Dots and Spots And now, Words and Their Stories, from VOA Learning English. Today we talk about dots and spots. Now, both dot and spot can be used as a verb or a noun. And both have several meanings and can be used several ways. Here is the most comm...
Chilean citizens vote Sunday to choose a president. 智利选民于周日投票选举总统。 Seven people are competing for the country's top position. 有七个人在竞争这个国家的最高职位。 Public opinion studies show two candidates l...
South Korean officials have demonstrated a local air transportation service that could be launched in Seoul as early as 2025. 韩国官员展示了一项当地航空运输服务,该服务最早可能于2025年在首尔启动。 The recent demonstra...
Indonesian Natural Colors for Cloth Design Help Coastal Forests Batik is a traditional Indonesian coloring method used to make designs and drawings, usually on cloth and finished textiles. Batik makers use dyes -- colors added to cloth and other mate...
Sesame Street Welcomes Its First Asian-American Muppet The children's television series Sesame Street is getting ready to welcome a new friend. Ji-Young is joining the neighborhood filled with puppets, known as Muppets. She will be the first Asian Am...
'Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen,' by O. Henry We present the short story Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen, by O. Henry. The story was originally adapted and recorded by the U.S. Department of State. There is one day that is ours. There is one day when...
An American teenager on trial for murder in Wisconsin was found not guilty Friday of all charges related to the shooting deaths of two men and the wounding of another. Kyle Rittenhouse shot and killed Joseph Rosenbaum and Anthony Huber and injured Ga...
Hello! This week on Ask a Teacher we answer a question from Yoo Yoo in Somalia. Question: What are the differences between any longer, anymore and no longer? Yoo Yoo, Somalia. Answer: Dear Yoo Yoo, Thank you for writing to us. These three expressions...
The American technology company IBM says that it has designed a new, very powerful quantum computer processor. The company's leaders made the announcement Monday. They said the processor, or chip, will lead to quantum systems performing better than t...
More than half a million South Koreans sat for the annual national college entrance examinations on Thursday. Rules meant to stop the spread of the coronavirus added pressure to the eight-hour event. In Asia's fourth-largest economy, the test has an...