In a recent program, we told you about phrasal verbs related to food. The program centered on eating food: what, how much and when. You will remember that a phrasal verb is a verb made of two or more words: a verb plus a preposition or adverb, or bot...
US Military Exploring Use of Artificial Intelligence to Find Hidden Nuclear Missiles The United States military is reported to be increasing spending on a secret research effort involving artificial intelligence (AI). The Reuters news agency says mil...
Concert Truck Transports Classical Music to New Audiences Classical music is sometimes thought of as high art, performed in beautiful music centers to serious and wealthy crowds, wearing fine clothes. But two young musicians are working hard to make...
Will Parkland Student Activists Define Americas Younger Generation? More than three months after the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, the survivors who became gun-control activists may be deciding how their generation will be remembered. Carolyn...
Iran Plans to Expand Ability to Enrich Uranium Iran's nuclear chief says his country has launched plans to increase its ability to enrich uranium. 伊朗核项目负责人表示，伊朗已经启动了提高铀浓缩的计划。 Such a move would int...
Designer Kate Spade Found Dead From Apparent Suicide American fashion designer Kate Spade was found dead Tuesday in her New York City home. Police said the cause of death appears to be suicide by hanging. Spade was 55. Police said a housekeeper disco...
Put Your English Studies in the 'Limelight' Now, the VOA Learning English program Words and Their Stories. On this show, we talk about expressions that Americans use in every day speech. 在本节目中，我们会讨论美国人在日常口语中用到...
Graduation Speeches Discuss World Problems, Look for Solutions Speeches have long been an important tradition at college and university graduation ceremonies in the United States. Every spring, schools honor students who have successfully completed t...
Study Finds Hot Classrooms Hurt Learning Some American students recently completed the school year and others are preparing to end soon. But as students in some parts of the country already deal with hot classrooms, the summer break cannot come soon...
U.S. Teens Dropping Facebook for YouTube, Instagram and Snapchat A new study has found that the number of American teenagers using Facebook is dropping. Many turn instead to YouTube, Instagram and Snapchat. The study by the U.S.-based Pew Research Ce...
President Donald Trump wrote on Twitter Monday that he has the absolute right as president of the United States to pardon himself. Trump also criticized the U.S. Justice Department for deciding to appoint a special counsel to investigate possible wro...
Rescue workers pulled at least 10 people alive from ash and mud flows around Guatemalas Volcan de Fuego on Monday. The countrys national disaster agency reported at least 62 people have died since the volcano exploded Sunday. Officials say the number...
Westminster Abbey is one of the most famous tourist sites in Britains capital, London. Now, officials have decided to open another area of the building to help teach its history. The Queens Diamond Jubilee Galleries are about 16 meters above the floo...
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. An outbreak of a brain-destroying virus is currently happening in the Kerala state of India. The number of people who have died from Nipah is relatively small. Officials from Indias Mini...
Thai Beach Made Famous in DiCaprio Film Closes to Tourists The Thailand beach made famous in the Leonardo DiCaprio film The Beach is being closed to give it a break from tourists. The beach sits on Maya Bay on Phi Phi Leh island, off the coast of Tha...
