Millions of people around the world are currently working from home in an effort to slow the spread of the new coronavirus. Many of them have had to learn new ways of performing their jobs while attempting to turn living spaces into work-friendly env...
American Brooklyn Dotson needed food. Dotson had worked at a warehouse in Tennessee, but she lost her job. She told the government about her situation in hopes of getting financial aid for the unemployed. But her first payment had yet to arrive. 美国...
Lavina D'Souza has not been able to get the medicine she needs since India ordered its citizens last month to stay at home. The order was meant to help the country's 1.3 billion people guard against the new coronavirus. The Indian government supplies...
Vietnamese women in and around Seattle are making face masks for health care workers who face a shortage of protective equipment in Washington state. Katie Nguyen is a tailor from Spanaway, Washington. She decided to start sewing masks when state off...
Italian professional cyclist Davide Martinelli is using his bicycle to help deliver medicine during the coronavirus pandemic. 意大利职业自行车手戴维马蒂内利在冠状病毒大流行期间利用他的自行车帮助人们运送药物。...
Scientists recently reported new details about the second interstellar object ever seen passing through our solar system. It is a comet called 2I/Borisov. Comets are made up of frozen gases, rock and dust that orbit stars. The Reuters news agency lik...
The Chief Justice of the United States, John Roberts, said in 2014 that courts will always be careful when it comes to the next big thing in technology. And it took a worldwide pandemic for the U.S. Supreme Court to finally agree to use, of all thing...
College 'Seniors' Worry About The Future American Carter Oselett is back in his childhood bedroom. He was sent home from Michigan State University because of the coronavirus crisis. But, he told the Associated Press that he is still paying to use an...
The English language has many expressions that describe a fast-moving event. 英语中有很多用以描述快速发展事件的短语。 Some expressions relate to body movements. 其中一些与身体的动作有关。 We say something happens in t...
Some Syrians Like Ruined Houses more Than Crowded Camps 叙利亚人逃离难民营重返废墟 Taher al-Matar's home in northwest Syria is in ruins, but he has returned there to live in it. He decided it was safer to live in the wreckage of his hous...
The American state of Florida has some of the most-visited theme parks in the world. Millions of people go there for vacation every year. Florida's theme parks are among the biggest economic engines in the state. But the parks have closed because of...
A long, thin object moving through our solar system may be the remains of a planet that was pulled apart, scientists say. 科学家表示，在太阳系中移动的细长物体可能是一颗被撕裂行星的残骸。 Researchers say the planet was...
Ways to Make Studying More Powerful Many students ask VOA Learning English about studying. They want to know the best ways to improve their learning. In this week's Education Tips, we will explore four methods you can use: focusing, testing yourself,...
With millions of people out of work, several nations are planning to ease anti-coronavirus restrictions on businesses and other activities. 由于数百万人失业，一些国家计划放松企业以及其它活动的抗击新冠病毒限制措施。...
Idris Elba says he and his wife had their lives turned around after they became infected with the new coronavirus. The two only had mild symptoms after getting infected. Yet the British actor called the experience definitely scary and unsettling and...
