Kurds Fight Militants in Syria; Civilians Flee to Turkey 躲避伊国极端分子进攻 叙利亚难民逃到土耳其 Kurdish fighters in northern Syria continue to battle Islamic State militants. More than 130,000 civilians have fled to neighboring...
Safety Is a Concern in Turkey's Construction Boom 土耳其的建设热潮引发安全担忧 Ten years ago, the Turkish capital of Istanbul had no extremely tall buildings called skyscrapers. Today, Istanbul is suddenly the skyscraper capital of Euro...
AS IT IS 2014-09-23 Rich People Get Their Own Facebook Facebook and other social media sites are free for everyone. But a new social media site launched this month promises to be more exclusive by only permitting people who are rich to join. The site...
Turning Cigarette Butts to Batteries 烟头转变成电池 If you see a person carelessly throw a cigarette to the ground, what are you likely to think? That depends. If you hate people throwing things on the ground, you might think, That person shou...
Street Artists Add Color to Washington, DC Buildings 街头艺术家在华盛顿特区建筑物涂鸦 Welcome to American Mosaic from VOA Learning English. Im Caty Weaver. Washington D.C. has a graffiti problem. That is a problem it shares with many...
Ukraine Former President's Estate Is Now a Tourist Site 乌克兰前总统行宫成旅游景点 Lets be honest. Most of us wonder how presidents, kings, queens or other rulers live. I know I do. If the White House were suddenly available, I would pou...
AS IT IS 2014-09-22 Reducing Clashes between Police and Black Youths 减少警察和黑人青年之间的冲突 Many people have heard about the shooting of an unarmed black teenager in the United States. A white police officer shot and killed the yo...
'A Rolling Stone Gathers No Moss' 滚石不生苔 A Sotheby's employee shows the handwritten lyrics for Bob Dylan's 'Like a Rolling Stone' song that is part part of a collection from; 'A Rock and Roll History: Presley to Punk' at Sotheby's auction ho...
AS IT IS 2014-09-21 Police, Citizens Work to Create Safer Neighborhoods Many people have talked about racial problems in the United States since the shooting of an unarmed black teenager last month. A white police officer shot and killed the young ma...
AS IT IS 2014-09-21 Iraqi Girls Escape Islamic State Militants 伊拉克女孩逃脱伊斯兰国家的激进分子 The United States and other nations have agreed to work together to oppose the Islamic State militant group. The group now controls par...
How Did You Get so Intelligent? 你怎么那么聪明? You may have heard people say that hard work is more important than the intelligence you are born with. Recently, researchers noted changes in the brains of individuals immediately after they wer...
AS IT IS 2014-09-20 Scientists Discover Secrets of Coffee 科学家发现咖啡的秘密 An international team of researchers has created a sequence, or map, of the genes of the coffee plant known as Robusta. About one-third of the coffee drunk world...
AS IT IS 2014-09-20 West Trades Accusations Over Hostage Ransoms 西方国家检讨赎金换人质行为 World leaders were in Paris earlier this week to discuss how to deal with the Islamic State militant group. Western countries have differing poli...
AS IT IS 2014-09-20 Vietnam Rejects Reports of Police Abuse 越南反警察虐待的报告 Vietnam has rejected a report that accuses Vietnamese police of abusing detainees. Vietnams Foreign Ministry says the country has a firm commitment against all...
How Do Islamic State Militants Finance Their Operations? From VOA Learning English, this is In The News. This week, the United States Congress approved part of President Barack Obamas plan to defeat Islamic State militants. The Senate voted Thursday...
