2018-05-28 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Editor's note: This is the final part in a three-part series on women in the hip-hop industry.In the last few decades, hip-hop has risen to become a multi-billion dollar industry.

2018-05-28 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The rate of imprisonment in the United States is the highest in the world. Many lawmakers and policy experts have called the situation a prison epidemic.But, Representative Hakeem

2018-05-27 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.On this show, we talk about expressions that Americans use in every day speech.Today we shine the spotlight on terms t

2018-05-27 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Speeches have long been an important tradition at college and university graduation ceremonies in the United States.Every spring, schools honor students who have successfully compl

2018-05-27 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Today anyone with a smartphone or a laptop can spread information and video around the world immediately.This new-found power can play a vital role in our understanding of events i

2018-05-27 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

In this lesson, we present seven steps to help you judge the quality of news reporting:Step One: Main PointsBe able to recognize and re-state the main points of the story. An intel

2018-05-27 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Media organizations often use words like "balance" and "fairness." They want to say that they are reporting without showing favoritism or making judgments. Balance simply means giv

2018-05-27 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The four medal winners lined up to take their turns on the stage. They were mostly quiet and calm. Except for Summer, who could not stop burying her nose into Sgt.Taker.Her act is

2018-05-27 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The most successful female climber of Mount Everest broke another record in reaching the top of the mountain a ninth time.The climber is Lhakpa Sherpa. She is a 44-year-old single

2018-05-27 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Editor's note: This is part two of a three-part series.In the last few decades, hip-hop has become a multi-billion dollar industry.It was a woman, Sylvia Robinson, who produced th

2018-05-26 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

American film producer Harvey Weinstein has surrendered to police on sex crime charges. His action comes seven months after women began publicly accusing him of sex abuse.He turned

2018-05-26 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Editor's note: This is part one of a three-part series.When musician and producer Sylvia Robinson first met young artists Big Bank Hank, Wonder Mike and Master Gee she gave them a

2018-05-26 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The National Mall in Washington, DC has something new for America's Memorial Day holiday this year.For three days, visitors can see a clear wall filled with red poppies. The flowe

2018-05-26 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

New details about a 300-year-old sunken treasure ship were released this week with permission from groups involved in the search effort, including Colombia's government.The wreck

2018-05-26 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Our story today is called, "The Return of a Private. " It was written by Hamlin Garland. Here is Harry Monroe with our story.The soldiers cheered as the train crossed the border in

2018-05-25 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

United States President Donald Trump has called off a planned meeting on June 12 with North Korea's leader in Singapore.In a letter, the Trump administration said the decision was

2018-05-25 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The chief lawyer of a Dutch-led team of international investigators said the missile and launcher used to shoot down a Malaysian Airlines plane over eastern Ukraine in July of 2014

2018-05-25 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Indonesia marks its 20th anniversary as a democracy this month. The country won its independence from the Netherlands in 1945. But, for 30 years, the military ruler Suharto led the

2018-05-25 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

In the United States, mass school shootings are most likely to happen in small towns and suburban areas.One example is the shooting last week at a high school in Santa Fe, Texas. T

2018-05-24 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This is What's Trending Today...The National Football League, or NFL, has announced that it will fine teams if their players fail to stand during the playing of the national anthe

2018-05-24 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Major world automakers have already invested heavily in electric vehicles and related technology – and they are committed to keep doing so. Some have even promised to stop pr

2018-05-24 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Health workers say an experimental vaccine may help to stop the spread of Ebola virus disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo.The vaccine is called V920. The drug maker Merck h

2018-05-24 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Irish voters will decide on Friday whether to end the country's ban on abortion in most cases.Voters will be asked in a referendum whether the country's constitution should be ch

2018-05-24 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The foreign minister of France has warned that the United States risks more problems in the Middle East if it places new restrictions on Iran.The statement comes after U.S. Secreta

2018-05-23 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

U.S. President Donald Trump says his talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un might not take place next month as planned."If it doesn't happen, maybe it will happen later," Trum