AS IT IS 2016-09-16 Americans Mark Start of Hispanic Heritage Month This is Whats Trending Today.... Thursday marked the start of National Hispanic Heritage Month in the United States. Hispanic Heritage Month is observed from September 15 through Oct...
AS IT IS 2016-09-16 Five Things to Know About Political Polls in the U.S. 五件事让你了解美国政治民意调查 On November 8, the American people will vote for the next U.S. president in this years general election. 11月8日，美国人民将...
AS IT IS 2016-09-16 New Group Tells British Government to Speed Up Break with Europe 新组织要求英国政府尽快与欧盟分手 Three months ago, voters in the United Kingdom decided to withdraw from the European Union. Now, some supporters of...
AS IT IS 2016-09-16 U.S. Officials Meet with Aung San Suu Kyi 美国官员会见昂山素姬 Aung San Suu Kyi, the de facto leader of Myanmar, completed a two-day visit to Washington, D.C., on Thursday. The Nobel Peace Prize winner met separately wit...
Thailand Is 'Hot' Over American Sriracha Sauce An Asian chili sauce is winning over taste buds all over the United States. Sriracha sauce now flavors many American-made products -- from popcorn to candy to beer. There are cookbooks explaining how to...
Jennifer Webb-McRae: 'I'm Passionate About Doing Justice Every Day' Jennifer Webb-McRae always knew what she wanted to be when she grew up. I really never wanted to be anything else when I grew up. I knew I wanted to be a lawyer and that was because...
AS IT IS 2016-09-15 Baby Orangutan Born at Washington's National Zoo 华盛顿国家动物园迎来猩猩宝宝 This is Whats Trending Today: 以下是今日新鲜事。 Happy News! 好消息！ For the first time in 25 years, a baby orangutan was bo...
AS IT IS 2016-09-15 'Escape Room' Games Growing in Popularity in U.S. 密室逃离游戏在美国越来越受欢迎 It may seem like a nightmare for some people. But for others, it sounds like a fun game. Escape Rooms are becoming a popular form of g...
AS IT IS 2016-09-15 What is Pneumonia and How Do You Get it? 什么是肺炎？怎么预防？ This week, presidential candidate Hillary Clinton made news -- not for what she said, but for her health. 这一周，总统候选人希拉里克林顿（H...
More Russians Growing Their Own Food 罗斯物价飞涨 民众自种食物 With high inflation and food shortages across Russia, some Russians are growing their own vegetables. 随着通货膨胀和食物短缺席卷俄罗斯，一些民众开始自种...
AS IT IS 2016-09-17 Ethiopian Runner Urges US to Push for Human Rights in His Country Ethiopian runner Feyisa Lelisa is urging the United States Congress to take action in support of Ethiopians protesting against their government. Lelisa won the silv...
AS IT IS 2016-09-17 Foreign Diplomats and U.S. Officials Clean a Florida Beach Last Friday was an unusual day for several diplomats in the U.S. state of Florida. The U.S. Department of State gathered consular officers from Africa, Europe and Latin Am...
AS IT IS 2016-09-17 Campaign Launched to Pardon Edward Snowden Supporters of Edward Snowden have appealed to U.S. President Barack Obama to give him a pardon. The American Civil Liberties Union, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch launched a...
'A Pair of Silk Stockings' by Kate Chopin 一双长丝袜 by 凯特-肖邦 Our story is called A Pair of Silk Stockings. It was written by Kate Chopin. Here is Barbara Klein with the story. Little Missus Sommers one day found herself the unexpected o...
AS IT IS 2016-09-15 How Much Medical Information Must Presidential Candidates Release? 总统候选人应该披露所有的健康信息么? Recent stories about American presidential candidates have raised questions about how much candidates should s...
