Improve Your English by Testing Yourself English learners can improve their ability to remember and use new words by testing themselves. This idea comes from Sarah Lynn, an educational consultant and teacher at Harvard University's Bridge Program. Sh...
One Hour of Exercise a Day Fights Damage of Sitting 每天锻炼一小时可消除久坐危害 From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. VOA英语学习健康与生活方式报道。 When it comes to your health, it seems that s...
AS IT IS 2016-08-16 Usain Bolt Wins Third 100-Meter Gold Medal 博尔特获得第三块百米金牌 This is Whats Trending Today. 这里是《正在发生》节目。 The world stopped and watched Usain Bolt on Sunday night for less than 10 seconds. 周...
AS IT IS 2016-08-16 Are UN Sanctions Against North Korea Working? United Nations economic restrictions ordered against North Korea in March have produced mixed results. Prices for goods in North Korea have remained stable. Reports note that business...
AS IT IS 2016-08-16 In Ivory Coast, Shea Butter Is 'Women's Gold' 乳木果油成科特迪瓦女性恩物 Shea butter, which is used in makeup and food, is popular around the world. In Africa, it is called womens gold because so many women there earn...
AS IT IS 2016-08-16 How Should Schools Deal with Misbehaving Students? About 2.8 million American children were told at least once during the 2013-2014 school year to leave public school for bad behavior. In the United States, forcing a student to le...
New Antibiotic Found in Human Noses 研究人员在人类鼻子发现新抗生素 The search for new drugs to fight infections has led to a discovery in an unlikely place in peoples noses. What researchers found in noses is a compound called lugdunin...
'Glass Ceiling' Still Exists for Women 女性面临的玻璃天花板依然存在 2016 is a big year for American women. Last month, Hillary Clinton became the first woman to receive a major party nomination for president in the United States. But do...
AS IT IS 2016-08-15 Lifelong Refugee Finds a Place to Call Home 终身难民找到了一个叫做家的地方 The United Nations estimates that more than 45 million people worldwide are refugees. For most of his life, Awadh Alsrya was a refugee. He w...
AS IT IS 2016-08-15 Getting African Movies Into African Theaters Proves Difficult 非洲电影走进非洲影院十分困难 On a usual Friday night in Ivory Coast, movie lovers will choose between American-made blockbusters and French comedies. It c...
AS IT IS 2016-08-15 As World Follows Rio Olympics, Brazils Economy Struggles Pictures from the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro have been beautiful. But underlying the beauty, there is unrest in Rio and many other parts of Brazil. The country is in th...
'Take' Is a Building Block in English Now, the weekly program Words and Their Stories from VOA Learning English. On this program, we explore the history and usage of common expressions in American English. And we give examples so that you can learn t...
AS IT IS 2016-08-14 Italian Immigrant Brings Gelato to Washington, DC 意大利移民为华盛顿带来意式冰淇淋 Gianluigi Dellaccio operates three gelato shops in the Washington, D.C. area. Each shop is called Dolci Gelati. Shoppers can find h...
AS IT IS 2016-08-14 Syrian Refugees Seek to Complete Their Higher Education 叙利亚难民努力完成高等教育 Studying at a university in his home country of Syria made Amer Horani very proud. But that was before the war in Syria forced him to...
Immigrants Learn Nursing Skills as They Learn English Many jobs in the United States can be outsourced, or done by workers in other countries. Much of the clothing sold in the U.S. is made in other countries, for example. One job that cannot be outso...
