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Carrie Underwood has made history after becoming the first female artist to win entertainer of the year at the Academy of Country Music Awards twice。 The former American Idol winner, 27, who last picked up the award in 2009, also won a special trip
SHEREEN MARISOL MERAJI, HOST: Journalist RJ Young came of age in Oklahoma but kept his distance from guns and gun culture there. So it was a surreal turn of events when, years later, he became an NRA-certified pistol instructor. These days, RJ Young'
What's been called the scariest place on earth is the sight of our next story. Despite it's name, the Demilitarized Zone, the border that separates North Korea and South Korea is one of the most heavily militarized borders on the planet. But in one s
Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION -- American history in VOA Special English. One day in October of eighteen fifty-nine, Americans were shocked by news of an attack led by John Brown. He was an antislavery extremist. Many people also considered him
今天要讲的三个习惯用语里都有下面这个词:stick。Stick这个词有很多解释。在用作名词的时候stick它可以指一根木棍。在今天我们要讲的三个习惯用语里stick都是用作动词,意思是把什么东西系
MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Now we want to tell you about a fictional treatment of a serious policy debate - guns. Since the Parkland shooting and massive demonstrations around the country led by a vocal group of teenagers, advocates for gun control hope th
From NPR news in Washington, I am Jack Speer.In Sun Bernardino, California, fourteen people are dead and fourteen more wounded after a gunman open fire at a social services facility called inland Regional Center. NPR Ina Jaffe reports the gunman or g
For the first time in history, the U.S. Supreme Court has issued a definitive ruling on the right of Americans to own guns. A five-to-four majority of the court ruled that individual citizens have the right to own firearms, and in the process it stru
CDC is afraid is afraid to fund firearms research. David Hemenway, professor of health policy at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Twenty years ago they were doing a tiny amount of funding for firearms research, $2.6 million a year, $2.6
I have noticed recently in the shops, a new season of toys on the shelves. When I say a season of toys, what I mean is a new set of toys for this warmer season. The Summer toys are here, and they have a very outdoorsy and watery theme. As you browse
Jerry watched gangster movies. He loved gangster movies. Gangsters were cool. They were rich. They had pretty girlfriends. They drove fast cars. They had guns. They shot enemies with their guns. They shot police with their guns. They shot each other
For the first time in history, the U.S. Supreme Court has issued a definitive ruling on the right of Americans to own guns. A five-to-four majority of the court ruled that individual citizens have the right to own firearms, and in the process it str
MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: The question - the question - that hangs over the investigation here in Vegas is, why? We still don't have a good answer to that, to what motivated Stephen Paddock. But we are slowly gaining insight into another key question.
AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Doctors have become increasingly vocal in addressing gun violence as a public health crisis. That posture has drawn the wrath of the NRA, which tweeted recently, someone should tell self-important anti-gun doctors to stay in thei
Chapter 27 - Napoleons dispositions for the battle of Borodin On the twenty-fifth of August, so his historians tell us, Napoleon spent the whole day on horseback inspecting the locality, considering plans submitted to him by his marshals, and persona
A champion of freedom, a pioneering leader,a woman of greatness, that's how some world leaders described Margret Thatcher.Former British Prime Minister died yesterday after she had a stroke. We lost a great leader, a great primeminister, and a Great
Have you heard of skeet shooting, or perhaps clay pigeon shooting? Well, we are beginning to do it. Having been inspired by his grandfather in Scotland, my son Cass caught the bug. Doing it once when we went to stay with my father last summer just wa
The only crime I have ever been connected with was unsuccessful. One summer night I went to bed, leaving my bedroom door open because it was very hot. During the night I was woken up by the sound of a match being struck. For a moment I thought it mus
The Weekend - Guns People have many diferent reasons to own guns. Some use them to hunt, some have them for self-defense. Others are in the armed forces of their country. Today, we join two friends as they head to the shooting range to practice their
Daily Life - Toys From stufed animals to water guns to Barbies to Hot Wheels, toy stores today are crowded with many types of toys for any age. Join us today on EnglishPod as we learn the names of some common toys and how to describe them!