US, Russia Relations Hit a New Low 美俄关系跌至新低 From VOA Learning English, this is In The News. The crisis in Ukraine has hurt relations between the United States and Russia. Evidence of this came recently when U.S. and Russian officials...
AS IT IS 2014-10-13 Hundreds of California Homes in Need of Water 加州持续干旱,生活用水短缺 Severe drought has struck California for a third year. The lack of water is affecting farms, cities and small communities. Californias Central Val...
AS IT IS 2014-10-13 Thailand Seeks to Ban Commercial Surrogacy 泰国试图禁止商业代孕 Thailand is campaigning against commercial surrogacy, one of the worlds most unregulated industries. In this industry, infertile foreign couples pay Thai wo...
Same-Sex Marriage Rights Advance in the US 美国同性婚姻权利或长足进步 This week the Supreme Court acted in one of Americas most debated issues by doing almost nothing. The justices decided not to examine lower court rulings that permit s...
Where Is Kim Jong Un? 金正恩在哪里? North Korean leader Kim Jong Un failed to appear at a holiday celebration Friday in the North Korean capital, Pyongyang. More than a month has passed since a new photograph of him appeared or he was reported...
Artist Creates Homes for the Homeless 艺术家为无家可归的流浪者打造小房子 Welcome to American Mosaic from VOA Learning English. Im Caty Weaver. An artist in Oakland, California is using his skills to help the homeless. Greg Kloehn bui...
AS IT IS 2014-10-11 Malala and Indian Activist Win Nobel Peace Prize 马拉拉和印度活动家获2014诺贝尔和平奖 A child rights campaigner and a child education activist will share the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize. The Norwegian Nobel Committee an...
Grant Leads Union to Victory at Shiloh, but With a Cost 建国史话:格兰特带领联盟取得胜利 From VOA Learning English, this is The Making of a Nation. Im Kelly Jean Kelly. And Im Christopher Cruise. Confederate forces won the first major l...
Getting Started with TOEFL 开始准备托福 If you are interested in studying at an American university, you have probably heard about the Test of English as a Foreign Language. The test is widely known as the TOEFL. It is the most widely used lang...
'Luck' by Mark Twain 马克吐温的运气 Editor's Note: This is a weekly multimedia series of American short stories for English language learners. Each story will have video, audio, quizzes, and a lesson plan for teachers. Look for the new story e...
AS IT IS 2014-10-10 Forgotten Speeches Come Alive on YouTube 被遗忘的演讲在YouTube上活跃起来 The 1960s was a time of change in the United States and other places. These changes influenced opinions about social issues, and extended to poli...
Kale: The 'Super Food' 羽衣甘蓝:超级食品 From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Report. To prove that there is a celebration for just about everything, October 1 officially marked National Kale Day in the United States. Thats right Nat...
Kale: The 'Super Food' 羽衣甘蓝:超级食品 From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Report. To prove that there is a celebration for just about everything, October 1 officially marked National Kale Day in the United States. Thats right Nat...
First Ebola Patient in US Dies 美国本土首例埃博拉患者死亡 Liberian citizen Thomas Duncan has died of Ebola at a hospital in the United States. Officials at the hospital in Dallas, Texas say Mr. Duncan died Wednesday morning. Mr. Duncan w...
AS IT IS 2014-10-09 Activists Criticize Planned US Arms Sales to Vietnam 人权活动人士质疑美国对越军售 Last week, the United States announced it would partly end its 30-year-long ban on the sale of lethal, or deadly, weapons to Vietnam....
