New Program Helps Speed Up Childrens Understanding of Language Learning to read provides a foundation for future learning in all areas of study. But reading is more than just sounding out words. Students need to understand what those words mean. And

发表于:2018-12-01 / 阅读(85) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年VOA慢速英语(二)月

今天我们要学的词是 coy。 Coy的意思是害羞,腼腆,闭口不谈。US ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley stayed coy on her reasons for quitting, saying only that it was important to understand when it's time to stand aside. 美

发表于:2018-12-04 / 阅读(62) / 评论(0) 分类 英语单词荟萃

Writing the Narrative Essay: How to Find the Words This is the VOA Learning English Education Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语教育报道。 A student from overseas did well on a research paper for an American college. She said, Research ta

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(63) / 评论(0) 分类 2014年VOA慢速英语(十二)月

今天我们要学的词是 pivotal. pivotal 的意思是关键性的,核心的。U.S. officials believe a recording pivotal to the case of murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi doesn't appear to connect the Saudi crown prince to the killing. 美国官

发表于:2018-12-27 / 阅读(46) / 评论(0) 分类 英语单词荟萃

今天我们要学的词是 strain. strain 的意思是压力,费力,使足力气。 In China, female pilots strain to hold up half the sky although they account for only 1.3 percent of all the pilot, one of the lowest proportion in the world. 在中

发表于:2018-12-30 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 英语单词荟萃

今天我们要学的词是commit to. To commit to something意思是承诺做某事。The Singapore summit ended with the United States and North Korea committing to denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. 新加坡峰会结束,美国和朝鲜共同

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今天我们要学的词是advisory. Advisory 名词,有公告,通告的意思。The U.S. State Department has issued a travel advisory for Russia, urging Americans to reconsider their travel plans due to terrorism and harassment. 美国国务院发

发表于:2018-12-30 / 阅读(34) / 评论(0) 分类 英语单词荟萃

今天我们要学的词是 wage. Wage 作为动词,有发动的意思。A top CIA expert on Asia said that China is waging a quiet kind of cold war against the United States. 中央情报局一位亚洲问题专家说,中国正在对美国发动一

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今天我们要学的词是 contract. Contract作为动词,有收缩的意思。South Korea's central bank estimated that North Korea's economy contracted at the sharpest rate in two decades in 2017. 韩国中央银行估计,朝鲜2017年的经济出

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今天我们要学的词是 breastfeeding. Breastfeeding 母乳喂养。U.S. government officials disputed a New York Times report that the government opposed a WTO resolution supporting breastfeeding. 美国政府官员否认纽约时报关于美国政

发表于:2018-12-30 / 阅读(42) / 评论(0) 分类 英语单词荟萃

今天我们要学的词是downward. Downward作为形容词,有向下的意思。The U.S. prison population extended an eight-year downward trend that has been driven by federal and state sentencing reforms over the past decade. 过去10年美国联

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Perhaps Wellington Bunn was disappointed that Mr. Pertell did not at once beg him to reconsider his resignation, and to stay his parting steps, for the actor had turned aside after issuing his defiance, and started toward the house, as though to carr

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今天我们要学的词是turning point. Turning point 转折点。The sentencing of Indonesia's former Speaker of the House is seen as a turning point in the country's war on corruption. 印度尼西亚前议长被判刑被看成是印尼反腐战争

发表于:2018-12-30 / 阅读(62) / 评论(0) 分类 英语单词荟萃

今天我们要学的词是 perception. Perception的意思是看法、认识,认知,The events of Sept. 11 permanently changed America's perception of security and prompted then-President George W. Bush to declare war on terrorism and invade Afg

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S.O.S. In Other Words, Help! 词汇掌故:国际求救信号SOS Now, the VOA Learning English program, Words and Their Stories. 现在是美国之音慢速英语词汇掌故节目。 Different people have different ways of saying things their own spe

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今天我们要学的词是runoff. Runoff 名词,决选。Sierra Leone will hold a runoff presidential election in two weeks after the country's 16 candidates failed to clinch the 55 percent of votes necessary to win in the first round.塞拉利昂

发表于:2019-01-26 / 阅读(57) / 评论(0) 分类 英语单词荟萃

今天我们要学的词是veteran. Veteran 退伍军人。Three women who had devoted their lives to helping traumatized veterans were killed by a patient who had been kicked out of their treatment program. 三名致力于帮助受创伤的退伍军人

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今天我们要学的词是abide by. To abide by 意思是遵守。Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang reiterated that Beijing was opposed to the Taiwan Travel Act and urged the US to abide by the one China policy. 中国外交部发言人陆慷

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今天我们要学的词是walkout. Walkout 做为名词,有罢工,罢课的意思。Students from around 3,000 schools took part in a nationwide walkout to protest Congressional failure to address gun violence. 全美各地约3千所学校的学生

发表于:2019-01-26 / 阅读(51) / 评论(0) 分类 英语单词荟萃

今天我们要学的词是committed. Committed 做为形容词,有坚定的意思。Mark Zuckerberg said Facebook is committed to stop anyone from interfering in the upcoming midterm congressional elections through Facebook. 扎克伯格表示,脸

发表于:2019-01-26 / 阅读(62) / 评论(0) 分类 英语单词荟萃