2020-12-18 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Imagine you want to talk about the time something happened.Perhaps you want to describe the time you did something important, the night something happened or the day something took

2020-12-16 所属栏目:AS IT IS

In some countries, there would not be any problem with art showing French revolutionaries replaced with cartoon cats and birds. But it may be a sensitive subject for Thailand's mo

2020-12-14 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Ethiopia has invested billions of dollars to build new dams, railways, roads and industrial centers for more than 10 years. The goal has been to change the mainly agricultural nati

2020-12-11 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Many of you have the goal of learning American English. After all, you are listening to or reading a lesson from the Voice of America.But you will still probably have some contact

2020-12-10 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Many food snacks popular today in the United States were not invented by a cook at a famous restaurant, but rather by food scientists in the U.S. military.From instant coffee and C

2020-12-09 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Natalia Méndez is doing what she does best: cooking.She is the owner of La Morada, a Mexican restaurant in New York City. Every day, delicious smells flow out into the stree

2020-12-08 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Four months ago, 10-year-old Hassan Merzam Muhammad of Yemen was so malnourished he was unable to walk. His father had to carry him into a medical center.A photographer with Reuter

2020-12-07 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Living in a city can be stressful. But some people in Bogota, Colombia have found a place to help ease stress and get a peaceful break from busy life. The place is a protected park

2020-12-06 所属栏目:AS IT IS

A court-appointed committee has not yet found the parents of 628 children separated at the United States-Mexico border since 2017.They were separated under a "zero tolerance" polic

2020-12-05 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Officials in Bangladesh on Friday sent the first group of more than 1,500 Rohingya refugees to live on an isolated island. The move came as international organizations have called

2020-12-04 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Imagine you are watching a movie in English. Perhaps it is a musical, such as Mary Poppins Returns.Well maybe all those things
That you love so
Are waiting in the place
Where

2020-12-02 所属栏目:AS IT IS

From VOA Learning English, this is the Education Report.It could be a picture from any English language classroom. A piece of paper with English letters hangs on the wall. A teache

2020-12-01 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Two major dictionary publishers have chosen pandemic as the 2020 word of the year.Merriam-Webster and Dictionary.com both declared their choices on Monday.Merriam-Webster said its

2020-11-30 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Children around the world can rejoice. Santa Claus will follow his yearly path and give presents to good children everywhere this Christmas. The worldwide pandemic will not interfe

2020-11-28 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Editor's Note: This is a weekly multimedia series of American short stories for English language learners. Each story has video, audio, a quiz, and a lesson plan for teachers. Hop

2020-11-27 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Today, we continue our discussion about "if" and "whether." Both words are conjunctions that can sometimes be used in place of each other.The word "whether" shows that there are tw

2020-11-26 所属栏目:AS IT IS

A project in Argentina is using a new model in animal conservation to grow the jaguar population in the country's northern forests. The conservation group Rewilding Argentina brou

2020-11-24 所属栏目:AS IT IS

From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle report.Improvements to the world around us can sometimes result from actions taken by individuals. For example, take compo

2020-11-23 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Tristan da Cunha is an island in the South Atlantic Ocean with only 245 permanent residents. Those residents have declared a marine protection area three times the size of Britain

2020-11-22 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The 2020 election led to more American states legalizing marijuana.Among the states voting to legalize marijuana for recreational use were South Dakota, New Jersey, Arizona and Mon

2020-11-21 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Editor's note: If you are tired from doing year-end gift shopping, relax and think about the poor man in this story.Our story today is called "A Piece of Red Calico." It was writt

2020-11-20 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Have you ever been unsure about when to use "if" and when to use "whether"? If so, you are not alone. There is a reason these words can be tricky: They are sometimes interchangeabl

2020-11-19 所属栏目:AS IT IS

People magazine has named actor Michael B. Jordan as its 2020 Sexiest Man Alive.Jordan is best known for his critically praised performances in the films Fruitvale Station, Creed a

2020-11-18 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Public health officials across the United States are preparing for the biggest vaccination effort in U.S. history.That is because they are likely to approve within weeks a vaccine

2020-11-15 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Brian Contreras represents the worst fears of the profitable business travel industry.Contreras is an account executive at an American technology company. He is used to traveling o