And now, Words and Their Stories, from VOA Learning English. Every word has its own story. Where did it come from? How did it get into the language? Today's word is Shenandoah. Hundreds of years ago a Native American chief named Shenandoah lived with...
Study: Social Media Easily Manipulated New research shows that social media companies differ in their ability to stop social media manipulation. The NATO Strategic Communications Center of Excellence carried out the study. Two American senators took...
Mana Srivate has performed many attempts to save lives in his 26 years as a rescue worker in Thailand. But he had never tried to do so for an elephant. 玛纳斯利瓦特在泰国担任救护人员的26年里，曾多次试图挽救生命。但是他从...
Our story today is called, A Horseman in the Sky. It was written by Ambrose Bierce. Carter Druse was born in Virginia. He loved his parents, his home and the south. But he loved his country, too. And in the autumn of eighteen sixty-one, when the Unit...
Over the last nine months, Eileen Nagle has kept in touch with her family through video calls and drive-by visits. But the 79-year-old misses human contact and warm hugs since the coronavirus crisis led her nursing home to close to visitors. Enter Ze...
One organization leading the effort to get COVID-19 vaccines to poorer countries says in a report that the plan faces a very high risk of failure. Reuters news agency examined documents from the report, which has not been made public. The report was...
Question: 问题： Many VOA Learning English fans write to us with this question: How do I get better at speaking English? 许多美国之音慢速英语节目的粉丝给我们写信来问：我如何才能提高英语口语？ Answer: 回复： De...
South Korean President Moon Jae-in has been facing growing public pressure about his plans to get vaccines for COVID-19. The country is struggling to contain a third wave of the pandemic, reporting high numbers of daily cases. 韩国总统文在寅的新...
A Christmas tree stands near the intensive care room of a COVID-19 patient. He lies unconscious, connected to a machine that breathes for him. A few feet away, a plastic snowman hangs near the room of another patient who is also on a ventilator. The...
Rights Groups Concerned Over Safety of Eritrean Refugees in Ethiopia Reports of attacks on Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia's Tigray area are causing concern among human rights groups. About 96,000 Eritrean refugees lived in four camps in Tigray before...
The leader of the world's Roman Catholics, Pope Francis, will lead his Christmas message from inside the Vatican to avoid gathering large crowds. Traditionally, the pope has given his message on the outdoor balcony of St. Peter's Basilica. However, t...
Many Americans experience surprise (or disappointment) when they wake up on Christmas Day. They might be surprised or disappointed by a family member's actions. They might be happy or unhappy about a Christmas gift. Imagine a child expects to get an...
How COVID-19 Vaccines Developed in Record Time Before the start of the Lunar New Year in January, Chinese officials reported an outbreak of a lung infection from a market in the city of Wuhan. There were about 41 cases of infection and one death link...
A charity is bringing Christmas spirit to Beirut, a city that has faced several crises recently. 一家慈善机构将圣诞气氛带入了贝鲁特这座最近面临了数次危机的城市。 The Solidarity Christmas Village, near Beirut's damaged...
Maureen Brennan will spend Christmas with her daughter at their home in Nashua, New Hampshire, after refusing invitations from relatives to celebrate with them. Michael Smith will observe the holidays alone in Elko, Nevada, to avoid possible coronavi...
