2018-03-25 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

A group of past students at the former Corinthian Colleges are taking legal action against the United States Department of Education.In early March, the former students made the cl

2018-03-25 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Now, it's time for Words and Their Stories from VOA Learning English.Spring is in the air! Well, at least, in half of the world. The amount of daylight in the northern half is inc

2018-03-25 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

People gathered in cities across America on Saturday for massive student-led protests to demand stronger gun control measures.Hundreds of thousands took part in large "March for Ou

2018-03-24 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Turkey detained more suspected followers of clergyman Fethullah Gulen on Friday, police and media reported.Turkish officials accuse Gulen of directing a plot aimed at overthrowing

2018-03-24 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

China has answered a call by the United States to place billions of dollars in import taxes on Chinese products with its own list of tariffs on American products.However, China's

2018-03-24 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

What do you think these names have in common?Royal. Charlie. Salem. Skyler. Justice. Oakley.Well, in the United States, all of these names are considered fitting for girls and boys

2018-03-24 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

2018-03-24 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Vietnam is seeking closer relations with Australia in an effort to limit Chinese expansion in the South China Sea.On March 15, Vietnam and Australia signed a strategic partnership

2018-03-23 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

United States President Donald Trump has signed an order calling for up to $60 billion in new tariffs on Chinese imports.The order seeks to punish China for, in his words, the thef

2018-03-23 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has admitted the company made mistakes in dealing with the private data of its users.In a Facebook post Wednesday, Zuckerberg apologized and said t

2018-03-23 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This is What's Trending Today...American President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden are both over the age of 70. But they recently exchanged insults that some say

2018-03-23 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

A Brazilian official says water restrictions in Brasilia will end by December, when an expanded supply system will be completed.United Nations officials say Brasilia, the capital o

2018-03-22 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This is What's Trending...The superhero movie Black Panther has already broken records at the box office.Now, it has broken a record on Twitter, too. The social media company says

2018-03-22 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This week, a self-driving vehicle struck and killed a woman in the American state of Arizona. The death is believed to be the first involving a fully autonomous car on U.S. public

2018-03-22 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

You might think a sandwich made with baguette bread is the most popular food in France. But think again. The French are going crazy for hamburgers.A new study shows that sales of A

2018-03-22 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Two American astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut are on their way to the International Space Station (ISS).The three were launched from the Baikonur space port in Kazakhstan on Wedn

2018-03-22 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

American Kathleen Mulcahy has been fighting with her weight for 55 years."My parents had a baby, a son, and he died at birth," she says. "I was seven and I think that was the time

2018-03-22 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The suspect in the series of deadly bombings in the American state of Texas killed himself in an explosion early Wednesday.Police ended the three-week search for the suspect but wa

2018-03-21 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Facebook "likes" can tell a lot about a person.In a 2013 study, researchers showed they could use Facebook "likes" to correctly predict personal information, including a user's se

2018-03-21 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The suspect who killed 17 people at a Florida high school last month took part in a school program that included training in shooting skills.The man charged in the attack, 19-year-

2018-03-21 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Just before Kenya's elections last year, videos from American broadcaster Cable News Network (CNN) started appearing on social media.The videos looked like they were from a CNN br

2018-03-20 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

United States lawmakers are calling for more regulation of Facebook. The move comes after reports that the social media company may have let a political organization have access to

2018-03-20 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.Seaweed describes plants and algae that grow in oceans, lakes, rivers and other bodies of water.Some kinds of seawe

2018-03-20 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Russian President Vladimir Putin says he has no desire for an arms race.The Russian leader spoke in Moscow on Monday, one day after he was elected to a fourth term as president."No

2018-03-20 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

In July 2016, United States lawmakers met with former Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Deputy Director Daniel Ragsdale. He told them about the rules for expelling a foreig