AS IT IS 2015-03-23 Will China's Continued Big Spending Lift its Economy? 中国将持续庞大政府开支提振经济? From VOA Learning English, this is the Economics Report. Chinese officials have predicted lower economic growth again this year....
Secrets of a Saddle-Maker 一个马鞍制作者的秘密 People began riding horses thousands of years ago. Saddles for horseback riding were invented soon after. Today, many companies manufacture saddles. But it is rare to find someone who designs a...
Green Means Spring and Other Things 绿色代表着春天和其他事物 Now, the VOA Special English program, Words and Their Stories. 这里是美国之音慢速英语词汇典故。 Green is an important color in nature. It is the color of grass a...
Feed the People or Save the Planet? 养活人口还是拯救地球? Americans are not eating as much meat as they used to. Price is certainly a major reason. But people also say there are other reasons, such as health and ethics. For the first time,...
AS IT IS 2015-03-22 Digital or Print? How Do You Read Books? 数字还是印刷?你怎样读书? A South African technology expert says huge numbers of book readers in his country are using electronic reading devices. He says the rising popularity of...
AS IT IS 2015-03-22 Islamic State Uses App to Broadcast Message 伊斯兰国使用手机应用传播消息 The writers of a new book about the Islamic State group say it is using technology developed by an American company to spread its message. Hass...
'Uglish' Gets Its Own Dictionary in Uganda 乌干达英语有了自己的词典 The official language in Uganda is English. But visitors to this African country soon recognize that the English spoken here is different from British or American English...
What Is Next for US-Israeli Relations? 美国与以色列的关系将何去何从? Israelis elected a new parliament this week. The results gave 30 seats in the 120-member parliament to the Likud Party of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The Zionis...
AS IT IS 2015-03-21 Germany Slowly Having More Influence on World Events 德国慢慢对世界大事有着更大的影响力 Some observers say Germany has the makings of a world power. They note the German governments lead in trying to solve the Eur...
AS IT IS 2015-03-21 Report: North Korea Foreign Workers Receive Little Pay 报道称朝鲜海外务工者薪水微薄 A new report describes abuses suffered by North Koreans who are sent to work outside the country. A South Korean human rights organi...
The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County by Mark Twain 马克吐温 跳蛙 Editor's note: This story includes some of the informal dialect that Mark Twain liked to include in his writing. We have provided explanations of some of the expression...
AS IT IS 2015-03-20 Does a South Korean Law Limit Speech or Protect the Nation? 韩国安全法限制自由还是保护国家? The United States ambassador to South Korea continues to recover from a knife attack. Mark Lippert was released from a hosp...
AS IT IS 2015-03-20 Is the Islamic State Truly Islamic? IS组织是真正的伊斯兰教吗? Destroying important cultural artifacts in the name of religion is not new. Protestants destroyed statues they considered idolatrous, or against their Christ...
'Cinderella' Is More Than Just a Movie for Kids 灰姑娘对于孩子们来说不仅仅是一部电影那么简 Years ago, the American writer Kurt Vonnegut often said there was one story that would always make a million dollars: Cinderella. In Holly...
Tunisian Officials: 22 People Killed in Museum Attack 突尼斯官员称22人死于博物馆枪击案 Reports from Tunisia say more than 20 people are confirmed dead following an attack in the capital, Tunis. Gunmen fired on visitors to the Bardo Mus...
