VOA慢速英语 美国飞行员兼作家安妮•默洛•林德伯格:1906-2001

　　Ann Morrow Lindbergh, 1906-2001: Pilot, Writer

　　美国飞行员兼作家安妮·默洛·林德伯格:1906-2001

　　VOICE ONE:

　　I'm Shirley Griffith.

　　VOICE TWO:

　　And I'm Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Every week we tell about a person who was important in the history of the United States. Today, we tell about Anne Morrow Lindbergh. She was a famous pilot and writer.

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　　VOICE ONE:

　　Anne Spencer Morrow was born in nineteen-oh-six in Englewood, New Jersey. Her father was a very rich banker. He later became the American ambassador to Mexico. Her mother was an educator and poet. Anne went to Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. She wanted to become a writer. She won two major prizes from the college for her writing.

　　VOICE TWO:

　　Anne Morrow was a quiet, shy and small young woman when she met Charles Lindbergh in nineteen twenty-seven. He was staying with her family in Mexico City. The twenty-five year old man was tall and good looking. Charles Lindbergh was one of the most famous people in the world. He had just become the first person to fly a plane alone across the Atlantic Ocean, from New York to Paris. Two years later, Anne and Charles Lindbergh were married. Reports about their marriage were on the front pages of newspapers around the world.

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