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Now, the VOA Special English programWORDS AND THEIR STORIES.Baseball is America's national sport.So it is not unusual that many popular expressionscome from baseball.But first, let me explain a little...

现在是美国之音慢速英语词汇掌故节目。 棒球是美国最流行的运动项目。所以有很多来自棒球的常用语也不足为奇。但首先让我稍微解释一下这项运动。 每个棒球队有9名球员，一队的投手将球投向另一队的击球员。击球员尝试击中来球。如果他没击中，...

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Now, the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES.Every week at this time, the Voice of America tells about popular words and expressions used in the United States. Some expressions have ma...

现在是美国之音慢速英语词汇掌故节目。 每周这个时候，美国之音都会讲述美国的常用词汇和短语。一些短语从体育赛事演变到日常生活中，fall guy（替罪羊）就是这样一个短语。替罪羊是指由他人决定成为输家或牺牲者的人。 最早的“fal...

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Now,the VOA Special English program,WORDS AND THEIR STORIES.Today we explain more popular proverbs.A proverb is a short,well known sayingthat expresses a common truth or belief.Proverbs are popular ar...

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Now,the Special English program,AMERICAN STORIES.(MUSIC)Our story today is called "Luck."It was written by Mark Twain.Here is Shep O'Neal with the story.(MUSIC)I was at a dinner in London given in hon...

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Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION -- American history in VOA Special English.I'm Doug Johnson with Mario Ritter.This week in our series,we talk about the first one hundred days of the administration o...

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A jury in Los Angeles found that Katy Perry's 2013 popular song "Dark Horse" had copied a 2009 Christian rap song by a little-known artist.The decision came five years after Marcus Gray and two songwr...

洛杉矶一家陪审团裁决凯蒂-佩里2013年的流行歌曲《Dark Horse》抄袭了一位不知名艺术家于2009年创作的基督教饶舌歌曲。 这一裁决是在马库斯-格雷和两位词曲作者首次对佩里及其团队提起法律诉讼5年之后作出的。他们称《Dark ...

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This is the VOA Special English Education Report.The Intel Science Talent Search is the top science competition for high school students in the United States.The forty finalists were honoredin Washing...

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We continue our look at alcohol use on campus with some tips on what to do to help someone with a drinking problem. The SAT is considered a rite of passage for millions of college students but is it n...