And now, Words and Their Stories from VOA Learning English. Each week on this program, we explain expressions often used in American English. We give you lots of examples. This way, you can learn how to use the expressions when you speak English. Tod...
Our story today is Hard Rock Maple. It is about two people living in New England. They seemed like the hard rock maple trees, often found in that area. Nothing can make them move. Today's story was written by Fredric C. Heali. Here is Sharp O'Neal wi...
Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION -- American history in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. This week, our series brings us to the events of two thousand eight. It was a year that combined one of the nation's worst financial crises with one of its...
Remembering Eddie Van Halen: Guitar Superstar The music world lost a rock and roll superstar this week when guitarist Eddie Van Halen died of cancer. He was only 65 years old. 吉他手埃迪范海伦（Eddie Van Halen）本周因癌症去世，音乐界...
Our story today is called the Killers. It was written by Ernest Hemingway. Here is Lerry West with the story. The door of George's small restaurant opened, and two men came in. They sat down on at one of the tables. George walked over to them. What w...
Coronavirus Changes South Koreans Thanksgiving Traditions The coronavirus forced 84-year-old Chung Seong-ran to do something new to celebrate South Korea's Thanksgiving holiday. 冠状病毒迫使84岁的郑成然(Chung Seong-ran)为庆祝韩国的感恩...
As Some US College Students Party, Others Report Them Some college students in the United States are doing something that was once unheard ofreporting other students who attend parties. Many schools are barring parties and some other social gathering...
Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION American history in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. This week in our series, we continue the story of the presidency of George W. Bush. George W. Bush began his second term -- and fifth year in office -- in Jan...
Experts: Do Not Misuse Alcohol During Pandemic From VOA Learning English, this is the Health amp; Lifestyle report. 这里是VOA慢速英语健康生活报道。 In March 2020, in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, many people began living u...
The western American city of San Francisco, California suffered a huge earthquake on April 18th, 1906. More than three thousand people are known to have died. The true number of dead will never be known. Two hundred fifty thousand people lost their h...
Hero Rat Receives Award for Searching out Landmines For the first time, a rat has won a British aid group's top award for animal bravery. The animal is being honored for its work searching out unexploded landmines in Cambodia. 一只老鼠首次获得英...
Gay Marriage Up 70% in US Since Legalization Same-sex marriages now make up a half a million American households, five years after the Supreme Court legalized such relationships. 在美国最高法院将同性婚姻合法化五年后，现在美国婚姻...
Census Workers Search Camps, Shelters to Count Homeless Americans This week, workers for the United States Census Bureau will try to count homeless Americans. 本周，美国人口普查局的工作人员将开始统计美国流浪人口。 The U.S....
Young Afghan Women, Men Perform Sufi Dance Together A group of young people are dancing in public in Afghanistan's capital, Kabul. The women and men perform a Sufi Islamic dance known as Sema. 一群年轻人在阿富汗首都喀布尔的公共场所跳...
NASA Releases Updated Plan for 2024 Moon Landing The American space agency, NASA, has released its latest plan to place the first humans on the moon since 1972. The updated information on the Artemis mission renews NASA's promise that one of the astr...
