AS IT IS 2014-11-11 South Korean Monk Cares for Cemetery of Enemy Soldiers 韩国僧人照看敌军墓地 When the Korean War ended in 1953 with a cease-fire agreement, the remains of thousands of soldiers were left in both North and South Korea. In...
AS IT IS 2014-11-11 Film Explores Battle War Veterans Face in Civilian Society In the movie The Last Patrol, filmmaker Sebastian Junger travels with two war veterans and a photographer who has worked in war zones. The four men walk 640 kilometers fro...
Words and Their Stories: Boxing Expressions Now, the VOA Learning English program Words and Their Stories. The world of boxing gave us famous competitors like Muhammad Ali. It also gave us many expressions that we use in our everyday lives. Years ago...
AS IT IS 2014-11-10 Swimmers Trading Pools for Open Water 游泳者不去泳池而去野外游泳 Increased numbers of swimmers are trading warm, calm pool water for exercise in open water. These people are known as wild swimmers. Wild seems like a g...
Young Technology Expert Works to Stop Car Thefts Kenya is East Africas largest economy. Its capital Nairobi is growing quickly. But so is the citys crime rate -- the Nairobi Metropolitan Crime Observatory says thieves steal an average of 10 cars each...
Young Technology Expert Works to Stop Car Thefts Kenya is East Africas largest economy. Its capital Nairobi is growing quickly. But so is the citys crime rate -- the Nairobi Metropolitan Crime Observatory says thieves steal an average of 10 cars each...
AS IT IS 2014-11-09 The Fall of the Berlin Wall: 25 Years Later 柏林墙倒塌25年后 Sunday marks the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. The former East Germany built the wall in 1961 to divide East and West Berlin. For many years, i...
AS IT IS 2014-11-09 Syrian Films Tell of Horror, Hope Syrian filmmakers have been attending film festivals in Europe. Last week, the filmmakers attended the showing of a film called Our Terrible Country. The movie explores two men and their friendshi...
Tips for Applying to US Colleges, Part Two 申请美国大学的几点建议二 Editor's note: For part two of our tips for applying to American colleges, we visited George Mason University. George Mason University is the largest public research univ...
AS IT IS 2014-11-08 Turkey May Change Property Seizure Law Turkish lawmakers are expected to approve legislation soon that would affect property rights. The measure would permit police to seize property from people accused of plotting against the gov...
Education Ebola Forces Sierra Leone Students to Learn by Radio 因埃博拉停课的塞拉利昂学生通过电台接受教育 Ebola has struck hard in Sierra Leone. More than one million children have been unable to attend school because of the cont...
Republican Party Wins Control of US Senate, Strengthens Hold on House 共和党赢得对美国参议院的控制 The Republican Party has won control of the United States Senate and strengthened its majority in the House of Representatives. The Democ...
AS IT IS 2014-11-06 Marijuana Becomes Legal in DC and Oregon Voters in Washington, D.C. and the northwestern state of Oregon have approved measures to make marijuana legal. The victories for lawful use of the drug were among separate initiatives on b...
AS IT IS 2014-11-06 Election Results Could Force Changes in US Foreign Policy 选举结果可能迫使美国改变外交政策 President Barack Obama may have less power to negotiate with other countries beginning in January. That is because his poli...
Miranda Lambert Wins Big (Again) at Country Music Awards 2014美国乡村音乐学院奖:米兰达兰伯特再加冕 Welcome to American Mosaic from VOA Learning English. Im Caty Weaver. The Country Music Association held its yearly awards Wednesday...
