VOA慢速英语 不只有芭比娃娃50大寿

　　不只有芭比娃娃50大寿

　　VOICE ONE:

　　Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember.

　　VOICE TWO:

　　And I'm Barbara Klein. This week on our program, we tell you about some fiftieth anniversaries that are being observed this year.

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　　VOICE ONE:

　　In nineteen fifty-nine, an unusual art museum opened in New York City. What was unusual was not so much the art but the museum.

　　Most museums lead visitors through a series of rooms. But the Guggenheim Museum is round. Spaces flow smoothly from one area to another. In place of steps, a ramp goes round and round past the art on the different levels. The center of the museum is open, so people can look up toward the roof or down toward the ground floor.

　　VOICE TWO:

　　The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. He died six months before it opened. Not everyone liked the unusual design. But it produced one of the most recognizable museums in the world.

　　A fiftieth anniversary exhibition will honor the architect and his work. From May fifteenth till August twenty-third, the Guggenheim in New York will present "Frank Lloyd Wright: From Within Outward."

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