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The Ones Requiring Flash Are No Longer Available

American Stories (YouTube)

• A Pair of Silk Stockings by Kate Chopin
• The Diamond Lens by Fitz-James 'O'Brien
• Law of Life by Jack London

Videos of the Flash Player

These are useable as videos, but you can no longer use the controls.

Player 1

• Winter Sports in America (1)
• Importance of Hand Washing (1)
• How Loneliness Can Infect Social Networks (1)
• The History of English (1)
• Reggae (1)
• Good Night's Sleep (2)
• The Golden Gate Bridge (2)
• Sudoku (2)
• Ain't (2)
• American and British English (2)
• How to Stop Smoking (2)
• Why You Shouldn't Smoke (2)
• Jazz (2)
• Cherries (2)
• About People
  • American Baseball Legend Babe Ruth (1)
  • Benjamin Franklin (1)
  • Cesar Chavez (1)
  • Frank Lloyd Wright (1)

Player 2 (Teleprompter)

• Caine's Arcade
• What You Can Do About Headaches
• The Words Baloney and Blarney

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Other Sections on This Website

• More American Stories with text and MP3 files.
• Listen and Read Along Videos in VOA Special English
• Selected VOA Special English TV Videos

The Ones Requiring Flash Bave Been Removed.

• We had many more here before Flash was discontinued.
• Up until January 1, 2021, this part of the website had quizzes that used Adobe's Flash plugin. Adobe quit supporting their plugin at the end of 2020.