Venezuelans blocked streets in Caracas Tuesday to protest the presidents call for a new constitution. 本周二,委内瑞拉人民占领了加拉加斯的街道,抗议总统要求制定新宪法的决定。 Protesters filled streets with pieces o...
Did you ever wonder why you have no memory of when you were a baby or very young child? 你有没有想过为什么你不记得自己小时候的事情? Researchers in the United States are investigating this question. The researchers work at Templ...
It is painful and difficult television to watch. The suicide of Hannah Baker, the main character in Netflixs popular show 13 Reasons Why, does not come as a surprise. The series is built around the characters death. But knowing that it is coming does...
U.S. President Donald Trump, in an interview with the Washington Examiner this week, wondered, Why was there a Civil War? Why could that one not have been worked out? The United States fought the civil war from 1861-1865. The war began after 11 south...
We present the second of four parts of the short story The Blue Hotel, by Stephen Crane. The story was originally adapted by the U.S. Department of State. The audio was recorded and produce by VOA Learning English. I think you are tongue-tied, said S...
Concerns about the health of Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari have increased after he missed another cabinet meeting this week. 在尼日利亚总统布哈里本周再次错过内阁会议之后,外界对他健康状况的担忧有所提升。 I...
From VOA Learning English, this is Everyday Grammar. You may remember our earlier reports on infinitives and gerunds. The infinitive form of a verb can be either its most basic form or appear with the word to. A gerund is a verb that ends in ing and...
Abdul Gouda and his fellow engineering students needed to complete an important class project for two major reasons: they needed to do so to graduate from Virginias George Mason University and they needed to do so to help make a young girls dreams co...
This is Whats Trending Today: Indias version of the fashion magazine Vogue is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. The magazine released its anniversary cover on social media this week. American model and television star Kendall Jenner is pict...
When Parvin and Yadollah Jamalreza came to the U.S. from Iran, they brought two suitcases and a 100-year-old pair of scissors. In the suitcases were just some clothes, nothing much, Parvin says, but the scissors has special value for them. This is ve...
Fishing has long been an occupation where most workers are men. Yet a recent study found that women are responsible for a substantial part of the worlds fishing industry. The study suggests that their work in fisheries is changing. Women have jobs pr...
Two weeks ago, we reported about developments with electric planes and flying cars. That technology could bring change to commercial and personal travel. Last week, two companies, Kitty Hawk and Uber, announced their plans to bring flying cars to rea...
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. You may not realize it, but your bones are living tissue. And that tissue is always breaking down and re-growing. When the growth of new bone tissue does not keep up with the loss of old...
Millions of people share material like videos and news stories with their friends and family over the Internet every day. They use social media websites like Facebook and Twitter to do so. In 2016, the Pew Research Center reported about 62 percent of...
Its time for spring-cleaning in Los Angeles. Usually that term relates to housekeeping: throwing away unwanted items, organizing closets, and washing places that have become dirty over the winter. But in this case, we are talking about the massive pr...