Oceans To Hold More Plastic Than Fish by 2050 2050年海洋中的塑料会比鱼还多 There will be more plastic than fish in terms of weight in the world's oceans by 2050, the World Economic Forum warned Tuesday. 1月19日，世界经济论坛发出警...
From Child of Freed Slaves to Millionaire 从被解放奴隶的孩子到百万富翁 Hers is a rags to riches story. Madam C.J. Walker went from poverty -- being the daughter of freed slaves -- to being a wealthy African-American businesswoman. She w...
AS IT IS 2016-02-29 Federal Government Owns Almost Half of Western US The United States government owns nearly a third of the nations land, including nearly half of Western states. In the rest of the country, the federal government owns just 4 percen...
AS IT IS 2016-02-29 Egypt Says It Sentenced Boy, 4, to Prison in Error The Egyptian military admitted last week it made a mistake when sentencing a 4-year-old boy to prison for life. A mistaken identity and confusion inside the Egyptian court system...
AS IT IS 2016-02-29 Children in Ukraine Suffering From Conflict The United Nations Childrens Fund says more than one half-million children have been suffering over the past two years because of the Ukraine conflict. Their rights are unprotected and t...
AS IT IS 2016-02-29 Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump Look to Super Tuesday 希拉里克林顿和唐纳德特朗普聚焦超级星期二 Did you know that U.S. General John Pershing shot 49 terrorists with bullets covered in pigs blood? No? But president...
AS IT IS 2016-02-29 The World's 10 Places 'On the Rise' 世界上10个地方正在崛起 Earlier this month, we introduced you the top American destinations on the rise. The expression on the rise means that something is becoming better or more popul...
'The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County,' by Mark Twain 卡拉维拉斯县驰名的跳蛙 by 马克吐温 Editor's note: This story includes some of the informal dialect that Mark Twain liked to include in his writing. We have provided expla...
AS IT IS 2016-02-27 Infant Swept From Father's Arms In Fiji Cyclone After Cyclone Winston blew through Fiji last weekend, 42 people were dead, and four were still missing, including an infant. The winds of Cyclone Winston reached more than 285 kilome...
AS IT IS 2016-02-27 'Little Messi' Gets Autographed Jersey 塑料袋男孩收到梅西亲笔签名球衣 梦想成真 Earlier in February, a young boy in Afghanistan made international headlines showing his homemade Lionel Messi soccer jersey. Messi...
AS IT IS 2016-02-27 'Fuller House' Now on Netflix This is Whats Trending Today Full House was an American television show from the 1980s to the 1990s. It was among the most popular TV shows of its time. The show followed a widowed father who asks his...
AS IT IS 2016-02-27 Infantino Wins FIFA Presidency 詹尼因凡蒂诺当选国际足联主席 Gianni Infantino of Switzerland is the new FIFA president. Infantino won after the organization voted a second time on Friday in Zurich. Infantino takes ove...
巴西等国家出现塞卡病毒 From VOA Learning English, this is the Health amp; Lifestyle report. 这里是美国之音健康与生活方式报道。 Health officials in Brazil have declared a state of emergency in several states. 巴西卫生官员...
油价下跌令尼日利亚陷入困境 Nigeria is Africa's biggest oil producer. But the fall in crude oil prices has Nigerians preparing for a below average economy this year. 尼日利亚是非洲最大的石油产出国，但原油价格的下跌让...
12国签署跨太平洋伙伴关系协定 Representatives of 12 countries have signed a major free trade agreement for East Asia and the Pacific. 来自12个国家的代表们签署了一项有关东亚和太平洋地区重要的自由贸易协定。...
