VOA慢速英语2018--Trump in Davos: ‘America First’ Does Not Mean ‘America Alone’

United States President Donald Trump repeated his America First message in a speech Friday to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. 美国总统川普周五在瑞士达沃斯举行的世界经济论坛上发表讲话时再次重申了他的美

VOA慢速英语--普京批评美国公布俄罗斯权力榜

Putin Criticizes US for Publishing List of Influential Russians Russian President Vladimir Putin has criticized the United States for releasing a list of over 200 people with close ties to the Russian government. Putin described the release as a host

VOA慢速英语--天文观测者期待“月亮超级碗”

Sky Watchers Prepare For the 'Super Bowl' of Moons This is What's Trending Today. The moon is providing a rare triple treat this week. 月亮将会在本周给人们带来一次罕见的三重乐趣。 On Wednesday, much of the world will get to see

朝鲜导弹威胁令人们想起“星球大战”的导弹防御

North Korea Missile Threat Brings Back Talk of 'Star Wars' Defenses Scientists and American space agency officials led efforts by the United States to develop a space-based missile defense system in the 1980s. Now, those same individuals are urging t

VOA慢速英语--How Will Machines and AI Change the Future of Work?

Several recent studies examined how machine automation and artificial intelligence (AI) will change the future of work. Some estimates predict these technologies could displace up to 30 percent of workers worldwide by 2030. One study was published by

VOA慢速英语--美国军队拥有多样化国籍战士

Americas Most Diverse Fighting Force Celebrates Its Differences For much of U.S. history, the American military fighting force was mostly white and male. But today, the force is as diverse as the country it serves to protect. Fort Bragg in the state

马来西亚为照顾穆斯林 规避狗年狗符号

In Year of the Dog, Malaysia Avoids Dog Symbols The Lunar New Year, also known as the Chinese New Year, begins on February 16. Twenty eighteen is the Year of the Dog. But in Malaysia, some businesses are avoiding dog symbols in their decorations. The

VOA慢速英语2018 阿富汗首都继续遭受恐怖袭击

Terror Attacks Continue in Afghan Capital Afghanistans capital Kabul has suffered three deadly attacks in a little over one week. 阿富汗首都喀布尔在一个多星期内遭受了三次致命袭击。 In the most recent violence, 11 members of t

VOA慢速英语--Thousands March in Opposition Rallies Across Russia

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been released after thousands turned out to protest the upcoming March presidential elections. I'm free, Navalny wrote on Twitter late Sunday. He added, Today has been an important day. We have shown that

VOA慢速英语2018 格莱美奖上混杂着政治与音乐

A Mix of Politics and Music at the Grammys This is What's Trending today... 这里是今日热点节目。 Politics co-starred with music at the 60th Grammy awards Sunday night in New York City. 周日晚间在纽约市举行的格莱美颁奖典礼上

VOA慢速英语2018--巴西关闭拉丁美洲最大的垃圾填埋场

Brazil Closes Latin Americas Largest Landfill When Oscar Niemeyer and Lucio Costa designed Brazils capital, the city of Brasilia, their detailed plans did not include where to put food waste and other garbage. The answer was the Estrutural garbage du

VOA慢速英语--缅甸的企业支持重建若开邦

Myanmars business leaders are supporting Aung San Suu Kyis plan to resettle Rohingya refugees and to rebuild Rakhine State. Last August, Rohingya militant attacks on the police caused a military response that sent more than 650,000 Rohingya fleeing i

VOA慢速英语--Two Years After Poisoned Water Crisis in US City, Mistrust Remains

Two years have passed since government officials in Flint, Michigan declared a state of emergency. The emergency was lead in the citys water supply. Officials at Michigan Department of Environmental Quality now say the water is safe again. But, many

每天三分钟学英语 第266期:英文"占星术"和"星座运势"怎么说?这些天文词汇你知道吗?

情景对话： Does he really live up there? I took basic astronomy and there was no mention of life, or children, on any other planets. Unless it's true that he came from a star, but that seems improbable. 知识点讲解： There was no mention of

每天三分钟学英语 第73期:乘飞机常用词汇

当你在国外工作或旅行搭乘飞机时，有没有因为看不懂机场里英文指示牌，或是无法用英文和工作人员沟通而担心呢？ 要知道值机、安检、登机、过海关每个步骤都涉及到相关的英文表达。如

每天三分钟学英语 第52期:英文生活必备词汇超实用

很多同学背了很多难词大词，生活词汇储备却特别低。口语交流的时候什么也不会说， 然后又去背难词大词提高词汇量，造成恶性循环。 今天会通过电影《欢乐好声音》片段，教大家一些生活

每天三分钟学英语 第22期:有趣的动物词汇

英文中也有用动物来形容一个人的比喻，比如： As cunning as a fox 像狐狸一样狡猾 Be careful with that guy, he's as cunning as a fox. 小心那个人，他和狐狸一样狡猾。 As proud as a peacock 像孔雀一样骄傲 Mr

特朗普否认在白宫会议上使用粗俗的侮辱性词汇

Trump Denies Using Vulgar Insult at White House Meeting President Donald Trump has denied that he used a vulgar, insulting term in describing African nations and Haiti during a White House meeting. American news media reported on Thursday that Trump