VOA慢速英语2018 威尼斯当地人因船舶问题与游轮公司发生冲突

For a long time, the city of Venice, Italy, has suffered from the combined problems of flooding and sinking. On Monday, heavy winds pushed tides over the citys sea walls, flooding most areas. 很长一段时间里，意大利城市威尼斯都遭遇到

VOA慢速英语--赴美国留学生人数持续下降

Number of International Students Coming to US Continues to Drop The number of new international students attending American colleges and universities has dropped for the second straight year. Newly arriving foreign students fell about 7 percent in th

VOA慢速英语2018--如何用英语投诉别人

How to Make a Complaint in English Imagine that you are visiting friends or family in an English-speaking country. You need to have a few pieces of clothing professionally cleaned for a party. So you take them to a dry cleaner. When you go to get you

VOA慢速英语--美国学校英语学习者人数不断上升

Number of English Learners in US Schools Keeps Rising The number of English language learners in American public schools continues to rise. About 9.5 percent of public school students were English language learners in 2015, the U.S. Department of Edu

VOA慢速英语--美国将改革“大学记分卡”计分模式

US National Average Data Removed from College Scorecard There are many things for students in the United States to consider when thinking about which college or university to attend. This includes the location of the school, whether it is in a big ci

VOA慢速英语2018--英语的路标

The Road Signs of English If you are driving a car, you will probably see many traffic or road signs. They provide information about how fast to go, which way to turn and whether a road ends or begins. Languages also have signs that provide direction

VOA慢速英语--Improve Your Writing with Inversion, Part 2

In last weeks Everyday Grammar, we told you about a few kinds of inversion that are useful in academic writing and common on the TOEFL. But there are others. Today, well talk about three more. In fact, I already used one kind in my introduction. Comp

VOA慢速英语--Where Did You Learn English? Forming Questions, Part 3

Imagine you are meeting a group of English learners to practice your speaking skills. The group leader puts everyone into small practice groups. The people in your group begin to ask each other questions. Here are some questions you might hear or ask

VOA慢速英语2018--Between and Among

Prepositions can be tricky in any language, including English. And English has a lot of them. But, do not worry! Ask a Teacher is here to make things easier. Todays question comes from Edgar of Venezuela. Here it is: Question: I would like to know th

Are Brazil’s Rainforests in Danger?

The United Nations Climate Summit takes place next week in Poland. About 20,000 people from 190 countries are expected to take part in the conference. There, world leaders will debate how to limit climate change -- the weather events linked to slowly

First Flight Completed of Plane with No Moving Parts

First Flight Completed of Plane with No Moving Parts Engineers say they have carried out the first-ever flight of an electric airplane with no moving parts. Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, or MIT, recently shared video of th

As Egypt Builds New Capital, What Becomes of Cairo?

Cairo, Egypts capital, is one of the largest cities in Africa and one of the best known in the world. For more than 1,000 years, it has stood on the banks of the Nile River, the longest in the world. The Pyramids of Giza sit close to the citys southw

Report Blames Equipment and Safety Failures for Lion Air Crash

Indonesias National Safety Commission says airplane equipment and carrier safety failures are to blame for the deadly Lion Air crash last month. The government report suggests the airplane should have been removed from service because of earlier repo

VOA慢速英语2018 研究称美国非法移民数量降至十年最低点

Study: Undocumented Immigrants in US Reached Ten-Year Low On Tuesday, the Pew Research Center reported that the number of immigrants staying in the United States without permission fell to a ten-year low in 2016. Researchers used government data to s

美国气候报告表示气候灾害将进一步恶化

US Climate Report Says Weather Disasters Will Get Worse A new U.S. government report says climate change is affecting the United States. It warns that the danger of destructive weather events -- from powerful storms to extremely dry weather and wildf

New Exercise Guidelines: Start Young, Sit Less

From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. Most of us know that physical activity leads to better health. That is nothing new. But for the first time in 10 years, the United States government has changed its guidance on how much

VOA慢速英语2018 中国科学家称:首例基因编辑婴儿诞生

Chinese Scientist Claims First Gene Edited Babies A Chinese scientist claims he successfully created the worlds first genetically-edited babies. 中国一位科学家称，他成功创造出全球首例经过基因编辑的婴儿。 Chinese researche

VOA慢速英语--家畜很快会通过基因编辑获得新的品质

Farm Animals May Soon Get New Qualities With Gene-Editing This may seem impossible, but an American company is seeking to change farm animals by cutting or adding to their genes. By using a process called gene-editing, the company, Recombinetics, say

移民试图越境后,墨西哥加强了边境安全

Mexico Increases Border Security after Migrants Attempt to Cross Mexico has begun taking steps to increase security near its border with the United States. Mexican officials announced Sunday that police arrested 39 people after a peaceful march turne

VOA慢速英语--美国药典博物馆保存的老药

Old Medicines Preserved in US Apothecary Museum In earlier times, healers and health workers used strangely-named plants for medicinal purposes. Plants with names such as dragons blood, mandrake root and devils snare could be bought at a drugstore ca