Next US President Faces Economic Concerns 下一位美国总统面临的经济问题 Many Americans want the presidential election campaign to end as quickly as possible. 美国民众都盼望总统大选能够早日结束。 Political observers say...
Flashback: The Fight for Women's Right to Vote The year is 1913. A new president has been elected and is about to take office. But when he arrives at the train station in Washington, DC, few people are there to meet him. Where are the crowds? he asks...
Robot Can Help With Farm Work 可以帮助农民干活的机器人 In the American state of Idaho, a robot moves between lines of fruit trees and grapevines. It is doing farm work. Called IdaBot, this robot is a prototype, or model. An engineering te...
One-Third of U.S. Counties Have More Deaths than Births 美国有三分之一的县的死亡率超过出生率 Recently, we reported on the importance of counties in the United States. 最近我们就美国郡县的重要性进行了报道。 Today w...
Study Explains Why Some Soccer Referees are Better than Others 研究诠释为什么一些足球裁判员比同行优秀 Soccer fans around the world love to question the calls that the referees make during games. One common insult is to say the refe...
Whose Finger Do You Want on the Button? Now, Words and Their Stories from VOA Learning English. On this program, we explore the meaning of everyday expressions in the English language. Today, we talk about a common object that appears in many express...
2016 US Election is Hard for Civics Teachers Has the American election campaign been difficult to watch? Imagine if you had to explain it to a class of middle school students. Every four years, teachers in the United States explain how the government...
US Presidential Candidates Have Similar Positions on Terrorism 美国总统候选人对恐怖主义持相似立场 Terrorism is an important issue for many American voters. The two major political party nominees for president have presented plans for...
AS IT IS 2016-11-06 Putin Gives Actor Steven Seagal Russian Citizenship 普京授予史蒂文西格尔俄罗斯国籍 Russian President Vladimir Putin has approved Russian citizenship for American actor Steven Seagal. 俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔普京...
Underwater Exploration at Biscayne National Park 水下探索佛罗里达比斯坎湾国家公园 This week on our national parks journey, we head to southern Florida. Here, you will find blue-green seas, marine wildlife, and islands that hold thousa...
And the Winner Is Store Owner Predicts Next US President With the American elections just a few days away, researchers are busy preparing last-minute opinion surveys. The researchers hope to identify the next president of the United States by questio...
'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,' by Washington Irving Today's story is called The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. It is about something strange that happened long ago in a valley called Sleepy Hollow. It was written by Washington Irving. The story is told by...
AS IT IS 2016-11-05 Will the American Election Affect US Foreign Policy in Asia? 美国大选将影响美国在亚洲的外交政策吗? The two main candidates for president of the United States have spoken about a lot about Asia during the election...
AS IT IS 2016-11-05 Fall Colors Not Only Red and Blue 秋天的颜色不仅是红色和蓝色 This is Whats Trending Today. Americans often identify the two major political parties by the colors red and blue. The practice began with the 2000 election...
Grammar and US Presidential Elections: Part Two When politicians give speeches, they talk about any number of things, such as their beliefs, personal history, or opinions on major issues. Politicians have to be careful about how they present their id...
