Kanye Tweets for Cheaper Textbooks Rapper Kanye West went to the social media website Twitter in February to share his views on the cost of textbooks. Education puts Americans into debt before they even get a chance to get started, he wrote. We have...
AS IT IS 2016-03-06 Major League Soccer Improves and Grows 美国职业足球大联盟第20赛季周日开幕 The Major League Soccer (MLS) season starts Sunday. Major League Soccer is the top professional soccer league in the United States. In many...
A Larger Than Life Hero: 'Pecos Bill' Today we tell a traditional American story called a tall tale. A tall tale is a story about a person who is larger than life. The descriptions in the story are exaggerated much greater than in real life. Long ago...
National Grammar Day Is Here! Robert Lowth, bishop of London in the 18th century, wrote a book of grammar rules that are still used today. What will you be doing on Friday? How will you have spent your day? Do you have trouble understanding these que...
AS IT IS 2016-03-05 Al-Shabab Attacks Continue in Somalia 索马里极端组织青年党持续制造自杀式炸弹袭击 The Al-Shabab terror group continued its latest offensive in Somalia on Tuesday. Witnesses and officials say 16 people died and...
AS IT IS 2016-03-05 Google Self-Driving Car Crashes Into Bus 谷歌无人车撞上大巴 Googles self-driving car hit a small bump in the road. 谷歌的无人驾驶汽车偶然发现了路上的一个小凸起。 The driverless car had an accident F...
AS IT IS 2016-03-05 'How to Move to Canada' This is Whats Trending Today The Google search How to move to Canada reached an all-time high this week, right after Super Tuesday in the United States. On Super Tuesday, 13 states and one territory voted t...
AS IT IS 2016-03-05 Ramon Castro, Brother of Cuban Revolutionaries, Dies at 91 Ramon Castro, a Cuban rancher and the older brother of former Cuban leader Fidel Castro and President Raul Castro, died last week in Havana at age 91. The New York Times s...
AS IT IS 2016-03-05 Republicans Trade Insults at Latest Debate Candidates traded insults, yelling, screaming, interrupting and mean talk at the latest Republican Party debate. The debate, on Thursday evening in Detroit, was filled with yelling and pe...
Wish You Knew Better Grammar? For VOA Learning English, this is Everyday Grammar. In English, wish is a powerful word for expressing your dreams, hopes and desires. Here are some examples: We wish you the best. Her mother wishes they would get marrie...
AS IT IS 2016-03-04 Russia Seen As Threat to US, Says General 北约军事指挥官称正视俄罗斯的军事威胁 Russia is sending troops to several regions and sees the U.S. and NATO as long-term threats, said NATOs military commander Tuesday. U...
AS IT IS 2016-03-04 Mexican Presidents Take Issue With Trump Vicente Fox was the president of Mexico for six years, starting in 2000. He says Donald Trump should not insult Mexicans during his campaign for the Republican Partys presidential nominatio...
AS IT IS 2016-03-04 North Korea Flies Missiles After UN Sanctions 联合国宣布制裁后朝鲜仍发射导弹 North Korea launched several short-range missiles from its eastern coast Thursday. The action took place one day after the United Nations...
AS IT IS 2016-03-04 Assad: Syrian Ceasefire a 'Glimmer of Hope' Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said Tuesday the suspension of fighting in his country after five years of war is, in his words, a glimmer of hope. The Syrian leader spoke on German tel...
AS IT IS 2016-03-04 Republicans Attack Trump as 'Unfit' Candidate 共和党攻击特朗普为不合适的候选人 A prominent Republican has criticized presidential candidate and billionaire Donald Trump as unworthy of the office of president of the...
