AS IT IS 2016-03-22 Brazil's President Faces Political Crisis 巴西总统面临政治危机 President Dilma Rousseff faces a political crisis as a Supreme Court Justice has blocked her Cabinet appointment and the majority of Brazilians support her i...
AS IT IS 2016-03-22 Islamic State Holds Iraqi Village Hostage 伊斯兰国挟持伊拉克村民当人质 The Islamic State (IS) terror group is holding a small Iraqi village hostage to launch attacks on nearby towns. The village of Bashir is 25 kilom...
Sea Levels and Arctic Temperatures Rise 北极温度与海平面同上升 Scientists found sea levels are rising faster today than anytime over the past 3,000 years. Another group of scientists found that January temperatures in the Arctic hit a reco...
Part-Time Professors Demand Full-Time Work 兼职教授干全职的活 Christina McCoy is a professor who loves teaching 16th and 17th century Spanish literature. But after only one year of teaching at a university in southern Virginia, she is leavin...
AS IT IS 2016-03-21 The Worlds Best Whisky Is From Taiwan? 世界上最好的威士忌来自台湾? The alcoholic drink most people call Scotch has been around for hundreds of years. According to the Scotch Whisky Association of Great Britain (known...
AS IT IS 2016-03-21 US Military Weakened When Spread Too Thin A United States military leader says he is concerned about the ability of the U.S. to wage conventional war against countries like China, Russia, Iran and North Korea. U.S. Army Chief of S...
AS IT IS 2016-03-21 Obama Begins Historic Visit to Cuba 奥巴马开始对古巴进行历史性访问 President Barack Obama has arrived in Cuba, becoming the first American president to visit the island nation in almost 90 years while still in offic...
Expressions from Alice in Wonderland Hello! From VOA Learning English, this is Words and Their Stories. Many expressions that we use in American English come from movies and books. Today we will explore expressions from Lewis Carrolls famous book Ali...
Americans Take 80% of Worlds Opioid Supply 全球80%内源性阿片类药物来自美国 The U.S. government is dealing with an epidemic of opioid use. Americans make up about 4.6 percent of the worlds population, but consume 80 percent of the worlds...
AS IT IS 2016-03-20 Israeli and US Jews: Alike and Different 以色列与美国的犹太人:相似与不同 Jews in Israel and the United States share pride in their religion, says the Pew Research Center. But there are also differences in how they v...
AS IT IS 2016-03-20 Islamic State Terrorists Lose Large Areas of Syria, Iraq Military pressure against the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq has cost the terrorist group 22 percent of its territory in the past 15 months. About half of the loss has happ...
Actress Brings African Experiences to America 女演员为美国演艺界带来非洲元素 Actress Danai Gurira calls herself a Zimerican. Her parents came from Zimbabwe. She was born in the American state of Iowa. But her family moved back to Harar...
'Paul Bunyan,' An American Folk Tale 美国民间故事 by 保罗班扬 Today we tell a traditional American story called a tall tale. A tall tale is a story about a person who is larger than life. The descriptions in the story are exaggerated much g...
AS IT IS 2016-03-19 President Obama to Visit Cuba Sunday 奥巴马总统周日出访古巴 President Barack Obama travels to Cuba Sunday, becoming the first American president to visit the communist-ruled island nation in almost 90 years. Obama admin...
AS IT IS 2016-03-19 Watch Live Video of Bald Eagles Hatching This is Whats Trending Today. The American Bald Eagle has long been the national bird of the United States. In 1782, the Continental Congress approved the Great Seal of the United States. T...
