VOA慢速英语==Hijab Gets More Acceptance from Business

The hijab is one of the most recognized symbols of Islamic culture. The hijab is a head covering for women to wear in public. Advertisers, technology companies and fashion designers are gaining interest in the hijab. It is becoming more popular among

VOA慢速英语2017 人们在硅谷的咖啡馆工作、沟通

People Work, Make Connections at Silicon Valley Caf Coupa Caf is a restaurant where, over the years, Apples Steve Jobs, Facebooks Mark Zuckerberg and Googles Sergey Brin have been seen. 过去几年里，库帕咖啡馆一直被苹果公司的史蒂夫

VOA慢速英语--Turkey’s Top Military Group Replaces Military Leaders

Turkeys top military group has decided to replace the leaders of the army, air force, and navy. Local media reported the decision to change heads of the military branches after their terms expired. The moves are the most recent changes to the armed f

VOA慢速英语--Germany Says Vietnam Kidnapped Ex-Oil Official in Berlin

Germany Says Vietnam Kidnapped Ex-Oil Official in Berlin Germany says Vietnamese agents kidnapped a former oil official in Berlin and returned him to Vietnam to face corruption charges. German officials accused Vietnamese intelligence services of car

VOA慢速英语2017 瑞士建成世界最长悬索桥

Switzerland Opens World's Longest Suspension Footbridge Switzerland has opened the world's longest suspension footbridge. It is 494 meters long. 瑞士建造了一条世界上最长的悬索桥。全长494米。 The bridge is suspended between 1,600

番茄酱:一种带有亚洲基因的美国调味品

Ketchup: An American Condiment with an Asian Connection At any given time, about 97 percent of American kitchens have a bottle of ketchup. American ketchup is made from red tomatoes, vinegar, salt, sugar and other ingredients. It has both a sweet and

蓝蟹:来自切萨皮克湾的美味

Blue Crabs: A Messy Meal from the Chesapeake Bay What have ten legs, two of them large claws, a hard shell cover, and live in oceans, fresh water, and on land? Crabs, of course! There are thousands of different kinds of crabs all over the world. They

VOA慢速英语2017 专家称美国打击朝鲜无需韩国点头

Experts: US Would Not Need South Korea's OK to Strike North South Korea's President Moon Jae-in says military action against North Korea cannot be carried out without his government's permission. However, former United States military commanders have

VOA慢速英语--You Won’t Get Grades at These Colleges

At most American colleges, teachers give students grades that evaluate their performance in class. The grades range from A to F with A the highest and F signaling failure. But some colleges do not use grades. Instead, teachers write reports on what t

VOA慢速英语--旧飞机离开大象庇护所获得新生

Old Airplanes Left in Elephants Shelter Get New Homes Over 100 years ago, Britains military had about 2,000 de Havilland DH.9 airplanes. The military used the planes for British bombing raids over Germany during World War I. The DH.9s were known as s

VOA慢速英语2017 旧书的新用途

A New Use for Old Books Some people are using old books to create works of art, including sculptures. 有人用旧书来做艺术品，比如雕塑。 They can change the shape of a hardcover book so it becomes three-dimensional, for example. The res

VOA慢速英语2017--A Desert Turns Green

On the eastern side of the Arabian Peninsula, the desert turns green as clouds cover it like a blanket. This is the country of Oman's monsoon season. The natural event, which lasts for three months, draws hundreds of thousands of tourists with cool w

日本无惧于机器人取代人类工作

Japan Not Worried About Robots Taking Their Jobs In a factory near Tokyo, thousands of cans are filled with beer, capped, washed, and put into boxes at speeds of 1,500 cans a minute. However, there are hardly any people in sight as the cans speed thr

VOA慢速英语2017--William Taft: Heavy

VOA Learning English presents Americas Presidents. Today we are talking about William Howard Taft, who took office in 1909. In some ways, the story of Tafts presidency is also a story about Theodore Roosevelts presidency. Roosevelt had been president

Native American Tribes Consider Entering Marijuana Market

Native American tribes want to begin growing and selling marijuana. They hope it will help end poverty on reservations, the large areas where many Native Americans live. However, there is uncertainty about the future of US marijuana policy. Cannabis

VOA慢速英语2017 越来越多美国人死于毒品

More Americans Died From Drugs Than Ever Before From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语健康和生活报道。 In 2016, more than 60,000 people died in the United States because of drugs. Tha

Calls for End of Hate, Racism at MTV Awards

This is Whats Trending Today. The MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday night in Los Angeles included performances by popular musicians of the last 12 months. A number of musicians also denounced racism and discrimination after recent violence in Charlott

Can Computer Programs Help Students, Teachers?

Junior Alvarado was worried when he began his first year at a public charter high school in Washington, DC. He often struggled in his math classes and earned poor grades in middle school. But the teachers at the Washington Leadership Academy used com

Arctic Warming Means Battles for Shipping and Riches

At the top of the world, under the ice, lies a large number of natural resources. Gas, coal, uranium and other minerals, even diamonds, sit under the ice inside the Arctic Circle. As climate change pushes the cold and ice farther north each year, dis

Houston Faces Worsening Flooding Conditions

Houston, a city in the American state of Texas, will face worsening flooding conditions as Tropical Storm Harvey continues to rain on the city. On Friday, Harvey, the strongest storm to strike Texas in 50 years, came ashore near Corpus Christi, about