【英语语言学习】棒球队的第一个黑种人

Welcome to PEOPLE IN AMERICA, a program in Special English on the Voice of America. Today Shirley Griffith and Rich Kleinfeldt tell about a man who changed professional baseball in the United States. Jackie Roosevelt Robinson was the first black man

【英语语言学习】杰克罗宾逊的传奇人生

Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. Im June Simms. On April 15, 1947 Jackie Robinson became the first African-American to play in a major league baseball game. A Hollywood movie that tells the story of this historic event is now openin

【英语语言学习】网上授课所得的最大受益

This is TALK OF THE NATION. I'm Jennifer Ludden. Don't email the professor, never friend the teacher on Facebook, those are just some of the rules A.J. Jacobs was surprised to learn when he joined millions of other students worldwide who've registere

【英语语言学习】担忧孩子饮食安全 父母从国外买奶粉

ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: In China, these days, the rapidly growing middle class is boosting demand for foreign goods and retailers are responding. More and more foreign products are showing up in shopping centers. But when it comes to one foreign product

【英语语言学习】对着荧屏的时间多久对孩子是合适的

This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. Children can spend hours a day looking at computer screens and other digital devices. Some eye care professionals say all that screen time has led to an increase in what they call computer vision syn

【英语语言学习】14位正在改变世界的科学家和政治家

STEVE EMBER: Im Steve Ember. SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: And Im Shirley Griffith with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Every year, the National Geographic Society honors scientists, wildlife experts and others for their work. Each honoree receives a ten th

【英语语言学习】像我们祖先一样饮食好吗

From VOA Learning English, this is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in Special English. Im Christopher Cruise. And Im June Simms. Today we tell about evidence that early humans were meat-eaters much earlier than scientists have thought. We also tell about an anci

【英语语言学习】什么样的工作是我们热爱的工作

I want to talk a little bit today about labor and work. When we think about how people work, the naive intuition we have is that people are like rats in a maze -- that all people care about is money, and the moment we give people money, we can direct

【英语语言学习】运动场上的兴奋剂

read by Frank McCourt. THERE was no hope for him this time: it was the third stroke. Night after night I had passed the house (it was vacation time) and studied the lighted square of window: and night after night I had found it lighted in the same wa

【英语语言学习】科技发展的未来

This is TALK OF THE NATION. I'm Neal Conan, in Washington. Technology's already changed our lives in ways we couldn't have imagined just a few years ago, and now seems ready to reinvent our future. As we continue our series of conversations looking a

【英语语言学习】烟草公司依旧如此

This is the VOA Special English HEALTH REPORT. This month, the Australian High Court ruled in support of a law that bars tobacco companies from putting their logos or colors on cigarette packages. The European Union is considering a similar ban. But

【英语语言学习】奥巴马演讲

SHE sat at the window watching the evening invade the avenue. Her head was leaned against the window curtains and in her nostrils was the odour of dusty cretonne. She was tired. Few people passed. The man out of the last house passed on his way home;

【英语语言学习】自己选择的人生

As a kid, I spent my summers with my grandparents on their ranch in Texas. I helped fix windmills, vaccinate cattle, and do other chores. We also watched soap operas every afternoon, especially Days of our Lives. My grandparents belonged to a Caravan

【英语语言学习】记忆没有你想象中的可靠

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: So, what's your first memory? You're a baby or a toddler. Maybe it's a specific experience, maybe an impression. Maybe someone's face or just a kind of feeling or sense, or maybe it's a compilation of stories over years. And mayb

【英语语言学习】阿司匹林

This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Bob Doughty. And Im Faith Lapidus. This week, we will tell the story of aspirin. People have known since ancient times that aspirin lessens pain and lowers high body temperature. But that is not

【英语语言学习】讨论大麻的问题

From VOA Learning English, This is AS IT IS. Welcome back! Im Caty Weaver. Growing marijuana and marijuana use are illegal in the United States under federal law. However, eighteen states and the nations capital, Washington, DC, permit the use of mar

【英语语言学习】我在战争中所看到的

This is how war starts. One day you're living your ordinary life, you're planning to go to a party, you're taking your children to school, you're making a dentist appointment. The next thing, the telephones go out, the TVs go out, there's armed men o

【英语语言学习】网上授课

From VOA Learning English, this is EXPLORATIONS in Special English. Im Bob Doughty. And Im Faith Lapidus. Today we tell about the growing popularity of Massive Open Online Courses in higher education. The movement toward education by computer is deve

【英语语言学习】西班牙语的教会

MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: Across Europe, bankrupt municipalities are looking for new sources of revenue and some are eyeing the Catholic Church. In Spain, the church is the country's largest and richest landowner, but its non-profit status means it's exem

【英语语言学习】青少年对“做调研”的看法

From VOA Learning English, this is the Education Report in Special English. Teachers say the digital age has had a good influence -- and a not-so-good influence -- on this generation of American teenagers. More than 2,000 middle and high school teach