Countries dependent on tourism are working to reopen borders in order to help their economies badly damaged by the pandemic. 依赖旅游业的国家正在努力重新开放边界,以帮助受大流行严重破坏的经济。 The World Travel and T...
The success of action movies like Wonder Woman and television shows like Wandavision show that viewers like seeing women fighting, flying and jumping. Stunt performers often take the place of famous male and female actors in these action films so the...
Every day, hundreds of Central American immigrants cross the Rio Grande River on rafts from Mexico to Texas. However, on a recent day, many people stood out among migrants wearing T-shirts and jeans. These people were also generally taller. Some wore...
Our story today is, The Devil and Tom Walker. It was written by Washington Irving. Here is Shep O'Neal with our story. Before we begin our story, let us go back 300 years to the late 1600s. In those years, one of the most famous men in the world was...
Question: Akira writes, When I learned about prepositions in junior high school about 70 years ago, it was taught that between is used to describe two things and among is used with three things or more. Is my memory correct?* Answer: Dear Akira, Than...
Visiting another country? You will need a passport and, probably, a digital vaccination document. 想要前往另一个国家?你将需要护照,并且可能还需要一张数字化疫苗接种文件。 Hoping to restore international travel, the...
Dr. Beach, a self-described coastal expert, has named Hapuna Beach of Hawaii as the best beach in the United States for 2021. In his yearly ranking of the best beaches, he said Hapuna Beach, with its white sand and black lava rocks, is a perfect plac...
Zimbabwean farmers are again growing tobacco. But some say it is lenders who are profiting by placing farmers in debt. Rosemary Dzodza is a small farmer who recently traveled 200 kilometers to the capital, Harare. She brought her tobacco crop for wha...
The U.S. Supreme Court is placing itself in the middle of the culture wars in America. Over the next year, the nation's highest court will hear cases on the divisive issues of abortion and gun rights. The decisions will have far-reaching impacts on A...
Memorial Day is an American holiday that honors the memory of people who died while serving in the U.S. military. This year, it will be celebrated on Monday, May 31st. You might read or hear about Memorial Day ceremonies in the United States. The Ame...
Online marketplace Amazon announced plans Wednesday to buy movie production company Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in a deal valued at $8.45 billion. 亚马逊在线商城周三宣布计划以84.5亿美元的价格收购米高梅电影制片公司。 The deal h...
The United States plans to launch new rules designed to protect pipeline companies against increasing cyberattacks. The action follows a cyberattack earlier this month that shut down a major U.S. fuel pipeline. The outage, involving a 9,000 kilometer...
Republican Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida signed a bill this week that seeks to punish social media companies that remove conservative ideas from their networks. Whether the bill violates the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment remains unclear. The...
People play the lottery with the hopes of winning money, sometimes a lot of money. 人们购买彩票是希望能中奖,有时还会赢得大奖。 Your chances of winning are small, but the payoffs can be big. It takes a lot of luck to win. 虽然中...
Latin America is to receive millions of U.S.-made COVID-19 vaccine injections in the coming weeks. 拉丁美洲将在未来几周内收到数百万剂在美国生产的新冠肺炎疫苗注射液。 The news comes as the United States is becoming the...