2018-07-11 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The Trump administration announced last week that it would not urge schools to consider race in the admissions process.The administration withdrew official guidance meant to increa

2018-07-11 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The World Cup in Russia has received attention all around the world. But one immigrant community has had its attention on a different soccer event.It takes place at a high school s

2018-07-11 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

People following the 2018 FIFA World Cup have witnessed some very surprising results. Teams thought to have a good chance of winning, like Germany, Portugal and Brazil, have been o

2018-07-10 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Thai officials say four boys were brought out of a flooded cave in northern Thailand on Monday.A witness near the cave told the Reuters news agency that medical workers carried fou

2018-07-10 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Scientists have found what they believe are pieces of a meteor that fell to Earth earlier this year.The objects were discovered July 2 off the coast of the United States in the Pac

2018-07-10 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.Researchers say a virus once feared around the world can help to treat some kinds of cancer in the brain.The resear

2018-07-10 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Severe flooding and landslides have killed at least 100 people in southwestern Japan.Rescuers searched for survivors in flooded areas and landslides after several days of heavy rai

2018-07-09 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This case goes all the way back to the 1691. At that time, the colony of Virginia said people of different races could not get married. Restrictions against interracial marriage re

2018-07-09 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Imagine having an animal as your teacher. How much do you think one could learn from a hippopotamus, for example?At the Cincinnati Zoo, a baby hippo named Fiona is helping to educa

2018-07-09 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

American high school students might have a big change in their world history education next year.The College Board announced in May that it plans to limit the amount of material co

2018-07-09 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The year 1968 was a time of great social and political unrest in the United States.The Vietnam War had reached a turning point.The Civil Rights Act was signed into law, which helpe

2018-07-08 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Editor's Note: This story is part of a continuing series about international student life at colleges and universities across the United States. Please join us over the next sever

2018-07-08 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Now, Words and Their Stories, a program from VOA Learning English.On this program, we take English expressions and explain where they came from and how to use them.In all languages

2018-07-08 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Last month, The Washington Post published an opinion piece about reports that the United States government had separated 2,000 children from their parents.The writer was Laura Bush

2018-07-08 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Tornillo, Texas, is a small farming community in the southwestern United States. It sits along the Mexican border, a short drive from the city of El Paso in West Texas.A month ago,

2018-07-07 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

China says that it has been "forced to take a necessary counterattack" against the United States because of recent U.S. import taxes on Chinese products.The U.S. government recentl

2018-07-07 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Carson Kropfl is an inventor, business owner and environmental activist.He enjoys the excitement of surfing. In addition to riding the waves, he likes riding his skateboard. Kropfl

2018-07-07 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Today we tell a traditional American story called a "tall tale." A tall tale is a story about a person who is larger than life. The descriptions in the story are exaggerated &ndash

2018-07-06 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

A new study takes a look at people's ratings of the safest and most dangerous places in the world.The American research company Gallup asked people to tell about their experiences

2018-07-06 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The polar bear may be the animal most often identified with climate change, but it is far from the only creature at risk from rising temperatures.The northernmost part of Earth is

2018-07-06 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Britain's interior minister says a poison used to sicken a British man and woman last week is the same one that sickened a former Russian spy and his daughter.Sajid Javid gave the

2018-07-06 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

In the mountains of northern Thailand, Ekapol Chanthawong developed a skill that may help him as he sits trapped underground in a cave: meditation.The 25-year-old and 12 members of

2018-07-05 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Foreign ministers from Iran and four other countries are set to hold talks Friday on the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers.The ministers are to discuss how their coun

2018-07-05 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

New technology is making it possible for people to make realistic videos of people appearing to say things they never actually said.The videos are known as "deepfakes."The name com

2018-07-05 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

A new study of mice suggests bacteria may help to cause anxiety and depression in overweight people.The research raises questions about whether changing organisms living inside our