美国名人 女飞行员、作家 安妮·默洛·林德伯格.docx

美国名人女飞行员，作家安妮默洛林德伯格AnneMorrowLindbergh:PilotandWriterofWhatBookCriticsConsidered'SmallWorksofArt'playstopmutemaxvolume00:00-16:18repeatByShelleyGollust2006-7-8(MUSIC)VOICEONE:mShirleyGriffith.VOICETWO:AndmSteveEmberwiththeVOASpecialEnglishprogramPeopleinAmerica.EveryweekwetellaboutapersonwhowasimportantinthehistoryoftheUnitedStates.Today,wetellaboutAnneMorrowLindbergh.Shewasafamouspilotandwriter.(MUSIC)VOICEONE:AnneSpencerMorrowwasborninnineteen-oh-sixinEnglewood,NewJersey.Herfatherwasaveryrichbanker.HelaterbecametheAmericanambassadortoMexico.Hermotherwasaneducatorandpoet.AnnewenttoSmithCollegeinNorthampton,Massachusetts.Shewantedtobecomeawriter.Shewontwomajorprizesfromthecollegeforherwriting.VOICETWO:AnneMorrowwasaquiet,shyandsmallyoungwomanwhenshemetCharlesLindberghinnineteentwenty-seven.HewasstayingwithherfamilyinMexicoCity.Thetwenty-fiveyearoldmanwastallandgood-looking.CharlesLindberghwasoneofthemostfamouspeopleintheworld.HehadjustbecomethefirstpersontoflyaplanealoneacrosstheAtlanticOcean,fromNewYorktoParis.Twoyearslater,AnneandCharlesLindberghweremarried.Reportsabouttheirmarriagewereonthefrontpagesofnewspapersaroundtheworld.VOICEONE:AfterhermarriagetoCharlesLindbergh,Annebecameapilot.Shelearnedtoplananairplaneflightasanavigator;operatearadioandflyaplane.ShebeganmakingmanylongairplaneflightswithherhusbandInnineteenthirty,shebecamethefirstwomanintheUnitedStatestogetapilot'slicensetoflyaglider;whichdoesnothaveanengine.Thatsameyear,theLindberghssetaspeedrecordforflyingacrosstheUnitedStates.TheyflewfromLosAngeles,CaliforniatoNewYorkCityinfourteenhoursandforty-fiveminutes.AnneLindberghwassevenmonthspregnantatthetime.TheLindberghsexplorednewwaystoflyaroundtheworld.Theyflewalmostfiftythousandkilometersoverfivecontinents.AnneandCharlesLindberghwerefamousaroundtheworld.Theyseemedtoenjoythegreatestluckthatanyyoungpeoplecouldhave.(MUSIC)VOICETWO:Theninnineteenthirty-twosomethingterriblehappened.TheLindbergh'sfirstbaby,twenty-month-oldCharles,waskidnappedfromtheirhomeinNewJersey.Thebodyofthebabywasdiscoveredmorethantenweekslater.BrunoRichardHauptmannwasarrested,tried,foundguiltyandexecutedforthecrime.Therewereahugenumberofpressreportsaboutthecase.Newspaperscalledit"TheCrimeoftheCentury."Afterthetrial,theLindberghsfounditdifficulttoliveintheUnitedStates.Therewerethreatsonthelifeoftheirsecondchild.Andthereweretoomanynewspaperstoriesaboutthem.SoAnneandCharlesLindberghmovedtoEuropeinnineteenthirty-five.FouryearslatertheymovedbacktotheUnitedStates.VOICEONE:AnneMorrowLindberghneverfullyrecoveredfromthedeathofherfirstchild.Yet,sheandherhusbandhadfivemorechildren.Shecontinuedflying.Innineteenthirty-four,shebecamethefirstwomantowintheNationalGeographicSociety'sHubbardGoldMedal.Shewashonoredforherexploration,researchanddiscovery.AnneLindberghbeganwritingtoeasehersadness.Shewroteseveralbooksabouttheflightswithherhusband.Herfirstbookwas"NorthtotheOrient"innineteenthirty-five.Shewroteabouttheirflightinasingle-engineairplaneoverCanadaandAlaskatoJapanandChina.ThisiswhatshewroteaboutlandinginnorthernCanadaandjumpingoutoftheplane:VOICETHREE:"ThentwolittleEskimoboyscameupshylyandfollowedmeabout.Theirbrighteyesshoneundertheircapsastheysearchedmyfaceandcostumecuriously.'Yousee/saidoneofthetraders,'You'rethefirstwhitewomanthey'veeverseen.There'sneverbeenoneherebefore.'"VOICETWO:ThreeyearslaterAnneLindberghwrote"Listen!TheWind."ItwasabouttheLindberghs'fiftythousandkilometerflight.Itbecameverypopular.Onecriticsaiditdescribedthepoetryofflightasnootherbookonflyinghadeverdone.Innineteenforty,AnneLindberghwroteabookcalled"TheWaveoftheFuture."ShewroteitwhileEuropewasfightingWorldWarTwo.Shewrotethatshedidnotsupportcommunismorfascism.Butshesaidtheywereunavoidable.ShewrotethatshehopedtheUnitedStatescouldavoidenteringtheconflict.And,inaletter,shewrotethatshewasbeginningtofeelthattheGermanNazidictatorAdolfHitlerwasaverygreatman.Herhusbandhadbecomeunpopularforexpressingsimilarbeliefs.Manypeoplecriticizedthebook.MissusLindberghlateradmittedthatbothsheandherhusbandfailedtoseetheworstevilsoftheNazisystem.Shestoppedwritingformanyyears.(MUSIC)VOICEONE:AnneMorrowLindberghbeganwritingagaininnineteenfifty-five.Shewroteabookcalled"GiftfromtheSea."Itwasaboutwomen'ssearchformeaningintheirlives."GiftfromtheSea"wasoneofthemostpopularbooksinAmerica.Ithassoldmorethanonemillioncopiesandhasinfluencedmanywomen.In"GiftfromtheSea",MissusLindberghwroteaboutthemanydifferentkindsofpressuresthatwomenface.Shewrotethatwomenwhoarewivesandmothershavemanydifferentinterestsandduties.Theymustbeabletodealwiththeirhusband,children,friends,homeandcommunity.Shefounditdifficultforwomentobalanceallthesedutiesandstillmakeaplaceforthemselves.Yetshesaidthatwomenmusttrytofindabalanceintheirlives.VOICETWO:In"GiftfromtheSea,"AnneLindberghdescribedhowwomenhadtoperformmanyjobsthatpulledthemindifferentdirectionslikeacircusperformer."Whatcircusactwewomenperformeverydayofourlives.Itputsthetrapezeartisttos