Born in the small town of Odense, Denmark in 1805, Hans Christian Andersen's life was not easy. His father was a sickly man and his mother washed clothing for a living. His mother wasn't highly educated, but because she was superstitious, she introdu

发表于:2018-11-30 / 阅读(110) / 评论(0) 分类 常春藤生活英语

Now the Special English program American Stories. Our story today is called To Those Who Wait. It was written by E. M. Here is Larry West with our story. I have got my job back. Jeff Miller said to himself over and over again that morning. He had bee

发表于:2018-12-11 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 美国故事

Now, the VOA Special English program American Stories. Last week we brought you the first of four programs called A Princess of Mars. Our story is from a series of books by American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs. They are science fiction stories, a mix

发表于:2018-12-11 / 阅读(44) / 评论(0) 分类 美国故事

The Special English program American Stories. Welcome to the fourth and last part of our program A Princess of Mars. The story is from a series of books by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Last week we told how John Carter observed a fierce battle between the g

发表于:2018-12-11 / 阅读(39) / 评论(0) 分类 美国故事

Now, the Special English program American Stories. Last week we broadcast the second of our programs called A Princess of Mars. The story is from a series of books by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Last week we told how John Carter was captured by a group of

发表于:2018-12-11 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 美国故事

Now, the weekly Special English program American Stories. Our story today is called The Wide Net. It was written by Eudora Welty. Here is Larry West with the story. William Wolas Jameson's wife Hazel was going to have a baby. But this was October and

发表于:2018-12-11 / 阅读(43) / 评论(0) 分类 美国故事

Our story today is called The Line of Least Resistance. It was written by It was written by Edith Wharton. Here is Larry West with the story. Mr. Mindon returned home for lunch. His wife Millicent was not at home. The servants did not know where she

发表于:2018-12-11 / 阅读(46) / 评论(0) 分类 美国故事

Our story today is called Rain Babies. It was written by Laura Cross Melment. Here is Barbara Klein with the story. An old woman and her husband lived in a small house in a green field. They had plenty of food and a good roof over their heads and the

发表于:2018-12-11 / 阅读(58) / 评论(0) 分类 美国故事

Now the Special English program American Stories. Our story this week is called Bartleby. It was written by Herman Melville, one of America's best-known writers. Here is Shep O'Neal to tell you the story in Special English. I am an old lawyer and I h

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Now, the Special English program American Stories. Our story today is called Charles. It was written by Shirley Jackson. Here is Kay Gallant with the story. The day my son Laurie started going to school, he began wearing blue jeans with a belt. I wat

发表于:2018-12-11 / 阅读(42) / 评论(0) 分类 美国故事

(MUSIC) Our story this week is Keesh. It was written by Jack London. Here is Shep ONeal to tell you the story. (MUSIC) Storyteller: Keesh lived at the edge of the polar sea. He had seen thirteen suns in the Eskimo way of keeping time. Among the Eskim

发表于:2019-01-01 / 阅读(61) / 评论(0) 分类 美国故事

(MUSIC) Our story today is called Rappaccinis Daughter. It was written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. We will tell the story in two parts. Here is Kay Gallant with the first part of our story. (MUSIC) Storyteller: Many years ago, a young man named Giovanni

发表于:2019-01-01 / 阅读(199) / 评论(0) 分类 美国故事

(MUSIC) Our story is called The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County. It was written by Mark Twain. Here is Shep ONeal with the story. (MUSIC) STORYTELLER: A friend of mine in the East asked me to visit old Simon Wheeler, to ask about my frien

发表于:2019-01-01 / 阅读(167) / 评论(0) 分类 美国故事

Our story this week is called The God of His Fathers. It was written by Jack London in the year nineteen-oh-one. Here is Shep O'Neal with the story. (MUSIC). Storyteller: Silently the wolves circled the herd of caribou deer. Gray bellies close to the

发表于:2019-01-01 / 阅读(166) / 评论(0) 分类 美国故事

The old Indian was sitting in the snow. It was Koskoosh, former chief of his tribe. Now all he could do was sit and listen to the others. His eyes were old, he could not see. But his ears were wide open to every sound. Aha, that was the sound of his

发表于:2019-01-01 / 阅读(170) / 评论(0) 分类 美国故事

Today we complete the story Benito Cereno written by Herman Melville. As we told you in earlier parts of our story, rebel slaves seized the ship San Dominick off the coast of Chile. They killed many of its officers and crew. The Captain Benito Cereno

发表于:2019-01-01 / 阅读(129) / 评论(0) 分类 美国故事

Captain Benito Cereno hurried aboard his ship. It was ready to sail. A bright sun in a soft breeze promised good weather ahead. The ships anchor was raised and the San Dominick, old but still seaworthy, moved slowly out of the harbor of Valparaiso on

发表于:2019-01-01 / 阅读(151) / 评论(0) 分类 美国故事

The Secretary of the US Army delivers a stinging indictment today against those accused of sloppy record keeping at Arlington National Cemetery. And John McHugh tells the families of those resting in that hallowed ground that he is deeply sorry. Toda

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The Palestinian militant group Hamas claim Israeli intelligence agents have targeted a top Palestinian militant in the United Arab Emirates. Hamas has accused Israel of assassinating one of its senior commanders. Speaking in Damascus, Hamas official

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(99) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2010年(一月)

By Paula Wolfson White House 14 September 2006 The stage is set for a confrontation between the White House and the U.S. Senate on the sensitive and complex issue of how best to try and treat terror suspects. A key Senate committee has approved a pr

发表于:2019-02-04 / 阅读(127) / 评论(0) 分类 2006年VOA标准英语(九月)