This week on Ask a Teacher, we answer a request from a reader in Guinea. Here is the request: Question: Dear VOA, I'm Adama from Enta in Guinea. I would like to know the difference between buy and pay. Thanks for your service! -Adama, Guinea Answer:...
American President Joe Biden announced new measures Thursday aimed at decreasing gun violence, which he called an epidemic and an international embarrassment. 美国总统拜登周四宣布了减少枪支暴力的新措施，他称枪支暴力是一场...
Bars that Do Not Serve Alcohol Gain in Popularity Some new bars around the world seem to be missing something once central to their existence: alcohol. The bars are trying to satisfy an increasing number of people who want to go out and have a good t...
Won't you be my neighbor? is a famous song from Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, a popular children's television show. The show, broadcast for 31 years ending in 2001, sought to teach American children the importance of kindness and understanding towards...
Brazil reported more than 4,000 COVID-19 deaths in one day for the first time this week. As the death tolls rise, experts fear that the South American country could pass the United States death total from the coronavirus pandemic later this year. The...
Apologies and Prepositions German Chancellor Angela Merkel recently caused protests with the call for a five-day lockdown over the Easter holiday to slow the spread of the coronavirus. She reacted to the opposition by apologizing to members of the Ge...
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled for Google this week in a major copyright case involving software company Oracle. The two American technology companies were in a dispute over several thousand lines of computer code written by Oracle. The company said th...
Sophia is a robot with many abilities. She speaks, jokes, sings and even makes art. Now, the next step in the robot's career could be that of a musician. Sophia is working with human musicians on several musical works as part of a project called Soph...
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) said Wednesday it has found a possible link between the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine and rare cases of blood system blockages, known as blood clots. 欧洲药品管理局周三表示，它可能发现了阿斯利康...
Explainer: Was Use of Force Lawful in George Floyds Arrest? The trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin continues in Minneapolis, Minnesota and the jury in the case is hearing a lot about the use of force by police. Chauvin is known to have kept...
Schools across the United States now must decide how to spend federal aid money meant to help them fully open after the coronavirus pandemic. They also want to deal with problems that existed long before the coronavirus. Congress approved about $123...
The coronavirus pandemic caused factories to close, forced people out of work and resulted in economic recessions for much of the world. However, the health crisis also created a chance for 40 people to join the list of the world's richest. Forbes ma...
The organizers of the Tokyo Olympics recently said fans from outside of Japan will not be able to attend the Games because of the COVID-19 pandemic. 东京奥运会的组织方表示，由于新冠肺炎大流行，日本境外观众将无法出席本届...
The United States and Iran were expected to begin indirect talks Tuesday in an effort to bring the U.S. back into a 2015 nuclear deal. The deal -- which the U.S. left in 2018 under President Donald Trump -- restricts Iran's nuclear program in exchang...
Orchids: A Project for Those at Home From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. Not so long ago, orchids were considered rare and exotic flowers difficult to find and difficult to grow. But these days, thanks to new growing metho...
