AS IT IS 2015-03-16 Old Style Parenting Starts Debate in the US 老式的教育模式在美国引发争论 Child abuse and child neglect are serious crimes. Some U.S. laws are designed to protect children from their very own parents. Recently, two pa...
'Beware the Ides of March' 留意古罗马历中的三月 Now, the VOA Learning English program Words and Their Stories. People who believe in luck and bad luck -- that is to say, those considered superstitious maythink that some days or events are u...
A Blind Teacher's Vision 一个盲人老师的愿景 There are an estimated 70,000 blind children in Indonesia, according to a recent study in the British Journal of Ophthalmology. The researchers found that 60 percent of the children they studied di...
Iran's Next Step in Building a 'Halal' Internet 伊朗针对穆斯林开发的清真网络将采取下一步措施 For years, officials in Iran have talked about building what they call a Halal Internet an Internet for Iranians completely separate fr...
Small Beer Brewers Gaining Popularity in US 小瓶装的啤酒获得美国人的青睐 A few large beer breweries have controlled much of the beer market in the United States since the 1950s. But in recent years, the number of small craft breweries h...
AS IT IS 2015-03-15 Saharan Dust Feeds Amazon Rainforest 撒哈拉沙漠的尘土吹到亚马逊雨林 Large clouds of dust blowing off the Sahara desert can easily be seen from space. Joseph Prospero is with the University of Miami in the United Sta...
Everyday Grammar: Can You Correct 'Her and I?' 日常语法:你能正确使用Her和I? On March 5, Jazmine Hughes wrote in a New York Times blog, Recently, at an IRL party that is, a party that takes place in real life, as opposed to where I generall...
Who Controls US Foreign Policy: Congress or the President? 谁控制美国外交政策:国会还是总统? An open letter to Iran by 47 Republican members of the United States Senate released Monday started a heated debate this week. The question was...
AS IT IS 2015-03-14 Scientists Search for Ways to Feed an Ever-Growing World 科学家寻找新方法以养活世界不断增长的人口 As the population grows and temperatures rise it will become more difficult to grow enough food for everyone. So...
AS IT IS 2015-03-14 US Asks Vietnam to Stop Russian Use of Cam Ranh Bay 美国要求越南停止授权俄罗斯使用其金兰湾 The United States embassy in Hanoi has asked the Vietnamese government to stop permitting Russia to use a military base...
Police Officers Shot and Wounded in Ferguson, Missouri Two policemen were shot early Thursday in the midwestern American city of Ferguson, Missouri. The shooting happened a few hours after the citys police chief resigned. A federal investigation had...
AS IT IS 2015-03-13 Older Ukrainians Threatened by War with Russia 乌克兰老人受到战争威胁 Old people in eastern Ukraine are suffering from the conflict between government forces and Russian-supported rebels. The United Nations estimates 60...
AS IT IS 2015-03-13 Renewal of US Trade Deal Important to Kenya 美国贸易协定的续保对肯尼亚来说至关重要 The Bloomberg news service recently published a list of the 20 fastest-growing economies. Bloomberg rated a total of 57 countrie...
AS IT IS 2015-03-13 What Happens to Lost US Airline Luggage? 旅客在美国航空公司丢失的行李发生了什么 Most people who fly on passenger planes in the United States do not lose their bags -- called luggage or baggage. Even if the lugga...
'Keesh' by Jack London 杰克伦敦的《Keesh》 Our story this week is Keesh. It was written by Jack London. Here is Shep ONeal to tell you the story. Keesh lived at the edge of the polar sea. He had seen thirteen suns in the Eskimo way of keeping...
