VOA慢速英语文本：《今日美国》第10课.doc

1、英语翻议讲解：1.release vt. 释放,解放,放松,豁免,免除,发表例句：The party set out released its manifesto yesterday. 该党昨天发表了它的声明。2.originally ad. 本来,原来,最初例句：He originally really wanted to have a blast together. 本来他挺想一起热闹热闹的。3.interrupt v. 中断,妨碍,插嘴例句：I dont want to interrupt you. Go on with your story. 我不想打断你。请把你的故事讲下去。4.po

2、tential a. 有潜力的,可能的,潜在的例句：Every seed is a potential plant. 每粒种子都可能长成植物。5.murmur v. 低语,低声而言例句：He never ever murmured about the difficulty of the task. 他从没抱怨过任务太重。6.discomfort n. 不便之处,不适例句：The hot weather caused me much discomfort. 炎热的天气使我很不舒服。7.symbolic a. 象征性的,象征手法的,象征派的例句：A wedding ring is usually

3、a symbolic gesture of love. 结婚戒指通常是爱情象征的表示。8.rejoice v. 欣喜,高兴,庆祝例句：She rejoiced at the prospect of the Paris trip. 她对即将能去巴黎旅行一事高兴万分。1.In all, about thirty acts performed at Woodstock, ranging from Arlo Guthrie to Jimi Hendrix to Ravi Shankar. in all总计,总共,总的说来例句：How many in all? 共得若干？range from to从延伸

4、例句：Their ages range from 25 to 50. 他们的年龄在25岁到50岁之间。2.Now, a lighthearted film based on the book and directed by Ang Lee is about to be released.be about to将要, 正打算例句：We all felt that our luck was about to turn. 我们都以为我们的运气要转变了。3.But it was also a news event as hundreds of thousands of young people flo

5、oded into the area. flood into涌入例句：The crowds flooded into the theater before the play began. 话剧开始前观众就已涌入剧院。1969年8月15到17日，是一个周末，由两个24岁的年轻人发起的一场音乐节在这个周末举行，本来，这次演出原定在纽约州的赫德逊河旁的伍德斯托克村举行，但是由于当地有关部门的反对，使他们不得不把这次演出转移到离纽约市西北70英里的白湖的贝瑟尔的一个叫做亚斯格的农场举行。举办者希望这个容纳10万人左右的农场能有5万左右观众光顾。但在演出开始后，他们发现大大低估了最初的预料，有40多万的

6、观众涌进了这个农场，最初预备的帐篷、食品等顿时短缺，组织者的失误导致这场演出极度混乱，连续两天的大暴雨使整个农场变成了一个难民营。但事实上，正是这场灾难给音乐节涂上最光彩的一笔，所有的人都井然有序，在这个仅存72小时的王国里，没有混乱出现。参加那次音乐节的人都记住这样一句话：“你身边的每一个人都是你的兄弟姐妹。”同时，舞台上的歌星也给他们带来真正的陶醉，在60年代红极一时的歌星几乎都参与到这次演出中，琼贝兹“乐队”、保罗巴特菲尔德乐队、“感恩而死”、吉米亨德利克斯、“杰斐逊飞机”、贾尼斯乔普林、桑塔纳、“十年后”和“谁人”等31位艺人（乐队）在3天的音乐节演出中登场表演。 尽管这次演出意想不到

7、的变故使两位组织者赔了近200万美元，但它所带来的影响和对文化的震撼力是多少个200万也买不到的。它使以音乐来表现文化或社会事件的活动达到了顶峰，以致在后来没有人人再通过音乐会达到这种超凡的凝聚力。 直到25年后，为纪念伍德斯托克音乐节25周年，美国人再次举行了伍德斯托克音乐节，尽管这次音乐节同样打着“和平、音乐”的口号，但却没有达到预期效果。很简单，这次音乐节仅仅是一次纪念演出，同时也是一场商业操作，历史是可以复制的，甚至连暴雨后的泥泞和主办者的陪钱都可以复制，但25年前的精神却没有办法复制。 33年前，美国。一阵急促、躁动的敲击在这个国家的某个地方响起，于是人们从四面八方闻声而至。45万人

8、不顾满身泥泞在一个牧场共同创造了一个足以载入史册的历史瞬间。“伍德斯托克”遂成为一个文化现象的代名词，它大、它多、它复杂、它纵情、它在瞬间让人瞠目结舌 吉米-汉瑞克斯的表演是伍德斯托克音乐节中最有纪念意义的节目。当他演奏起美国国歌时，激动的观众将指引这个国家前往越南的星条旗撕碎。 40万美国青年云集伍德斯托克，两场惊人的大暴雨使他们在泥地里变得疯狂。在“爱与和平”的号召下，音乐节变成了奇特的反战方式。 英语听力原文：VOICE ONE:Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. Im Steve Ember. Part of the c

9、ultural history of the baby boomers, the generation of Americans born after World War Two, is Woodstock.(MUSIC)The Woodstock Music and Art Fair took place forty years ago this month. More than four hundred thousand people came from around the country to a farm in Bethel, New York. The event was adve

10、rtised as an Aquarian Exposition and Three Days of Peace and Music.That was Country Joe McDonald and the Fish with a song protesting the Vietnam War, a big issue in nineteen sixty-nine. In all, about thirty acts performed at Woodstock, ranging from Arlo Guthrie to Jimi Hendrix to Ravi Shankar. The o

11、pening act was Richie Havens.(RICHIE HAVENS - FREEDOM)Much has been said about Woodstock, real or imagined. After all, the influence of drugs at the concert led to the saying that if you can remember Woodstock, you werent there.This much is true: The organizers named the event after Woodstock, New Y

12、ork, a town known for the arts. They wanted to hold it there but could not find a place. Instead, the festival was held eighty kilometers away on a milk farm owned by a farmer named Max Yasgur.How it got there is the subject of the book Taking Woodstock by Elliot Tiber. He helped secure the deal, wh

13、ich faced objections from a rural community unprepared for huge crowds.Now, a lighthearted film based on the book and directed by Ang Lee is about to be released.(SOUND)MOVIE: The word is getting out that maybe well have a few more guests than we originally thought. The New York State Thruway has be

14、en backed up all the way from the George Washington Bridge. Its basically a parking lot.The Newseum, a museum of news in Washington, D.C., has an exhibit called Woodstock at 40: The Rise of Music Journalism. Woodstock is described as a moment when the news media first recognized music and entertainm

15、ent as a cultural and commercial force.But it was also a news event as hundreds of thousands of young people flooded into the area. News stories told of concertgoers sharing food, meeting new people and feeling part of a group.Not everything was beautiful, though. Food and water were in limited supp

16、ly. Rain interrupted the festivities. People lived in tents in the mud. Two deaths were confirmed. And hundreds of people were treated for bad drug reactions.Still, the Woodstock experience added up to what Time magazine called Historys Biggest Happening.READER:Woodstock concertgoersWhat the youth o

17、f America and their observing elders saw at Bethel was the potential power of a generation that in countless disturbing ways has rejected the traditional values and goals of the U.S. Thousands of young people, who had previously thought of themselves as part of an isolated minority, experienced the

18、euphoric sense of discovering that they are, as the saying goes, whats happening.(CANNED HEAT - GOING UP COUNTRY)And this was how the New York Times described Woodstock:Bethel townspeople gazed in awe at the streams of hippies, but they murmured PEACE to the visitors, offered free water and returned

19、 smiles. Everyone arrived to find the whole show was free. As the weekend went on, the miracles kept coming the kindness of the scattered police, the food-drop by an Army helicopter, and flowers from the sky. .Before it became the greatest hippie demonstration of unity, the music was the focus of th

20、e festival. Friday was the folk night but the playing was plagued by rain and delays. . Joan Baez closed the evening in the rain . (JOAN BAEZ - JOE HILL)On the second day, Saturday, more people arrived. They brought more cars to the roads and more tents to the fields. The Times reported that the clo

21、sing series that day must be one of the great shows of rock and roll history.Janis JoplinIt was the Grateful Dead, Credence Clearwater Revival, Sly and the Family Stone, the Who, Jefferson Airplane and Janis Joplin.(JANIS JOPLIN - BALL AND CHAIN)The music ended on Sunday night - or, rather, the earl

22、y hours of Monday, August eighteenth.The strength of the crowd seemed strongest in the hard rain on Sunday afternoon. To the banging of the cans, dancing hippies gave all of themselves. Instead of despairing at the discomfort of rain and mud, the crowd rejoiced in its power to resist the weather.Jim

23、i HendrixWhat began as a symbolic protest against American society ended as a joyful confirmation that good things can happen here, that Army men can raise a V sign, that country people can welcome city hippies. One of Hendrixs last numbers was The Star Spangled Banner. Yes, most everything happened

24、 up on the farm.(JIMI HENDRIX - THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER)Our program was written by Nancy Steinbach and produced by Caty Weaver. Our readers were Faith Lapidus and Mario Ritter. Im Steve Ember. Transcripts, MP3s and podcasts of our programs are at . We hope you join us again next week for THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English版权所有：高考资源网()版权所有：高考资源网()