Pandemic Draws More Latin American Poor into the Banking System Sonia Fierro sells books for children on the streets of Bogota, Colombia. She earns just enough money to pay for her meals, housing and other living expenses. But she has never earned en...
Today, we answer a question from a group of friends. They write: Question: We are Yasemin, Kbra, Hicret, Rukiye, and Nazli and we are writing from Turkey. We would like to learn some idioms about friendship. Thank you. - from Yasemin in Turkey Answer...
Vietnam is reportedly threatening to shut Facebook in the country if the company does not accept government demands to restrict local content. A Facebook official told Reuters that it has obeyed a government request from April to increase its censors...
Scientists at the University of Oxford say their experimental COVID-19 vaccine shows a strong immune response among older people. The early results raise hopes that the vaccine can protect the people most at risk of getting severely ill from the new...
On the roof of an apartment building in one of Gaza's most crowded cities live some unusual occupants two baby lions. The babies, or cubs, walk among the water tanks and eat chicken for food. Children play with the animals and some take selfies with...
Pacific Islands, Secretive Nations Among the Last COVID-Free Places The coronavirus has been confirmed on every continent except Antarctica and in almost every country. However, a small number of places have not yet confirmed a single case of infecti...
Have you ever been unsure about when to use if and when to use whether? If so, you are not alone. There is a reason these words can be tricky: They are sometimes interchangeable. In some cases, either word can be used with no difference in meaning. F...
Twitter has launched a new feature that lets users post tweets that disappear after a day. The social media company calls the new tweets fleets. The word fleet is an adjective meaning very fast or quick. Fleets can be sent as written messages, pictur...
Pfizer Says Its COVID-19 Vaccine 90 Percent Effective From VOA Learning English, this is the Health and Lifestyle Report. American drug-maker Pfizer says its experimental vaccine appears to be more than 90 percent effective in preventing COVID-19. Th...
More Americans say they are on a special diet compared with Americans about 10 years ago. That information comes from a report released this week by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or CDC. 相比10年前，现在有更多的美国人...
People who are good at growing plants know that it is possible to plant what seems to be a lifeless stick and produce a tree or other kind of plant. The stick is a really what is called a hardwood cutting. From these cuttings, trees, vines and shrubs...
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. If you asked me to name the top life lessons of 2020, my list would likely include these words: Technology skills are a necessity. For the past eight months, many people have been workin...
Most of the efforts aimed at reducing climate change center on reducing the use of fossil fuels. But a new study warns that pollution caused by the world's food production system is also a major driver of rising temperatures on the planet. 大多数旨...
In the Stone Age Americas, a woman's place may have been on the hunt, a new study reports. The study has archaeologists rethinking ideas about gender roles in prehistoric hunter-gatherer cultures. But some scientists are not so sure about the results...
The American company Virgin Hyperloop says the high-speed transportation system it is developing has passed its first test with passengers. 美国维珍超级高铁公司称其正在开发的高速运输系统已经通过了首次载人测试。 The...
