2010-06-09 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This is the VOA Special English Health Report.Parents know a nightly bedtime is not always easy to enforce. But researchers say bedtime rules may improve a child's development.A new study found bette

2010-06-09 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

BARBARA KLEIN: I’m Barbara Klein.BOB DOUGHTY: And I’m Bob Doughty with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. A maker of luxury travel goods recently launched an advertisement campaign. Video and

2010-06-08 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report.About eight hundred million people in Africa, Asia and South America eat cassava. The plant is a major source of food energy and a major food securit

2010-06-08 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

FAITH LAPIDUS: This is the VOA Special English program SCIENCE IN THE NEWS. I’m Faith Lapidus.BOB DOUGHTY: And I’m Bob Doughty. Today, we will tell about physical exercise. We will tell why exercise

2010-06-07 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This is the VOA Special English Development Report.The health care industry needs more nurses. All areas of the world face a nursing shortage. But the shortage is most severe in developing countries.

2010-06-07 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

STEVE EMBER: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember.BARBARA KLEIN: And I'm Barbara Klein. This week on our program, we tell about a new White House program to fight child

2010-06-06 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Now, the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES.Throughout history, gold has been a sign of purity, beauty and power. Calling something golden means it has great quality and value.For ex

2010-06-06 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

STEVE EMBER: I'm Steve Ember.BARBARA KLEIN: And I'm Barbara Klein with PEOPLE IN AMERICA in VOA Special English. Today we tell about the life and writings of Ayn Rand.(MUSIC)STEVE EMBER: Although s

2010-06-05 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English.Monday's raid on ships carrying pro-Palestinian activists brought international criticism of Israel. The ships loaded with aid tried to break a three-year-o

2010-06-04 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This is the VOA Special English Economics Report.BP is one of the world's largest energy companies. It reported a profit of about six billion dollars in the first three months of this year. That was

2010-06-04 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

DOUG JOHNSON: Welcome to American Mosaic in VOA Special English.(MUSIC)I’m Doug Johnson.Today we listen to a new album of songs by Shel Silverstein…And answer a question about dinosaurs.But first, w

2010-06-03 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This is the VOA Special English Education Report.In the American state of Massachusetts, some teenagers who break the law are sentenced -- to Shakespeare.ACTOR: "A kingdom for a stage ... "Twelve youn

2010-06-03 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

FAITH LAPIDUS: Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION -- American history in VOA Special English.The eighteen eighties were years of important change in American business and industry.Twenty years after th

2010-06-02 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This is the VOA Special English Health Report.A pacemaker is a small device that doctors place in people with an abnormal heartbeat. If a heart beats too slowly, the pacemaker will use electrical sign

2010-06-02 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

FAITH LAPIDUS: I’m Faith Lapidus.DOUG JOHNSON: And I’m Doug Johnson with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we tell about the highest level of men’s soccer in the United States — Major L

2010-06-01 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report.Chicken feathers are useful, and not just to a chicken. Some go into pillows, coats and other products. But countless chicken feathers go to waste.In

2010-06-01 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

BOB DOUGHTY: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, a program in VOA Special English. I’m Bob Doughty.FAITH LAPIDUS: And I’m Faith Lapidus. Today, we will tell about herbs and spices, and some of their many u

2010-05-31 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This is the VOA Special English Development Report.World No Tobacco Day is celebrated each thirty-first of May. The observance is meant to bring attention to the growing use of tobacco and its deadly

2010-05-31 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

STEVE EMBER: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember with Faith Lapidus.This Monday is Memorial Day in the United States. The holiday honors the memory of the nation's mil

2010-05-30 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Now, the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES.Americans use many expressions with the word dog. People in the United States love their dogs and treat them well. They take their dogs for

2010-05-30 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

PHOEBE ZIMMERMANN: I’m Phoebe Zimmermann.STEVE EMBER: And I’m Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Today we tell about an unusual man who had many abilities, Richard B

2010-05-29 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English.This week, the Obama administration released its first National Security Strategy. The policy statement renews support for American military superiority in t

2010-05-28 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This is the VOA Special English Economics Report.People are supposed to be social on a social media site. But choosing to share information is not the same as having it shared for you. And that differ

2010-05-28 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

DOUG JOHNSON: Welcome to American Mosaic in VOA Special English.(MUSIC)I’m Doug Johnson.Today we listen to new music from Mary Chapin Carpenter …And answer a question about turkeys ...But first, we

2010-05-27 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This is the VOA Special English Education Report.The number of international students in the United States is at record levels. Last year, more than six hundred seventy thousand foreign students atten