AS IT IS 2016-08-03 Londons Position as International Financial Center at Risk 伦敦或将失去国际金融中心地位 Almost one-fourth of Britains national income is earned in and around the city of London. Much of the money comes from internati...
AS IT IS 2016-08-03 New Security Laws In Effect in Malaysia 马来西亚开始执行新安全法 New security measures became law this week in Malaysia. Critics say the measures give Prime Minister Najib Razak far-reaching emergency powers. They fear...
AS IT IS 2016-08-03 Texas Students Can Bring Guns to College 德克萨斯州学生被允许带枪上大学 The American state of Texas joined eight other states this week in giving individuals a right to bring guns to college classrooms. The Texas la...
Early Bedtime for Young Children Could Cut Obesity Risk 良好睡眠有助降低儿童肥胖风险 For VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. 美国之音英语学习，这是健康和生活方式的报道。 Getting a good night'...
Scientists in Poland Work to Save Honeybees 科学家在波兰致力于拯救蜜蜂 Honeybees are in danger worldwide. Their homes -- known as colonies -- are suffering from what scientists call Colony Collapse Disorder. Scientists have linked the di...
AS IT IS 2016-08-02 US Skydiver Completes 7,600-Meter Jump Without Parachute 美国男子不带降落伞从7600米高空跳下 An American skydiver has survived a 7,600-meter jump from an airplane, although he did not use a parachute. Luke Aikins dro...
AS IT IS 2016-08-02 Tokyo Voters Elect Citys First Woman Governor 东京选民选出首位女性都知事 Voters in Tokyo have elected the citys first female governor. Sixty-four-year-old Yuriko Koike received the most votes in local elections on Sun...
AS IT IS 2016-08-02 Smelly 'Corpse' Flower To Bloom in Washington, DC 尸臭魔芋花在华盛顿植物园盛开 This is What's Trending Today: A rare flower, called the titan arum, is about to blossom at the U.S. Botanic Garden. Unlike most flowers...
AS IT IS 2016-08-02 Group Warns of Rising ASEAN Land Grab Conflicts 东盟土地侵占冲突不断上升 An international human rights organization says Southeast Asia is facing increasing conflicts and violence over land grab activity. A land grab r...
Large Windows Could Capture Solar Energy 利用大窗户吸收太阳能 Solar cells have been around since the 1950s. But now there is a race to develop transparent solar cell that can cover windows of buildings and still capture the suns light for e...
State Fairs: A Deep-Fried Taste of the U.S. State fairs are one of the great U.S. summertime traditions. Just ask Don Greiman. He has been going to the Iowa State Fair since just after he was born 89 years ago. Greiman said state fairs started in the...
AS IT IS 2016-08-01 At the US-Mexico Border, Many Depend on Trade Immigration and border security are two major issues in the United States presidential election campaign. The candidates of the two main parties have voiced different ideas about borde...
AS IT IS 2016-08-01 Former Iraqi Kurd Fighter Turns to Wine Making 前伊拉克库尔德士兵成酿酒师 Nabaz carefully poured red wine into a glass, then another glass. He set the bottle down and looked at the small group of people he had never m...
Experts: Zika Could Infect 93 Million in Americas 专家称Zika病毒或每年感染9300万美洲人 Health experts have a new warning about Zika virus. They say the virus will keep spreading before the Zika epidemic finally ends. 健康专家有一个...
Copying Is Easy, Getting Caught Is Easier 抄袭容易，被抓更容易 In the digital age, copying someone else's words is easy, but getting caught copying is even easier. When Melania Trump recently spoke at the Republican convention, she used som...
