英语:VOA慢速英语听力:珍·克雷黑德·乔治的荒野生活[1]

2012-05-28 11:33:22 高考
2012年05月28日 11时48分,《英语:VOA慢速英语听力:珍·克雷黑德·乔治的荒野生活[1]》由出国留学网liuxue86.com英语编辑整理.

Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English.

(MUSIC)
I'm June Simms. This week on our program, we remember the much-loved children's writer Jean Craighead George...

We also tell about a popular horse race in Virginia...

And we play new music by Beach House...

(MUSIC)
Jean Craighead George

JUNE SIMMS: A well-loved children's book writer has died. Jean Craighead George wrote many books, including "Julie of the Wolves" and "My Side of the Mountain." Her stories often tell about the beauty and power of wilderness, and the young people trying to survive in it. Christopher Cruise has more.

CHRISTOPHER CRUISE: Jean Craighead George died on May fifteenth following a stroke. The writer had lived ninety-two years, much of that exploring the wilderness and its animals. She also spent a lot of time writing, producing more than one hundred books.

Jean Craighead George

Jean Craighead George was born in Washington, DC, in nineteen-nineteen. Her interest in nature and animals came early and maybe from her father. He worked for the National Forest Service. The family spent a lot of time in wooded areas along the Potomac River. Jean and her twin brothers learned how to build shelters and find food in the woods.

Her brothers trained falcons, one of the most powerful birds in the DC area. Jean Craighead George said the twins were among the first falconers in the United States. She also said that they gave her a falcon to train when she was thirteen years old. Later the main character in one of her books develops a close relationship with a falcon.

Jean Craighead George studied science and English at Pennsylvania State University. She worked as a reporter during the nineteen forties. She also married and had three children during this period.

She and her family started exploring wilderness areas all over the country. They also raised many animals, from huge tarantula spiders to owls an

第一时间获得英语听力报名查分信息!点击注册>>

分享

热门关注

英语三级水平相当于什么

英语三级水平

英语三级考试多少分可以及格

英语三级考试

大学毕业后可以参加哪些英语考试

大学毕业可以参加英语考试

英语有哪些等级考试

英语等级考试

商务英语专业专升本考试科目是什么

商务英语专业专升本

英语专业八级听力技巧

英语专八听力

如何学好英语的方法

学英语的方法

英语的等级考试有哪些

英语等级考试

英语阅读理解的技巧和方法

英语阅读理解解题技巧

英语翻译的证书有哪些

英语翻译

热门问答