VOA慢速英语20151 Solar-Powered Plane to Fly Around the World

Solar-Powered Plane to Fly Around the World The makers and pilots of a solar-powered plane will try to fly it around the world beginning next month. The plane is called Solar Impulse 2, or SI-2. It arrived in pieces recently in Abu Dhabi in the Unite

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AS IT IS 2015-02-03 US Senator Calls for Ground Troops to Fight IS Militants 美国参议员呼吁派遣地面部队打击激进分子 United States Senator Lindsey Graham says there must be a change to the strategy in the fight against the Islamic S

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AS IT IS 2015-02-03 India to Change a Culture of Valuing Boys over Girls 印度要改变重男轻女的文化现象 For many years, Indian families seemed more interested in having boys than girls. This choice of boys has led to many illegal abortion

VOA慢速英语2015 New Camera Records Invisible Motion

New Camera Records Invisible Motion The world is in never-ending motion, even when objects seem to be perfectly still. Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology use a special camera that shows these seemingly invisible movements. Many

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Report: US Considers Military Aid to Ukraine 有报告称美国军事援助乌克兰 The New York Times newspaper says the administration of President Barack Obama is considering sending weapons to Ukraine. The aim would be to help the country fight

VOA慢速英语2015 President Obama Speaks at Anti-Extremism Meeting

President Obama Speaks at Anti-Extremism Meeting President Barack Obama spoke Wednesday at a White House conference on fighting and preventing violent extremism. Officials from 60 countries, as well as spiritual leaders and police from across the Uni

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VOA慢速英语2015 奥巴马寻求500亿美元的外交关系经费

AS IT IS 2015-02-04 Obama Seeks $50 Billion for Foreign Relations Spending 奥巴马寻求500亿美元的外交关系经费 President Barack Obama sent his budget proposal to Congress on Monday. His budget calls for four trillion dollars in federal s

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Animal Weapons Offer Lessons for Human Arms Race 动物武器对人类军备竞赛的启发 When animals fight for mates, food and territory, they use the weapons they were born with: teeth and claws, horns and hooves. Human animals can use their han

VOA慢速英语2015 Paul Bunyan, An American Folk Tale

Paul Bunyan, An American Folk Tale Today we tell a traditional American story called a tall tale. A tall tale is a story about a person who is larger than life. The descriptions in the story are exaggerated much greater than in real life. This makes

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Taiwan Changes Entrance Exams to Promote Innovation 台湾改革大学入学考试促进创新 Taiwans annual university admissions tests are taking place this week. Tens of thousands of students are trying to give the right answers to math and langu

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AS IT IS 2015-02-05 Rhino Poaching Reaches Record Level in 2014 2014年偷猎犀牛达到创纪录水平 The poaching, or illegal killing, of rhinos in South Africa is growing worse each year. The government recently reported that a record number of

VOA慢速英语2015 美国起草无人机商业用途条例

AS IT IS 2015-02-19 US Proposes Rules for Commercial Use of Drones The Federal Aviation Administration has written rules to govern the use of commercial drones in the United States. The proposed rules were released on Sunday at the same time as a pre

VOA慢速英语2015 治疗帕金森的简单方法:锻炼

A Simple Treatment for Parkinsons Disease: Exercise From VOA Learning English, this is the Health and Lifestyle Report. More than six million people around the world suffer from Parkinsons disease. Parkinsons disease makes patients shake and their mu

VOA慢速英语2015 权利组织称朝鲜领导人虐待国民

AS IT IS 2015-02-20 Rights Groups: N. Korean Leader Abused His People 权利组织称朝鲜领导人虐待国民 North Korea honored its former leader Kim Jong Il this week on what would have been his 73rd birthday. Officials in the country praised M

VOA慢速英语2015 Doctor Heidegger’s Experiment by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Doctor Heideggers Experiment by Nathaniel Hawthorne We present the short story Doctor Heidegger's Experiment by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Here is Barbara Klein with the story. That very unusual man, old Doctor Heidegger, once invited four friends to meet

VOA慢速英语2015 工作压力影响飞行员的心理健康

Psychology, Stress Influence Pilots' Mental Health 工作压力影响飞行员的心理健康 Some are asking whether personality tests could have prevented co-pilot Andreas Lubitz from crashing a Germanwings passenger airplane in the French Alps on

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Millions with Mental Health Get Little or No Treatment 数百万有心理健康疾病的人们得到很少或没有得到治疗 From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle Report. The World Health Organization reports that hundreds of mil

VOA慢速英语2015 South Korea Wants Japan to Apologize to WWII Sex Slaves

AS IT IS 2015-02-02 South Korea Wants Japan to Apologize to WWII Sex Slaves Every week, protesters gather in front of the Japanese embassy in the South Korean capital. They want Japan to apologize for forcing thousands of Korean women to have sex wit