2019-01-15 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Tens of thousands of teachers went on strike Monday in Los Angeles, California.The teachers acted after contract negotiations failed."Students, we are striking for you," said teach

2019-01-15 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

It is often difficult for farmers to identify diseases quickly enough to protect their crops and those on neighboring farms. Now, some farmers are using a simple device directly in

2019-01-15 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Scientists have long known that pain's intensity is difficult to measure because people experience pain differently.In the case of 17-year-old Sarah Taylor, doctors struggled to u

2019-01-14 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

After falling for three years, carbon emissions in the United States rose in 2018.That information is based on early estimates from an independent research group.The Rhodium Group

2019-01-14 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The fight against poverty is getting help from faraway objects: satellites orbiting the Earth.Satellite images are helping researchers map areas of extreme poverty. Those pictures

2019-01-14 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

There is a saying in American English: "every dog has its day." It means that everyone sees success at some point in their lives.At one American museum, though, every dog has its d

2019-01-14 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

A community outside Quito, Ecuador's capital, has a building that appears to resist the laws of gravity.The unusual-looking structure was supposed to be a sign of South American u

2019-01-13 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.For today's program, we go into the kitchen!There is a good chance you do not go one day without using a knife. It is

2019-01-13 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

There are many reasons why college and university students often fail to get full nights of sleep.Many American students are away from their parents for the first time when they at

2019-01-13 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

American Andy Roddick knows something about playing in tennis matches that seem to never end.In 2003, Roddick won an Australian Open quarterfinal that ended with a score of 21-19 i

2019-01-12 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The U.S.-led coalition in Syria is beginning to withdraw troops from the country.A spokesman for the coalition said it "has begun the process of our deliberate withdrawal from Syri

2019-01-12 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

When people use maps, they are usually seeking directions to a place they want to go.But Susan Schulten sees much more in maps, like history, culture and art. She shares some of th

2019-01-12 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

We present the first 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 two men move

2019-01-12 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The Saudi woman who fled to Thailand has been permitted asylum in Canada.Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun is flying to Toronto through Seoul, South Korea, said Thai immigration official Sur

2019-01-11 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Each year, the Las Vegas consumer electronics show, or CES, presents the latest developments in many areas of technology.It is the place to be for people who cannot wait to get a l

2019-01-11 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The Catholic Church rejected the official result of the Democratic Republic of the Congo's presidential election on Thursday. And the losing candidate called the result a "robbery

2019-01-10 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Rising rates of depression among American teenagers and young adults have led to a major question: Could the same devices being blamed for causing depression be used to find it?Stu

2019-01-10 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Parts of the south in the United States are known for a kind of country music called bluegrass. And there is one instrument that is an important part of the bluegrass sound.The ban

2019-01-09 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Britain is studying how its roads and shipping could be affected if the country leaves the European Union (EU) without an agreement between the two sides.The study, which began Mon

2019-01-09 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.Most healthy children between the ages of four and 10 grow about five centimeters a year. Parents often notice this

2019-01-09 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Jin Park is the first "Dreamer" from the United States to win a Rhodes scholarship. By being chosen, Park will receive financing to attend the University of Oxford in England. But

2019-01-09 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

It was a series of upsets at the Golden Globes Award ceremony Sunday night in Los Angeles, California.One of the biggest surprises was the Hollywood Foreign Press Association's ch

2019-01-09 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Turkey's president has criticized the United States national security advisor for his comments about a planned U.S. troop withdrawal from Syria.Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo

2019-01-09 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

In the American state of California, prisoners are usually able to get out of jail before their sentence is completed.Some prisoners win a conditional, or temporary, release from j

2019-01-07 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

A public opinion study says that most Americans would accept the use of gene-editing technology to create babies who are protected from some diseases.But the same study finds that