Myanmar, Conservationists Working Together to Save Elephants

Elephants have had a rich history in Myanmar, the country also known as Burma. Throughout the countrys past, the animals have been used for everything, including transportation, agriculture and warfare. The white elephant was a symbol of power for th

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Benin, French Presidents to Discuss Returning African Artifacts French President Emmanuel Macron will meet with the president of Benin not long after he promised to return artifacts taken from Africa during colonial times. Macron will meet with Benin

VOA慢速英语2018--以防万一你不使用“如果”

Just in Case You Don't Use 'If' It is no surprise that many popular love songs use conditionals. Conditional sentences show that something is true only when something else is true. So, they help us talk about wishes, hopes and even regrets. In her so

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Hamas Plans Huge Demonstrations Along Gaza-Israel Border Hamas leaders of the Palestinian territory of Gaza are asking people to march along its border with Israel in the coming weeks. Hamas is seeking to gather large crowds to set up camps near the

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Judge Drops Murder Charges Against Man Who Spent 45 Years in Jail A man in the state of Michigan is free this week after being wrongly convicted of murder and spending 45 years in prison. A judge has agreed to permanently drop the case against the ma

VOA慢速英语2018 马拉拉称她继续为争取巴基斯坦的女童教育斗争

In Pakistan, Malala Says She Will Continue Fight for Girls Education Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai says she is excited to be home in Pakistan for the first time since the Taliban tried to kill her in 2012. She was just 14 when attackers g

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Refugee Women Get a Taste of Starting a Business When refugees arrive in a new country, they bring few possessions. But many bring something more valuable: their skills. Recently, twenty refugee women and asylum seekers met at a pop-up store in Phoen

VOA慢速英语2018 俄罗斯驱逐英国外交官

Russia Expels More British Diplomats Russia ordered new cuts Friday to the number of British diplomats in the country. The move has worsened the clash between Russia and several European countries and the United States over the poisoning of a former

Music Program at Sing Sing Prison Gives Detainees a New Start

Sing Sing Correctional Facility is a high-security prison about an hour by car north of New York City. Sing Sing holds 1,600 prisoners. As the men serve their sentences, prison officials are planning for the time those detainees will be released. One

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From VOA Learning English, this is American Stories. Our story is called The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky. It was written by Stephen Crane. We will listen to the story in two parts. Today we will hear the first part of the story. The great train was rus

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We often need to tell others what someone else said. There are two ways to do this. One is to say the same words and use quotation marks. That is direct speech. The other method is to summarize, or tell about what someone said. This is called reporte

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Trump Calls for a 'New American Moment' in Speech President Donald Trump sought to unite a deeply divided nation with his call for a new American moment during his State of the Union address Tuesday night. Trump declared that there has never been a b

Report Studies Growing Trees for Profit

Governments around the world have promised billions of dollars to replant trees on millions of hectares of poor land. What is missing are the businesses to make this happen. A new report by the World Resources Institute says it wants to solve this pr

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Bees Protect Crops from Wild Elephants in India People in Mayilattumpara, a village in southwest India, could not sleep at night. Because of habitat loss, wild elephants would enter their village to look for food, destroying crops and farmland. The v

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Meet the Whale That Can Say 'Hello' and 'Bye Bye' This is Whats Trending Today Wikie is a 14-year-old whale living in captivity in France. Wikie is an orca. Orcas are extremely smart, making them dangerous to their prey. Orcas are also called killer

VOA慢速英语2018 苹果将允许iPhone用户关闭降速功能

Apple to Allow Users to Turn Off iPhone Slowdowns Apple says it will give iPhone users the ability to turn off a software tool that can slow down device performance. 苹果公司表示将使iPhone手机用户能够关闭一款会降低设备性能的软

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Russia Warns Against Cutting North Koreas Oil Supply Russias ambassador to North Korea says oil shipments to the North should not be reduced again. Russian news media reported the comments of the countrys top diplomat in Pyongyang, Alexander Matzegor

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Ten North Korean skaters and skiers arrived in South Korea on Thursday to take part in the Winter Olympics, which opens next week. Final preparations for the Olympics have brought a temporary reduction in tensions over the North Korean governments nu

Court Overturns Olympic Doping Bans

The Court of Arbitration for Sport has rejected an International Olympic Committee (IOC) decision to bar 28 Russian athletes from Olympic competition. The IOC had ruled against the athletes for violating its anti-doping rules at the 2014 Winter Olymp