AS IT IS 2015-08-11 South Korea Blames North Korea for Deadly Landmines 韩国指控朝鲜埋设致命地雷 South Korean officials are accusing the North Korean military of illegally entering the country and planting deadly landmines. The landmines...
Study Finds 182 Tigers Left in World's Biggest Natural Habitat 研究发现182只老虎居住在世界上最大的自然栖息地 Tigers are the most powerful cats on the planet. Tigers are also endangered. A new study shows that the animals are far...
New Treatment Could Prevent, Reverse Alzheimers New research suggests that a brain protein that has changed form may be the cause of brain disorders -- including Alzheimers Disease. Researchers say they have developed a treatment that may cause the p...
AS IT IS 2015-08-10 Refugee Camp in Jordan Is Biggest in Middle East 约旦是中东最大的难民营 The United Nations refugee agency says hundreds of thousands of Syrians who fled to Jordan to escape the war in Syria face a difficult future. Tens...
AS IT IS 2015-08-10 Activist: London Property Market Tied to 'Dirty Money' Anti-corruption activists say billions of dollars earned from criminal acts are passing through the London property market. They also say a lot of the money for housing and ot...
Mortgage and Other 'Death' Words 词汇典故:抵押贷款 Now, the VOA Learning English program Words and Their Stories. Part of the American Dream is to own a home. Many Americans borrow money when they buy a home. They use a mortgage loan, known s...
Are American College Entrance Exams Unfair? 美国大学入学考试是不公平的? A growing number of American universities are dropping the entrance exam requirement. More than 800 universities now allow students to apply without an SAT or ACT te...
Obama Announces Clean Power Program 奥巴马宣布清洁能源项目 President Barack Obama announced the final version of his Clean Power Plan this week. Mr. Obama says the plan will reduce carbon pollution from power stations by one-third over the...
AS IT IS 2015-08-09 Wanted in Uganda: Restaurant Help The middle class in Uganda is expanding. So too is the countrys tourism industry. The growth of restaurants and high-end hotels is evidence that both foreigners and Ugandans are spending money. Bu...
Cruise Again Lives 'Dangerously' in Fifth 'Mission: Impossible' Film Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation is the fifth installment of a successful 20-year-old spy movie series. The series is based on the iconic 1960s TV series, also called Mission: Imp...
Top Republican Presidential Candidates Debate 共和党总统候选人举行辩论 The ten Republican presidential candidates who received the highest levels of support in public opinion surveys debated Thursday night in Cleveland, Ohio. The event ma...
Everyday Grammar: Are Causatives Making You Crazy? 日常语法:使役动词把你搞疯了吗? his week's Everyday Grammar looks at the grammatical forms called causatives. Basically, causatives express how one actor causes another actor to do somet...
AS IT IS 2015-08-08 Facebook Reaches Out to Africa Facebook业务拓展至非洲 The social media company Facebook has opened its first African headquarters in Johannesburg, South Africa. Facebook representatives recently gathered in the city to cele...
AS IT IS 2015-08-08 Beirut Residents Fight for Dalieh Coastline 贝鲁特居民争取Dalieh海岸线 Beiruts waterfront area of Dalieh is one of the few public stretches of coastline in Lebanon. But that could soon change. This past May, developers c...
AS IT IS 2015-08-08 Kerry: US, Vietnam Entering New Period Vietnamese and United States officials are marking the 20th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic ties between the two countries. Vietnam is holding a series of anniversary events in...
