A German restaurant forced to close because of the coronavirus crisis is now helping needy people in Berlin. Hofbraeu Berlin is the capital's largest restaurant and beer place. But it remains closed to the public because of restrictions aimed at redu...
The United States Congress passed a massive year-end bill Monday night that includes a $900-billion coronavirus aid plan. 美国国会周一晚上通过了一项庞大的年终法案，其中包括一项9000亿美元的新冠病毒援助计划。 Bot...
New Type of Coronavirus Identified In Britain, South Africa A new kind, or strain, of the coronavirus has been found in Britain and South Africa. Health experts in Britain and the United States say the new strain seems to infect more easily than othe...
In a town near Indianapolis, Indiana, 19-year-old college student Grace Kern has been working in elementary school classrooms. She is helping students as teachers offer instruction online via a screen inside the room. My dad told me that a bunch of t...
Try These Apps to Improve Your Pronunciation Have you ever been sure that you were pronouncing a word correctly only to find out just how wrong you were? That happened to me on a trip to France a few years ago. I was at a cafe ordering food. When I s...
The planets Jupiter and Saturn have been moving closer and closer to each other in the night sky. In fact, on December 21, they appear closer together than they have in hundreds of years. When two astronomical bodies appear close in the sky, as seen...
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. 这里是VOA慢速英语健康生活报道。 Before the pandemic, self-care -- caring for ourselves -- may have not been a priority for many people. 在新冠肺炎疫情爆发之前，自...
U.S. health officials have identified the next Americans who should receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Among the groups are people 75 years and older, as well as essential workers such as firefighters, teachers and food store employees. 美国卫生官员已...
Russias COVID-19 Vaccine Gets Mixed Reaction People in the United States and Europe welcomed the arrival of the western-made coronavirus vaccine. However, the Russian-made vaccine has not been as popular in Russia. There are reports of empty medical...
We are now ten months into a pandemic that has changed work-life balance for a lot of people. And many Americans say they are doing well in their home offices and dining room workstations. Most want to continue working from home after the pandemic. S...
Singapore's tradition of eating out in places called hawker centers is now recognized by the United Nations for its cultural importance. 新加坡的传统是在被称为小贩中心的场所就餐，现在其文化重要性得到了联合国的认可。...
Many companies hold parties to celebrate the winter holidays around this time every year. But COVID-19 has made 2020 an extremely unusual year. Most businesses are avoiding any unnecessary gatherings because of the continuing spread of the new corona...
Researchers from around the world are increasing efforts to find animal populations that could start future human pandemics. The aim is to identify zoonotic diseases -- those that can spread from animals to humans. Coronaviruses, for example, can inf...
Air travel companies are permanently changing their older passenger jets into airplanes that carry goods for trade. 航空旅游公司正在将他们较旧的客机永久改装为货运飞机。 The companies expect a large increase in e-commerce in...
Dominique, not her real name, is a Black electrical engineering doctoral student. She found herself in a difficult situation at a conference. 多米尼克（化名）是一名攻读电气工程博士学位的黑人学生，她在一次会议上陷入困...
