We present the last of three parts of the short story Benito Cereno. It was written by Herman Melville. As we told you in earlier parts of our story, rebel slaves seized the ship San Dominick off the coast of Chile. They killed many of its officers a...
We present the second of three parts of the short story Benito Cereno. It was written by Herman Melville. Last week, we told how African slaves on a Spanish ship rebelled in seventeen ninety-nine. They killed most of the Spanish sailors. Only the cap...
Now, the VOA Learning English program Words and Their Stories. On this program, we explore words and expressions in the English language. We also explain how they developed and how English speakers use them today. We try really hard to make this prog...
It's Time to 'Play Possum' Now, it's time for Words and Their Stories from VOA Learning English. On this program, we talk about words and expressions in American English. And today we will talk about defense mechanisms. These are different ways the b...
The World's Latest Healthiest Diet From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. In the United States, fad diets come and go. It is sometimes hard to keep track of them all. However, one diet that always makes the list of healthiest...
Worldwide Cancer Rates Rising Around the world, one is six deaths is from cancer. And a new study notes an increase in cancer rates around the world. 在世界各地，1/6的死亡案例是因为癌症。一项新的研究指出，全球癌症发病率...
Study: Not Enough Exercise Leads to Sickness From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. 你正在收听的是美国之音英语学习节目健康和生活方式报告。 About 1.4 billion people around the world do not get enough...
Scientists say they may have found the first moon outside our solar system. Many planets are known to exist beyond our solar system. But there has been no confirmation of a moon on the outside. The possible moon appears considerably larger than Earth...
Study Confirms Unusual Fossils Came from an Animal Scientists say they have confirmed that strange-looking fossils from more than 500 million years ago are remains of an animal. 科学家们表示，他们已经证实来自5亿多年前的怪状化石是...
Scientists Create Social Network of Brains to Share Thoughts There have been many books written and movies made describing the ability of people to communicate through thoughts. While this idea has not been demonstrated in reality, physicists and neu...
Japan Deploys Jumping Robots on Distant Asteroid Two small Japanese robots landed on a distant asteroid last weekend. The robots took small jumps, making it the first time that any device from our planet has moved on the surface of an asteroid. The t...
Study: Warming Waters to Cause More Major Hurricanes A new study predicts that warmer waters in the Atlantic Ocean will continue to increase the number of major hurricanes. 一项新研究预测，大西洋中较暖的水域将继续增加形成大型飓...
