2019-02-10 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Warren Ragudo died after two Taser shocks by California police seeking to end a family argument.Ramzi Saad died after a Taser shock by police during a dispute between Saad and his

2019-02-09 所属栏目:AS IT IS

You may remember last week's program, in which I talked about rules of English word stress for two-syllable words. If you missed that program, take a few minutes to read and liste

2019-02-08 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Hi, everyone. How's your day going? This morning, the Metro was loud, hot and crowded...again. And the train driver kept stopping and starting so I lost my footing and bumped into

2019-02-07 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Rosa Gutierrez Lopez was frightened when immigration officials told her she had to leave the United States by December 10, 2018.The 40-year-old undocumented immigrant from El Salva

2019-02-06 所属栏目:AS IT IS

People flying into India's southern city of Cochin may see numerous solar panels around Cochin International Airport. But they may not know that the airport was the first in the w

2019-02-05 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo is moving toward Goma, a city of 1 million people.The United Nations says nearly 2,000 people are being prepared to d

2019-02-04 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Before Islamic State militants were forced from Iraq in 2017, they stole thousands of ancient artifacts. Most are still missing.Now, an international team of archaeologists is work

2019-02-03 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Indonesia is preparing for presidential elections. The voting will take place in two months.Younger Indonesians are showing signs of dissatisfaction with the country's political e

2019-02-02 所属栏目:AS IT IS

In English, syllable stress is hugely important for communication. The word "stress" here means saying part of a word louder and holding the sound a little longer than other parts.

2019-02-01 所属栏目:AS IT IS

In the country of Japan, being told that your face is small is very high praise for a woman. In Russia, if someone tells you that you look like a cucumber, it means that you look h

2019-01-31 所属栏目:AS IT IS

A recent United Nations report has found desalination harmful to the environment. Desalination is the process of removing salt from seawater for use by humans and in agriculture.Al

2019-01-30 所属栏目:AS IT IS

America's national intelligence chief says North Korea is unlikely to give up all of its nuclear weapons. The statement contradicts President Donald Trump's claim of progress on

2019-01-29 所属栏目:AS IT IS

A 3-year-old boy who was lost in the woods for two days is now safe at home with his family. But Casey Hathaway told his rescuers that he was not alone in the rainy, freezing cold

2019-01-28 所属栏目:AS IT IS

You might have heard of a "whisperer" – a person who has special skills to calm and train animals. Some of the most well-known whisperers work with horses or dogs.American Wi

2019-01-27 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Atomic scientists say the world is closer to complete destruction than at any time since the Cold War. The reasons include a renewed nuclear arms race, man-made climate change and

2019-01-26 所属栏目:AS IT IS

A house or a home? That is the question. How do we know when to use one or the other? In today's Ask a Teacher, we answer this question from one of our readers on Facebook.Answer:

2019-01-25 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Suppose you are with a group of friends discussing the greatest inventions of the 20th century.One friend says, "I think the computer was the best invention. There's no question a

2019-01-24 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The human rights group Amnesty International has criticized several European countries for blocking migrant rescue ships from their ports.Amnesty International called the situation

2019-01-23 所属栏目:AS IT IS

A group of five black men shouted insults while protesting centuries of oppression. Catholic high school students gathered in Washington to protest abortion. And Native Americans m

2019-01-22 所属栏目:AS IT IS

While Enrique Rico was growing up in Washington State, his mother cleaned the homes of people employed at Microsoft Corporation.On days when he was was too sick for school, he join

2019-01-21 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Civil rights movement hero, Martin Luther King, Jr. is honored with a holiday on the third Monday in January. He would have been 90 years old this month but was murdered in 1968 at

2019-01-20 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Hundreds of people gathered in Washington Friday for the first ever Indigenous People's March.Marchers came from big cities and small towns across the United States and as far awa

2019-01-18 所属栏目:AS IT IS

When I lived in Portugal, one of the simplest things to do was really hard for me: ordering food at restaurants. I worried about being laughed at or not being understood. Often, I

2019-01-17 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Before the civil war in Somalia, the capital, Mogadishu, was known for its wide beaches, fresh sea air and pure blue ocean water.Today, however, large amounts of trash are spreadin

2019-01-15 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The New York City train system has a new unofficial stop – for people who love grammar...or even just have questions about it.English language expert Ellen Jovin has put toge