VOA慢速英语:Julia Ward Howe, 1819-1910: Anti-Slavery Activist Wrote 'Battle Hymn of the Republic'2012-05-11
Today, we tell about Julia Ward Howe. She wrote one of the great songs of the American Civil War, the Battle Hymn of the Republic.
VOA慢速英语:George Abbott, 1887-1995: 'Mister Broadway'2012-04-29
Experts say probably no one in the history of the American theater influenced it more than George Abbott. He lived to be one hundred-seven years old. He remained active until he died, January thirty-first, nineteen ninety-five.
VOA慢速英语:Beverly Sills, 1929-2007: A Beautiful Voice for Opera and the Arts2012-04-22
Sills worked hard to make opera an art form that the general public could enjoy. She spent the later part of her career as a strong cultural leader for three major performing arts centers in New York City.
VOA慢速英语:Chief Joseph, 1840-1904: A Hero of Freedom for Native Americans,2012-04-15
In eighteen seventy-seven, the American government decided to move the Nez Perce Indians from their land in the northwestern part of the country. The government had set up a reservation for them in Idaho. Chief Joseph did not want to leave the land. It was holy ground. It contained the bones of his father and mother.
VOA慢速英语:Chief Joseph, 1840-1904: A Great Nez Perce Indian Chief2012-04-08
Chief Joseph loved peace. But he was forced to lead his people in war. He loved freedom and his land. But he lost both. Chief Joseph's story begins with his people and his land.
VOA慢速英语:Margaret Sanger, 1883-1966: A Leader of the Birth Control Movement2012-04-01
Many women today have the freedom to decide when they will have children, if they want them. Until about fifty years ago, women spent most of their adult lives having children, year after year.
VOA慢速英语:Nat King Cole, 1919-1965: One of America's Most Popular Singers2012-03-25
Nat King Cole was born in the southern city of Montgomery, Alabama, in Nineteen-Nineteen. His parents named him Nathaniel Adams Coles. His father was a Christian minister.
VOA慢速英语:John Wesley Powell, 1834-1902: Famous Explorer of the American West2012-03-18
Every week at this time we tell the story of someone important in the history of the United States. Today we tell about explorer, John Wesley Powell. He was also a scientist, land reformer, and supporter of native American rights.
VOA慢速英语:Wilma Rudolph, 1940-1994: "The Fastest Woman in the World"2012-03-11
Wilma Rudolph was born in nineteen forty, in Saint Bethlehem, Tennessee. She was born too early and only weighed two kilograms. She had many illnesses when she was very young, including pneumonia and scarlet fever.
该音频有LRC字幕 VOA慢速英语附字幕:Frank and Jesse James, Brothers in Crime in the Old West2012-03-06
Twelve men on horses ride slowly into town. Their hats are low on their faces. They stop in front of the Clay County Savings Bank. Two of the men get off their horses and enter the bank. The bank manager asks if he can help them. The two men pull out guns from under their heavy coats. They demand money.
VOA慢速英语:Who Made Hollywood Into Hollywood?2012-02-26
When you hear the name Hollywood, you probably think of excitement, lights, cameras and movie stars. Famous actors are not the only important people in the entertainment business. Directors and producers are important, too.
VOA慢速英语:Barbara Cooney, 1917-2000: She Created Many Popular Books for Children2012-02-19
For sixty years Barbara Cooney created children's books. She wrote some. And she provided pictures for her own books and for books written by others. Her name appears on one hundred ten books in all.
VOA慢速英语:Stephen Vincent Benet, 1898-1943: Popular Writer of the Early 1900s, Part Two2012-02-13
Benet was one of the most popular writers in the United States during the first half of the nineteen-hundreds. By the middle nineteen-twenties, Benet had published five books of his own. He had won national prizes for his writing. Some of his poems were considered part of the American literary tradition.
VOA慢速英语:Stephen Vincent Benet, 1898-1943: One of America's Most Popular Writers of the 1900s2012-02-05
Each week at this time, we bring you a story about people who were important in the history of the United States. Today, Doug Johnson and Larry West begin the story of Stephen Vincent Benet.
VOA慢速英语:Cliff Robertson, 1923-2011:Award Winning Actor, Writer, Producer and Director2012-01-29
Cliff Robertson died of natural causes in Long Island, New York on September tenth, two thousand eleven. He died a day after his eighty-eighth birthday. Cliff Robertson was born in California, not far from Hollywood. But he did not live there and often was critical of the motion picture industry.
VOA慢速英语:Pocahontas, 1595-1617: An Important Player in Early Jamestown2012-01-22
She lived four hundred years ago in what became the American state of Virginia. She was the first Native American to marry a white person. I'm Shirley Griffith.
VOA慢速英语:Henry Ford, 1863-1947: Life After the Model T2012-01-17
Every week at this time, we tell the story of a person important in the history of the United States. Today, Steve Ember and Frank Oliver complete the story of industrialist Henry Ford.
VOA慢速英语:Henry Ford, 1863-1947: He Created the Ford Motor Company and Revolutionized the Automobile Industry2012-01-08
Every week at this time, we tell the story of a person was important in the history of the United States. Today Steve Ember and Frank Oliver begin the story of industrialist Henry Ford.
VOA慢速英语:Phillis Wheatley, 1753-1784: Early African-American Poet2011-12-19
The girl who became known as Phillis Wheatley was born about seventeen fifty-three in Senegal, Africa. She was kidnapped and brought to the New England colonies in North America on a ship that carried slaves. The ship's name was Phillis.
VOA慢速英语:Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1882: A Great Twentieth Century Writer and Philosopher2011-12-11
The United States had won its independence from Britain just twenty-two years before Ralph Waldo Emerson was born. But it had yet to win its cultural independence. It still took its traditions from other countries, mostly from western Europe.
VOA慢速英语:Burl Ives, 1909-1995; The Famous American Actor and Singer Recorded Hundreds of Songs2011-12-04
In nineteen-fifty-eight Burl Ives appeared in the western movie, The Big Country. He played the part of a man who controls huge amounts of land. In the movie, he is not a nice man. He is mean and respects nothing but power. He causes problems for the people around him.
VOA慢速英语:Georgia O'Keeffe, 1887-1986: Her Paintings Showed Her Love for the American Southwest2011-11-28
America has produced many great painters in the past one hundred years. Georgia O'Keeffe is one of the most popular and easily recognized artists. People do not mistake her work for anyone else's. People can immediately identify her paintings of huge, colorful flowers or bones in dream-like deserts.
VOA慢速英语:Sam Houston, 1793-1863: A 19th Century American Statesman, Politician, and Soldier2011-11-20
Last week, we reported on Sam Houston's problems as commander-in-chief of the Texas army in eighteen-thirty-five. Texas belonged to Mexico at that time and had not yet become part of the United States.
VOA慢速英语:Sam Houston, 1793-1863: One of the Most Famous Leaders of Texas2011-11-13
His father was a soldier during the Revolutionary War. After the war, he served as an officer in the state military forces of Virginia. Sam's mother took care of the family farm while her husband was busy with his duties.
VOA慢速英语:Winslow Homer, 1836-1910: America's Painter2011-11-06
In the painting, the water and sky are grey. It is very early in the morning. If you look carefully at the painting, you can see two small points of the color orange. Looking closer still, you can see that one is a small part of a rising sun. The other is more surprising. It is the firing of the shotgun.
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