2018-12-21 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Syrian Kurdish allies of the United States are worried about President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw all U.S. military forces from Syria.The Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces

2018-12-21 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

For two years, Mohammed fought with Yemen's Houthi rebels against a military coalition led by Saudi Arabia and backed by the United States.Mohamed says he tortured and killed peop

2018-12-21 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Still hunting for that perfect present for family or friends? Maybe this will help. With Christmas shopping season well under way, Reuters asked a number of stars about their best

2018-12-20 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The number of journalists killed worldwide for their work nearly doubled this year. That information comes from a new report by the Committee to Protect Journalists.The New York-ba

2018-12-20 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

An Israeli company says it has produced the world's first steak "grown" in a laboratory.Researchers from Tel Aviv-based Aleph Farms say they successfully created the meat using me

2018-12-20 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Penny Marshall, the celebrated director of beloved films like Big and A League of Their Own, has died. She was 75 years old.Marshall died in her Los Angeles home on Monday night fr

2018-12-20 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Businessman Elon Musk has demonstrated part of a planned high-speed, underground transportation system in California.Musk is best known for founding electric carmaker Tesla and aer

2018-12-20 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Vietnam plans to start using liquefied natural gas, or LNG, by the year 2020.Although Vietnam has said it would be hurt by the effects of climate change, it plans to move forward w

2018-12-19 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

A year of unrest in Afghanistan is ending with new hope that a reconciliation process with the Taliban may be possible.The war Afghanistan began with the American invasion in 2001.

2018-12-19 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Reducing class size has traditionally been seen as an important way to improve a student's educational experience.Many public opinion studies have shown that both teachers and par

2018-12-19 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Japan is planning a large increase in defense spending and new weapons, including refitting a helicopter carrier for new high-technology fighters.Prime Minister Shinzo Abe approved

2018-12-18 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.A Hungarian doctor is advising her lung disease patients to consider a non-traditional form of treatment: singing!A

2018-12-18 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Merriam-Webster, the American publisher known for its dictionaries, has chosen "justice" as its 2018 word of the year.The word follows "toxic," chosen by Oxford Dictionaries, and "

2018-12-18 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Almost 200 nations have agreed on a set of rules which they hope will breathe life into the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change.The agreement sets out how countries should repor

2018-12-18 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Monkeys have become a big problem around government offices in New Delhi, India.Hundreds of macaque monkeys have been stealing food and mobile phones near parliament. They are also

2018-12-17 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

On the night before Christmas in 1818, an Austrian clergyman and a music teacher sang a song that they wrote together for the first time.They did not know it then, but their song w

2018-12-17 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Every day, around 50 tons of food waste arrives at a factory outside of Jinan, China. That is equal to the weight of seven adult elephants.Once it arrives, the food waste goes thro

2018-12-17 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Many news stories about the United States government tell about Congress and American lawmakers. The U.S. Congress is the nation's legislature. It is made of two parts: the Senate

2018-12-17 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Political cartoons date back to before the creation of the United States.Today, they remain an important part of American culture. They are protected as free speech, as part of a f

2018-12-16 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Recently released studies on climate change paint one of the worst pictures yet of warming in the polar areas.Scientists are noting surprising levels of melting in Earth's polar a

2018-12-16 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Frances Downey grew up listening to stories about her mother studying at a university outside of the United States.Her mother spent one year studying abroad through an internationa

2018-12-16 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Mexico's president canceled disputed education reforms this week, as he had promised during his election campaign. The new leader, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, also announced plan

2018-12-16 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Now, from VOA Learning English, it's time for Words and Their Stories.If this is your first time with us, this program explores words and expressions commonly used in American Eng

2018-12-16 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

In the U.S. state of Washington, a road called Interstate 90 cuts through a wild, mountainous area to reach the city of Seattle. For the area's many kinds of animals, the busy hig

2018-12-15 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

A 7-year-old girl died while being detained by U.S. immigration officers, government officials said.The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday called the death a "