voa慢速英语:Isadora Duncan,1877-1927:The...2010-08-30
Angela Isadora Duncan was born in San Francisco, California in eighteen seventy-seven. She was the youngest of four children. Her parents marriage ended in divorce when Isadora was three years old. Isadora and her brothers and sister were raised by their mother, Mary.
voa慢速英语:Duke Ellington:His Life Story,Part Two2010-08-22
Every week we tell about a person who was important in the history of the United States. Today, we finish our report about the great jazz musician Duke Ellington.
voa慢速英语:Duke Ellington,1899-1974:From a Young...2010-08-15
Just the first few notes of that song are enough to tell any music expert who is playing. It is like a musical sign. The sign says, Listen! You are about to hear something by Duke Ellington's orchestra. It was always the first song his orchestra played.
voa慢速英语:Clare Boothe Luce, 903-1987:News Reporter,..2010-08-08
Today we tell about a woman who became famous for her activities in government, the media and the arts. She was a member of Congress and an ambassador. She was a news reporter and magazine editor. And she wrote plays. Her name was Clare Boothe Luce.
voa慢速英语:Jacob Riis,1849-1914:He Worked to Make New...2010-08-01
Every week at this time, the Voice of America tells about someone important in the history of the United States. This week we tell about Jacob Riis. He was a writer who used all his energy to make the world a better place for poor people.
voa慢速英语:Winslow Homer,1836-1910:America's Greatest...2010-07-25
Today we tell about Winslow Homer, considered to be the greatest American artist of the nineteenth century. Homer created pictures that showed the relationship between humans and nature. The strong, clear images he drew and painted matched the wild, developing and proud United States of the late eighteen hundreds.
voa慢速英语:Emily Dickinson,1830-1886:The 'Belle of Amherst'...2010-07-18
The words are by American poet Emily Dickinson, who died in eighteen eighty-six. During her life, she published only about ten poems. Four years after her death, a few more poems were published. But her complete work did not appear until nineteen fifty-five.
voa慢速英语:Ella Fitzgerald,1917-1996:America's First...2010-07-04
The year was nineteen thirty-three. The place was New York City. Ella Fitzgerald was sixteen years old. She had entered a competition at the Apollo Theater in Harlem. She was going to dance. But she had just watched two dancers perform. They were better dancers than she.
voa慢速英语:Mary Lyon:A Leader in Women's Education2010-06-28
During the nineteenth century, women's education was not considered important in the United States. Supporters of advanced education for women faced many problems.
voa慢速英语:Woody Guthrie,1912-1967:He Wrote One of...2010-06-20
Woody Guthrie grew up in Oklahoma and Texas during the nineteen twenties. A short time later, many farms in these states failed. Extreme dry weather ruined the soil. This area became known as the Dust Bowl.
voa慢速英语:Woody Guthrie,1912-1967:Singing the Songs of Dust...2010-06-13
Imagine you are in America in the nineteen thirties. A train passes through the countryside. It is night time. And the only sound that can be heard is the long, lonely whistle coming from the train's engine. Inside the train's boxcars are groups of men sitting or lying on the floors. The men are dirty and their clothing is torn. In one boxcar, a short man with long, curly brown hair is playing a guitar and singing. His name is Woody Guthrie.
voa慢速英语:Ayn Rand,1905-1982:Americans Still Debate Her...2010-06-07
Although she died more than twenty-five years ago, many Americans still argue about Ayn Rand. More than twenty million copies of her books have been sold around the world. Many people say her books are poorly written. But people still buy hundreds of thousands of copies of them each year. People also continue to talk about her ideas and her interesting life.
VOA慢速英语:Ayn Rand,Americans Still Debate Her Books and Ideas2010-06-06
Although she died more than twenty-five years ago, many Americans still argue about Ayn Rand. More than twenty million copies of her books have been sold around the world. Many people say her books are poorly written.
voa慢速英语:R.Buckminster Fuller,1895-1983:Building Designer...2010-05-30
Building designer. Engineer. Inventor. Thinker. Poet. Not five people. Just one: Richard Buckminster Fuller. Bucky Fuller, as he was known, was one of the most unusual thinkers of the twentieth century. His aim in life was to make the human race a success in the universe.
voa慢速英语:Lena Horne,A Star Who Broke Racial Barriers2010-05-23
Today we remember the singer and actress Lena Horne. She helped break racial barriers by changing the way black women were represented in film. During her sixty-year career performing, Lena Horne electrified audiences with her beauty and rich, emotional voice. She used her fame to fight social injustices toward African-Americans.
voa慢速英语:Barbara Jordan,A Powerful Voice for...2010-05-09
Barbara Jordan was a lawyer, educator and member of Congress. She was well known for her powerful, thoughtful speeches. During her long political career, Barbara Jordan worked for social change. She sought to use her political influence to make a difference for all Americans.
voa慢速英语:Doctor Seuss,People of all Ages Love his...2010-05-02
Doctor Seuss was the name used by Theodor Seuss Geisel. He was famous because of the books he wrote for children. They combine humorous words, funny pictures, and social opinion. Mister Geisel also illustrated his books with pictures of funny creatures and plants. He did not receive training in art. Yet he created the pictures for most of his books.
voa慢速英语:Ida Tarbell,She Used Her Reporting Skills Against...2010-04-25
People in America, a program in Special English on the Voice of America. Every week we tell about a person who was important in the history of the United States. Today Shirley Griffith and Ray Freeman tell about reporter Ida Minerva Tarbell.
voa慢速英语:Lucille Clifton,The Award-Winning Poet was the...2010-04-18
Lucille Clifton began writing poetry when she was about ten years old. She had developed an interest in poetry because of her mother, Thelma Sayles. Her mother was also a poet although her poems were never published. As a child Lucille would sit on her mother's lap and listen as she read poetry. She learned to love words and the power of words. That stayed with her as she grew.
voa慢速英语:The first Latino Baseball Player Honored...2010-04-11
Most sports players are known for how great they play a game, or how many records they break. But Roberto Clemente was loved not only for his ability in sports, but also for the kind of person that he was.
voa慢速英语:Elvis Presley,1935-1977:The King...2010-04-04
That song, Hound Dog, was one of Elvis Presley's most popular records. It sold five million copies in nineteen fifty-six. Music industry experts say more than one thousand million of Elvis's recordings have sold throughout the world. He was a success in many different kinds of music -- popular, country, religious, and rhythm and blues.
voa慢速英语:Madam C.J. Walker:Developed Hair-Care Products...2010-03-28
In the early nineteen hundreds, life for most African-Americans was very difficult. Mobs of white people attacked and killed black people. It was legal to separate groups of people by race. Women, both black and white, did not have the same rights as men.
voa慢速英语:Mark Twain:One of America’s Best Known...2010-03-21
Mark Twain wrote The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in eighteen eighty-four. Since then, the book has been published in at least sixty languages. Some people say it is the best book ever created by an American writer. American students still read The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.? And parents, teachers and literary experts still debate the issues discussed in the book.
voa慢速英语:Rachel Carson,1907-1964:Environmentalist and Author2010-03-15
People America, a program in Special English on the Voice of America. Today, Steve Ember and Rich Kleinfeldt tell about scientist Rachel Carson. Her work started the environmental protection movement in the United States.
voa慢速英语:Todd Duncan,1903-1998:He Opened Doors for Other...2010-03-07
Todd Duncan is on the stage. He had just become the first African American man to sing with this important American opera company. No one was sure how he would be received. But the people in the theater offered loud, warm approval of his performance.
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