VOICE ONE:I'm Steve Ember.VOICE TWO:And I'm Barbara Klein with People in America in VOA Special English. Today we tell about the life and writings of Ayn Rand.(MUSIC)VOICE ONE:Ayn RandAlthough she died more than twenty-five years ago, many Americans still argue about Ayn Rand. More than twenty milli...
ANNOUNCER:Welcome to the VOA Special English program, People in America. Today, Sarah Long and Bob Doughty tell about the inventor Thomas Alva Edison. He had a major effect on the lives of people around the world. Thomas Edison is remembered most for the electric light, his phonograph and his work w...
VOICE ONE:I'm Shirley Griffith.VOICE TWO:Billie HolidayAnd I'm Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Every week we tell about a person important in the history of the United States. This week, we tell about Billie Holiday. She was one of the greatest jazz singers in Am...
ANNOUNCER:People in America – a program in Special English about famous Americans of the past. Now, Kay Gallant and Harry Monroe tell the story of nineteenth century poet Emily Dickinson.(MUSIC) Emily DickinsonVOICE ONE:Because I could not stop for Death —He kindly stopped for me –The carriage held ...
VOICE ONE:I'm Steve Ember.VOICE TWO:And I'm Barbara Klein with PEOPLE IN AMERICA in VOA Special English. Economics is a field based on mathematics. Yet it cannot provide answers to every problem. Some people question whether economics is a science at all. For many years, possibly the loudest critic ...
VOICE ONE:PEOPLE IN AMERICA, a program in Special English by the Voice of America.(MUSIC)He was one of the greatest saxophone players of all time. He wrote jazz music. He John Coltranerecorded new versions of popular songs. And, he helped make modern jazz popular. I'm Shirley Griffith.VOICE TWO:And ...
VOICE ONE:I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO:And I'm Sarah Long with People in America in VOA Special English. Today, we tell about a woman who worked to make a difference in people's lives, Barbara Jordan.(MUSIC)VOICE ONE: Barbara Jordan was a lawyer, educator and member of Congress. She was well known Bar...
VOICE ONE:I'm Phoebe Zimmerman.VOICE TWO:And I'm Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program People in America. Today we tell about the life and work of the greatest American building designer of the twentieth century, Frank Lloyd Wright. (MUSIC)VOICE ONE:Frank Lloyd Wright designed buildings f...
VOICE ONE:I'm Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO:And I'm Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, People in America. Every week we tell about a person important in the history of the United States. Today, we tell about actor and dancer Gene Kelly. Experts say he did more than anyone else to make d...
(THEME)VOICE ONE:I'm Shirley Griffith.VOICE TWO:And I'm Steve Ember with People in America in VOA Special English.Today, we begin the first of two reports about singer Marian Anderson.(MUSIC)VOICE ONE:A tall black woman is singing in a concert hall. Her eyes are closed. She is not looking at the cro...
(MUSIC)VOICE ONE:I'm Shirley Griffith.VOICE TWO: And I'm Steve Ember with People in America in VOA Special English.Today, we complete the story of singer Marian Anderson.Marian Anderson's image on a United States Postal Service stamp(MUSIC)VOICE ONE:Marian Anderson was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylv...
(MUSIC)VOICE ONE:I'm Shirley Griffith.VOICE TWO: And I'm Steve Ember with the Special English program, People in America. Every week we tell about someone important in the history of the United States. Today we tell about writer F. Scott Fitzgerald.F. Scott FitzgeraldVOICE ONE:Early in nineteen twen...
(MUSIC)VOICE ONE:I'm Shirley Griffith.VOICE TWO:And I'm Steve Ember with the Special English program, People in America. Every week, we tell about someone important in the history of the United States. Today, we complete the story of writer F. Scott Fitzgerald.(MUSIC)VOICE ONE:In nineteen twenty-fiv...
(MUSIC)VOICE ONE:I'm Faith Lapidus.VOICE TWO:And I'm Steve Ember with People in America in VOA Special English. Today, we tell about Diane Arbus, a revolutionary modern photographer.(MUSIC)VOICE ONE:Diane Arbus is known for creating intense black and white photographs of very unusual people. She use...
(THEME)VOICE ONE:I'm Faith Lapidus.VOICE TWO:And I'm Steve Ember with PEOPLE IN AMERICA IN VOA Special English.Today we tell about jazz singer and pianist Shirley Horn.(THEME)VOICE ONE:Shirley Horn was considered one of the great jazz singers of the nineteen fifties and sixties.She was often compare...
(MUSIC)VOICE ONE:I'm Barbara Klein.VOICE TWO:Mark TwainAnd I'm Bob Doughty with People in America in VOA Special English.Today we tell about one of America's best-known writers, Mark Twain.We also talk about his famous book, "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn."(MUSIC)VOICE ONE:Mark Twain wrote "The...
(MUSIC)VOICE ONE:I'm Barbara Klein.VOICE TWO:And I'm Steve Ember with People in America in VOA Special English.Today, we will tell about several men who influenced the development of radio.(MUSIC)VOICE ONE:Some people say radio was invented by Guglielmo [gu-lee-YER-mo) Marconi of Italy.Marconi sent ...
(MUSIC)VOICE ONE:I'm Steve Ember.VOICE TWO:And I'm Barbara Klein with People In America in VOA Special English. 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...
(MUSIC)VOICE ONE:I'm Barbara Klein.VOICE TWO:And I'm Steve Ember with People in America in VOA Special English.Today we tell about a writer who helped influence modern culture.Her name was Susan Sontag.(MUSIC)VOICE ONE:Susan Sontag was considered one of the most influential liberal thinkers in the U...
(MUSIC)VOICE ONE:I'm Shirley Griffith.VOICE TWO:And I'm Ray Freeman with the VOA Special English program, People in America. Every week we tell about a person who was important in the history of the United States. Today, we tell about the great jazz musician, Edward Kennedy Ellington. He was better ...
