Months before coronavirus fears hit the United States, business was slow at Mediterranean Breeze, a family-owned Greek restaurant near Washington, D.C. 在美国出现冠状病毒恐慌的数月前，位于华盛顿特区附近的地中海微风(Medi...
Ugandan poet Stella Nyanzi was released in February after spending more than a year in prison for some words she wrote on Facebook. Uganda's government says those words insulted President Yoweri Museveni. While in prison, Nyanzi wrote a book of poems...
You can find a lot in popular culture about the generation of young people called millennials. 流行文化中有很多关于新一代年轻人（millennial）的内容，他们就是千禧一代。 Millennials are often described in movies and telev...
We won't go to any infidel school, 11-year-old Mohammed from Tajikistan says. Other boys in the group agree. The group is speaking with VOA reporters in a special area of the Al-Hol refugee camp in northern Syria. But Azerbaijani Qassam has another i...
Toilet Paper Humor Saves America During Shortage It is no secret that 2020 has been a very memorable year so far. But fears over the coronavirus and what will happen in the weeks to come have led to a welcome way of coping: laughter. And the current...
Jawad Rahimi is a native of Afghanistan. He arrived in the United States 16 years ago after spending time as a refugee in Azerbaijan. Since then, his store in St. Louis, Missouri has become a needed part of the city center. The area is full of empty...
Improve Your Reading Through Context Clues When you are reading something in English and you see a word or words you do not know, what do you do? Do you pause and look up the definitions? Or do you put down the reading and find something different to...
Concerns about the growing number of coronavirus illnesses in the United States and elsewhere has greatly affected the wedding industry. 人们对美国以及其他地方新冠病例数量增加的担心已经大大影响了婚庆业。 People who ar...
Now, it's time for Words and Their Stories, a program from VOA Learning English. 现在是美国之音慢速英语词汇掌故节目时间。 The internet has taught us many things. One important lesson is this: Cats are funny, strange and often unpr...
Eva Chura lives in an old gold mining town high in the Andes Mountains of Peru. She works with women known locally as pallaqueras or gold-pickers. She searches through the rocks of the Andes looking for small pieces of gold. Twelve years ago, Chura m...
Musicians Invite Us to Their Living Rooms The spreading coronavirus has canceled several touring performances from top musical artists. But some of these musicians have found a new place to sing: their living rooms. John Legend, Bono, Pink and Keith...
Chef Zhang Xuesi lowered the fire on the stove where he was cooking his Cantonese meal. He added all the necessary foods, including the seafood, shrimp. He quickly lowered the fire and turned toward a phone camera as hundreds of people watched him on...
We present the second of four parts of the short story The Blue Hotel, by Stephen Crane. The story was originally adapted by the U.S. Department of State. The audio was recorded and produce by VOA Learning English. I think you are tongue-tied, said S...
This week, a group of environmental activist groups, including the World Wildlife Fund, called on European Union leaders to support re-wilding efforts. Re-wilding is a conservation effort aimed at returning land to its more natural, uncultivated stat...
This week we answer a question from Angus in China. Question: I'm Angus, a big fan of VOA English from China. Could you please tell me the difference among electric, electrical and electronic? Angus, China Answer: Dear Angus, Thanks for writing to us...
