From yesterday's biography.com to today's VOA English (Voice Of America).
Easy slow English:
http://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/a-23-2006-11-12-voa1-83128737/125758.html
As usual, I suggest that you look at the transcript after having listened first.
We'll leave Custer on the fourth day of our trip to see the Crazy Horse Memorial in the morning. It will be just a quick look because it is not finished yet.
From Wikipedia, Simple English:
The Crazy Horse Memorial is the world's largest mountain sculpture in progress. It is in the Black Hills of South Dakota, USA. The statue depicts Crazy Horse, a famous Lakota warrior. Korczak Ziolkowski started the project in 1948 at the request of Chief Henry Standing Bear and other Native American elders. The statue is meant to be a memorial to the spirit of Crazy Horse as well as the Native American people.
Ziolkowski believed in individual initiative and private enterprise, and as such, never accepted government funding. He continued to work on the memorial until his death in 1982.
Ziolkowski's wife and family have continued to work on the Crazy Horse Memorial. Completion of the project is currently unknown because of several factors including weather, the availability of financing and the challenges of the mountain engineering.
The face of Crazy Horse was completed and dedicated in 1998. Work on the memorial continues today.
On September 6, 2016, on holidays, I was reading on the beach Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee. When I returned to the house, I turned on the TV to watch the news. Amazing!
Go to Le Journal de France 2 replay here and advance to 26:45. It's time to listen to a little French!
My best,
Jane
PS. Parisians know another Crazy Horse in Paris, n'est-ce pas? Have you ever been there????
PS. Parisians know another Crazy Horse in Paris, n'est-ce pas? Have you ever been there????
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