VOA慢速英语2018 美国、法国、加拿大科学家获诺贝尔物理学奖

American, French, Canadian Scientists Win Nobel Physics Prize Two men and a woman have won the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics for their inventions in the field of laser physics. 两位男士和一位女士因为他们在激光物理领域的发明获得了

VOA慢速英语--美第一夫人开始为期五天的非洲之行

Melania Trump Begins Five-Day Visit to Africa Melania Trump has begun her first solo international trip as the first lady of the United States. She arrived Tuesday in the West African country of Ghana. Ghanas first lady, Rebecca Akufo-Addo, welcomed

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Myanmar Statue Building Risks Tensions with Minorities A movement in Myanmar to build statues of independence hero General Aung San risks renewed tensions with the countrys ethnic minorities. It could also affect the ruling partys chances in planned

VOA慢速英语2018--:关于英语偏好的各种表达

How to Talk About Preferences Imagine that you are at a restaurant for breakfast. You want something to drink, but you are not sure what. When the server walks over to your table, he says: Let me help. Do you prefer coffee or tea? You answer: I prefe

研究称美国10%的Airbnb主人是教师

Study: Nearly 10 Percent of US Airbnb Hosts Are Teachers People across the world use Airbnb to offer their homes to travelers usually for a nightly fee. The home-sharing service provides some people a way to make extra money while they work other job

New Technology Provides Early Warning for Heart Attacks

Researchers say they have developed technology that could predict heart attacks years before they happen. The researchers report using mathematical algorithms to examine computed tomography, or CT, images of a patients heart. A CT scan uses X-rays an

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Number of American Babies Born with Syphilis Rising From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. Years ago, syphilis was nearly defeated as a public health threat in the United States. American doctors used antibiotic drugs to figh

VOA慢速英语--谷歌推出新手机、平板电脑、家庭集线器

Google Launches New Phones, Tablet, Home Hub Google has launched the latest versions of its Pixel smartphone, as well as a new tablet computer and a smart home controller. The new products were announced during an event Tuesday in New York. Google la

VOA慢速英语2018--阿富汗官员:塔利班干扰脊髓灰质炎疫苗接种工作

Afghan Officials: Taliban Interfering in Polio Vaccination Efforts Afghan health officials say militants are interfering in their effort to protect children in western Afghanistan against polio virus. Abdul Jabar Shayeq is head of the health departme

《一个明星的诞生》伦敦首映

Message of New Film A Star Is Born Sings True for Cast When actor Bradley Cooper saw singer Lady Gaga perform at the home of businessman Sean Parker, it was not just one of the important moments toward making the movie A Star Is Born. It was, Cooper

VOA慢速英语2018 范冰冰缴纳巨额税款罚金

Chinas Fan Bingbing to Pay Huge Tax Fine This is Whats Trending Today 这里是本期今日热点节目。 Chinese officials have ordered X-Men actor Fan Bingbing to pay $130 million in taxes and fines.The move ends the mystery over her disappearance

VOA慢速英语--美英三位科学家因酶定向进化获诺贝尔奖

Americans, Briton Win Nobel Chemistry Prize for Directed Evolution Two Americans and one Briton have won the 2018 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for developing new processes used to create drugs, chemicals and biofuels. Frances Arnold of the California In

科学家警告称不久的将来会有灾难性的全球变暖

Scientists Warn of Disastrous Global Warming in Near Future The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is warning that the world is heating faster than predicted. The group says a major slowing of warming is critical to avoid

'William Wilson,' by Edgar Allan Poe, Part One

Let me call myself, for the present, William Wilson. That is not my real name. That name has already been the cause of the horror of the anger of my family. Have not the winds carried my name, with my loss of honor, to the ends of the earth? Am I not

VOA慢速英语--更多美国学校教授如何识别假新闻

More US Schools Teaching Skills to Recognize False News A growing number of American states are requiring schools to teach students how to judge information on the internet and social media. California is the latest state to pass such a requirement.

VOA慢速英语2018--Don't Be Afraid of Contractions!

Many languages shorten words in everyday speech. In English, we shorten a lot of words. One way we do this is with contractions: two words joined with a special mark called an apostrophe. The apostrophe shows the reader where letters have been remove

VOA慢速英语2018 顺便说一下，Mind You

By the Way vs. Mind You English phrases can be difficult to remember since the meaning of each individual word may not give any clue as to a phrases meaning. 英语短语可能很难记住，因为各个单词的含义可能无法给出任何关于短语

在课堂上使用技术对大学生有帮助吗?

Does Using Technology in the Classroom Help College Students? Almost anywhere in the world, you are likely to find people doing the same thing at eateries and in other public places, on trains and buses or wherever else you look. More and more people

VOA慢速英语--古代人类骨骼揭示古代饮食和生活方式

Ancient Bones Reveal Ancient Diet, Lifestyle Scientists learned recently that fish was the main source of protein for people in southern Scandinavia many thousands of years ago. They also ate other animals that live in the water. The findings come fr

Nigerian Wives, Mothers of Detainees Say Their Men are Not Boko Haram

At sundown in Nigeria, children are playing a game called egalagala. The children play near their home. As they play, their mother looks sad. Their two older brothers, Abuna and Dunoma, are missing. They were arrested in 2013 by Nigerian soldiers. Th