慢速英语

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The Lakota tribe, sometimes called the Sioux,believed that everything necessary for life could be found in the buffalo.The back of the animal provided the thick skins that the Plains Indians used to m...

拉科塔部落，有时被称为苏族人，相信生活所需的一切都可以在水牛中找到。这种动物的背部提供了平原印第安人用来安家的厚皮。水牛皮的其他部分被制成衣服和温暖的毯子。骨头被制成工具。动物的任何部分都没有被浪费。没有人知道当梅里韦瑟·刘易斯第一次见到肖...

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The native peoples of North and South America came from Siberia thousands of years ago.There was a land bridge between Siberia and Alaska before the end of the last ice age.As the groups settled diffe...

几千年前，北美洲和南美洲的土着人民来自西伯利亚。在上一个冰河时代结束之前，西伯利亚和阿拉斯加之间有一座陆桥。随着这些群体在这片土地的不同地区定居，他们发展了自己的文化和宗教。每个群体的故事在美洲的历史上都很重要。但我们今天的故事将集中在成为...

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Polar bears were one concern during Lewis’s swim. Another major difficulty was the water temperature. The water at the North Pole is salty. Salt water freezes at a lower temperature than fresh water. ...

北极熊是刘易斯游泳时的一个担忧。另一个主要困难是水温。北极的水是咸的。盐水在比淡水更低的温度下结冰。所以温度是零下 1 点 8 度——这是人类游泳过的最冷的水域！刘易斯描述了当时的情况： “水完全是黑色的——就像跳进一个黑暗的黑洞里。...

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A tall man stands still in the distance. He is wearing very few clothes – a white rubber cap on his head, small black swimming shorts. He also wears special rubber goggles. These protect his eyes. Thi...

一个高个子男人站在远处。他穿的衣服很少——头上戴着一顶白色橡胶帽，穿着黑色小游泳短裤。他还戴着特殊的橡胶护目镜。这些可以保护他的眼睛。这个人是个游泳高手。另一个男人站在他身边。他的脚上穿着滑雪板。长滑雪板可以在冰上滑行。男人们站在冰上的一个...

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The government has given the Maryland teenager patent rights to the pancreatic cancer test.He is now talking with companies about developing the test into a simple over-the-counter product.Whatever ha...

政府已授予这名马里兰州少年胰腺癌检测的专利权。他现在正在与公司讨论将测试开发成简单的非处方产品。无论发生什么，教授相信 Jack Andraka 的名字是我们将在未来 10 到 20 年内再次听到的名字。如果他做到了 15 岁时所做的事情，...

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A famous building in New York City is turning 100 years old this month.A year-long celebration is planned for Grand Central Terminal,which is usually called Grand Central station.Christopher Cruise te...

纽约市的一座着名建筑本月将迎来 100 岁生日。计划在通常称为 Grand Central Station 的 Grand Central Terminal 举行为期一年的庆祝活动。克里斯托弗·克鲁斯 （Christopher Cruise...

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We travel for another half an hour until we reach Daunt Chaung. This town is ruined... A man stops us. “Ten members of my family died,” he tells us. “My wife, my parents and one of my brothers survive...

我们又走了半个小时，才到达 Daunt Chaung。这个小镇被毁了......一个男人拦住了我们。“我家有 10 个人死了，”他告诉我们。“我的妻子、我的父母和我的一个兄弟都活了下来，但我所有的姐妹和她们的孩子都死了。”他不想再告诉我们了...

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The disease was killing hundreds of people. It was spreading through the African country of Burkina Faso. The disease was meningitis. It was infecting thousands of people – it was an epidemic. Healthy...

这种疾病导致数百人死亡。它正在非洲国家布基纳法索传播。这种病是脑膜炎。它感染了成千上万的人——这是一种流行病。健康的人需要注射疫苗来阻止他们患上这种疾病。布基诺法索需要更多的医生。 许多外国医生前来帮助挽救生命。他们帮助该国首都瓦加杜...