influenza, or flu virus.Wendy Barclay is one of the leaders of the gene-editing project

2019-01-27 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Unlike many other countries, the United States does not have one single governing body that sets education policy for the entire nation.The Department of Education creates some rul

2019-01-27 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Now, the VOA Learning English program Words and Their Stories.Okay, who here has never made a mistake?The answer is, of course, no one.Mistakes are not just a fact of life, they ar

2019-01-26 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

U.S. President Donald Trump said that he has reached a deal with Congressional leaders to reopen the government for three weeks.The deal to end the 35-day partial government shutdo

2019-01-26 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Lebanese filmmaker Nadine Labaki has become the first female artist in the Arab world to be nominated for an Academy Award, or Oscar.Labaki directed the film "Capernaum," a film ab

2019-01-26 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

We present the third of four parts of the short story "Love of Life," by Jack London. The story was originally adapted and recorded by the U.S. Department of State.The man had brou

2019-01-25 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka says she hopes companies she represents will talk with her about how to present her in future advertisements.Osaka was asked about criticism of her

2019-01-25 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The United States steps up its support for Venezuela's opposition leader, but the country's military promises its loyalty to President Nicolas Maduro.Secretary of State Mike Pomp

2019-01-25 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The chief of Airbus on Thursday warned that the aviation company could move its United Kingdom operations out of Britain. The move might happen if the country leaves the European U

2019-01-25 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Almost 60,000 members of the gun industry are meeting this week in the U.S. city of Las Vegas, Nevada. They are gathering for the Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade Show – o

2019-01-24 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The longest government shutdown in U.S. history is guaranteed to continue at least a bit longer.On Wednesday, Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic Speaker of the U.S. House of Representati

2019-01-24 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Pope Francis has joined a technology tool designed to permit people to connect spiritually.The pope spoke about the "Click to Pray" app during his weekly Sunday religious address a

2019-01-24 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has broken diplomatic relations with the United States. He has given American diplomats 72 hours to leave the country.The action came following

2019-01-24 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

In 1947, locals first found the Dead Sea Scrolls in caves near the city of Jerusalem. The scrolls contain ancient religious writings, some more than 2,000 years old.Now, in the cli

2019-01-23 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

A slowing Chinese economy and an ongoing government shutdown in the United States have some experts worried about possible damage to the world economy.China's slowdownChina's eco

2019-01-23 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Technology has already created many new educational tools to help teachers improve learning in the classroom. One method uses video gaming elements to get students more interested