Why Do Americans Color But the British Colour? Thank Noah Webster Some people collect stamps. Others collect coins. Noah Webster, Jr. collected words. He did not save just the words, of course, but also their meanings and spellings. His collection be...
Floridas Key West: Close to Perfect, Far From Normal 佛罗里达州基韦斯特岛:接近完美但远未恢复正常 If youre dreaming of a white Christmas, dont go to Key West. As winter spreads over the northern United States, tourists and retired...
AS IT IS 2015-12-27 Attacks, Animals, Activism Are Trending Stories of 2015 Big stories grab headlines and capture peoples attention on social media channels like YouTube, Facebook and Twitter. 2015 is the year that social media sites turned trends a...
AS IT IS 2015-12-27 Wealthy Britons Get Rich Faster Than the Poor 英国富人财富比穷人增长快 The British government reports that the countrys richest people are increasing their wealth three times as fast as the poorest. The report is addin...
Hold The Butter! Modern Diets Meet Holiday Traditions 别放黄油!符合节日传统的现代饮食 Rich, heavy food is a major part of the end of the year holidays in the United States. People in the US celebrate Thanksgiving on the third Thursday...
Alibaba Buys South China Morning Pos t 阿里巴巴欲购买《南华早报》部分股份 E-commerce giant Alibaba Group announced last week that it is buying the South China Morning Post, SCMP. It is the leading English-language newspaper in Hong K...
AS IT IS 2015-12-26 Top Business Stories in 2015 As 2015 comes to a close, here are some of the top business stories of the year: The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) created the worlds largest free-trade zone among 12 nations around the Pacific. Toge...
AS IT IS 2015-12-26 Afghan Journalists: Voice of Former Co-Worker on IS Radio 阿富汗记者:前同事在伊斯兰国广播中的声音 Sultan Aziz Ezam worked at radio stations in Afghanistans eastern Nangarhar province for nearly 10 years. Now, th...
Getting to Know Gerunds and Infinitives 了解动名词和不定式 Welcome to another episode of Everyday Grammar on VOA Learning English. English learners have difficulty with gerunds and infinitives. A gerund is the ing form of a verb that functio...
AS IT IS 2015-12-25 Top 10 Lists for News, Movies and Pigeons This is the time of the year for top 10 lists. The end of the year produces lists that cover: top news stories, top entertainment stories and top sports stories. Other lists cover more unu...
AS IT IS 2015-12-25 Hockey Fans Throw Teddy Bears at Players 曲棍球粉丝向球员扔泰迪熊 It is exciting enough to score a goal in a hockey game. But it is another thing to trigger a cascade of 28,000 teddy bears from the stands onto the ice....
AS IT IS 2015-12-25 Adele US Concert Tickets Sell in Minutes 阿黛尔美国演唱会440000张门票两分钟被秒光 In several hundred seconds, thousands of Adele concert tickets were bought throughout North America. 几百秒的时间，上千张阿...
Tracking Santa with Technology Technology can bring magic to the Christmas season and some fun too! Internet users can find out if they are naughty or nice, follow Santa's journey, and play fun Christmas games. Portable North Pole People can make onl...
SpaceX Celebrates Historic Rocket Launch, Landing 创造历史!SpaceX火箭发射回收成功 And the safe landing is a big deal. It means that space travel could become a lot easier in the future. Normally rockets deliver their payload a satellite,...
AS IT IS 2015-12-24 The Year in Entertainment: Caitlyn Jenner, Star Wars, Adele Who and what entertained us in 2015? Many of us read the award-winning book, Between the World and Me, a discussion of being black in America by journalist Ta-Nehisi Coat...
