2020-11-13 所属栏目:AS IT IS

You may have heard or read news stories about the recent elections in the United States. The voting ended last Tuesday, November 3. That night and in the days that followed, Americ

2020-11-12 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Gorillas are very social animals -- up to a point. Crowded areas can make silverbacks more violent, scientists say.Silverbacks are adult male mountain gorillas that often have a wh

2020-11-11 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Suppose you are listening to a program in English and hear the word "borrow." You have heard this word many times but forget its meaning. So, you look up the equivalent word in you

2020-11-09 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The United Nations weather agency says a continuing weather event places some countries at risk of weather-related problems.The World Meteorological Organization, or WMO, predicts

2020-11-08 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Email is one of the most important ways through which we communicate. It has become part of most everyone's day-to-day life.Writing a good email can mean the difference between so

2020-11-07 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Nepal says it is reopening to foreign visitors seeking to climb and trek the country's famous mountains.The country has been closed to foreign visitors for the past seven months b

2020-11-06 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Imagine that you are interviewing for a job you really want. Most of the questions are in your native language, but the job will require you to use some English. So, the employer a

2020-11-05 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Shodai Horiren got her first tattoo on a trip to Australia nearly 30 years ago. Now, she is tattooed from head to foot. She even has tattoos on the skin on her head.Horiren is one

2020-11-03 所属栏目:AS IT IS

From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle report.If you asked me to name the top life lessons of 2020, my list would likely include these words: Technology skills a

2020-11-02 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The line of cars waiting to receive boxes of food from the Houston Food Bank can be up to a kilometer long.Based in the state of Texas, the organization is the country's largest f

2020-11-01 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Suicides are on the rise among Japanese young people aged 13 to 19. That concerns 21-year-old Koki Ozora, who suffered from depression as a child.Ozora started a nonprofit voluntee

2020-10-31 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, quizzes, and a lesson plan for teachers. Ho

2020-10-30 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Imagine you are listening to music in English. Perhaps you hear a few words from "Something," performed by The Beatles.Something in the way she movesAttracts me like no other lover

2020-10-28 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The Yazidis of northern Iraq are an ancient religious minority. Islamic State forces brought suffering to the group in a series of targeted attacks six years ago. Now, many Yazidis

2020-10-27 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The political opposition in Belarus called for a nationwide general strike on Monday. The appeal is the latest in a series of efforts to force Alexander Lukashenko, the country's

2020-10-26 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The women fought with each other inside the vehicle. The driver pulled away from the hold around her neck. Then she turned to hit her attacker. She threw open the door to make her

2020-10-25 所属栏目:AS IT IS

In the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico, more than 300,000 homes have no official address. This is because across many parts of the island, street names or numbers do not exist.This h

2020-10-24 所属栏目:AS IT IS

People who are sick with the coronavirus fill cold basements with the healthy to hide from artillery fire. The local health minister who has the virus keeps working. He has a highe

2020-10-23 所属栏目:AS IT IS

A friend of mine had a very small wedding last weekend. Only close family attended in person. Everyone else, myself included, watched the ceremony in real time on YouTube. My frien

2020-10-22 所属栏目:AS IT IS

The Belgian village of Kester is home to a group of top-secret, fenced-off buildings on a hill some call "the radar station." Some people have claimed to have seen mysterious Russi

2020-10-21 所属栏目:AS IT IS

North Korea showed off a new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) at a big military parade earlier this month.Security experts say the missile appears designed to overpower U.

2020-10-19 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Alexandra Ichim's hands moved quickly, cutting and dropping grapes into plastic containers. Nearby, a few Italian students also working in the vineyard tried to work just as quick

2020-10-18 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Experts in Mexico said Wednesday they have found more than 2,000 pre-Hispanic ruins along the proposed path of the president's "Maya Train" project on the Yucatan peninsula.Scient

2020-10-17 所属栏目:AS IT IS

Eleazar Hernández slept on the side of a road in the light rain as the weather turned cold.The 23-year-old Venezuelan was trying to get to the Colombian city of Medellin wit

2020-10-15 所属栏目:AS IT IS

A new report rates the United States and Britain as the largest exporters most active at enforcing rules meant to stop companies from paying bribes in foreign markets. The report f