2024-06-15 Being ‘Put Through the Wringer’ Is Not Fun
And now, Words and Their Stories, from VOA Learning English. Today we talk about a physical action called “wringing.” That is “wring” beginning with a silent “w.” The dictionary publisher…
2024-06-15 International Students Face Uncertain Job Market at Home, in US
International students in the United States are concerned that technology job reductions will make it hard to get a good return on their education. For the last three years, technology…
2024-06-14 UN: Aquatic Farming Production Is More Than Fishing
The number of aquatic animals harvested worldwide by farming is now higher than the amount fished from the wild, the United Nations found. Farmed aquatic animals include fish, shrimp, clams,…
2024-06-14 Researchers: Climate Change Made Brazil’s Floods Twice as Likely
A team of international researchers says that climate change made recent flooding in southern Brazil twice as likely to happen. It also said that the El Niño Pacific Ocean current…
2024-06-14 Modern Horse Traces Origin to 4200 Years Ago
The horse changed human history. And now scientists have a clearer idea of when humans began to change the horse. Around 4,200 years ago, one particular lineage of horse quickly…
2024-06-14 ‘Feathertop,’ by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Our story today is called “Feathertop.” It was written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Lawan Davis adapted it for VOA Learning English. Here is Shep O’Neal with the story. The long cold…
2024-06-14 Feel, Feel Like
Hello! This week on Ask a Teacher, we answer a question from Ana in Brazil about the difference between “feel” and “feel like.” Question Hi guys I’ve… learned a lot…
2024-06-13 Brazilian Ranchers: World’s Costliest Cow Is ‘The Best’
The Brazilian ranchers who own the world’s most costly cow call her Viatina-19. The large, white cow is valued at over $4 million. At 1,100 kilograms, she is about two…
2024-06-13 What Is the Hajj?
Once a year, millions of Muslims from all over the world travel to Saudi Arabia, to complete an important religious duty called Hajj. The travelers gather in the city of…
2024-06-13 US Workers Secretly Take ‘Workations’
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle report. In the United States, a quiet change is happening at work. Many workers are taking “workations.” This is when…
2024-06-13 Talking about Hot Weather Around the World
In a recent Everyday Grammar, we showed how to use three grammatical structures to talk about hot weather. They are phrasal verbs, collocations, and metaphors. In this lesson, we review…
2024-06-12 Officials, Scientists Warn of a Hot Summer
The summer has yet to arrive, but temperatures have reached record-high levels in some places, leading to school closings, wildfires and deaths. In China, high temperatures were recorded in the…
2024-06-12 Olympic Athletes Bring Cooling Technology to Paris Games
The 2024 Olympic Games open in Paris late next month and experts say especially hot summer weather is likely to return. Temperatures set record highs in Europe last summer and…