2020-05-12 所属栏目:AS IT IS

From India to Argentina, millions of people who were already struggling have had their lives made harder during the new coronavirus pandemic.The International Labor Organization, o

2020-05-11 所属栏目:AS IT IS

As the new coronavirus spread in March, Ada Limon struggled at first to write. The American poet said she felt "flattened and silenced" by a pandemic that had shut down much of the

2020-05-10 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Hollywood Beach Road used to be a wealthy area. It had a place for airplanes to take off and land so residents could fly between their homes in the city of St. Louis to their weeke

2020-05-09 所属栏目:AS IT IS

From VOA Learning English, this is American Stories.Our story is called "The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky." It was written by Stephen Crane. We will listen to the story in two parts.

2020-05-08 所属栏目:AS IT IS

This past Monday, May 4, was Star Wars Day. The holiday began in 2011 to celebrate the film series and its influence on popular culture.Every Star Wars Day, fans around the world s

2020-05-07 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Felicia Lynch started her job as an assistant designer for a fashion company last November in New York City. But, like many others, her job disappeared because of the coronavirus c

2020-05-06 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Thai hairstylist Pornsupa Hattayong is making medical workers fighting the new coronavirus feel just a little better. She is providing free haircuts for them at hospitals in Bangko

2020-05-04 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Like many other parts of the world, countries in Latin America have enforced lockdowns to slow the spread of COVID-19. These lockdowns, however, have led to an increase in calls fo

2020-05-03 所属栏目:AS IT IS

When Thomas Mors looked at the small fossils from Antartica through his microscope, he found quite a surprise. They were hip and skull bones of a frog.The fossils, some 40 million

2020-05-02 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Editor's note: This is the fourth in our series of programs called "A Princess of Mars." The story is from a series of books by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
Last week, we told how John

2020-05-01 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Person-to-person communications have changed a lot over the past few months.Stay-at-home orders and travel restrictions have limited travel and face-to-face contact. In place of th

2020-04-30 所属栏目:AS IT IS

For several years, Fawn Sharp has seen her tribe on the west coast of the United States move from one crisis to another.Sharp lives in Washington state and belongs to the Quinault

2020-04-29 所属栏目:AS IT IS

It is rare to see a dugong, a threatened sea mammal, in southern Thailand's shallow waters. But thanks to travel restrictions that have left popular travel spots empty, a large gr

2020-04-28 所属栏目:AS IT IS

A group of Dutch high school students with little sailing experience completed a five-week trip across the Atlantic Ocean on Sunday. The group said they returned home by boat inste

2020-04-27 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Italian professional cyclist Davide Martinelli is using his bicycle to help deliver medicine during the coronavirus pandemic.The service helps older people and others in Lodetto, M

2020-04-26 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Taher al-Matar's home in northwest Syria is in ruins, but he has returned there to live in it. He decided it was safer to live in the wreckage of his house than to stay in a camp

2020-04-25 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Editor's note: This is the third in our series of programs called "A Princess of Mars." The story is from a series of books by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Last week we told how John Car

2020-04-24 所属栏目:AS IT IS

This is Everyday Grammar. And today, I'll start the program with a question: If I told you to touch your toes, would you know where to find these body parts?A toe is one of the fi

2020-04-23 所属栏目:AS IT IS

American high school student Jamie Margolin had not expected to be in her bedroom right now.Before the coronavirus arrived in her hometown of Seattle, Washington, she had made plan

2020-04-22 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Safari operator Pankaj Shah would usually be showing tourists around the beautiful areas in his native Kenya. Instead, he is leading a volunteer effort to feed thousands of familie

2020-04-21 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Argentina has more mental health professionals per person than most other countries in the world. Many Argentines depend on therapists in their daily lives.Now, they are finding ne

2020-04-19 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Many people in Abuja, Nigeria have grown tired of staying inside during the country's lockdown to limit the spread of the new coronavirus.As a result, hundreds of people are doing

2020-04-18 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Editor's Note: Last week we brought you the first of four programs called "A Princess of Mars." Our story is from a series of books by American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs. They a

2020-04-17 所属栏目:AS IT IS

In recent months, health experts have released many statements on the new coronavirus that was first identified in China. These statements often include suggestions on how people c

2020-04-16 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Groups known as samba schools in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, usually spend the year working to make beautiful clothing for the city's Carnival celebration. But members are now working