Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION American history in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. We begin this week's story on January twentieth, nineteen sixty-one, the day John Fitzgerald Kennedy became president of the United States. It had snowed heav...
Now, it's time for Words and Their Stories from VOA Learning English. On this program, we talk about words and expressions in American English. And today we will talk about defense mechanisms. These are different ways the body reacts to changing cond...
US Citizens Likely to be Left Out as Europe Reopens Borders The European Union is set to reopen borders among its members countries by the first of July. They closed in March in an effort to stop the spread of COVID-19. 欧盟将于7月1日前重新开...
Ugandan Runners Struggle to Train for Tokyo Olympic Games The coronavirus pandemic has some of the world's top runners struggling to train for the Tokyo Olympics next year. Training areas were closed, and races cancelled, to help protect people from...
The Arctic Is 'on Fire,' Record Heat Alarms Scientists 北极着火了 创记录高温令科学家忧心不已 Over the weekend, the Russian town of Verkhoyansk in Siberia reported a temperature of 38 degrees Celsius. 上周末，位于西伯利亚地区...
Who Is Affected by the US Visa Ban? U.S. President Donald Trump is suspending immigration visas for some kinds of foreign workers for the rest of the year. The suspension affects work visas that many technology and landscaping companies in the United...
Our story today is called About a Place Called Gabrielle's. It was written by Robert Paul Smith. Here is Shep O'Neal with the story. There are a hundred places in New York like Gabriel's. Up front is a small bar, in back there are a few booths and a...
Tennis Star Djokovic Confirmed to Have COVID-19 The number one player in men's tennis, Novak Djokovic, announced Tuesday that he and his wife have COVID-19. The announcement came days after the tennis star played in a series of matches in Serbia and...
Welcome to Words and Their Stories from VOA Learning English. On this program we explore common expressions in American English. In the United States on the third Sunday of June we celebrate Father's Day! So, today we celebrate fathers with some expr...
New York Starts Second Step of Reopening For the first time in three months, New Yorkers will be able to eat at restaurants againbut only at tables outside. New York City entered the second of four planned phases of reopening on Monday. New York Mayo...
New Drive-In Concert Series to Include US Music Stars The world's largest organizer of live music events has announced its first ever drive-in concert series in the United States. International promoter Live Nation says its Live from the Drive-In ser...
Survivor Plasma Studied to Possibly Prevent Coronavirus Infection Researchers are launching a study to see whether blood plasma from coronavirus survivors can block infection in others. The study will involve people in groups at high risk of getting...
Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION American history in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. Three days from now, after half a century in the service of our country, I shall lay down the responsibilities of office as, in traditional and solemn ceremon...
Abandoned Oil Wells Leak Pollutants 废弃油气井排放大量污染物 More than a century of oil and gas drilling has left behind millions of unused wells, many of which release pollutants into the air and water. 一个多世纪的石油和天然气...
Australias Great Barrier Reef Suffers Most Severe Coral Bleaching Scientists say Australias Great Barrier Reef suffered its most severe coral bleaching event in March. 科学家表示，澳大利亚大堡礁在3月份遭遇了最严重的珊瑚白化事...
