Haydee Posadas had been waiting eight years for her son to come home. Wilmer Gerardo Nunez left Honduras for the United States in 2010. He was 35 years old. He left his home because of gang threats, just as thousands of other people have done. Somewh...
Have you ever been to an airport or train station where the official language was English? What was your experience easy, difficult or in between? Today, we will explore some common phrasal verbs that can be useful as you travel to or through English...
Alaska Continues with Earthquake Repairs The American city of Anchorage, Alaska is recovering from a powerful earthquake Friday that damaged public buildings, homes and roads. 美国阿拉斯加州安克雷奇市星期五发生强烈地震，地震造成...
Syrian Art in a Suitcase Syrian-born artist Mohamed Hafez creates little worlds inside of suitcases. One of his art works looks like a building that was blown open by a bomb. It has small pieces of clothing among the destruction to represent the peop...
This is Whats Trending Today Cold, snowy weather has arrived in many places. That means young people are enjoying building snowmen, going sledding and having snowball fights. 许多地方都出现了寒冷多雪的天气，这意味着年轻人可以尽...
Bush Remembered as Last Great Soldier-Statesman Presidents, a king and queen, a prince, a chancellor and a handyman from Maine joined family and friends to celebrate the life of President George H.W. Bush, Wednesday. The day began with a 21-gun salut...
First US Face Recognition Terminal Opens at Atlanta Airport A United States airport has become the first in the nation to permit passengers to use facial recognition technology to get on flights. 美国一个机场成为全美首个允许乘客使用人...
The ruling party in Singapore has named a likely replacement to Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. Lee is 66 years old and has said he will step down at age 70. He is the son of Singapores founder, Lee Kuan Yew. Late last week, Singapores 57-year-old fi...
Michelin Guide Awards First US Female Chef with Three Stars Dominique Crenn has become the first woman in the United States to receive Michelin Guides highest honor of three stars. 多米尼克是美国第一位获得米其林指南三星最高荣誉的...
Time to 'Sing Like a Canary' Now, the VOA Learning English program Words and Their Stories. There are thousands of different kinds of birds. They come in all sizes and colors. And they each make their own sound. That was a robin singing. Here is a ni...
Groups, Colleges to Help Former Students Finish Their Studies Redding, California, is a city with few choices for students interested in higher education. For generations, the local economy has been mostly based on sales of natural resources, such as...
VOA Learning English presents Americas Presidents. Today we are talking about George Herbert Walker Bush. Before he became president in 1989, Bush had a lot of experience in government. He spent four years in the United States House of Representative...
Professor Finds Prisoners' Music from Auschwitz Two years ago, music theory professor Patricia Hall traveled to Polands Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum. She hoped to learn about the music performed by prisoners in World War II death camps. Hall, who teache...
UNESCO Names Reggae International Cultural Treasure This week, the cultural agency of the United Nations UNESCO added reggae music to its list of international cultural treasures. The purpose of the list is to teach about and protect many internation...
NASA: Private Companies to Make Next Moon Landing The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, or NASA, has announced that private companies will make Americas next moon landing. 美国宇航局宣布私营公司将完成美国的下一次登...
