VOA慢速英语2018 探索木偶创作者的生活

Show Explores Life of Muppets Creator For many years, the Muppets have captured the imagination of children and adults worldwide. 多年来，木偶吸引了世界各地的儿童和成年人的想象力。 The Muppets were the creation of the America

VOA慢速英语--'Mammon and the Archer' by O. Henry

Old Anthony Rockwall, who made millions of dollars by making and selling Rockwalls soap, stood at the window of his large Fifth Avenue house. He was looking out at his neighbor, G. Van Schuylight Suffolk-Jones. His neighbor is a proud member of a pro

VOA慢速英语--Close to Finland, NATO Troops Train for Battle

The drive from the Russian border to the Tapa military base in Estonia is only three hours by tank. And that concerns the North Atlantic Treaty Organization or NATO. The military base once belonged to the Soviet Union. Now, it has 1,000 NATO soldiers

VOA慢速英语--科学家:蜘蛛利用电场在空气中移动

Scientists: Spiders Use Electric Fields to Move through Air Scientists have long wondered how spiders can use the webbing they make to fly. The 19th century English naturalist Charles Darwin commented on their behavior when very small spiders landed

VOA慢速英语--美国农民为应对贸易战的长期影响做准备

US Farmers Preparing for Long-Term Effects of Trade War Brian Duncan slowly moves his hands over the waves of grain growing behind his home in rural Illinois. Images like this make one think of the good life on a successful American farm. But it hide

VOA慢速英语2018 马拉多纳签约出任白俄罗斯球队当俱乐部主席_

Diego Maradona Signs with Belarus Football Team Diego Maradona is widely believed to be one of the best football players ever. He helped lead Argentina to victory in the 1986 World Cup. But like many former star players of the sport known as soccer i

VOA慢速英语2018 专家称脊髓灰质炎可能会卷土重来

Experts: Polio Could Again Spread Worldwide Thanks to an effective vaccine, the polio virus has disappeared from most of the world. But, a few cases remain in areas that are among the most difficult to reach. 得益于一种有效的疫苗，脊髓灰质

VOA慢速英语2018--又是一个动漫的大年

Another Big Year for Largest Comic Book Event of its Kind Comic book and movie heroes are coming to life this week at Comic-Con International. The four-day long event is held once every year in San Diego, California. Comic-Con celebrates popular cult

VOA慢速英语2018 密苏里州鸭船事故造成17人死亡

Duck Boat Accident Kills 17 Seventeen people have died after a duck boat overturned and sank in a lake in the Midwestern American state of Missouri. 一艘鸭子游船在美国中西部的密苏里州的一个湖中倾覆并沉没，造成17人遇难。

VOA慢速英语--非洲猴面包树因干旱或枯萎而死发

Africa's Baobab Trees Are Dying Baobab trees are not only iconic images of dry, hot areas of Africa. Baobabs are important because they supply water and food for people and animals. They are sometimes called the tree of life. Yet, say researchers, so

VOA慢速英语2018 117岁玻利维亚老人许是在世最年长的老人

117-Year-Old Bolivian May Be Oldest Person in the World In a few weeks, Julia Flores Colque will celebrate her 118th birthday. She is the oldest woman in Bolivia. Following the death of a woman in Japan earlier this year, Flores Colque may now be the

VOA慢速英语2018--Forming Questions, Part 1: Subject Questions

It would be impossible to go through life without asking questions. So, learning to form questions correctly is an important exercise for English learners. But it can also be one of the most frustrating ones. There are a few reasons for this. First,

塔吉克领导人:推行传统简单的墓葬标记

Tajik Leader: No More Big Burial Markers Over the years, Tajikistan has taken numerous steps to control the lives of its citizens. The government has rules restricting how long men can grow their beards and the length of womens clothing. It also limi

VOA慢速英语2018 俄罗斯将举行近年来最大规模军事演习

Russia to Hold Biggest Military Exercises in Years Russia is making plans to hold its biggest war games in nearly 40 years. 俄罗斯将举行近40年来最大规模的军事演习。 Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu announced the military exer

VOA慢速英语2018 美国人口普查:美国人受教育程度创新高

US Census: Americans are More Educated than Ever Before The United States Census Bureau is reporting two major developments involving education. 美国人口普查局报告了两项关于教育的重大进展。 For the first time in history, 90 perc

VOA慢速英语--报道称伊朗媒体集团寻求全球影响力

Report: Iranian Media Group Seeks Worldwide Influence Irans efforts to influence internet users around the world are larger than experts have thought, reports Reuters news agency. Reuters said that Iran has a group of anonymous websites and social me

VOA慢速英语--水下机器人捕捉狮子鱼以保护珊瑚礁

Underwater Robot to Hunt Lionfish to Help Protect Coral Reefs Lionfish are known for their beauty and unusual look, a common choice for people showing off the colorful creatures in fish tanks. But lionfish are also poisonous, with extremely long and

VOA慢速英语--赴美国留学生人数持续下降

Number of International Students Coming to US Continues to Drop The number of new international students attending American colleges and universities has dropped for the second straight year. Newly arriving foreign students fell about 7 percent in th

VOA慢速英语2018--如何用英语投诉别人

How to Make a Complaint in English Imagine that you are visiting friends or family in an English-speaking country. You need to have a few pieces of clothing professionally cleaned for a party. So you take them to a dry cleaner. When you go to get you

VOA慢速英语--美国学校英语学习者人数不断上升

Number of English Learners in US Schools Keeps Rising The number of English language learners in American public schools continues to rise. About 9.5 percent of public school students were English language learners in 2015, the U.S. Department of Edu