AS IT IS 2016-06-14 Orlando Shooting Renews Focus on 'Homegrown Extremism' 奥兰多事件让民众重新聚焦本土极端主义 As Americans mourn victims of the mass shooting over the weekend, authorities are focusing on what can be done to preven...
What It Takes to Be an Astronaut 成为一个宇航员是什么样子? Is it your dream to fly and to work in space? Do you want to be a NASA astronaut? Like many jobs, the first thing would be to fill out the application. A recording-breaking 18,300...
AS IT IS 2016-06-13 New 'Budget of Change' in Nigeria 为促进经济发展,尼日利亚通过340亿美元预算 Nigeria has a federal budget following months of debate between President Muhammadu Buhari and lawmakers. Officials are calling the new $...
AS IT IS 2016-06-13 Meet the Newest Robots Joining the Work Force 新型机器人加入劳动大军 Robots are not new to the industrial world. But as technology keeps getting better, more robots are helping humans in the workplace. Some of the world...
AS IT IS 2016-06-13 Concerns over Few Asians in Broadcasting, News Recent disputes over using white actors to play characters of color in Hollywood films have raised concerns that the media ignore minorities. Activist groups have called for more mino...
AS IT IS 2016-06-13 North Korea Builds Cambodian Museum 朝鲜花2400万美元在柬埔寨建博物馆赚外汇 North Korea has spent $24 million and four years building the 6,000-square-meter, 35-meter-high Angkor Panorama Museum in Siem Reap, Cambo...
AS IT IS 2016-06-13 50 Dead in Worst Mass Shooting in US History 美国历史上最严重大规模枪击事件造成50人丧生 A gunman has killed 50 people and wounded another 53 at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida. It was the worst mass shootin...
Make a Splash! Now, the VOA Learning English program Words and Their Stories. This is the show that explains the origin and usage of common American English expressions. Today, we are going to make a splash! Yes, you make a splash when you jump into...
Making New Friends, Keeping Old Ones at Ole Miss EDITOR'S NOTE: This story is part of a series about international student life at colleges and universities across the U.S. Please join us over the next several weeks as we bring you stories about thes...
Should Offensive Place Names Be Changed? Hundreds of places across the U.S. use the word squaw, including Squaw Creek, Squaw Flat, Squaw Meadows and Squaw Springs, for example. In 1960, the Winter Olympics took place in a ski area called Squaw Valley...
AS IT IS 2016-06-12 Fighting Climate Change with Movies How to Let Go of the World and Love All the Things Climate Cant Change is the latest movie from filmmaker and climate activist Josh Fox. The movie is the third film in a three-part series about...
AS IT IS 2016-06-12 Philippines Duterte Urges Citizens to Shoot Drug Dealers 菲律宾杜特尔特敦促市民枪击毒贩 The Philippine president-elect has a new program to fight crime. President-elect Rodrigo Duterte said people should go after dr...
AS IT IS 2016-06-12 National Cathedral to Remove Glass Images of Confederate Flags 国家大教堂移除邦联旗的玻璃 Two flags will be removed from two separate stained glass windows at the Washington National Cathedral, cathedral representativ...
Yosemite: A Park of Extremes Today, we visit one of the most famous national parks in America. You can find it high in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of the western state of California. It is one of the most stunning places in the country. Its name is Y...
New Book Examines the Power of Young Introverts 新书探讨内向青少年的力量 Speak up! Put yourself out there! American society generally places high value on being friendly and speaking freely. That can can worry introverts. Introverts are p...
