VOA慢速英语2018 美国众议院议长宣布不再竞选

US House Speaker Announces His Retirement Paul Ryan, the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, says he will not seek another term in Congress. 美国众议院议长保罗瑞安（Paul Ryan）表示，他在国会将不会寻求连任。

Trump Threatens Missile Strike to Answer Attack in Syria

United States President Donald Trump has tweeted that Russia should be ready for a missile strike in Syria. In the message on the social media service Twitter, Trump said, You shouldnt be partners with a Gas Killing Animal who kills his people and en

As Europe's Prisons Fill Up, France Tries a Different Method

A cook named William is working on making a sweet treat. Another is busily preparing paella, made of seafood and rice. They and other cooks are moving around a big kitchen in a hurry. They are not getting ready to serve guests at a restaurant, howeve

VOA慢速英语2018 FBI突袭特朗普私人律师办公室

Federal Investigators Raid Office of Trump's Lawyer Federal investigators in the United States have raided the office of President Donald Trump's personal lawyer, Michael Cohen. 美国联邦调查人员搜查了特朗普私人律师迈克尔科恩的办

特朗普或采取行动应对叙利亚疑似化学武器袭击

Trump Considering Action to Answer Suspected Chemical Attack in Syria President Donald Trump has condemned the most recent suspected chemical weapons attack in Syria. Trump said he would make major decisions within 24 to 48 hours about how the United

VOA慢速英语--Facebook Tells Users Whether Private Data Shared

Facebook says it will begin informing users as to whether their personal data may have been wrongly shared with a British research company. Beginning Monday, Facebook said users who may have had private data shared with Cambridge Analytica will recei

VOA慢速英语--烹饪课帮助药物依赖患者恢复健康

Cooking Classes Aim to Restore Health After Addiction At Boston Medical Center, patients recovering from drug dependencies are getting healthier one meal at a time. For years, the hospital has offered cooking classes for patients with medical conditi

VOA慢速英语2018--园艺的健康益处

The Health Benefits of Gardening From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle Report. As spring comes to half the world, many people can enjoy the new growth that comes with warmer weather. This is a great time to get outside and get dirty

被虐待的黑猩猩在塞拉利昂野生动物保护区找到了家

Abused Chimpanzees Find Home in Sierra Leone Wildlife Refuge For more than 20 years, the Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary has cared for abused chimpanzees and chimps whose mothers have died. Victims of the illegal wildlife trade, the animals often arriv

VOA慢速英语2018 研究者称机器人可能会夺走非洲人民的工作

Robots Could Take Jobs from Africans, Researchers Warn It could soon cost less to operate a factory of robots in the United States than to employ a human worker in Africa. That is the finding of a report from a London-based research organization. The

VOA慢速英语--美国一些城市开始停止驱逐移民

Some US Cities, States Start Efforts to Prevent Deportations In the United States, the federal government is working to detain undocumented immigrants and get them removed from the country. Yet some U.S. city and state governments have started progra

VOA慢速英语--美国航天局扩大搜寻能居住的遥远行星

US Space Agency Expands Search for Distant Planets Able to Support Life The search for worlds orbiting distant stars will intensify in the coming weeks when the American space agency NASA launches a spacecraft. Scientists hope the spacecraft will enl

VOA慢速英语2018 越来越多的美国人移居德克萨斯州

Texas continues to be Americas fastest-growing state, the U.S. government Census Bureau says. 美国政府人口普查局表示，德州仍是美国人口增长最快的州。 Six of the nations top 10 largest-gaining counties between July 1, 2016 an

Congolese Refugees Learn to Live in US with Help, But for How Long?

Mtabi Ebeula speaks softly as he remembers fleeing the Democratic Republic of the Congo with his family to escape the rebels. They were killing people, he says. I left because of them. Ebeula is a small, 57-year-old man who lives with his wife and ni

韩国人道主义组织向朝鲜放飞物资气球

Aid Groups Send North Korea a Message, Aid in a Bottle Some humanitarian groups in South Korea are using unusual ways to send food aid and information to people in North Korea. Their efforts come as officials from the North and the South prepare for

VOA慢速英语2018--老挝为保护濒危亚洲黑熊的斗争

Laos Fights to Protect Endangered Asiatic Black Bears The capture and trafficking of endangered Asiatic black bears continues to be a problem in Laos, although the government is trying to reduce it. The bears often are sold so their parts can be used

史蒂文索德伯格的新作《Unsane》全程使用iPhone拍摄

Hollywood Thriller Unsane Filmed Totally on iPhone For many people, smartphones have replaced cameras as the main way to capture personal pictures and video. The quality of the devices has greatly improved. Even some Hollywood filmmakers have decided

VOA慢速英语--阿根廷农民遭受严重的干旱

Argentinas Farmers, Economy Hit Hard by Drought Jorge Josifovich is a farmer and agricultural engineer in Argentina. He is concerned because his crop is suffering from a severe lack of rain. The drought began in November and has caused big financial

VOA慢速英语2018 参观美国国家密码博物馆

A Visit to Americas National Cryptologic Museum From VOA Learning English, this is EXPLORATIONS in Special English. Im Jeri Watson. 这里是美国之音慢速英语探索发现频道。我是Jeri Watson。 And Im Jim Tedder. Today we visit a small m

Cooking Classes Aim to Restore Health After Addiction

Cooking Classes Aim to Restore Health After Addiction At Boston Medical Center, patients recovering from drug dependencies are getting healthier one meal at a time. For years, the hospital has offered cooking classes for patients with medical conditi