From VOA Learning English, this is the Health and Lifestyle Report. The American drug-maker Moderna reported Monday that its experimental vaccine is 94.5 percent effective in preventing COVID-19. It is the second American drug-maker in recent days to...
American President-elect Joe Biden is moving quickly to set up his future administration and discuss policy issues. The move comes as President Donald Trump continues to dismiss the election results, taking legal actions and demanding recounts. 美国当...
President Donald Trump is not the first candidate to dispute the results of a U.S. presidential election. The United States has had several highly contested elections in the past. Here are a few of them. Voting machines The disputed presidential elec...
Democratic Party candidate Joe Biden is the projected winner of the U.S. presidential election. His victory over Republican President Donald Trump came after more than three days of a close vote count. A large number of mail-in votes delayed the proc...
The American gambling industry won big on Election Day Tuesday. Three states voted to permit legal sports betting and three others either approved or expanded gambling in casinos. Casinos are businesses that have gambling and other forms of entertain...
The closely fought presidential race in the United States entered a new phase Wednesday as officials counted a record number of votes from 170 million Americans. Tuesday was Election Day. 美国角逐激烈的总统大选周三进入了一个新的阶段...
The Open Boat by Stephen Crane, Part Two We continue the story of The Open Boat by Stephen Crane. As we told you last week, the story is based on true events. In eighteen ninety-six, Crane was traveling to Cuba as a news reporter. On his way there, h...
The Open Boat by Stephen Crane, Part One Our story today is called The Open Boat. It was written by Stephen Crane and is based on what really happened to him in eighteen ninety-six. Crane was traveling from the United States to Cuba as a newspaper re...
You may have heard or read news stories about the recent elections in the United States. The voting ended last Tuesday, November 3. That night and in the days that followed, Americans and people all over the world watched the news for election result...
Past Ability: Could, Was Able To, Managed To Imagine that you are interviewing for a job you really want. Most of the questions are in your native language, but the job will require you to use some English. So, the employer asks about your English sk...
Today we answer a question from Soheila in Iran. She writes: Question: What's the difference between job, occupation, career and profession? Soheila, Iran Answer: Dear Soheila, Thank you for asking this question. The four words you named have small d...
The United States Army now has its own national museum. The National Museum of the United States Army opened in Fort Belvoir, Virginia on Wednesday, Veterans Day. The site is about thirty kilometers from the nation's capital, Washington, D.C. The mus...
If anyone asks chef Marcus Samuelsson what African food tastes like, he has the answer: Have you ever had barbeque? Rice? Coffee? All of that food comes from Africa, has its roots in Africa, says the Ethiopian Swedish writer and restaurateur. Everyon...
With temperatures dropping across the United States, drive-in theaters do not have much time left. Still, many drive-ins, or places where people watch movies in their cars, are staying open beyond their usual closing date for the season. 随着美国各...
Kang Nara is in her Seoul, South Korea studio preparing to record a YouTube program. The 23-year-old fled North Korea six years ago. Today, her YouTube channel has 20 million views. In her videos, she shares personal stories about life in North Korea...
