Fourteen Scientists and Activists Who are Changing the World

STEVE EMBER: Im Steve Ember. SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: And Im Shirley Griffith with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Every year, the National Geographic Society honors scientists, wildlife experts and others for their work. Each honoree receives a ten th

VOA慢速英语--Isaac Newton: One of the World’s Greatest Scientists

SHIRLEY GRIFFITH:This is Shirley Griffith. STEVE EMBER: And this is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, Explorations. Today we tell about one of the world's greatest scientists, Isaac Newton. (MUSIC) SHIRLEY GRIFFITH:Much of today's sci

VOA慢速英语2018--July 2, 2003: St. John Archeology

(THEME) VOICE ONE: This is Nicole Nichols. VOICE TWO: And this is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS. Today we tell about discoveries of the past on the island of Saint John, in the United States Virgin Islands. Saint John

美国印第安人特许学校在奥克拉荷马获批

American Indian Charter School Wins Approval in Oklahoma Last month, Oklahoma education officials approved plans to open a charter school to serve American Indian students. A charter school is established by a legal agreement, is operated by parents

VOA慢速英语--更多国际大学生留在美国工作

More International College Students Staying to Work in US The United States has long been considered to be among the best places in the world for higher education. For several years now, the number of international students attending U.S. colleges an

VOA慢速英语2018 盖茨基金会宣布为学校提供9200万美元援助

Gates Foundation Announces $92 Million Assistance to Schools The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is providing $92 million in assistance in a new effort to help minority and low-income students succeed. 比尔及梅琳达盖茨基金会将为一项新

Tiffany Glass Treasures on Display in New York City

Deep inside an industrial neighborhood in New York City is an ordinary building containing an extraordinary treasure. It is the home of The Neustadt Tiffany Glass Archive. It holds the worlds largest collection of Tiffany glass, with almost 250,000 p

Williams vs. Osaka: A Dream Match at the US Open

This is Whats Trending Today American tennis player Serena Williams is looking to make history by winning a record 24th Grand Slam title at the U.S. Open on Saturday. Across the net will be 20-year-old Naomi Osaka. She has already made history of her

Look, Appear and Seem

Welcome to Ask a Teacher ? a new program where readers ask questions and teachers answer them. Have you noticed that English is full of words that have similar meanings? In todays Ask a Teacher, Mika from Japan asks how to decide among three verbs th

'The Devil and Tom Walker,' by Washington Irving

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

Trump Officials Deny They Wrote New York Times Op-Ed

Top Trump administration officials say they are not the writer of a New York Times opinion piece sharply critical of President Donald Trump. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo spoke on the issue during his visit to India. He called the opinion piece sad.

S. Korea Says Korean Leaders to Meet on Denuclearization

A South Korean official says North Koreas leader commented that he is committed to denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. National security advisor Chung Eui-yong also said that the leaders of North and South Korea are to meet in the capital of No

Falling Currencies Lead to Fear of Contagion

Fear is growing in financial markets around the world. First, it was Argentina. Then came Turkey, South Africa and Indonesia Investors and policy-making officials are worried about the falling value of currencies of several emerging markets. Most of

The Sounds of Grammar with Betty Azar

For VOA Learning English, this is Everyday Grammar. Today we have a special guest host. Betty Azar is the most successful writer of grammar textbooks in the world. Generations of English learners will recognize her best-selling book Understanding and

Nike’s New Deal with Kaepernick Debated on Social Media

This is Whats Trending Today. A business deal between Nike and former American football star Colin Kaepernick is creating a flood of debate online. Kaepernick became famous for starting a wave of protests among National Football League players of pol

VOA慢速英语2018--血浓于水吗？

Is Blood Thicker Than Water? Now, the VOA Learning English program Words and Their Stories. On this program we explore expressions often heard in American English. And sometimes we get it wrong -- very wrong! But to be fair, there are simply some exp

Russian TV Show Presents Putin as ‘Humane Human’

Russian government television has a new weekly current affairs program about President Vladimir Putin. The hour-long show, Moscow. Kremlin. Putin, launched September 2 on Rossiya 1 television. Radio and television reporter Vladimir Solovyov is the ho

VOA慢速英语2018 美国可能成为世界顶级石油生产国

US 'Likely' Returns as World's Top Oil Producer The United States may have regained the position of the worlds biggest oil producer sooner than expected. 美国可能已经早于预期重新夺得了全球最大石油生产国地位。 The U.S. Energ

VOA慢速英语2018 印度最高法院裁定生物识别系统合法

Indias Top Court Rules Biometric ID System Is Legal Indias Supreme Court has ruled that the governments biometric identity, or ID system for citizens is legal. 印度最高法院裁定政府的生物身份识别或公民身份识别系统合法。 Fo

VOA慢速英语--美国第三次加息或造成重大影响

US Move to Raise Interest Rates Could Have a Big Effect The United States central bank raised its main interest rate Wednesday for the third time this year. The rate increase could affect not only the U.S. economy, but economies around the world. Exp