US Army Dog Recognized for Heroic Action During World War II

A United States Army dog has been recognized for his actions during the Allied invasion of Sicily in World War II. A dog named Chips was posthumously awarded the PDSA Dickin Medal earlier this week at a ceremony in London. The medal recognizes the he

VOA慢速英语2018 美国金球奖提名公布电影《副总统》领跑

Vice, the Movie, Leads Golden Globe Nominations The Hollywood Foreign Press Association nominated the political comedy Vice for more Golden Globes on Thursday than any other film. It earned six nominations, including best comedy or musical, best acto

Colorful Mandarin Duck Excites New Yorkers

It is not easy to excite New Yorkers. This is one reason why actors and other famous people move to the city. They can live quieter lives and escape the paparazzi photographers who would follow them in Hollywood. But New York has a new media star. An

VOA慢速英语--古巴宣布移动电话全面上线

Cuba Announces Full Internet Access for Mobile Phones Cuban officials have announced that the countrys citizens will soon be able to fully use the internet on their mobile phones. Cuba is one of the last nations in the world to offer such service. Ma

From Honduras to the US, a Migrant Story

Haydee Posadas had been waiting eight years for her son to come home. Wilmer Gerardo Nunez left Honduras for the United States in 2010. He was 35 years old. He left his home because of gang threats, just as thousands of other people have done. Somewh

VOA慢速英语2018 阿拉斯加继续进行地震恢复工作

Alaska Continues with Earthquake Repairs The American city of Anchorage, Alaska is recovering from a powerful earthquake Friday that damaged public buildings, homes and roads. 美国阿拉斯加州安克雷奇市星期五发生强烈地震，地震造成

叙利亚的艺术品:手提箱里的大世界

Syrian Art in a Suitcase Syrian-born artist Mohamed Hafez creates little worlds inside of suitcases. One of his art works looks like a building that was blown open by a bomb. It has small pieces of clothing among the destruction to represent the peop

VOA慢速英语2018 小男孩推翻镇上的打雪仗禁令

This is Whats Trending Today Cold, snowy weather has arrived in many places. That means young people are enjoying building snowmen, going sledding and having snowball fights. 许多地方都出现了寒冷多雪的天气，这意味着年轻人可以尽

VOA慢速英语--老布什被誉为“最后一位伟大的军人政治家”

Bush Remembered as Last Great Soldier-Statesman Presidents, a king and queen, a prince, a chancellor and a handyman from Maine joined family and friends to celebrate the life of President George H.W. Bush, Wednesday. The day began with a 21-gun salut

VOA慢速英语2018 美国首个人脸识别终端在亚特兰大机场启动

First US Face Recognition Terminal Opens at Atlanta Airport A United States airport has become the first in the nation to permit passengers to use facial recognition technology to get on flights. 美国一个机场成为全美首个允许乘客使用人

VOA慢速英语--Words to Travel With, Part 1

Have you ever been to an airport or train station where the official language was English? What was your experience easy, difficult or in between? Today, we will explore some common phrasal verbs that can be useful as you travel to or through English

Deadly Brain-Damaging Virus Outbreak in India

From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. An outbreak of a brain-destroying virus is currently happening in the Kerala state of India. The number of people who have died from Nipah is relatively small. Officials from Indias Mini

VOA慢速英语--莱昂纳多电影中网红的泰国海滩闭门谢客

Thai Beach Made Famous in DiCaprio Film Closes to Tourists The Thailand beach made famous in the Leonardo DiCaprio film The Beach is being closed to give it a break from tourists. The beach sits on Maya Bay on Phi Phi Leh island, off the coast of Tha

Cooking with Phrasal Verbs

In a recent program, we told you about phrasal verbs related to food. The program centered on eating food: what, how much and when. You will remember that a phrasal verb is a verb made of two or more words: a verb plus a preposition or adverb, or bot

美国军事探索利用人工智能寻找隐藏的核导弹

US Military Exploring Use of Artificial Intelligence to Find Hidden Nuclear Missiles The United States military is reported to be increasing spending on a secret research effort involving artificial intelligence (AI). The Reuters news agency says mil

VOA慢速英语--音乐会卡车运送古典音乐给新观众

Concert Truck Transports Classical Music to New Audiences Classical music is sometimes thought of as high art, performed in beautiful music centers to serious and wealthy crowds, wearing fine clothes. But two young musicians are working hard to make

VOA慢速英语2018 伊朗计划扩大铀浓缩能力

Iran Plans to Expand Ability to Enrich Uranium Iran's nuclear chief says his country has launched plans to increase its ability to enrich uranium. 伊朗核项目负责人表示，伊朗已经启动了提高铀浓缩的计划。 Such a move would int

VOA慢速英语--设计师Kate Spade在纽约寓所自杀身亡

Designer Kate Spade Found Dead From Apparent Suicide American fashion designer Kate Spade was found dead Tuesday in her New York City home. Police said the cause of death appears to be suicide by hanging. Spade was 55. Police said a housekeeper disco

VOA慢速英语2018 把你的英语学习放在“聚光灯下”

Put Your English Studies in the 'Limelight' Now, the VOA Learning English program Words and Their Stories. On this show, we talk about expressions that Americans use in every day speech. 在本节目中，我们会讨论美国人在日常口语中用到

VOA慢速英语--毕业演讲讨论世界问题,寻找解决办法

Graduation Speeches Discuss World Problems, Look for Solutions Speeches have long been an important tradition at college and university graduation ceremonies in the United States. Every spring, schools honor students who have successfully completed t