Our story today is called The Exact Science of Matrimony. It was written by O. Henry. This story was adapted by Shelley Gollust and produced by Lawan Davis. Here is Barbara Klein with the story. Jeff Peters and Andy Tucker could never be trusted. One...
This week we answer a question from Pakistan. Shahid writes: Question: What is the difference between these terms: place, location, position, site and situation? -- Shahid, Pakistan. Answer: Dear Shahid, The five terms you gave are very close in mean...
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Many Americans describe the news media as very biased, but they still believe the work of reporters is important to democracy. 很多美国人称新闻媒体极具偏见，但是他们仍然认为记者的工作对民主很重要。 That is the findi...
A recent study of the poorest areas in India's city of Mumbai found that more than half of the people have developed COVID-19 antibodies. It is a sign that some of India's most crowded settlements could be moving toward herd immunity. Herd immunity h...
In Iraq's oil-rich south, the very hot summer months are forcing people to make a difficult choice. They can stay home and suffer the extreme heat, or go outside and increase their risk of coronavirus infection. 在石油资源丰富的伊拉克南部，...
TED Talks Teach You About Phrasal Verbs TED Talk videos are popular in the United States and other countries. These videos explore issues in science, technology, education and other subjects. They can also be a useful tool for learning English. Today...
British scientists say they have solved a mystery involving Stonehenge, the world-famous stone monument in Wiltshire, England. The scientists reported this week that they have identified where many of Stonehenge's large stones, called megaliths, came...
Students at a small boarding school in California got an unusual request this summer: Come back in the autumn with your own chair, a sun hat and plenty of sunblock. Moving classes outdoors is a central piece of Midland School's plan to get its 85 stu...
California State University has approved a vote requiring all students to take an ethnic and social justice studies class in order to graduate. The decision came in late July from the largest public university system in the United States, commonly kn...
For students going to Colby College in Maine next month, coronavirus testing is expected to be a normal part of campus life. Colby will require all students to take a coronavirus test every other day for two weeks, and then two tests a week after tha...
CES, one of the world's biggest technology conferences, will be an online event this coming January due to the coronavirus health crisis. The decision marks a change for event organizers, who said in May it would take place as a smaller, in-person ga...
Scientists Study Chernobyl Fungus as Protection against Space Radiation Researchers are testing a fungus known to grow in high radiation environments to see if it could possibly protect humans traveling in space. One fungus being studied survived eve...
Hiroshima Survivors Worry the World Will Forget The atomic bomb exploded over Hiroshima 75 years ago. Since then, the survivors have lived with shame, anger and fear. Many in Japan believe radiation sickness is infectious or hereditary. Some hid the...
A massive explosion shook Beirut Tuesday, flattening much of the Lebanese capital's port and damaging buildings across the city. 黎巴嫩首都贝鲁特周二发生了一场大规模爆炸，夷平了大部分港口，并破坏了市区各处的建筑...
