Celebrating Strange Art at Washington's Fringe Festival Every summer artists perform at Fringe Festivals around the world. Fringe Festivals are a celebration of strange art. They have all kinds of performers -- from dancers, musicians and actors to e...
Turkey, Russia Hold Talks, Ease Tensions Over Syria 土耳其与俄罗斯举行会谈旨在缓解叙利亚紧张局势 Russia and Turkey are taking steps to improve ties and work together in Syria after talks between the Russian and Turkish leaders....
Crater Lake National Park: A Blue Jewel 火山口湖国家公园：一颗蓝色的宝石 This week on our national parks journey, we travel to the northwestern state of Oregon. Here, you find will a huge, deep lake. It waters seem impossibly blue. It...
AS IT IS 2016-08-13 Fiji Celebrates First Olympic Medal, and It Is Gold 斐济拿到有史以来首枚奖牌!还是一枚金牌! This is Whats Trending Today. The tiny South Pacific island nation of Fiji won its first Olympic medal. And it is gold. F...
Ancient Earth Had More Oxygen than Scientists Thought 古代地球含有更多氧气，超过科学家预料 Researchers say the Earth had much more oxygen nearly a billion years ago than scientific experts thought. That claim could change theories a...
AS IT IS 2016-08-12 China's Fu Yuanhui: The Happiest Olympian? 中国运动员傅园慧::本届奥运最可爱选手 This is Whats Trending Today Fu Yuanhui is an Olympic swimmer. She is 20 years old and from the Chinese city of Hangzhou. She compete...
Studying Sentence Patterns to Improve Your Writing: Part 2 This week, we are going to give you more information about another common pattern in English: the linking verb pattern. To get you started with linking verb patterns, consider this passage fr...
AS IT IS 2016-08-12 Indonesia Prepares for Another Dangerous Fire Season 印度尼西亚准备应对新的火灾季 Last year, some of the biggest fires in recent history burned through parts of Indonesia. The fires sent huge clouds of smoke across I...
AS IT IS 2016-08-12 Unexploded Bombs Still a Problem in Laos Officials in Laos estimate that the country has about 15,000 people who have been injured by unexploded ordnance, also called UXO. The ordnance landed in the countryside, but failed to expl...
AS IT IS 2016-08-12 What Is Causing Airline Computers to Shut Down? The power outage at Delta Airlines this week took down computers and stranded thousands of travelers from New York to Tokyo. It was just the latest in a series of computer-related is...
AS IT IS 2016-08-12 Clinton Blasts Trump Proposals in Economic Speech 克林顿炮轰特朗普在经济演说中的提议 Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton blasted opponent Donald Trumps tax and trade proposals as she laid out her own...
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Getting to Know the Music Industry in Silicon Valley 探访硅谷的音乐产业 Nashville, Tennessee is known as Music City in the United States. But on the west coast, some people might argue Silicon Valley is just as worthy of the name. 美国田纳...
AS IT IS 2016-08-11 L.A. Police, Blacks Say More Community Policing Needed 洛杉矶警察和黑人称均需加强社会治安 Recent police shootings in the United States have raised tensions between police and African Americans in places like Los A...
AS IT IS 2016-08-11 Was Trump Suggesting Violence Against Clinton? 特朗普真的建议武力反对克林顿么? On Monday, Donald Trump tried to reset his presidential campaign by offering a plan to cut taxes and renegotiate trade deals. He read fr...
