After a series of successful space missions during the past year, 2021 promises some exciting new international exploration projects. Three nations have launched spacecraft designed to begin exploring Mars in 2021. The U.S. space agency, NASA, is exp...
In the United States, people often use large amounts of salt to remove dangerous ice from roads and walkways in the winter. But when the spring arrives, all that salt can really damage plants in the garden. Salt is the chemical sodium chloride. Salt...
New Findings: Beetle Uses 'Gut Goop' to Protect Its Food Like all good parents, some beetles go to great lengths, or do a lot, for their offspring. To humans, though, some of this beetle behavior can be surprising or even gross. To feed their future...
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语健康和生活报道。 A country doctor working in western Ukraine uses any form of transportation she can to see her patients. Sometimes Viktoria Mahn...
How Pandemic Has Changed College Applications for Students One of the most important parts of a college application is a student's list of extracurricular activities. A student might be a member of a sports team, spend time tutoring younger children...
Charvi Goyal is a high school student from Dallas, Texas who helps out other classmates by tutoring them between classes. A tutor is someone who teaches one person or a very small group of students. When Goyal's high school moved online last spring b...
And now, Words and Their Stories from VOA Learning English. On this program we explore everyday words and expressions. We give examples on how to use them. And sometimes we give you the origin where the expression comes from. Today we are going to ta...
Amina Mohamed Abdi was just 24 years old when she was first elected to Somalia's parliament in 2012. She defeated two other candidates to win a seat saved specifically for women. But to reach her political goal, Abdi had to go against the wishes of l...
Many African countries are expected to receive their first COVID-19 vaccine doses in March from the United Nations' COVAX effort. 许多非洲国家都有望在3月份获得由联合国新冠肺炎疫苗实施计划提供的第一支新冠疫苗。 T...
When day comes we ask ourselves, 当那一天来临，我们扪心自问， where can we find light in this never-ending shade? 我们能在何处觅得光明，在这永不消失的阴影中？ On Wednesday, poet Amanda Gorman read her poem, The Hil...
Among all the young sumo wrestlers in the circle, 10-year-old Kyuta Kumagai stands out. He weighs 85 kilograms. That means he is two times the size of the other children his age. His big size makes him very good at his sport. When he wrestles boys fi...
'One Thousand Dollars,' by O. Henry Our story today is called One Thousand Dollars. It was written by O. Henry. Here is Steve Ember with the story. One thousand dollars, said the lawyer Tolman, in a severe and serious voice. And here is the money. Yo...
Giggling bread and joyfully dancing salad are not the usual meals served in Thailand. But one eatery is hoping its foods made with parts of the cannabis plant can interest foreign visitors. The restaurant at a hospital in Prachin Buri province starte...
Pandemic Restrictions Create Dream Jobs for Some Iraqi Women Fatima Ali was in her final year of studying when Iraq started a full lockdown in March to control the spread of the coronavirus. Forced by the pandemic to stay home, she spent a lot of tim...
This week, we answer a question from Kaia from China. Question: Could you tell me the differences between technology and technique? And how do we use them in our daily life? Thank you. Answer: Dear Kaia, Thank you for your question. The words technol...
