VOA慢速英语听力 EDUCATION REPORT（WORD文本英汉互译）：AMERICAN-MUSIC-STUDENTS-IN-KENYA.doc

1、ti:American Music Students in Kenyaar:Bob Doughtyal:Education Report00:00.00This is the VOA Special English00:02.65Education Report.00:04.69Current and former students00:06.73from Berklee College of Music00:08.57in Boston recently returned00:11.17to the United States00:12.76after three weeks in Keny

2、a.00:15.44They were part of a cultural00:17.83exchange program aiming00:19.97to influence lives through music.00:23.01They taught music, performed00:25.90and donated instruments00:28.08to a Kenyan community center.00:30.27They also learned00:32.43about traditional Kenyan music.00:34.71Music is an im

3、portant part00:37.09of life in Kenya.00:38.71(MUSIC)00:46.71SAM LUTOMIA: Growing up,00:47.51I sang a lot in school.00:49.07And we had competitions00:51.51and choir and music every year.00:54.89Sam Lutomia works00:56.52for the Berklee College of Music.00:58.82He was born and spent01:00.96his early ye

4、ars in Kenya.01:02.60SAM LUTOMIA: When I moved01:04.79to the States, I get exposed01:07.33to a higher level of music.01:09.08And I was like,01:10.13Is there something01:11.32I can do not01:12.07that Im in the States?01:13.26He helped to create a group01:14.96called Global Youth Groove.01:17.16Its go

5、al is to bring western music01:19.99to young Kenyans, and get them01:22.39to consider music as a career.01:24.73SAM LUTOMIA: I started talking01:25.72with students at Berklee College01:27.16of Music and faculty members,01:28.76and they all responded positively.01:31.64And we started01:32.74collectin

6、g instruments.01:33.79Thirteen Americans made the trip01:36.47to Kenya in July.01:38.12They included four high school01:40.95students from the Boston area.01:43.09One of them was Marina Miller.01:46.03MARINA MILLER: We started out01:46.91in Nairobi.01:47.96We got a chance to meet01:48.79with local m

7、usicians01:49.58and listen to them play.01:51.32Project coordinator01:52.87Aaron Colverson says01:54.16the Americans presented a gift01:57.10during a visit to Kakamega01:59.50in western Kenya.02:01.54AARON COLVERSON: Weve gathered02:02.53like 20 instruments.02:04.77We had some recorders02:06.56and a

8、lso an entire drum kit,02:08.71lap tops and recording software.02:12.15Many Kenyans attended02:13.79the activities offered by the group.02:16.03(MUSIC)02:22.81Berklee student David Chapman says02:25.20for some of the Kenyans,02:27.34it was the first time to see02:29.82and touch such instruments.02:3

9、2.61DAVID CHAPMAN: Their music classes02:34.05would just be them reading books02:36.29about western instruments.02:37.59Aaron Colverson says music02:40.28can give someone a sense of power.02:42.96AARON COLVERSON: When you put music02:44.26in front of kids, it seems02:46.60that their minds open up.02

10、:48.20Music gives them a chance02:49.89to express themselves through songs02:52.88and writing the songs.02:54.52The American group also performed02:56.81at a national music festival.02:59.52During the trip,03:01.07Aaron Colverson says,03:02.56they met with local musicians03:04.95and listened to them

11、 play.03:07.14They also learned about03:09.58traditional Kenyan instruments,03:11.67dances and songs.03:13.86AARON COLVERSON (singing in Swahili):03:25.98Its pretty music03:27.32to say nice to meet you,03:28.77in Kenya where there are no worries.03:30.56Trip organizer Sam Lutomia says03:33.46he is h

12、appy with03:34.95the levels of energy03:36.49the exchange program has produced.03:38.38He hopes the trip will take place03:41.07every year and expand03:43.26to neighboring countries.03:45.98And thats the VOA Special English 03:48.75Education Report. 03:50.70You and read03:52.05and listen to our reports 03:57.67Im Bob Doughty.