2018-07-09 所属栏目:VOA慢速英语|美国之音慢速英语听力下载

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:VOA慢速英语|美国之音慢速英语听力下载

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:VOA慢速英语|美国之音慢速英语听力下载

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:VOA慢速英语|美国之音慢速英语听力下载

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:VOA慢速英语|美国之音慢速英语听力下载

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:VOA慢速英语|美国之音慢速英语听力下载

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:VOA慢速英语|美国之音慢速英语听力下载

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:VOA慢速英语|美国之音慢速英语听力下载

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:VOA慢速英语|美国之音慢速英语听力下载

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:VOA慢速英语|美国之音慢速英语听力下载

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:VOA慢速英语|美国之音慢速英语听力下载

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:VOA慢速英语|美国之音慢速英语听力下载

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:VOA慢速英语|美国之音慢速英语听力下载

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:VOA慢速英语|美国之音慢速英语听力下载

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:VOA慢速英语|美国之音慢速英语听力下载

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:VOA慢速英语|美国之音慢速英语听力下载

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:VOA慢速英语|美国之音慢速英语听力下载

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

2018-07-05 所属栏目:VOA慢速英语|美国之音慢速英语听力下载

United States government records show that nearly 68 percent of all refugees arriving in the country over the past nine months are Christian.That information comes from the U.S. St

2018-07-04 所属栏目:VOA慢速英语|美国之音慢速英语听力下载

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will travel to the North Korean capital of Pyongyang on Thursday.The top American diplomat is expected to meet with officials there until Saturd

2018-07-04 所属栏目:VOA慢速英语|美国之音慢速英语听力下载

A new study of a popular medicine could ease concerns about its link to depression.The drug, efavirenz, is used to fight the human immunodeficiency virus, HIV. The virus weakens th

2018-07-03 所属栏目:VOA慢速英语|美国之音慢速英语听力下载

This is What's Trending Today...Thai officials say rescue workers have found all 12 boys and their soccer coach alive deep inside a partly flooded cave.The group went missing on J

2018-07-03 所属栏目:VOA慢速英语|美国之音慢速英语听力下载

From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle report.One of the most common complaints among American parents today is children spending too much time on a computer or

2018-07-03 所属栏目:VOA慢速英语|美国之音慢速英语听力下载

Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, a former rights activist and Mexico City mayor, has been elected president of Mexico.The 64-year-old candidate said fighting corruption would be the to

2018-07-02 所属栏目:VOA慢速英语|美国之音慢速英语听力下载

A group of South Korean businesses are interested in visiting an industrial center they once operated jointly with North Korea. The group wants to see the condition of the center i

2018-07-02 所属栏目:VOA慢速英语|美国之音慢速英语听力下载

In early June, people in the area of Salem, the capital city of the American state of Oregon, received a warning on their cellphones.City officials sent a message that read: "Civil