2019-01-14 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Cambodia's centuries-old tradition of masked dance was almost completely lost during the genocidal rule of the Khmer Rouge. But a small number of people have managed to keep the a

2019-01-13 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The palm oil industry is growing in Central America. And in Guatemala, the product has become a major export.Supporters say the industry creates jobs and investment in areas where

2019-01-12 所属栏目:AS IT IS

In the English language, spelling and pronunciation have a funny relationship. How we write a word and how we say it often do not agree. There always seem to be exceptions to the r

2019-01-11 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Imagine that you are talking with a friend who lives overseas. You haven't seen or spoken to the person in a year and he or she has much news to share.The friend talks for a long

2019-01-10 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has launched a campaign to better protect trade secrets from foreign hackers.The Washington-based National Counterintelligence and

2019-01-09 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Malaysia's national news agency [Bernama] reported Monday that the nation's ruling families have agreed to vote for a new king.King Muhammed V served as Malaysia's largely cerem

2019-01-09 所属栏目:AS IT IS

People who love sports often go to great lengths to show their support for their favorite sports team.Over the past two weeks, four Americans took their team loyalty to new heights

2019-01-07 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Space travel, survival trips and flying through the air are all experiences people can have at a new kind of entertainment business in Los Angeles, California.It is called Two Bit

2019-01-06 所属栏目:AS IT IS

In 2010, a gunshot crushed Iraly Yanez's dreams of finding a job as a dancer.The bullet struck Yanez as she entered her home, just outside Caracas, Venezuela. It damaged two verte

2019-01-05 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Modal verbs are helping verbs. We use them with main verbs to help us express ability, possibility, necessity and permission. Today's question is about a modal that is commonly co

2019-01-04 所属栏目:AS IT IS

In the humorous American television program Seinfeld, the characters often find themselves in strange situations because of small communication failures. These little misunderstand

2019-01-01 所属栏目:AS IT IS

People around the world are saying goodbye to what many considered to be a troubling year.Here's a look at how people are celebrating the end of 2018 and the beginning of 2019.Kir

2018-12-29 所属栏目:AS IT IS

2018 was a big year in the world of Arts and Culture. Some of the big events, however, had less to do with movies or music and more to do with politics or social issues. Here is a

2018-12-27 所属栏目:AS IT IS

In 1999, Patrick Dwayne Murphy, a member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation (MCN), attacked another member of the tribe on the MCN reservation in Oklahoma.Murphy stabbed and cut the ot

2018-12-22 所属栏目:AS IT IS

In some languages, you can look at a written word and know almost immediately how to say it. You can also hear a word and know exactly how to write it down. These are properties of

2018-12-21 所属栏目:AS IT IS

What do these five words have in common: hotdog, fireworks, well-being, waistline, sunset and ice cream? They could all describe a fun holiday celebration. For example:My holiday w

2018-12-20 所属栏目:AS IT IS

People in Japan pay good money to eat the deadly pufferfish. There, the food is called fugu. The fish can cost more than $100 a kilogram. Eating fugu is especially popular now, dur

2018-12-19 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Two times as many American high school students used nicotine-added electronic cigarettes in 2018 compared to the number of high school users last year.That information comes from

2018-12-18 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Andre Pittman and Gregory Cornes are on a campaign to remove unwanted, often harmful creatures from Washington, D.C.Their target is not corrupt officials or backroom political oper

2018-12-17 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The great-grandson of the leader of Iran's 1979 revolution, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, has been forced to defend his way of life.Ahmad Khomeini was reacting to the publication o

2018-12-16 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Christmas tree farmers in the United States are concerned about competition from plastic trees.In the past, plastic, or artificial, trees were not very realistic. They looked like

2018-12-15 所属栏目:AS IT IS

In English, we have a saying that goes, "Use it or lose it." It means that if you do not continue to use a skill, you might lose the ability to do so.We can say this about language

2018-12-14 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Ask one hundred people whether they love to travel and most of them will probably say yes. Discovering a new place can be fun and exciting. But getting to that place is often a lot

2018-12-13 所属栏目:AS IT IS

American Roy Funch has lived and worked in northeastern Brazil for many years.Around his home are large mounds of dirt in the shape of a volcano. Funch often wondered what built th

2018-12-12 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The art of building small wooden boats is being used to help young, at-risk adults in the United States. These young men and women are being trained and working as apprentices in a