The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe Today we present the short story The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe. Here is Shep O'Neal with the story. True! Nervous -- very, very nervous I had been and am! But why will you say that I am mad? The disease...
US Troops to Remain in Afghanistan, Deploy to Cameroon 美军留在阿富汗并新部署到喀麦隆 President Barack Obama announced on Thursday that he will slow the planned withdrawal of United States forces from Afghanistan. The announcement came...
AS IT IS 2015-10-14 Russian-Made Missile Destroyed Flight MH17 俄制导弹击毁MH17航班 International investigators say Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down last year by a Russian-made missile. The airplane crashed in eastern Ukraine on Ju...
AS IT IS 2015-10-13 Air Accidents More Likely in Africa 在非洲发生航空事故的可能性更大 Africa has about 5 percent of global air traffic but 20 percent of accidents and deaths in 2014. Siddi Kone is an air navigation safety expert. He s...
AS IT IS 2015-10-13 India to Bring Light and Heat with Solar Energy 印度使用太阳能带来光和热 Hundreds of villages in rural India are using clean energy powered by the sun. This month, 61 households in the village of Baripatha in eastern I...
AS IT IS 2015-10-13 Cambodians Demand More Organic Food 柬埔寨人对有机食品的需求增加 Experts are urging Cambodian farmers to diversify their crops. Most farmers in Cambodia grow rice. Many also may grow cassava and maize. But very few f...
AS IT IS 2015-10-13 Will Cricket Score Points in the US? 在美国板球能流行起来吗? Two teams of cricket players will compete in three large American cities in November. They hope Americans will learn more about the sport and begin watching i...
Water Robots Explore the Celtic Sea 机器人海洋车探索凯尔特海 Scientists in England are using two self-directed water vehicles to explore the animal and plant life of the Celtic Sea. The Celtic Sea is a body of water off the southern coast...
QA: Tales from the Lewis and Clark Expedition 问答:刘易斯和克拉克探险队的故事 ANNA: Hello and welcome to As It Is from VOA Learning English. ANNA: Im Anna Matteo in Washington, DC. And today we bring you a live QA for our listeners. Fo...
Sanders Giving Hillary Clinton a Run for Her Money When Senator Bernie Sanders announced that he was seeking the Democratic nomination, few people noticed. Senator Sanders represents Vermont, a state with the second-smallest population in the United...
Columbus Day: Some Love It, Others Not So Much 哥伦布纪念日--有些人爱,有些人不以为然 This is Columbus Day, the second Monday in October, in the United States. It is a federal holiday. That means most federal offices are closed. The h...
AS IT IS 2015-10-12 UN Talks Focus on Too Many Toxic Chemicals 联合国会谈关注有害化学物质 Only a small number of the 100,000 chemicals sold worldwide have been safety tested. 在销往世界各地的10万多类化学品中，只有其中的...
AS IT IS 2015-10-11 Broken Glass Walkway Shatters Nerves in China Imagine this. You are visiting a beautiful mountain somewhere in the countryside. Part of the trip takes you up a steep mountain cliff. At the top, visitors can step out on to a see-th...
Whales Never Die on the Ocean Floor 鲸鱼不会死在海底 Their calls can be haunting. Their size can take your breath away. And their worlds are dark and quiet. Whales! There are many different species of these huge, warm-blooded, air breathing m...
Weasel, Duck, Dog: Animals That Are Also Verbs A few months ago, I told Anna Matteo I would write a Words and Their Stories program about animals that are also verbs. But I failed to keep my promise. Instead of accepting responsibility, I told her I...
