Author Archive
Children’s Story: ‘John Henry’
FAITH LAPIDUS: Now, the Special English program, AMERICAN STORIES.
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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. Long ago, the people who settled in [...]
Isadora Duncan, 1877-1927: The Mother of Modern Dance
MARIO RITTER: I’m Mario Ritter with PEOPLE IN AMERICA in VOA Special English. Today Jim Tedder tells about modern dancer Isadora Duncan.
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JIM TEDDER: 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. [...]
Getting a Feel for the Finger Lakes and Champlain, Not a Great Lake but Still Nice
BARBARA KLEIN:
Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I’m Barbara Klein.
STEVE EMBER: And I’m Steve Ember. This week on our program, we tell you about Lake Champlain and the Finger Lakes in the northeastern United States.
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BARBARA KLEIN: Lake Champlain borders two states, New York and Vermont, and Quebec, Canada. Many people like [...]
