慢速英语

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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...

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The war in Europe ended in 1945.At the end of crab season Call came home from the war.The body of a large man in uniform was filling the door."Call," I cried, "O my blessed Call, you have grown up!" "...

欧洲战争于 1945.At 年螃蟹季节结束，Call 从战争中回家。门上挤满了一具身穿制服的大个子男人的尸体。呼唤，“我喊道，”哦，我有福的呼唤，你已经长大了！“这就是海军承诺的，”他说。Call 告诉船长他停下来见了 Caroline，当...