VOA慢速英语2016 Apps for Healthy Food Choices

Apps for Healthy Food Choices Most people agree that eating healthy food is important. But sometimes making good food choices can be tough. Now, there are apps that can help people learn about the food they eat to improve their diets and their dining

VOA慢速英语2016 德国官员怀疑18名难民卷入新年袭击事件

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'They' Wins as Linguists Word of the Year From VOA Learning English, this is the Education Report. The competition was more youthful, more hipster, more urban, even naughtier. But in the end, they won. The pronoun they won out as Word of the Year, vo

AS IT IS 2016-01-10 Warm Winter Gives Ice Fishermen the Cold Shoulder

AS IT IS 2016-01-10 Warm Winter Gives Ice Fishermen the Cold Shoulder People usually think of fishing as a warm-weather pastime. But some fishers say the activity is best when it is freezing outside. Those people are called ice fishermen. When it get

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英国议会辩论是否禁止特朗普

AS IT IS 2016-01-11 Parliament to Debate Banning Trump from UK 英国议会辩论是否禁止特朗普 British lawmakers have scheduled a debate about whether to ban U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump from Britain. The lawmakers resp

VOA慢速英语2016 美国失踪的"地狱之火"导弹出现在古巴

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VOA慢速英语2016 美国40年后重启原油出口

AS IT IS 2016-01-11 US Crude Oil Exports Restart After 40 Years 美国40年后重启原油出口 The U.S. made its first export of crude oil in four decades last Thursday. 上周四美国进行了40年来的首次原油出口。 The exports were bann

VOA慢速英语2016 你知道狗是如何喝水的吗？

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VOA慢速英语2016 叙利亚饥民将获得联合国援助的食物

AS IT IS 2016-01-12 Starving Syrians to Receive UN Aid, Food 叙利亚饥民将获得联合国援助的食物 Fighting in Syria was paused to allow United Nations aid and food to reach the towns of Madaya, Foua and Kefraya. 在叙利亚的战斗暂时停

VOA慢速英语2016--奥巴马的国情咨文演讲

AS IT IS 2016-01-12 Obama to Give 'State of the Union' Speech 奥巴马的国情咨文演讲 President Barack Obama is making final preparations for his State of the Union address to Congress. The address is the last State of the Union speech he will

VOA慢速英语2016 武装抗议者复制极端分子手段对抗美国

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AS IT IS 2016-01-13 Trending Today: White House Joins Snapchat 今日热点:白宫加入Snapchat This is Whats Trending Today... The White House is officially on Snapchat. The announcement came ahead of President Barack Obamas final State of the Unio

AS IT IS 2016-01-13 Terror Rips Open Historic Istanbul Square

AS IT IS 2016-01-13 Terror Rips Open Historic Istanbul Square An explosion in the historic square of Sultanahmet in Istanbul left at least 10 people dead and wounded 15 others Tuesday. We heard a really big explosion. I didnt really understand what w

VOA慢速英语2016 全球就业情况前景惨淡

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AS IT IS 2016-01-22 Simon and Garfunkel and Bernie Sanders 西蒙和加芬克尔和伯尼桑德斯 This is Whats Trending Today In less than two weeks, the state of Iowa will vote on its choices for the 2016 Democratic and Republican presidential nom