2019-04-21 所属栏目:VOA慢速英语|美国之音慢速英语听力下载

Today, a different kind of Words and Their Stories - an examination of the word redaction.This week, United States Attorney General William Barr released the long-awaited report by

2019-04-21 所属栏目:VOA慢速英语|美国之音慢速英语听力下载

With more than 4,000 colleges and universities in the Unites States, it may seem like students have plenty of access to higher education.But that is not always the case for student

2019-04-21 所属栏目:VOA慢速英语|美国之音慢速英语听力下载

A new study released by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science aims to define "a range of relationships between people and birds" across the United States.Those are the

2019-04-21 所属栏目:VOA慢速英语|美国之音慢速英语听力下载

Visitors may soon have to pay as much as $10 to drive down the world-famous Lombard Street in San Francisco, California.Lombard Street winds down a hill and is often overrun by tou

2019-04-21 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The number of women working in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM fields in South Africa has not been very large.But programs aimed at girls there are be

2019-04-20 所属栏目:VOA慢速英语|美国之音慢速英语听力下载

In today's Ask a Teacher, our reader Hoang asks:Question: What is the proper use of look, watch and see?Answer: Hello, Hoang!You are asking about the differences between three wor

2019-04-20 所属栏目:VOA慢速英语|美国之音慢速英语听力下载

Scientists say that the brains of animals and humans risk severe damage without blood flow and oxygen. But, researchers say they were able to restore some activity in the brains of

2019-04-20 所属栏目:VOA慢速英语|美国之音慢速英语听力下载

Jordan Peele is an African American filmmaker. His newest movie, "Us," is the second-most popular movie released in 2019 so far. The first movie he directed, "Get Out," won an Acad

2019-04-20 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 is the fourth in our series of programs called “A Princess of Mars.” The story is from a series of books by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
Last week, we t

2019-04-20 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Arturo Balbino works as a builder in Texas. On a recent day, he walked into the U.S. consulate in the northern Mexican border town of Ciudad Juarez for his visa interview. He was n

2019-04-19 所属栏目:voa标准英语|美国之音常速英语下载|在线收听

Sexual penetration of minors is punishable by life in prison. Sierra Leone’s president says the numbers are staggering. Each month, hundreds of cases of rape and sexual haras

2019-04-19 所属栏目:voa标准英语|美国之音常速英语下载|在线收听

There’s endemic cholera in this area, and there’s been a few actual positive test cases, positive cases here at the Manana hospital, just just a block over that way. Ch

2019-04-19 所属栏目:VOA慢速英语|美国之音慢速英语听力下载

North Korea said it no longer wanted to deal with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in talks over its nuclear weapons program. The comment by a foreign ministry official came a f

2019-04-19 所属栏目:VOA慢速英语|美国之音慢速英语听力下载

The United States Attorney General William Barr released most of a special government report on Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election Thursday.The report from Spec

2019-04-19 所属栏目:VOA慢速英语|美国之音慢速英语听力下载

On Monday, the European Council of the European Union, or EU, approved new copyright rules. They aim to give more protection to artists and news organizations. Critics say the new

2019-04-19 所属栏目:VOA慢速英语|美国之音慢速英语听力下载

Small, independent bookstores in neighborhoods across the United States are places to discover new books and make friends.About 20 years ago, stores like these were closing in larg

2019-04-19 所属栏目:AS IT IS

In the American television show Saturday Night Live, actors make jokes of realistic situations and people, like politicians and sports personalities. In one program, for example, s

2019-04-18 所属栏目:voa标准英语|美国之音常速英语下载|在线收听

U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos whose agency funds the Special Olympics, through widespread condemnation, she announced she was cutting nearly 18 million dollars for the event

2019-04-18 所属栏目:VOA慢速英语|美国之音慢速英语听力下载

France has promised a worldwide effort to rebuild Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, the famous Christian church damaged by fire this week.Many people have been sharing pictures of the

2019-04-18 所属栏目:VOA慢速英语|美国之音慢速英语听力下载

The world's biggest airplane has made its first successful test flight in the United States.The huge six-engine aircraft, called Stratolaunch, took its first-ever flight last week

2019-04-18 所属栏目:VOA慢速英语|美国之音慢速英语听力下载

Imagine a world with no more wild animals: no elephants, no giraffes or lions.To some people, that thought is too terrible for words. So, they are doing something about it.Being su

2019-04-18 所属栏目:VOA慢速英语|美国之音慢速英语听力下载

Lee Dong Kil's daughter was born on December 31, 2018.She arrived late in the night – two hours before the start of the New Year. But two hours later, the baby girl became 2

2019-04-18 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Andrea Nichelson likes to play tennis after a day at school. She is only 10 years old, but she has been playing the sport for five years, and she loves it."The one thing I like mos

2019-04-17 所属栏目:voa标准英语|美国之音常速英语下载|在线收听

Data suddenly stopped coming from the spacecraft, and after a few agonizing minutes, it became clear that the Beresheet was gone.We finished an initial look at our telemetry data.

2019-04-17 所属栏目:voa标准英语|美国之音常速英语下载|在线收听

Despite the Trump Administration’s hardline policies, migrants fleeing poverty and crime in Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras continue to travel through Mexico to try to en