Hot Computers Could Be Used to Heat Homes 能给家庭供暖的计算机服务器 When computer servers operate a complex program, they can get very hot. Cooling the servers can be costly. So researchers asked what would happen if the heat created by...
AS IT IS 2015-05-05 From Taxi Driver to Famous Fishing Fly Maker 从出租车司机到著名的飞蝇钓制造商 Elpheus Ndlovu has come a long way from his village in the South African province of Mpumalanga. He once worked as a taxi driver. Now, h...
3-D Printed Device Helps Children with Rare Breathing Disorder 3-D打印设备可以帮助罕见呼吸障碍儿童呼吸 You may have heard about a process called 3-D printing. It is where a machine creates a three-dimensional object -- one with heig...
AS IT IS 2015-05-04 African Powers Argue After Attacks on Immigrants in S. Africa Nigeria and South Africa are no strangers to diplomatic disputes. Recently, the Nigerian government told its top diplomats in the South African capital to return home a...
Congress Debates US Export-Import Bank 国会讨论美国进出口银行 From VOA Learning English, this is the Economics Report. 这里是美国之音经济报道。 A policy dispute is taking shape in Washington over a government agency that helps...
AS IT IS 2015-05-04 Body Cameras Seen as Good and Bad for US Police Officers The recent violence in Baltimore, Maryland follows incidents around the United States in which police officers have been accused of wrongdoing. As a result, police departmen...
S.O.S. In Other Words, Help! 词汇掌故:国际求救信号SOS Now, the VOA Learning English program, Words and Their Stories. 现在是美国之音慢速英语词汇掌故节目。 Different people have different ways of saying things their own spe...
AS IT IS 2015-05-03 Hippos: The Life Force of African Rivers 河马:非洲河流的生命力量 The hippopotamus is an animal very important to the health of Africa's rivers and lakes. Their dung, or solid waste, helps Africas aquatic ecosystem. But...
Baltimore Police Officers Charged in Death of Black Man 巴尔的摩警员因黑人死亡被指控 The chief prosecutor in the eastern U.S. city of Baltimore, Maryland has announced charges against six police officers in the case of the death of a 25...
Experts See Closer Link Between Earthquakes and Oil Drilling 专家称地震和石油钻探关系密切 Since 2009, earthquake activity has greatly increased in the central and eastern United States. A new report from U.S. earthquake experts links dr...
Learning to Read in Safaliba Helps Ghanaian Kids Learn English 学习用Safaliba语言读书有助于加纳孩子学英语 Ghanas official national language is English. But for most citizens English is also a second language. Until recently, children...
Everyday Grammar: Double Negatives - Cant Get None? 每日语法:双重否定 In this weeks episode of Everyday Grammar, were going to talk about two common types of double negatives. A double negative is when you use two negative words in the same c...
Change in Work Schedule Could Cure 'Social Jet Lag' 改变工作日程可治疗社交时差 From VOA Learning English this is the Health Lifestyle report. Do you often start your day feeling tired? Do you ever fall asleep at work? Do you sometimes ju...
Baltimore Police End Investigation of Freddie Grays Death 巴尔的摩对Freddie Gray的死因调查工作结束 Police in Baltimore, Maryland, have completed their investigation into the death of a young black man in police detention. He died April...
AS IT IS 2015-05-01 Parade Marks 40th Anniversary of Vietnam War's End 越南庆祝越南战争结束40周年 Vietnam has held a parade to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War. The victory of North Vietnamese forces brought th...
