VOA慢速英语2014 滥砍滥伐对亚马逊热带雨林是一种威胁

AS IT IS 2014-09-26 Deforestation Is a Threat to the Amazon 滥砍滥伐对亚马逊热带雨林是一种威胁 The country of Brazil is home to the worlds largest rainforest the Amazon. A rainforest is a kind of forest that receives at least 254 cen

VOA慢速英语2014 奥巴马要求联合国竭力打击伊斯兰国武装分子

Obama Appeals to UN in Effort Against IS Militants 奥巴马要求联合国竭力打击伊斯兰国武装分子 President Barack Obama on Wednesday called on the world to join him in an effort to degrade and ultimately destroy Islamic State militants

VOA慢速英语2014 印度赢得亚洲火星竞赛

AS IT IS 2014-09-25 India Wins the Asian Space Race to Mars 印度赢得亚洲火星竞赛 India has won the Asian race to Mars. India successfully placed a spacecraft into orbit of the Red Planet early Wednesday. The spaceship traveled hundreds of m

VOA慢速英语2014 苹果的U2专辑赠品营销事与愿违

Apple, U2 Album Giveaway Backfires 苹果的U2专辑赠品营销事与愿违 Irish band U2s recent online project with technology company Apple caused a storm of online controversy. The project gave free digital copies of U2s new album, Songs of Inno

VOA慢速英语2014 手写笔记比打字记录更好么?

Is Writing Notes by Hand Better Than Typing? 手写笔记比打字记录更好么? From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Report. Many college students have given up taking class notes by hand. Instead, they type on laptop or tablet computers.

VOA慢速英语2014 US, Arab Allies Bomb Militant Targets in Syria

US, Arab Allies Bomb Militant Targets in Syria The United States bombed many Islamic militant positions in Syria for the first time on Tuesday. Officials said the attacks were very successful against two leading terrorist groups in the area. Five Ara

VOA慢速英语2014 西非可可走私增加

AS IT IS 2014-09-24 Cocoa Smuggling Increases in West Africa 西非可可走私增加 People have been illegally transporting, or smuggling, cocoa beans between Ivory Coast and neighboring Ghana for many years. Ivorian growers smuggled their cocoa be

VOA慢速英语2014 智能手机手机应用程序能给盲人“光明”

Smartphone App Gives 'Sight' to the Blind 智能手机手机应用程序能给盲人光明 A new computer program is being praised as a life-changer for blind people. The new program is known as the KNFB Reader app. It can help users listen to an aud

VOA慢速英语2014 专家预测人口或从70亿增长到110亿

AS IT IS 2014-09-24 Experts: Population to Grow from 7 to 11 Billion 专家预测人口或从70亿增长到110亿 Our planet is home to about seven billion people. Since the 1990s, population experts have predicted the number would grow to nine billi

VOA慢速英语2014 躲避伊国极端分子进攻 叙利亚难民逃到土耳其

Kurds Fight Militants in Syria; Civilians Flee to Turkey 躲避伊国极端分子进攻 叙利亚难民逃到土耳其 Kurdish fighters in northern Syria continue to battle Islamic State militants. More than 130,000 civilians have fled to neighboring

VOA慢速英语2014 Rich People Get Their Own Facebook

AS IT IS 2014-09-23 Rich People Get Their Own Facebook Facebook and other social media sites are free for everyone. But a new social media site launched this month promises to be more exclusive by only permitting people who are rich to join. The site

VOA慢速英语2014 越南街头小贩帮助穷苦孩子学习英语和日语

Street Vendor Helps Poor to Learn English and Japanese 越南街头小贩帮助穷苦孩子学习英语和日语 In Vietnam, two members of a family of street vendors -- street sellers -- are finding a way to help the poorest students in Hanoi. Pham

VOA慢速英语2014 低出生率威胁韩国生存

AS IT IS 2014-09-03 Low Birthrate Threatens South Korea's Survival 低出生率威胁韩国生存 South Koreas National Assembly Research Service says no one will be living in the country by 2750 if women there do not start having more children. Last

VOA慢速英语2014 Will Technology Drive the Drive-In Out of Business?

Will Technology Drive the Drive-In Out of Business? More and more movie theaters around the world are replacing older equipment with modern technology. The new equipment heightens the movie-watchers experience. The images are sharper, the sound is cl

VOA慢速英语2014 冲突不断和埃博拉病毒的肆虐，对联合国儿童基金会提出更多的要求

AS IT IS 2014-08-31 Conflicts, Ebola Put More Demands on UNICEF 冲突不断和埃博拉病毒的肆虐，对联合国儿童基金会提出更多的要求 The United Nations Childrens Fund UNICEF says August has been its busiest month for emergency a

VOA慢速英语2014 It's an Emergency in Any Language

AS IT IS 2014-08-31 It's an Emergency in Any Language In most countries, people can make a telephone call to ask for medical or police help using just three numbers. In the European Union, the number is 1-1-2. Some Asian countries use 9-9-9. In North

VOA慢速英语2014 伊斯兰国家武装分子会攻击美国吗?

Can Islamic State Militants Attack the US? 伊斯兰国家武装分子会攻击美国吗? From VOA Learning English, this is In The News. The United States is seeking to build an international alliance to stop the threat from Islamic State militants

VOA慢速英语2014 越南有一个营养问题,很多儿童营养不良

AS IT IS 2014-08-30 Vietnam, We Have a Nutrition Problem 越南有一个营养问题,很多儿童营养不良 Vietnam has a nutrition problem: too many of its children are underweight. Yet more and more Vietnamese boys and girls are becoming overweig

VOA慢速英语2014 平民科学家控制旧卫星

Citizen-Scientists Take Control of Old Satellite 平民科学家控制旧卫星 For the first time, the American space agency has given control of one of its spacecraft to a team of citizen-scientists. The satellite was launched in 1978 and had not b

VOA慢速英语2014 比霸王龙更大的恐龙

Spinosaurus, a Swimming Dinosaur Bigger than T-Rex 比霸王龙更大的恐龙 Could a creature that lived 95 million years ago travel from what is now North Africa to Europe and even to North America? Yes, but it probably was not easy. It happened w