AS IT IS 2016-01-10 New York Street Vendors Battle Over Permits 纽约街头小贩因许可证起争执 A conflict is forming on the streets of New York City between legal and illegal food trucks and carts. The city grants 5,100 food vending permits...
Comedian-in-Chief Appears on Seinfeld Web Show 奥巴马现身谐星杰瑞宋飞的节目 If you think that the most powerful man on earth would have time to tape a 19-minute comedy about nothing, some would say that you are crazy. But, American Pres...
'The Last Leaf,' by O. Henry 《最后一片叶子》by欧亨利 Our story today is called The Last Leaf. It was written by O. Henry. Here is Barbara Klein with the story. Many artists lived in the Greenwich Village area of New York. Two young women...
AS IT IS 2016-01-09 Trending Today: A Dramatic Owl Fly-By, a Sad Raccoon 今日趋势-一个低空飞过的猫头鹰,一个伤心的浣熊 This is Whats Trending Today Snowy Owl Fly-By Snowy Owls are native to the Arctic. But in the winter, they head...
AS IT IS 2016-01-09 Shooter of Police Officer Pledged Allegiance to Islamic State A man shot a police officer in Philadelphia on Thursday and said he did it to support the Islamic State terror group. Officer Jesse Hartnett was hit multiple times afte...
AS IT IS 2016-01-09 Most Wanted Drug Kingpin El Chapo Arrested 墨西哥大毒枭古兹曼越狱后再次被捕 Fugitive drug lord Joaquin El Chapo Guzman has been captured six months after his bold escape from prison. He was one of the most wanted m...
AS IT IS 2016-01-09 German Officials Suspect 18 Asylum Seekers in New Year's Attacks 德国官员怀疑18名难民卷入新年袭击事件 German officials say 18 asylum-seekers are among the suspects in thefts and sexual assaults on women in Cologne...
'The Big Short' Explains the Global Financial Crisis In 2008, two big Wall Street firms, or companies that trade money and investments, collapsed. The U.S. economy plunged into the Great Recession. That meant the economy was weak and many people lost...
Are You Progressing with Progressive Tenses? Editors note: This is the second of a four-part series on verb tenses. Click here to see part one. For VOA Learning English, this is Everyday Grammar. Today we are going to look at the progressive verb ten...
AS IT IS 2016-01-08 Venezuelan Opposition Takes Control of Assembly 委内瑞拉反对党掌控国会 Venezuelas opposition party took control of the National Assembly Tuesday. 周二，委内瑞拉反对党控制了国会。 It was the first time in...
AS IT IS 2016-01-08 Truck Bomb in Western Libya Kills at Least 50 利比亚西部汽车爆炸事件造成至少50人死亡 Reports from Libya say a truck bombing has killed at least 50 people at a police training center. Many others were reported wou...
AS IT IS 2016-01-08 Man Shot on Charlie Hebdo Anniversary in Paris French police shot and killed a man as he sought to attack a police station Thursday. The incident took place on the one-year anniversary of the attack on the offices of Charlie Hebdo...
AS IT IS 2016-01-08 US, S. Korea Forces on High Alert After Nuclear Test 核试验之后美国、韩国军队处于高度戒备状态 The United States and South Korea have ordered their military forces on the Korean peninsula on high alert following...
AS IT IS 2016-01-08 Trending Today: #NetflixEverywhere This is What's Trending Today.... Netflix CEO Reed Hastings announced this week that the streaming platform is expanding its services to 130 more countries. Before the expansion, the streaming se...
Apps for Healthy Food Choices Most people agree that eating healthy food is important. But sometimes making good food choices can be tough. Now, there are apps that can help people learn about the food they eat to improve their diets and their dining...
