AS IT IS 2016-02-13 America Faces Many Security Challenges 美国面临许多安全挑战 Nuclear weapons, terrorism and computer spying are problems for national security, say American intelligence officials. The officials say challenges and crises...
AS IT IS 2016-02-13 Body of Mystic Monk On Display for Holy Year The body of one of the most popular Roman Catholic saints, the mystic monk Padre Pio, will go on display at the Vatican in Rome. His body was placed in a crystal coffin and taken on a j...
AS IT IS 2016-02-13 Work Soothes Pain of Acid Attacks In India A caf in India is hiring women who once stayed in hiding after being attacked with acid. One woman, Dolly Kumari, says she stayed inside for two years after a man threw acid on her. He wa...
AS IT IS 2016-02-13 Trending Today: All You Need Is LoveMojis This is Whats Trending Today. You probably know the Beatles song, All You Need is Love. This weekend, the song might go by another name: All You Need is LoveMojis. A new project between Pa...
AS IT IS 2016-02-13 Pope Francis Meets with Leader of Russian Orthodox Church 教皇弗兰西斯会见俄罗斯领袖 Leaders of the Roman Catholic Church and the Russian Orthodox Church have met for the first time in history. Pope Francis and Patria...
Paul's Case by Willa Cather, Part One 《保罗事件》Ⅰby 薇拉凯瑟 Our story today is called Paul's Case. Willa Cather wrote it. Donna de Sanctis? adapted it for VOA Learning English. Paul's Case will be told in two parts. Here is Kay Gallant...
Zika Virus Detected in Body Fluids 体液中检测到寨卡病毒分享到: Brazilian scientists have detected the Zika virus in urine and saliva samples of two infected patients. 巴西科学家在两名感染患者的尿液和唾液中检测到了寨...
Do You Watch for the Game or the Ads? 是电视节目还是广告? Out of the eight most-watched programs in U.S. television history, only one was not the Super Bowl football game. Can you guess which television program that was? Well give you the an...
'Athenaise,' by Kate Chopin 英语短篇小说:《Athenaise》 by 凯特肖邦 Our story today is called Athenaise. It was written by Kate Chopin. Here is Barbara Klein with the story. Athenaise went away one morning to visit her parents, ten miles b...
Are You a Snowbird or Snow Bunny? 你是Snowbird 还是 Snow Bunny? Hello and welcome to Words and Their Stories from VOA Learning English! Winters in parts of the United States can be cold and, at times, snowy. Sometimes violent storms with high win...
More Cases of Brain Disease from Football Blows Imagine reaching the top of your profession as a 27-year-old. Teammates cry tears of joy. Confetti falls from above. A trophy is held high like a new baby. And your hometown holds a parade through the s...
AS IT IS 2016-02-07 Politicians Suggest Ways to Reduce Tuition 美国总统候选人提出学费解决方案 U.S. presidential candidates are talking about the problem of high costs in higher education. 美国总统候选人们在谈论高校的高学费...
AS IT IS 2016-02-07 US Promises Billion in Aid for Syrian Refugees Hours after talks to bring peace to Syria were stopped, the United States has promised almost $1 billion in aid for Syrian refugees. International donors met in London to talk about S...
AS IT IS 2016-02-07 Why Does Saudi Arabia Consider Iran a Threat? 为什么沙特阿拉伯认为伊朗是一个威胁? Tensions continue to grow between Saudi Arabia and Iran. As Iran rejoins the world community after reaching an agreement to limit i...
AS IT IS 2016-02-07 Islamic State Widow Shames IS Leaders The wife of a dead Islamic State fighter has voiced rare criticism of the terror groups leaders. The woman, who calls herself al-Muhajirah, posted a letter online. In the letter, she complaine...
