2021-04-18 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The neighborhood of Manzanares outside the city of Buenos Aires in Argentina looks poor. People cook with firewood. Some have no electricity, gas or running water. Children play wi

2021-04-18 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Even before the COVID-19 health crisis, many American colleges and universities started to reconsider the value of tests like the SAT and ACT.Standardized tests have been criticize

2021-04-18 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

And now Words and Their Stories from VOA Learning English.On this program we explore words and expressions in American English. Today, you might want to roll up your sleeves. We ar

2021-04-18 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

Scientists say there has been a major drop in the population of leatherback sea turtles off the U.S. West Coast.Researchers say there was an 80 percent drop in one group of leather

2021-04-17 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This week on Ask a Teacher, we answer a reader's question about two common verbs. Here it is:Question:Hi, I'm Zachary. I would like to know the difference between "make" and "cre

2021-04-17 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The large, brightly colored circles and pumpkins at the New York Botanical Garden are part of a new show called "Kusama: Cosmic Nature." They are the works of Japanese artist Yayoi

2021-04-17 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The United States is hopeful for an end to the coronavirus pandemic as it tries to prevent an "epidemic" of gun violence.On Thursday, officials in the city of Chicago, Illinois, re

2021-04-17 所属栏目:AS IT IS

We present the second of five parts of the short story "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," by Edgar Allen Poe. The story was originally adapted and recorded by VOA Learning English.It

2021-04-17 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Seid Mussa Omar is Tigrayan.He said only 10 Tigrayans remained of about 400 who worked with him at a hospital in northern Ethiopia. The rest were killed or fled.Seid's original pa

2021-04-16 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

While employment has dropped across the world during the covid 19 pandemic,
新冠疫情期间，就业率下降，
the economic impacts on women have been particularly harsh,according to the

2021-04-16 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Michigan and Louisiana are among the states across America
美国包括密歇根州和路易斯安那州在内的部分州
loosening covid 19 restrictions.
放松新冠限制。
Both states have eased the

2021-04-16 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Virginia public schools have been closed for almost a year,
弗吉尼亚公立学校已经关闭将近一年了，
but starting on March 15th they are coming back to life.
但从3月15日开始，它们将

2021-04-16 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

This is one of the reasons Ive started baking,
这也是我开始烘焙的原因之一，
was because I couldnt find any bread in the beginning of the quarantine.
是因为我在隔离开始的时候找不

2021-04-16 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Theirgrade nightclub owner Dusko Milojevic has lost two close friends to the corona virus.
Theirgrade夜总会老板Dusko Milojevic的两名好友死于新冠病毒感染。
One was the same age an

2021-04-16 所属栏目:标准英语|常速英语下载|在线收听

Authorities in the state of Tennessee say that a student at Knoxville High School opened fire at police before he was then shot and killed. We get more information from AP correspo

2021-04-16 所属栏目:经济学人双语版|经济学人下载

Saudi Aramco’s annual net profit fell by almost half, to $49bn, because of last year’s plunge in demand and tumbling oil prices. The oil company still intends to pay a dividend,

2021-04-16 所属栏目:经济学人双语版|经济学人下载

A savage, dangerous woman, many said. So, truth was savage, too. That was why the words poured out, in 55 books that encompassed short stories, novels, poetry, lectures and plays.

2021-04-16 所属栏目:美语听力素材

WALLACE: Deese, head of the president's National Economic Council. Brian, welcome back to "FOX News Sunday".BRIAN DEESE, DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL ECONOMIC COUNCIL: Thanks for h

2021-04-16 所属栏目:美语听力材料

There has already been a lot of tension between the United States and Russia this year — election interference, hacking and now an increase in Russian troops on the border with Uk

2021-04-16 所属栏目:美语听力讲解

It was exactly a year ago today that the World Health Organization, part of the United Nations, declared that the coronavirus outbreak was a pandemic, meaning it had spread worldwi

2021-04-16 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

A top ruling party official in Japan said Thursday it is still possible that the Tokyo Olympics could be canceled.The comment came from Toshihiro Nikai, secretary general of the ru

2021-04-16 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

This week, the administration of President Joe Biden announced an unconditional troop withdrawal from Afghanistan by September 11. Some experts say the move could take away power f

2021-04-16 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

The administration of President Joe Biden announced new economic measures against Russia Thursday. The administration took action to punish Russia for interfering in U.S. elections

2021-04-16 所属栏目:慢速英语|慢速英语听力下载

A new wave of COVID-19 infections, combined with limited hospital beds and vaccines, is threatening countries across Asia.Both India and Thailand reported record daily coronavirus

2021-04-16 所属栏目:AS IT IS

If you often use online social media, you will see many examples of informal English. One expression that you may wonder about is: "This ain't it, chief." It is used to tell someo