2018-07-24 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

People in Australia are leading efforts to save a critically endangered language.At one time, an estimated 300 indigenous languages were spoken on the continent. Only about 90 are

2018-07-24 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Rural China is home to many small farms and traditional industries, but productivity is falling.There are not enough new industries to provide economic growth. Young people continu

2018-07-23 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Thanks to an effective vaccine, the polio virus has disappeared from most of the world. But, a few cases remain in areas that are among the most difficult to reach.To eradicate the

2018-07-23 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

There have been many improvements in how weather experts predict the path of hurricanes, powerful storms that form in the ocean.However, forecasters still struggle when trying to e

2018-07-23 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Roe versus Wade is one of the best known Supreme Court cases.The issue is whether a healthy woman has a right to end a pregnancy through an abortion. In Texas in the early 1970s, s

2018-07-23 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Spain has become the number-one destination for migrants who cross the Mediterranean Sea to get to Europe.Before, the country most of the migrants tried to reach was Italy.The late

2018-07-23 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The burned remains of bread made about 14,500 years ago in northeastern Jordan have given scientists a surprise: humans started making bread long before they developed agriculture.

2018-07-22 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

More than half a million Rohingya from Myanmar are in refugee camps in Bangladesh. The people, a Muslim minority in Myanmar, fled the military's campaign of violence against them.

2018-07-22 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Leaving home to attend a college or university often leads to big changes for a student. One of them can be leaving behind a pet cat, dog or other beloved animal.Kimberly Brubaker

2018-07-22 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 many people, camping is a popular outdoor activity. Camping is for people who like to feel one with nature. They l

2018-07-21 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Seventeen people have died after a "duck boat" overturned and sank in a lake in the Midwestern American state of Missouri.The boat was carrying 29 tourists and two crew members. Th

2018-07-21 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

It was 50 years ago that the science fiction film 2001: A Space Odyssey opened in theaters across the United States.The film, directed by Stanley Kubrick, was based on a book by Ar

2018-07-21 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

We present the short story "The Caliph, Cupid and the Clock" by O. Henry. The story was originally adapted and recorded by the U.S. Department of State.Prince Michael of Valleluna

2018-07-21 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Comic book and movie heroes are coming to life this week at Comic-Con International.The four-day long event is held once every year in San Diego, California.Comic-Con celebrates po

2018-07-21 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The Global Slavery Index estimates that more than 40 million people around the world were subject to conditions similar to slavery.The report said North Korea and Eritrea had the h

2018-07-20 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Diego Maradona is widely believed to be one of the best football players ever. He helped lead Argentina to victory in the 1986 World Cup. But like many former star players of the s

2018-07-20 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Brian Duncan slowly moves his hands over the waves of grain growing behind his home in rural Illinois.Images like this make one think of the good life on a successful American farm

2018-07-20 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

A United Nations report says Asia is becoming a major center for the cocaine trade.The UN report says Colombia remains the world's top producer of cocaine. Yet the amount of the d

2018-07-19 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The European Union has fined Google $5 billion for having too much control of software that goes into mobile phones.EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager said Google broke

2018-07-19 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The United States has settled a case with a gun rights activist that permits him to publish instructions for making guns with a 3-D printer.Activist Cody Wilson began legal action

2018-07-19 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

United States prosecutors have accused a Russian woman of being a Russian agent.The officials say she used sex and deception to make connections with influential Americans.The woma

2018-07-19 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

A U.S. federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to stop immediate deportations of immigrant families. The order, which is enforced until at least July 24, would give fami

2018-07-18 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The United States has launched five separate dispute actions at the World Trade Organization against Canada, China, the European Union, Mexico and Turkey. The U.S. says these count

2018-07-18 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

High school students in the U.S. increasingly have a new option to challenge themselves: the International Baccalaureate, or IB. The program is a demanding two-year curriculum. It

2018-07-18 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Facing criticism from all sides, President Donald Trump says he misspoke during his visit to Helsinki, Finland. Trump says he accepts the findings of U.S. intelligence agencies tha