2023-04-08 Andrew Jackson: Loved/Hated
VOA Learning English presents America’s Presidents. Andrew Jackson, the seventh president, was unlike the earlier U.S. presidents. His family was poor, he had little education, and he lived on what…
2023-04-07 Study: Horses Were in American West by Early 1600s
A new study suggests that horses were present in the American West by the early 1600s. That is earlier than most written histories have estimated. The new finding came from…
2023-04-07 Ben Affleck, Matt Damon Working Together Again in ‘Air’
In the early 1980s, Michael Jordan was a great college basketball player at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. No one was sure he would become one of the world’s…
2023-04-07 American Stories: How the Animals Lost Their Tails by Carl Sandburg
Introduction: Today’s story is How the Animals Lost Their Tails and Got Them Back Traveling from Philadelphia to Medicine Hat. It appeared in the book Rootabaga Stories by Carl Sandburg,…
2023-04-07 Gauge and Yardstick
Hello! This week on Ask a Teacher, we will answer a question about “gauge” and “yardstick.” Question: Dear teacher， I am Anora, your loyal reader from China. I am glad…
2023-04-06 Hello AInstein! Cyprus Classrooms Create Robot with ChatGPT
High school students and those who help in their education in Cyprus have developed an unusual robot. The robot uses ChatGPT artificial intelligence , or AI, technology. ChatGPT is a…
2023-04-06 DNA Project Seeks to Learn Histories of Forgotten US Slaves
An organization is using human genetic material to learn about the African roots of 36 American slaves who lived in the late 1700s. The 36 bodies were discovered in 2013…
2023-04-06 Feedback: Writing About Your Living Space
In a recent Everyday Grammar report, we explored how to describe your living space. We asked our readers and listeners to write us a message about their living space. In…
2023-04-05 Cellphone Celebrates 50 Years in Existence
The first cellphone was invented fifty years ago this week. The man who built that phone, Martin Cooper, is now 94 years old. Cooper, who has been called the “father…
2023-04-05 New Images Show How Damaged Fukushima Nuclear Reactors Are
A robot captured images inside one of the three severely damaged reactors at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear power center. The Fukushima center was damaged by a powerful earthquake and tsunami that…
2023-04-05 Paris Votes to Ban Electric Scooters by September
If you like riding electric scooters in Paris, be sure to plan a trip before September. People who live in the French capital voted recently to ban the vehicles. The…
2023-04-05 In Vermont, Handmade Blankets Welcome Refugees, Immigrants
An effort called the Welcome Blanket project aims to help refugees by giving them hand-made blankets. The project has grown over the years. Recently, Welcome Blanket showed at least 86…