风云人物   慢速英语

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Ryan Hreljac sat in his school classroom in Kemptville, Canada. He was just six years old. He listened closely to his teacher. His school was collecting money for people in Africa. His teacher explain...

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During the nineteen fifties,Jessica Tandy and Hume Cronyn began working together in theaters in New York City.Their first appearance together in a major Broadway theater was the hit play "The Fourpost...

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Jessica Tandy probably is best knownfor winning an Academy Award in nineteen eighty-nine for the movie "Driving Miss Daisy." She was the oldest person to have won the award.But for many years,she had ...

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Rebecca Hawa Yakubu was a young girl when her country experienced great political changes. In 1957, Ghana was the first black African country to win independence from the United Kingdom. Kwame Nkrumah...

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In a child’s mind, one problem can control the world. It was late in the day. Children were still playing on the dusty streets of Benaba, Ghana. But one little girl sat on her own. Sadly, she looked d...

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Oscar usually competes in the T forty-four class of disabled athletes. This is for those runners with both legs removed. Oscar holds the world record for the one hundred, two hundred and four hundred ...

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“On your marks!” The man starting the race points his gun up towards the sky. Eight young men bend down. They carefully place their feet into the starting blocks. Their bodies are tense. “Get set -...

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Brubeck rose to fame in the 1950s and became an international jazz star.Christopher Cruise has more on the life and work of this great American artist.That is "Blue Rondo A La Turk," from Dave Brubeck...