Archive for January, 2009
A Municipal Report
ANNOUNCER: And now, the weekly VOA Special English program of American stories. (MUSIC) Our story today is called “A Municipal Report.” It was written by O. Henry and first published in nineteen-oh-four. Here is Shep O’Neal with the story. (MUSIC) STORYTELLE: It was raining as I got off the train in Nashville, Tennessee — a slow, gray [...]
Paul Bunyan
ANNOUNCER: Now, the Special English program, AMERICAN STORIES. (MUSIC) ANNOUNCER: Today we tell a traditional American story called a “tall tale.” A tall tale is a story about a person who is larger than life. The descriptions in the story are exaggerated – much greater than in real life. This makes the story funny. Long [...]
Benito Cereno, Part Three
ANNOUNCER: Now, the V.O.A. Special English program, American Stories. (MUSIC) Today we complete the story of 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, [...]
