VOA慢速英语2018--说唱女性:“纽约女王”

The Women of Rap: The 'Queen of NY' In the last few decades, hip-hop has risen to become a multi-billion dollar industry. It was a woman who led the production of the first commercially successful rap track. However, the industry remains unquestionab

皇后乐队的《波希米亚狂想曲》成为20世纪最受欢迎的歌曲

Queen's 'Bohemian Rhapsody' Becomes Most-Streamed Song of 20th Century Queens Bohemian Rhapsody is now the most-streamed song from the 20th century. The 1975 song has been streamed over 1.6 billion times worldwide, the record company Universal Music

造船可以帮助有风险的年轻人改善他们的生活

Building Boats Helps At-Risk Young Adults Improve Their Lives The art of building small wooden boats is being used to help young, at-risk adults in the United States. These young men and women are being trained and working as apprentices in a boat bu

VOA慢速英语2018 越来越多人想要移民

More and More People Want to Migrate A recent study found that more than 750 million people would move permanently to another country if they had the chance. In other words, 15 percent of the worlds population wants to migrate. 最近一项调查发现

VOA慢速英语--为什么美国的预期寿命会下降？

Why Is Life Expectancy Falling in US? Suicides and drug overdoses are two reasons for a continuing decrease in how long Americans are expected to live. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported recently that there were more than 2.8 mil

Researchers Ask: What Makes Chickens Happy?

How do you measure a chickens happiness? Is it in the way it runs for food? Or by how much time it spends cleaning itself? To find the answers to these questions, researchers in Canada are putting 16 kinds of chickens through a series physical and me

VOA慢速英语2018 得州84岁老妪获得大学学位

Woman Reaches Lifelong Goal of College Degree at 84 Many people, some even at a very young age, set the goal of graduating from college. One American woman in Texas waited a long time for her chance to reach that goal. 很多人都设定了上大学的

阿肯色州的持枪教师越来越普遍

Gun-Carrying Teachers Becoming More Common in Arkansas The number of teachers carrying guns in and around schools in the American state of Arkansas is growing. One of those teachers is Dale Cresswell. He works in the Heber Springs School District, ju

VOA慢速英语2018--美国圣诞节的历史

A History of Christmas in America From VOA Learning English, I'm Caty Weaver. Today, Steve Ember and Shirley Griffith present a special program on Christmas traditions in the United States during the first half of the 19th century. During this period

VOA慢速英语2018 越来越多的公司希望员工减少工作

More Companies Want Employees to Work Less In many industrial countries, people work five eight-hour days or 40 hours a week. But some companies now want their employees to work just four days a week and still pay them for five. 在许多工业国家，

VOA慢速英语--中国努力终结艺术复制品的形象

China Struggles to End its Image as Capital of Art Copies Ma Chunyans hands appear to hold Vincent Van Goghs famous painting The Starry Night. But it is not Van Goghs masterpiece. The 32-year old Chinese artist is holding a $145 reproduction she made

VOA慢速英语2018 美国人口普查决定众议院席位分配

US Census Decides How Many Lawmakers to Send to Congress The United States Congress is supposed to represent the U.S. population. Yet the number of people who live in the country keeps changing. 美国国会应该代表着美国的人口。然而，居

科学2018:人类基因编辑、私人太空旅行

Science 2018: Gene Editing, Private Space Travel Top List Here are some of the most popular science stories on the VOA Learning English website in 2018. Gene-edited babies announced A Chinese researcher reported last month that he helped to make the

VOA慢速英语2018 美国进入记者遇难人数最多的国家名单

US Included on List of Deadliest Countries for Journalists The number of journalists killed worldwide for their work nearly doubled this year. That information comes from a new report by the Committee to Protect Journalists. 今年全球范围内因工

VOA慢速英语--气候变化导致产生新的有毒鱼类

Climate Change Leading to Strange Poisonous Fish People in Japan pay good money to eat the deadly pufferfish. There, the food is called fugu. The fish can cost more than $100 a kilogram. Eating fugu is especially popular now, during the winter holida

越南通过天然气进口增加电力生产

Vietnam to Increase Electricity Production with Natural Gas Imports Vietnam plans to start using liquefied natural gas, or LNG, by the year 2020. Although Vietnam has said it would be hurt by the effects of climate change, it plans to move forward wi

经济专家担心韩国经济陷入衰退

Experts Worry About South Koreas Economy Economic experts are concerned about South Koreas economy. The Hyundai Research Institute recently suggested in a report that the economy reached its peak in May 2017. The finding comes at a difficult time for

圣诞老人来了！

Santa Claus Is Coming to Town! Now, Words and Their Stories from VOA Learning English. This week, we have a special program for the holiday season. It is a show recorded many years ago by Maurice Joyce. He worked as an announcer at the Voice of Ameri

VOA慢速英语--食用色素:天然还是不天然?

Food Colors: Natural or Not? The color of food can send important messages about its quality. Now, many food companies, including McDonalds and Kelloggs, say they will stop adding artificial colors to their products. McDonalds announced in September

美国传统盟友对马蒂斯辞职表示担忧

US Allies Worry about Mattis Resignation Traditional allies of the United States are expressing concern about the resignation of U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis. President Donald Trump announced Thursday that Mattis will leave the job in February.