2019-01-07 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

A new study suggests climate conditions in the Sahara Desert have changed from wet to dry about every 20,000 years.The study was carried out by scientists at America's Massachuset

2019-01-07 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Susie Kim believes that women video gamers are out there. As manager of a winning esports team, she would know.But she is also not surprised none of them are on her team.The Entert

2019-01-06 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Now, from VOA Learning English, this is Words and Their Stories.American English, like all languages, has countless colorful words and expressions. We call some slang. It is not al

2019-01-06 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

In the early 1990s, scientist Sue Hendrickson discovered the world's largest Tyrannosaurus rex dinosaur skeleton. It was found in rock formations in the American state of South Da

2019-01-06 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Since their earliest days, American colleges and universities have based their study programs around what is known as the liberal arts.A liberal arts education does not require stu

2019-01-05 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

What do you get when you mix the sound of heavy metal rock music...with Mexican mariachi music?The answer is Metalachi.Metalachi's members call themselves the first and only heavy

2019-01-05 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

We present the last of two parts of the short story "The Law of Life," by Jack London. The story was originally adapted and recorded by the U.S. Department of State.Koskoosh placed

2019-01-05 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Apple says dropping demand for iPhones in China will cause its overall revenue to fall well below previous predictions.Apple chief Tim Cook addressed the issue in a letter to compa

2019-01-05 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This is What's Trending Today...Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is the youngest woman ever elected to the U.S. Congress. The 29-year-old New Yorker became famous after beating a long-tim

2019-01-04 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The 116th United States Congress returned the first woman to the position of Speaker of the House and swore in the most diverse group of lawmakers in history.The legislators took o

2019-01-04 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

China's space program has become the first to land a spacecraft on the so-called dark side of the moon. The landing on Thursday brought the country closer to its goal of becoming

2019-01-04 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The director of a well-known art museum in Italy is urging Germany to return a Dutch painting stolen by Nazi troops during World War II.Eike Schmidt is director of Uffizi Gallery,

2019-01-03 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Scientists say images from NASA's spacecraft New Horizons show a snowman-like object in the cold, icy part of our solar system.The "snowman," named Ultima Thule, orbits an area kn

2019-01-03 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Three-day-old Oskar Lunde sleeps in a small bed at an Estonian hospital. Across the room, his father turns on a laptop computer. "Now we will register our child," Andrejs Lunde say

2019-01-03 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Two women have entered a Hindu temple for the first time since a ban was lifted on female visitors between the ages of 10 and 50.The women entered the Sabarimala temple in the sout

2019-01-02 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Alan Naiman was known for being very careful about how he spent his money. But even those closest to him had no knowledge of the fortune he quietly gathered and the last act he had

2019-01-02 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Many high school students in the United States get hands-on training in construction skills by building real houses.One such program was created for construction and design student

2019-01-02 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Visitors to the U.S. National Museum of the American Indian recently had a chance to buy artwork made by some of the world's finest Native American artists.The handmade objects in

2019-01-01 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Astronauts traveling in space meet forms of radiation that are uncommon on Earth.Some of this radiation has been shown to be harmful to human health. It is linked to cancers and he

2019-01-01 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Are you able to take a vacation from your wireless device?A growing number of hotels will help you to find out.Some hotels are offering "extras," like food and underwater diving, t

2018-12-31 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

"Gerrymander" is an old word for an idea that is still important today in the United States.The term was first used in 1812 by an artist who made pictures for a newspaper. The arti

2018-12-31 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Scientists are studying fossils of a large meat-eating dinosaur they describe as interesting, both in life and in death.The dinosaur is said to have lived and hunted 198 million ye

2018-12-31 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

It has been called the first true work of science fiction and the first English horror novel.The story has been told over and over again -- not just in books, but in movies and tel

2018-12-31 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Several times a week, Ren Ruzhi battles an opponent that is five times his weight and strong enough to kill him. He is skilled in fighting bulls, animals known for their aggressive

2018-12-30 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Higher education in the United States has never been more costly.The College Board is an independent organization that supports the growth of higher education in the U.S. It says t