Michael Phelps is an American Olympic champion. He won 8 gold medals in the 2008 Beijing Olympics! Yes, he is officially the greatest swimmer in the world! Phelps had one goal in mind for the Beijing Olympic Games - to break the 7 gold medal record held b
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Park Tae-hwan is the most famous swimmer in Korea. He is a member of the South Korean national swimming team. Park is one of Asia’s top men’s freestyle swimmers. Recently, the 19-year-old boy won a gold medal in the 400-meter freestyle and a silver in t
Ernest Hemingway was the most influential American writer of the last century. He left many timeless masterpieces such as For Whom the Bell Tolls, A Farewell to Arms, The Sun Also Rises and The Old Man and the Sea. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in
Thomas Stearns Eliot was an American-born English poet and dramatist. He was one of the most influential poets in the 20th Century. He was also an interesting playwright, editor and publisher. Eliot wrote so many great poems and dramas in his lifetime. He
Rosa Parks is an African-American woman who changed her nation. She bravely fought against discrimination and fought for freedom. She refused to be treated as a second-class citizen and stood firmly. Today, she is called “the Mother of the Civil Rights M
Last year, Paul Potts surprised the whole world with his fantastic voice. He is a British tenor who became the winner of the famous TV show Britain’s Got Talent last year. He was not a professional singer. He was a cell phone salesman. But he loved singi
Condoleezza Rice is one of the most powerful and influential women in the world. She is the 66th United States Secretary of State. She is the first black woman secretary of state. And she is called “America’s face to the world.” Americans respect her s
Paik Nam-june was a world-famous South Korean-born American artist. He is considered to be the first video artist. He experimented with electronic media and made a deep impact on the art of video and television. Paik is best known for his creative and ent
Ban Ki-moon is the 8th Secretary-General of the United Nations. At the time of his election as Secretary-General, Mr. Ban was Korea’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade. He has a reputation as a wise leader. Recently, he was praised as the most truste
Emily Dickinson was an American poet. Today, she is praised as one of the greatest American poets of the 19th Century. She wrote hundreds of great poems including “Because I Could Not Stop for Death,” “Heart, We Will Forget Him!,” “I’m Nobody! Who A
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