We are pleased to share a traditional holiday story with you, 'The Gift of the Magi' by O. Henry. Karen Leggett adapted this story for VOA Learning English. Your storyteller was Shep O'Neal. The producer was Lawan Davis. One dollar and eighty-seven c...
Reaction to Trumps Decision to Withdraw US Forces from Syria Syrian Kurdish allies of the United States are worried about President Donald Trumps decision to withdraw all U.S. military forces from Syria. 美国的叙利亚库尔德人盟友对川普总...
Children Kill and Die in Yemen's War For two years, Mohammed fought with Yemens Houthi rebels against a military coalition led by Saudi Arabia and backed by the United States. Mohamed says he tortured and killed people. He did not care whether he liv...
What do these five words have in common: hotdog, fireworks, well-being, waistline, sunset and ice cream? They could all describe a fun holiday celebration. For example: My holiday was wonderful! I went to a friends party and we laughed, ate and had a...
Elon Musk Shows Off High-Speed, Underground Tunnel Businessman Elon Musk has demonstrated part of a planned high-speed, underground transportation system in California. Musk is best known for founding electric carmaker Tesla and aerospace company Spa...
Vietnam to Increase Electricity Production with Natural Gas Imports Vietnam plans to start using liquefied natural gas, or LNG, by the year 2020. Although Vietnam has said it would be hurt by the effects of climate change, it plans to move forward wi...
Climate Change Leading to Strange Poisonous Fish People in Japan pay good money to eat the deadly pufferfish. There, the food is called fugu. The fish can cost more than $100 a kilogram. Eating fugu is especially popular now, during the winter holida...
US Included on List of Deadliest Countries for Journalists The number of journalists killed worldwide for their work nearly doubled this year. That information comes from a new report by the Committee to Protect Journalists. 今年全球范围内因工...
A 7-year-old girl died while being detained by U.S. immigration officers, government officials said. The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday called the death a tragic situation but said it was not to blame. The officials said the...
In Johannesburg Zoo, Should the Last Elephant Stay or Go? The last African elephant at the Johannesburg Zoo, Lammie, lost her male partner to a sickness in September. Lammie was born in the zoo 39 years ago. She had lived for 17 years with Kinkel, wh...
'Baby Shark' Enjoys Big Bite of Media Success In the words of comedian James Corden, every so often a song comes along that defines a generation: Baby shark doo doo doo doo doo doo. Baby shark doo doo doo doo doo doo. The late-night television host,...
How to Learn More Words In English, we have a saying that goes, Use it or lose it. It means that if you do not continue to use a skill, you might lose the ability to do so. We can say this about language learning, including learning new words. If you...
The cop moved along the street, looking strong and important. This was the way he always moved. He was not thinking of how he looked. There were few people on the street to see him. It was only about ten at night, but it was cold. And there was a win...
The World Cup, the movie Black Panther, Meghan Markle and the deaths of several famous people are among the most popular Google searches of 2018. The search engine company this week released its yearly ranking of search terms that had the highest gro...
Virgin Galactic Completes Test of Spaceship to Carry Tourists Virgin Galactic says its spacecraft designed to launch tourists into space completed an important test flight on Thursday. The rocket ship, called SpaceShipTwo VSS Unity, climbed more than...
