Cameroon Chemist Recycles Used Cooking Oil into Cleaning Products A chemist from Cameroon has found a way to recycle used cooking oil so it does not end up polluting the environment. 来自喀麦隆的化学家发现了一种循环利用废弃食用油...
Why Fewer Typhoons Are Hitting Taiwan(China), Philippines Weather experts say Taiwan and the Philippines have experienced fewer typhoons in recent years. 气象专家表示，中国台湾省和菲律宾近年来很少遭遇台风。 The reduced storm...
TOEFL Releases New App for English Test Students around the world wanting help with the TOEFL English test have a new tool: a mobile app. The TOEFL? official app became available last week. Users can download it from the Apple App Store or Google Pla...
Now, the VOA Learning English program Words and Their Stories. On this show, we explore words and expressions in the English language. We can also tell where they come from. And probably more importantly for those learning to speak English, we explai...
China is likely to become the first country in the world to start mining minerals from the ocean floor. The head of the International Seabed Authority, or ISA, said that will happen if international rules for exploitation are approved next year. Mine...
Not long ago, Nabipur was a quiet farming village in northern India. Now the village is home to several large furnaces. They burn old tires from Western countries. The air is sometimes thick with smoke and the soil black with soot. By burning tires,...
Scientists have found the strongest evidence yet that a virus is to blame for a mysterious illness that can quickly paralyze children. The very rare condition, called acute flaccid myelitis or AFM, is similar to the polio disease. The first reports o...
In South Korea, the most popular movie this week is about the everyday sexism women face there. It is based on the best-selling book called Kim Ji-young, Born 1982. Both the book and movie have people talking about the place of women in South Korea's...
Many Americans have a chance to sleep in a little longer this weekend. In the early hours of Sunday, November 3, Daylight Saving Time comes to an end in most of the country. People are supposed to turn their clocks back an hour. So, they will have on...
This week, we answer a question from Eri. Eri writes： 本周我们来回复埃里的问题。埃里写道： Question: 提问： Hi, VOA Learning English. I want to know how to use any' some.' 美国之音英语教学节目，你好，我想要知道...
Scientists say fast-spreading sea urchins have eaten away at huge underwater kelp forests in California and Oregon. The invasion by tens of millions of the sea creatures is causing the destruction of important forms of sea life. A recent count found...
The Washington Nationals defeated the Houston Astros Wednesday night to win the professional baseball championship in the United States. The game took place in Houston, Texas, on the home field of the Astros. 华盛顿国民队周三晚上击败休斯敦...
The heads of two leading social media companies have very different ideas about paid advertisements supporting political candidates. On Wednesday, Twitter's Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Jack Dorsey, said that the social media company would stop all...
Imagine that you are interviewing for a job you really want. Most of the questions are in your native language, but the job will require you to use some English. So, the employer asks about your English skills. You might answer with the words, I can...
