VOA慢速英语听力【实用3篇】
VOA慢速英语听力 篇一:如何提高英语听力技巧
英语作为全球通用语言,掌握良好的听力技巧对于学习和交流是至关重要的。然而,对于非英语母语的学习者来说,英语听力可能是一个挑战。幸运的是,有几种方法可以帮助你提高英语听力技巧。
首先,多听慢速英语节目。VOA慢速英语是一个非常好的资源,他们专门为非英语母语的学习者提供了慢速的新闻和故事。这种慢速的语速让你更容易理解和跟上。通过经常听VOA慢速英语,你可以提高你对英语语音和语调的理解,同时也可以扩大你的词汇量。
其次,利用技术工具。现在有很多在线资源和应用程序可以帮助你提高英语听力。例如,你可以使用英语学习应用程序,如Duolingo或Rosetta Stone,这些应用程序提供了大量的听力练习。此外,你还可以使用在线英语听力材料,如TED演讲或英语播客。通过利用这些工具,你可以随时随地进行听力训练。
另外,多与英语母语人士交流。与英语母语人士交流是提高听力技巧的一种有效方法。通过与他们交流,你可以暴露自己在真实的英语环境中,从而更好地理解和适应英语的语速和语调。你可以通过参加英语角、找英语母语人士做语言交换或者参加英语社交活动来与他们互动。
最后,坚持练习。提高英语听力技巧需要时间和耐心。每天花一些时间练习听力,并且保持持续的努力。你可以选择一些感兴趣的主题进行听力训练,这样可以提高你的学习动力。此外,你还可以尝试一些听力挑战,如听力测验或听力练习,以检验和巩固你的听力技巧。
总之,提高英语听力技巧需要多方面的努力和实践。通过多听慢速英语节目,利用技术工具,与英语母语人士交流,并且坚持练习,你将能够逐渐提高你的英语听力水平。记住,耐心和毅力是成功的关键!
VOA慢速英语听力 篇三
VOA慢速英语听力
VOA是深受学生喜欢与教师推崇的英语听力之一,常听VOA慢速英语听力,对于提升英语听力有很大的好处。下面小编为大家准备了一篇VOA慢速英语听力,希望大家喜欢。
Now, the VOA Learning English program Words and Their Stories.
On this program we explain how to use common words and expressions in American English. Today, we are going to celebrate the coming of winter with expressions related to cold and ice. And we will do that with a story … a mystery story.
This is part one of a three-part series.
Our story begins on a distant mountain-top. It is the dead of winter. Outside the wind is howling.
Snow mixed with freezing rain has made the roads unsafe for travel. Even walking outside is dangerous. So, the four characters of our story are stuck indoors at The Ice Castle Inn. Like the name suggests, the inn is an old castle that is now a vacation spot
for bird-watchers.These four people are strangers. The only thing they have in common is a shared interest in snow birds. But for now, they all have put their bird watching plans on ice. That is to say, they must postpone their plans until the winter storm passes.
What they don’t know is the violent storm outside is just the tip of the iceberg. In other words, more danger exists, but they cannot see it.
Let’s meet the characters
But now, let’s get in out of the cold. As we enter the Ice Castle Inn we meet our group of travelers. They are all having a hot drink as they gather by the fireplace.
The Teacher
First there is the teacher, Madeline. She is in her late 20s and teaches skiing and cold weather survival skills at a private school for girls.
Her neat, dark hair frames her round, healthy face. Her appearance is plain but she is in great physical shape. She is a quiet woman. When she speaks, her voice is low and uncertain.
You may think she is shy. But think again.
Underneath her shy exterior, she is calm, cool and collected. If she stares at you with her clear green eyes, you can sense her powerful, extreme calm. Her ability to control her reactions makes people feel afraid: it sends shivers down their spines.
The Athlete
Then there is the athlete, Vincent. He is in his early 30s. Handsome and active, he talks to anyone and everyone. He has an easy manner and people like him instantly. He’s the type of man who could sell ice to an Eskimo, meaning he could talk you into anything.
At first, he seems to be a very cool, easy-going sportsman. But talk to him more and you realize that something is missing: namely, feelings. Those who know him best say he has ice water running through his veins. Nothing seems to upset or emotionally move him.
The Actress
Next is the actress, Sylvia. She is in her mid-40s and is extremely attractive. With her ice-blue eyes, pale white skin and fine clothing, she doesn’t seem like the outdoorsy, bird-watching type.
Her personality runs hot and cold -- friendly one minute, unfriendly the next. You never know what to expect. The one thing that is constant about her is the gold locket she wears around her long, thin neck. She never takes it off and often holds it tightly to her chest.
The Major
Finally, there is Major Jack, an ex-military man. His age is hard to guess -- perhaps 50-something? He has a strong jaw and thick black hair. The lines on his face make him look older but even more handsome.
Some men are just lucky that way. He seems like most military men; strong and silent. William Shakespeare might even call him a cold fish -- unfeeling and unfriendly. But at the same time every day, as the sun goes down, he stares out the window into the storm with great sadness in his eyes. It is at these times, he seems like a man left out in the cold, ignored and alone.
That is our small group of traveling bird-watchers. As the days pass, the snow only falls harder on The Ice Castle Inn. The land line phones no longer work. Neither do cell phones. No rescue vehicles have come to clear the roads.
They are truly snowed in.
With each passing day, they each become more and more suspicious of each other. They all wonder the same thing – why are the others really here?
Answers will have to wait.
I’m Anna Matteo.
Join us next week for part 2 of The Mystery at The Ice Castle Inn.
Anna Matteo wrote this story for VOA Learning English. Kelly Jean Kelly was the editor.