Some Say It’s Time for Women as Priests, But It’s Unlikely

The Roman Catholic Church does not allow women to become priests. With the latest sex abuse crisis, some believe it is time for a change. But, they admit, it is unlikely the church will change anytime soon. Pope Francis and the male priests at the Va

Amazon Wants to Teach Kids to Code

Amazon wants to get more young people to consider becoming computer engineers. The American technology company this week launched a program that aims to teach more than 10 million students a year how to code. Amazon says it will pay for summer camps

职场英语：女性的领导力或比男性更强

ONE by one, the glittering prizes are falling to women. General Motors, IBM, PepsiCo, Lockheed Martin and DuPont are among a couple of dozen giant American companies with female bosses. Oxford University is about to follow the footsteps of Harvard an

New Breast Cancer Drug

By Nancy Steinbach Broadcast: October 22, 2003 This is Phoebe Zimmermann with the VOA Special English Health Report. Researchers say a drug developed several years ago reduces the chance that older wo

VOA慢速英语 2007 0925a

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. American farmers are raising more goats for meat these days. The Department of Agriculture says the United States had about three million meat goats in July. That was a five percent increase from J

VOA慢速英语 2007 1009a

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. (SOUND) When Americans think of where coyotes live, they probably think of desert states in the Southwest like Arizona. But over time, these wild dogs have spread all the way to the East Coast. Som

初级英语听力（新） lesson 9

I'm going to clean the blackboard. But you can't do that. Why can't I? We haven't got a duster. Did you walk to the match? No. I went by car. Did John go by car, too? No. He cycled. Hello, and how did you spend the holiday? I played tennis till lunch

初级英语听力（新） lesson 14

I want to fly to Geneva on or about the first. I'll just see what there is. I want to go economy, and I'd prefer the morning. Lufthansa Flight LH 203 leaves at 0920. What time do I have to be there? The coach leaves for the airport at 0815. You must

美国有线新闻 CNN 2016-7-23

AZUZ: A University of Colorado professor says some dogs love a good squeeze. A professional dog trainer says maybe dogs just don't like being snuggled and photograph at the same time. The point, not everybody agrees with the University of British Col

CNN 2010-01-20

we're at the Caribbean Market in -- it's a big supermarket that collapsed in Pour-au-Prince. This is just one of the locations where rescue teams have been frantically working, trying to dig out survivors still alive after nearly five days under the

CNN 2010-04-22

15 years ago today; 168 people killed, 19 of them children. You saw there one of the troopers who stepped up. We're looking at some images here now. The trooper who stepped up is a guy who actually placed McVeigh under arrest back then, who came up t

CNN 2010-10-21

I did speak to a very senior NATO official with * knowledge with the lastest infomation ,the latest assessment that the alliance has .And he says ,look ,some of Ben Laden doctor * NO.2 they are not living a cave anywhere ,he says ask me to draw a cir

2018年CRI Panda pair unveiled in Finland

Two giant pandas on loan from China were unveiled at ?ht?ri Zoo in central Finland Saturday after a month-long quarantine. The zoo is organizing an official opening ceremony for the pandas at the beginning of March. Hua Bao and Jin Bao Bao have also

SSS 2012-01-31

To a female orb web spider, a suitable male can look like a mate and meal. For these spiders, the dating game has turned into a deadly dance of evolutionary one. the female spiders can choose when to cut off their relations by eating her partner or k

英文原版对话1000个:1088 Make-up

Gareth: Are you happy about it? Now, like looking back are you glad she did? Rebecca: It was tough love. At the time I hated her and I was getting picked on a lot at school about it, cause I just didn't realize that as a female you have to do these c

每天都读书的人更长寿

People who read live longer. Thirty minutes a day is good. Reading keeps our mind busy. It lowers our stress. Books are better than newspapers and magazines. Researchers looked at the lifestyles and reading habits of 3,500 men and women for 12 years.

国家地理:Octopus Mating 章鱼交配

OK, we are back in the world of the Cyanea octopus. It's mating time. Here's your potential conquest. She doesn't know you're alive. She's too busy cleaning trash from her house. Now you are the perceptive type. You use your sensitive disks for any s

国家地理:Polar Bears 北极熊

Seventy-nine degrees north latitude is near the top, at the cold edge of the world. In the winter, when temperatures plunge below freezing, there is complete darkness at noon. During summer, the sun shines at midnight, there is no place to hide. Dang

Genesis 创世记07

7The Lord then said to Noah, Go into the ark, you and your whole family, because I have found you righteous in this generation. 2Take with you seven of every kind of clean animal, a male and its mate, and two of every kind of unclean animal, a male a

经济学人11:性别歧视在亚洲"大行其道"

Business. 商业。 Women managers in Asia. 女性高管在亚洲。 Untapped talent. 尚待开发的人才。 Sexism is rife in Asia. That creates an opportunity for non-chauvinist firms. 性别歧视在亚洲大行其道。这为非大男子主义至