美国国家公共电台 NPR Actor Ed Harris Says Sam Shepard Was 'Iconically American'

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: One of this country's most prolific playwrights has died. Sam Shepard, who portrayed the frayed ends of the American experience - rugged characters, toxic relationships. He wrote more than 40 plays, among them True West and Burie

美国国家公共电台 NPR Actor Ron Glass Dies At Age 71

Actor Ron Glass Dies At Age 71 play pause stop mute unmute max volume 00:0001:20repeat repeat off Update Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin. LINDA WERTHEIMER, HOST: A

各国名人英文介绍-Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou is part of the fabric of modern America. She has told her story of being a key part of the civil rights movement through poetry, novels and film. She is best known for her six autobiographies, most notably I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

各国名人英文介绍-Steven Spielberg

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VOA常速英语2007-Jazzman Dave Brubeck Celebrates 'Indian Summer'

By Doug Levine Washington 02 October 2007 The dictionary defines Indian summer as a happy or flourishing period occurring toward the end of something. It's also the title of a new album of solo piano pieces by jazzman Dave Brubeck. As VOA's Doug Levi

2007年VOA标准英语-Canada Claims First Football Win at Women's Wor

By Jim Stevenson Hangzhou, China 16 September 2007 Canada has picked up its first win at the Women's World Cup football tournament in China. VOA's Jim Stevenson was at the game Saturday in Hangzhou, where the Canadians scored often against Ghana to g

2006年NPR美国国家公共电台五月-John Kenneth Galbraith, In His Own Words

Don Gonyea: John Kenneth Galbraith, economist, diplomat, prolific author, Harvard professor, and iconoclast , died yesterday in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He was 97 years old, born in Canada to a farming family, Galbraith became the country's leading

2006年VOA标准英语-Jazz's 'Young Lion' Roy Hargrove Still Roars

By Doug Levine Washington 11 July 2006 Whatever happened to the so-called Young Lions of jazz? It's been more 15 years since this elite group of teen musicians was hailed as the next generation of great traditional jazz players. Most, like Wynton Ma

2007年VOA标准英语-Blind Pig Records Marks 30th Anniversary

By Doug Levine Washington 24 September 2007 Record companies may come and go, but for blues label Blind Pig Records, the music just keeps getting better with time. VOA's Doug Levine reports on a new compilation that celebrates Blind Pig's 30th annive

VOA标准英语2012--Light Bulb Inventor Tried to Create Fake Rubber

Light Bulb Inventor Tried to Create Fake Rubber At the turn of the 19th to 20th centuries, the prolific American inventor and businessman Thomas Alva Edison developed devices that changed industry, communication, and everyday life - from a practical

VOA标准英语2011--NASA Art Captures 50 Years of Exploratio

NASA Art Captures 50 Years of Exploration One of the nation's most prolific art collectors is the U.S. space agency. For nearly a half-century, NASA has commissioned artists to document its missions and projects. Seventy of the 3,000 works in its col

VOA标准英语2011--Smithsonian Celebrates Jazz Appeciation

Smithsonian Celebrates Jazz Appeciation Month It's April and time once again to celebrate one of America's greatest treasures, jazz with the 10th anniversary of Jazz Appreciation Month. Jazz took a giant step forward when pianist Mary Lou Williams pe

VOA标准英语2015--Young Muslims Radicalized Online

Young Muslims Radicalized Online LONDON Young Muslims are being radicalized in their bedrooms through direct contact with Islamic State fighters via the Internet, according to terror experts. There are growing concerns authorities and Internet provid

2007年VOA标准英语-Jazz World Mourns Saxophonist, Composer Michael

By Doug Levine Washington 17 January 2007 Renowned jazz saxophonist and composer Michael Brecker died January 13 of leukemia in a New York City hospital. He was 57 years old. As VOA's Doug Levine tells us, Brecker's impact on today's generation of ja

美国国家公共电台 NPR Film 'Te Ata' Tells Real Life Story Of Prolific Native American Performer

LAKSHMI SINGH, HOST: The film Te Ata tells the true story of Mary Thompson Fisher, who is considered one of the greatest Native American performers. And it was produced by the Chickasaw Nation, which started a film production arm to tell its own stor

美国国家公共电台 NPR Prolific Science Fiction And Fantasy Author Ursula K. Le Guin Dies At 88

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: One of the towering figures in science fiction has died, although she never really liked being called a sci-fi writer. Ursula K. Le Guin was best known for the Earthsea fantasy books and for her influential gender-bending spa

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'Arrival' Author's Approach To Science Fiction? Slow, Steady And Successful

'Arrival' Author's Approach To Science Fiction? Slow, Steady And Successful play pause stop mute unmute max volume 00:0004:22repeat repeat off Update Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update

美国国家公共电台 NPR Rudy Giuliani's Business Ties Present Potential Conflicts Of Interest

ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Rudolph Giuliani, who's being mentioned as a possible secretary of state in a Trump administration, is best known for having been mayor of New York City on 9/11. In fact the terrorist attacks were near the end of his eight-year a

美国国家公共电台 NPR Death Of Chris Cornell, Front Man Of Soundgarden, Ruled A Suicide

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: And now we remember this voice. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, BLACK HOLE SUN) CHRIS CORNELL: (Singing) In my eyes, indisposed, in disguises no one knows... SHAPIRO: Chris Cornell died early this morning at age 52. He was in Detroit on tour w

科学美国人60秒 SSS 2014-11-03

This is Scientists American sixty seconds. I am Santy Graver. Got a minute? They are called button cells, coin cells or watch batteries. By any names, this tiny round batteries pose a choking danger to kids. And if a kid succeeds in swallowing a butt