2016-12-22 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

China suffered its worst air pollution of the year recently.More than 70 Chinese cities released warnings to citizens in the last few days about pollution reaching dangerous levels

2016-12-22 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

If you or your children are eagerly waiting for Santa to arrive, you can watch his progress with a Santa tracker. This year, two Santa trackers offer new ways to see where Santa is

2016-12-22 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Many parts of the United States were first territories with the plan that they would someday become states.Former territories include Oklahoma, which became a state in 1907; New Me

2016-12-22 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The United States has lost millions of manufacturing jobs in recent years.Some American businesses have turned to robots or other machines to do manufacturing work once performed b

2016-12-21 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The Republican Party now holds more power in the United States than at any time since the 1920s.Since 2000, the Republicans have sharply increased the number of legislatures and go

2016-12-21 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Some refugee aid organizations in the United States are working to help people who fled Syria and will soon come to America.The groups are working hard because they believe that pr

2016-12-21 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Like other top officials in the administration of President Barack Obama, Education Secretary John King will leave government on January 20.King gave a speech last week, talking ab

2016-12-21 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

German police have released a man they arrested shortly after a deadly truck attack on a Christmas market in Berlin.Officials said there was not enough evidence to link the suspect

2016-12-20 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This is What’s Trending Today.The year 2016 is soon coming to an end.People on social media are looking back on the year. Many are saying 2016 was one of the worst years in r

2016-12-20 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

China says it will give back an American drone it seized Thursday in international waters in the South China Sea.Military officials of the United States and China were holding talk

2016-12-20 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Over the years, scientists and medical researchers have spent much time studying the human brain. Even after countless studies, the workings of the brain remain largely a mystery.N

2016-12-20 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

An American company says it has developed the world’s first true jetpack for personal flight.California-based JetPack Aviation recently demonstrated its flying device to the

2016-12-19 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The southwestern French city of Bordeaux is a center of the wine trade. But hundreds of years ago, it was the second-largest slave-trading port in France.From the 17th to the 19th

2016-12-19 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Some machines can take something written in one language and give users the same or similar wording in another language.These machines are designed to do this kind of work quickly

2016-12-19 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Military experts believe 2017 will be a difficult year for the American military in the Pacific area.They note that China has become more aggressive in the area and that countries

2016-12-19 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The number of giraffes has dropped by as much as 40 percent since the 1980s, says a new report on endangered species.The Red List is a study of threatened species by the Internatio

2016-12-18 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The United States’ top health official says electronic cigarettes can cause health problems for young people.Surgeon General Vivek Murthy released his first report on e-cigar

2016-12-18 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 program we explain how to use common words and expressions in American English. Today, we are going to celebra

2016-12-18 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

College professors are no strangers to politics. Political science professors teach at almost every university in the United States.And like all of us, professors of each and every

2016-12-18 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Planting more lentils, chickpeas or other crops known as pulses will improve the health of the world’s soils.That information comes from the United Nations Food and Agricultu

2016-12-18 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the top 10 causes of death worldwide.It killed about 2,000,000 people last year.TB is an infectious bacterial disease that usually attacks the lungs. If

2016-12-17 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

President Barack Obama says the United States will take action against Russia for carrying out cyberattacks during the U.S. election.Obama said any time it is proven that a foreign

2016-12-17 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Fishermen on the Mekong River in Cambodia say they are being hurt by dams being built in Laos. They say they are catching fewer, and smaller, fish. The fishermen blame illegal fish

2016-12-17 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Our story today is called "To Build a Fire." It was written by Jack London. Here is Harry Monroe with the story.The man walked down the trail on a cold, gray day. Pure white snow a

2016-12-16 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This is What’s Trending Today.The members of the Electoral College will cast their votes to uphold November’s presidential election on December 19. They are known as el