Health Report

• Importance of Hand Washing (3 minutes)
  • Read by a female VOA announcer.

Agriculture Report

• Cherries (1.5 minutes)
  • Read by Steve Ember.

Environment Report

• Light Pollution (3.4 minutes)
  • Read by Bill White.

People in America

• Cesar Chavez (1927-1993)
  • Read by Steve Ember and Nicole Nichols.
• Senator Edward Kennedy (Ted Kennedy) (1932-2009)
• Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) - 5 Parts (10.4 minutes)
  Read by Steve Ember and Phoebe Zimmerman.
  • Frank Lloyd Wright - Part 1
  • Frank Lloyd Wright - Part 2
  • Frank Lloyd Wright - Part 3
  • Frank Lloyd Wright - Part 4
  • Frank Lloyd Wright - Part 5
• Babe Ruth (1895-1948) American Baseball Legend (10.8 minutes)
  • Read by Doug Johnson and Shirley Griffith.
• Benjamin Franklin (2.5 minutes)
  • Read by Faith Lapidus.

American Mosaic

• Jazz (50 seconds)
  • Read by Doug Johnson.
• The Golden Gate Bridge (2.6 minutes)
  • Read by Doug Johnson.
• Sudoku (2.4 minutes)
  • Read by Pat Bodnar.
• The Word "Ain't" (2.1 minutes)
  • Read by Doug Johnson.
• American and British English (3.5 minutes)
  • Read by Doug Johnson.

Science in the News

• A Good Night's Sleep May Improve Memory (1.8 minutes)
  • Read by Doug Johnson and Sarah Long.
• Why You Shouldn't Smoke (1.5 minutes)
  • Read by Bob Doughty.
• How to Stop Smoking (4.2 minutes)
  • Read by Bob Doughty.

American Stories

• A Pair of Silk Stockings - Written by Kate Chopin
  (On YouTube.com)
  • Read by Barbara Klein.
  • This is a playlist with 2 videos. (13:15)
• The Diamond Lens - Written by Fitz-James O'Brien
  (On YouTube.com)
  • Read by Maurice Joyce.
  • This is a playlist with 6 videos. (24 minutes)
• The Law of Life - Written by Jack London.
  (On YouTube.com)
  • The Law of Life (1/2) (10 minutes)
  • The Law of Life (2/2) (4 minutes)
• To Build a Fire - Written by Jack London.
  • Read by Harry Monroe.
• The God of His Fathers - Written by Jack London.
  • Read by Shep O'Neal.
• The Return of a Private - Written by Hamlin Garland.
  • Read by Harry Monroe.
• The Line of Least Resistance - Written by Edith Wharton.
  • Read by Larry West.
• John Henry - Traditional, Adapted by George Grow.
  • Read by Shep O'Neal.
• Dr. Heidegger's Experiment - Written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Adapted by Dana Demange.
  • Read by Barbara Klein.
• The Legend of Sleepy Hollow - Written by Washington Irving.
  • Read by Doug Johnson.
• A Horseman in the Sky - Written by Ambrose Bierce.
  • Read by Roy Depew.
• The White Heron - Written by Sarah Orne Jewett.
  • Read by Kay Gallant.
• More American Stories
  • There are other stories with MP3 files and text here.

President Obama

• Barack Obama's Weekly Addresses
  • For advanced students, we have a set of these.

About "Listen and Read Along"

These are all things that I adapted from material produced by the Voice of America (VOA).

Some of these are in Flash, some are MP3 files played by a Flash player and some are hosted on YouTube.com.