Improve Your Writing with Contrast and Concession For VOA Learning English, this is Everyday Grammar. Today we are going to talk about words that connect opposing ideas. We call these ideas contrast or concession. Some of these adverbs are but, altho...
AS IT IS 2016-01-29 Trump Leads in Iowa, Bloomberg May Join the Race For nearly a year, candidates have been telling American voters that they are best qualified to become the next U.S. president. On Monday, voters will have their say in an evening o...
AS IT IS 2016-01-29 Panel Clears Planned Parenthood, Charges Its Accusers A Texas grand jury decided this week to clear the health care organization Planned Parenthood of charges that it sells body parts from aborted fetuses. The decision has angered...
AS IT IS 2016-01-29 Trending Today: Barbie Reimagined 芭比娃娃形象在美国遭到批评 This is Whats Trending Today. The Barbie doll has been a part of American culture for more than 50 years. Tall, blond and blue-eyed, the doll became a symbo...
AS IT IS 2016-01-29 Boko Haram Dents Chad, Cameroon Economies 博科圣地损害乍得和喀麦隆经济 Attacks from Boko Haram militants are hurting the economies of Chad and northern Cameroon. 博科圣地武装分子的袭击损害了乍得和喀麦...
AS IT IS 2016-01-29 Thailand Reports Second MERS Case 泰国报道第二起MERS病例 Thailands Public Health Ministry says the country has a second case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, or MERS. A public health official said Sunday that a 71-yea...
Buttons Are Art at New York City Gallery 在纽约艺术画廊纽扣是一种艺术 No one can deny that buttons are an important clothing device. But, can they rise to the level of art? Organizers of an exhibit in New York City think so. Peter Soule...
Urgent Call to Stop the Spread of Zika Virus 世界卫生组织警告全球警惕Zika病毒 U.S. President Barack Obama has called for immediate development of tests, vaccines and treatments for the Zika virus. The Zika virus has infected people in m...
Electronics Show Displays Newest Gadgets CES国际消费电子展展示新奇玩意儿 Thousands of people were in the American state of Nevada earlier this month for the Consumer Electronics Show. The CES is the worlds biggest show for electronic de...
AS IT IS 2016-01-28 Deadly Shootout Between Police, Anti-Federal Group Federal and state police officers have exchanged gunfire with members of an armed group in Oregon, killing one person. The armed group had taken control of a federal wildlife area...
AS IT IS 2016-01-28 Basketball Great Surprises Florida Children 奥尼尔为佛罗里达的孩子带去篮球大惊喜 This is Whats Trending Today. Bobby White works as a police officer in Gainesville, Florida. On January 15, he was told to investig...
AS IT IS 2016-01-28 Vietnam's Ruling Committee Re-elects Leader Vietnam's Communist Party re-elected Nguyen Phu Trong to a second five-year term as general-secretary Wednesday. The official Vietnam News Agency reported the move. The 71-year-old Trong...
AS IT IS 2016-01-27 US Communities Clean Up After Major Snow Storm 美国社区清理暴风雪 Clean-up efforts continue in the eastern United States after a major winter storm left recording-setting snowfall and coastal flooding. But more than 2 ? d...
AS IT IS 2016-01-27 African Nations Seek Greater Power, Influence at UN 非洲国家在联合国寻求更大权力和影响力 The leaders of Zimbabwe and Equatorial Guinea are calling for African nations to have more power and influence at the Unite...
AS IT IS 2016-01-27 Pakistan University Reopens After Deadly Attack 上周被袭击的巴基斯坦大学重新开放 Bacha Khan University in Pakistan re-opened its doors Monday. The Pakistani university was the target of a militant attack last week....
