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Easy
Reading with Vocabulary – William L. Shire – An American in
Europe
William
L. Shire was an American war correspondent who worked in
Europe from 1934 until 1940.
Working
as a radio journalist for CBS, he covered the growing
NAZI power and the beginning of the second world war.
He
became famous for his live coverage of the signing
of the German armistice with France on the 22nd
of June, 1940.
William
L. Shire and his Austrian wife Tess left Europe in December
1940 after they discovered that the Germans were planning to
murder him!
As
well as being the first radio journalist in the world, Shire was
also an historian. His most famous books were the Rise and Fall
of the Third Reich and Berlin Diary.
William
L Shire died in America in 1993 after a long and exciting
life!
Vocabulary
armistice
– Waffenstillstand
as
well as – so wie auch ...
covered
(to cover/covered/covered) – berichtet
coverage
– Berichterstattung
died
(to die/died/died)
– starb
discover
(to discover/discovered/discovered) – entdecken
exciting
– aufregend
famous
– berühmt
France
- Frankreich
German
– Deutsche
Germany
– Deutschland
growing
– wachsenden
left
– (to leave/left/left) – verlassen
signing
(the) – die Unterzeichnung
war
correspondent – Kriegs Berichterstatter
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