This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Early this year, Special English began receiving comments about all the stories on our Web site. The Education Reports have received many comments. We began the year in the middle of our Foreign Stude

发表于:2018-11-27 / 阅读(417) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA慢速英语2009年(十二)月

In this Business English Podcast lesson were going to take another look at making presentations in English with the first in a two-part series focused on question and answer popularly referred to as QA. This listening is from the QA session that foll

发表于:2018-12-05 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 商务英语演讲课

Making a good introduction to your presentation is key to getting your audiences attention. This Business English Podcast episode looks at the language used in making an internal presentation during a videoconference and particularly the language use

发表于:2018-12-05 / 阅读(55) / 评论(0) 分类 商务英语演讲课

Signposting is informing listeners about what is to be presented in a presentation, and constantly informing listeners as to where they are during that presentation. The term signposting comes from signs posted on street corners, which tell travelers

发表于:2018-12-05 / 阅读(61) / 评论(0) 分类 商务英语演讲课

Welcome back Business Skills 360. Were going to kick off the New Year with some tips for making your presentations more effective and relevant. A good presentation is one that connects to your audience with a clear, organized message that can be easi

发表于:2018-12-05 / 阅读(44) / 评论(0) 分类 商务英语演讲课

Welcome back Business Skills 360 the podcast that looks at the other side of Business English. This is the second part of our series on effective presentations. Last week, we talked about keeping it short, simple, engaging, and real. Much of that hap

发表于:2018-12-05 / 阅读(102) / 评论(0) 分类 商务英语演讲课

Todays advanced Business English Podcast episode is the second in our a two-part series on question and answer, or QA. The listening starts where we left off last time. Nick, the new European sales director at Harper-Tolland Steel, is answering quest

发表于:2018-12-05 / 阅读(117) / 评论(0) 分类 商务英语演讲课

Making your Introduction is a preview of our upcoming audio / ebook on presentations skills and language. In this first chapter we take a look at how to make a good start as well as at the overall structure of a presentation. This recording is a re-e

发表于:2018-12-05 / 阅读(138) / 评论(0) 分类 商务英语演讲课

Health Report - Indonesia Clinic Seeks to Save Patients, Forests 健康报道 - 印尼一家诊所医治病人同时设法保护森林 This is the VOA Special English Health Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语健康报道。 A clinic in West Ka

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(50) / 评论(0) 分类 2011年VOA慢速英语(十)月

This is the first in a three-part Business English Podcast series on pitching, or presenting, your ideas persuasively and convincingly. Business people often come up with ideas about how to do things better, or how something can be changed to provide

发表于:2018-12-31 / 阅读(129) / 评论(0) 分类 商务英语会议解析

In the last Business English Podcast lesson, we saw how a manager pitched an idea during a meeting. She explained how the company website could be revamped so that customers could order off-the-shelf products directly, instead of having to contacting

发表于:2018-12-31 / 阅读(119) / 评论(0) 分类 商务英语会议解析

Jonathan: Have you ever heard about speed dating? Jeff: Speed dating? No. I have no idea. Fast....? Jonathan: This is a kind of thing that started up in the last number of years, and what happens is it there's an organizer and you go to some dates in

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(52) / 评论(0) 分类 原版英语对话1000个

Why Hands-Free Faucets May Be a Risk to Some Hospital Patients This is the VOA Special English Health Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语健康报道。 Automatic faucets use an electronic sensor to start and stop the flow of water when people

发表于:2019-01-12 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 2011年VOA慢速英语(四)月

The U.S. Navy Hospital ship Comfort reached Haiti before dawn Wednesday morning. Around that time, an aftershock that could even be felt on the Comfort, jolted the island, wrecking the pier that was going to be used as a staging area for patients. Th

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(109) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2010年(一月)

By Dorian Jones Istanbul 16 July 2007 Seventy years ago, Turkey was one of the first countries to give women the vote. Seven decades later, there is only one woman in Turkey's 20-member parliament. From Istanbul, Dorian Jones reports on a new initiat

发表于:2019-02-03 / 阅读(85) / 评论(0) 分类 2007年VOA标准英语(七月)

By Michael Bowman Washington 10 June 2008 The Bush administration says the United States and China face daunting energy challenges that the two nations should confront together. VOA's Michael Bowman reports from Washington, where Treasury Secretary

发表于:2019-02-04 / 阅读(56) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(六月)

Good evening. Five years ago, this date - September the 11th - was seared into America's memory. Nineteen men attacked us with a barbarity unequaled in our history. They murdered people of all colors, creeds, and nationalities - and made war upon the

发表于:2019-02-04 / 阅读(133) / 评论(0) 分类 2006年VOA标准英语(九月)

今天我们要学的词是ratings。 Ratings, 可以指电视节目的收视率。 The Olympics coverage gave NBC a boost in ratings, 北京奥运会的转播大大增加了美国全国广播公司的收视率。 统计数字显示,北京奥运会开

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(56) / 评论(0) 分类 英语单词荟萃

今天我们要学的词是fatigue。 Fatigue, 是疲惫的意思。 The soldiers suffered from physical and mental fatigue after the battle, 战役结束后,士兵们身心交瘁。在道路安全方面, Driver fatigue is a deadly problem, 驾驶疲

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 英语单词荟萃

After four years of negotiations, representatives of 135 nations have unanimously agreed on the text of a protocol to end the illicit trade in tobacco products. Nations are expected to adopt the protocol, the first under the WHO Framework Convention

发表于:2019-02-11 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻