64 庆祝"母亲路"建成七十五周年
DATE=7-9-01
TITLE=THIS IS AMERICA #1072 - Route 66 Anniversary
BYLINE=Shelley Gollust
VOICE ONE:
It is called "the mother road." The main street of America. It (1) extends from (2) Chicago, (3) Illinois to (4) Los Angeles, California. This year it celebrates its seventy-fifth (5) anniversary. I'm Sarah Long.
VOICE TWO:
And I'm Shirley Griffith. The story of (6) Route Sixty-Six is our report today on the VOA Special English program, This is America.
(("ROUTE SIXTY-SIX MUSIC" INSTEAD OF THEME))
VOICE ONE:
The idea for Route Sixty-Six started in the state of (7) Oklahoma. Citizens wanted to link their state with states to the east and west. By the Nineteen-Twenties, (8) federal officials wanted to connect state roads to provide a shorter, faster way across the country. So a plan was developed to connect existing state roads into one long national road.
United States Highway Sixty-Six opened in Nineteen-Twenty-Six. It was one of America's first national road systems. It crossed eight American states. It was three-thousand-eight-hundred kilometers long. People soon began calling Route Sixty-Six "the main street of America."
Route Sixty-Six became the most famous road in America. The road extended through the centers of many American cities and towns. It crossed deserts, mountains, valleys and rivers.
VOICE TWO:
In the nineteen-thirties, Americans suffered through the (9) Great Depression. Many poor farm families in the state of Oklahoma lost their farms because of (10) severe dry weather. So they traveled west to California on Route Sixty-Six in search of a better life. In Nineteen-Thirty-Nine, American writer John Steinbeck wrote a book called "The (11) Grapes of (12) Wrath" about these people.
VOICE ONE:
In the book, John Steinbeck wrote: "Sixty-Six -- the long (13) concrete path across the country, waving gently up and down on the map ... over the red lands and the gray lands, (14) twisting up into the mountains, crossing the Divide and down into the bright and terrible desert, and across the desert to the mountains again, and into the rich California valleys."
Steinbeck wrote: "Sixty-Six is the path of a people in flight, (15) refugees from dust and (16) shrinking land - Sixty-Six is the mother road, the road of flight."
VOICE TWO:
In Nineteen-Forty-Six, an American songwriter and his wife drove across the country to Los Angeles. Bobby Troup wrote a song about his trip on Route Sixty-Six. He wrote that people could have fun traveling on the road. The song said people could "get their kicks" on Route-Sixty-Six. When he arrived in Los Angeles, Bobby Troup took the song to Nat King Cole. Cole recorded the song. It became a huge (17) hit.
Here is Nat King Cole's daughter, Natalie Cole, singing "Route Sixty-Six."
((TAPE CUT #1: "ROUTE SIXTY-SIX"))
VOICE ONE:
In the Nineteen-Fifties, many American families began to explore the western part of the country during their holidays. They enjoyed travelling on Route Sixty-Six. In the Nineteen-Sixties, Americans watched a popular television show called "Route Sixty-Six." It was about two young men driving across the country.
Route Sixty-Six represented the spirit of movement and excitement. The television show was filmed in cities and towns across America. Yet only a few shows were filmed on the real Route Sixty-Six.
VOICE TWO:
Also in the Nineteen-Sixties, the federal government began building huge road systems through a number of states. Cars and trucks could travel at very high speeds. People started driving on these new (18) interstate highways instead of on Route Sixty-Six. In Nineteen-Sixty-Two, parts of Route Sixty-Six were closed because they were in bad condition.
Then in Nineteen-Eighty-Five, Route Sixty-Six was officially removed from the national highway system. During the past few years, however, people living near the old Route Sixty-Six have formed organizations. They have succeeded in saving parts of the road. They also are saving hundreds of eating places, places to stay and interesting places to visit along the way.
VOICE ONE:
Michael Wallis is one of America's top experts on Route Sixty-Six. He wrote a book called "Route Sixty-Six: The Mother Road." Mister Wallis has lived in seven of the eight states that Route Sixty-Six crosses. He and his wife Suzanne have led groups of visitors on a two-week bus trip on Route Sixty-Six. Mister Wallis says there has been a huge (19) increase in interest in Route Sixty-Six from Americans and people around the world.
((MUSIC BRIDGE))
VOICE TWO:
Now it is our turn to take a trip on Route Sixty-Six. We will have to search for it at times. Many parts of it have new names or numbers. Some parts of it are included in other interstate highways. Our trip begins in the Middle Western city of Chicago, Illinois. Chicago is America's third largest city. It has almost three-million people. From Chicago, the road goes southwest through many small towns in Illinois. One of them is Springfield, the home of America's sixteenth (20) president, Abraham Lincoln.
Now we drive through (21) Saint Louis, (22) Missouri, a city of more than three-hundred-thousand people. Saint Louis is called "The gateway to the west." Missouri has many natural wonders. One of the most famous on Route Sixty-Six is Meramec (23) Caverns in (24) Stanton.
VOICE ONE:
The next part of our drive takes us for a very short time through the state of (25) Kansas. Then we enter the state of Oklahoma. Michael Wallis says Oklahoma remains the heart and soul of Route Sixty-Six. That is because there are more kilometers of the road in Oklahoma than in any other state.
In Claremore, Oklahoma, a (26) statue honors a famous American, Will Rogers. Rogers was born in Claremore. He became the most popular actor in (27) Hollywood in the Nineteen-Thirties. We pass through many historic towns in Oklahoma.
In Oklahoma City, we can visit the National (28) Cowboy Hall of Fame and Western (29) Heritage Center. And in Clinton, we can see the Route Sixty-Six Museum. It is the first official museum that tells the complete history of the road and its importance to America.
((MUSIC BRIDGE))
VOICE TWO:
Now we drive through the northern part of the state of (30) Texas. The area is called the Texas (31) panhandle. We stop near the town of Amarillo to look at an unusual kind of art that celebrates Route Sixty-Six. It is called "(32) Cadillac (33) Ranch." A Cadillac is a large costly American automobile. "Cadillac Ranch" has ten Cadillac cars half buried in the ground. Stanley Marsh, a rich farmer and art collector, created it to honor America's roads.
Continuing west, we travel through the states of (34) New Mexico and (35) Arizona. We pass through some of the most beautiful country in the southwest. (36) Petrified Forest National Park is one of the wonders of Arizona. Trees that are hundreds of years old have been turned to stone in unusual shapes. North of Route Sixty-Six is the Painted Desert. It is named for the colorful red and yellow sand and rocks.
VOICE ONE:
We continue on our trip driving on a winding road up and down the Black Mountains. We arrive at the town of Oatman, Arizona. Long ago, Oatman was a rich gold-mining town. But everyone left the town when the mining ended. Today Oatman still looks like it did in the past.
Now we enter the state of California. We pass through the (37) Mojave Desert, some mountains and several interesting towns. But Route Sixty-Six becomes lost among the large road systems of Los Angeles. This "main street of America" ends at the Pacific Ocean in Santa Monica.
VOICE TWO:
Route Sixty-Six celebrates its seventy-fifty anniversary this year. Towns and cities in the eight states along the road are organizing activities to observe the anniversary. There will be special drives for cars and (38) motorcycles along Route Sixty-Six. The largest anniversary events will take place in several cities in New Mexico this month. They include art shows, poetry readings, films, music, dances, and food.
This year, people will be coming from all over the world to "get their kicks" on Route Sixty-Six. They will be honoring America's most famous road.
(("ROUTE SIXTY-SIX" INSTEAD OF THEME))
VOICE ONE:
This program was written by Shelley Gollust. It was produced by George Grow. Our studio engineer was Keith Holmes. I'm Sarah Long.
VOICE TWO:
And I'm Shirley Griffith. Join us again next week for another report about life in the United States on the VOA Special English program, This is America.
(1) extend [ ???????? ] v.扩充, 延伸, 伸展, 扩大
(2) Chicago [ ????????? ] n.芝加哥（美国中西部一大城市）
(3) Illinois [ ??????????? ] n.伊利诺斯州(美国州名)
(4) Los Angeles [????????????] n.洛杉矶(美国城市)
(5) anniversary [ ???????????? ] n.周年纪念
(6) route [ ???? ] n.路线, 路程, 通道 v.发送
(7) Oklahoma [????????????? ] n.俄克拉荷马州
(8) federal [????????? ] adj.联邦的, 联合的, 联邦制的
(9) Great Depression <美>大萧条
(10) severe [ ?????? ] adj.严厉的, 严格的, 剧烈的
(11) grape [ ????? ] n.葡萄, 葡萄树
(12) wrath [ ???? ] n.愤怒
(13) concrete [ ????????? ] adj.具体的, 有形的 n.混凝土 v.用混凝土修筑
(14) twisting [ ???????? ] 翘曲, 扭曲
(15) refugee [ ?????????????? ] n.难民, 流亡者
(16) shrink [ ????? ] v.收缩, (使)皱缩, 缩短
(17) hit [ ??? ] n. (演出等)成功
(18) interstate [ ?????????????? ] adj.州际的
(19) increase [ ???????? ] n.增加, 增大, 增长 vt.增加, 加大
(20) president [ ?????????? ] n.总统
(21) Saint Louis n.圣路易(位于北美)
(22) Missouri [????????? ] n.密苏里州(美国州名)
(23) cavern [ ?????? ] n.巨洞, 洞窟
(24) Stanton [ ?????????] n.斯坦顿(m.)
(25) Kansas [ ??????? ] n.堪萨斯州
(26) statue [ ?????????] vt.以雕像装饰 n.雕像
(27) Hollywood [ ?????????] n.好莱坞
(28) cowboy [???????] n.<美>牛仔, 牧童, 美国西部牧人
(29) heritage [ ????????? ] n.遗产, 继承权, 传统
(30) Texas [ ??????? ] n.德克萨斯州
(31) panhandle [ ?????????? ] n.狭长的土地
(32) Cadillac [ ???????? ] n.卡迪拉克
(33) ranch [ ?????] n.大农场
(34) New Mexico [??????????????? ] n.美国新墨西哥州
(35) Arizona [ ?????????? ] n.亚利桑那州
(36) Petrify [ ?????????? ] v.石化,吓呆
(37) Mojave Desert [?????????] n.莫哈韦沙漠
(38) motorcycle [ ??????????? ] n.摩托车, 机车
65 世界难民日
DATE=7-9-01
TITLE=DEVELOPMENT REPORT - World Refugee Day
BYLINE=Jill Moss
(Start at 1'01") This is Bill White with the VOA Special English Development Report.
The (1) United Nations (2) estimates that about twenty-two-million people in the world are (3) refugees. To honor them, the (4) U-N celebrated its first international "World Refugee Day" last month. The day also marked the fiftieth anniversary of an international (5) agreement on the importance of refugees.
The Nineteen-Fifty-One (6) Convention on the (7) Status of Refugees (8) defined the (9) legal rights of refugees. The agreement also established international rules for the treatment of refugees. One-hundred-thirty-nine countries have signed the convention or a similar agreement (10) negotiated in Nineteen-Sixty-Seven.
For World Refugee Day, U-N Secretary General Kofi Annan praised the (11) bravery of past and present refugees. He said refugees are the greatest (12) survivors of our time because they survive even after losing everything but hope.
The U-N (13) headquarters observed World Refugee Day with a ceremony at the (14) Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor. Events were also held at nearby Ellis Island. This is where millions of people from other countries arrived in the United States during the first part of the twentieth century.
Jeff Drumta is a policy expert with the (15) United States Committee for Refugees. He says the U-N refugee agency is facing the worst (16) financial crisis in its history. He says the (17) budget for the U-N agency has had a (18) deficit of more than one-hundred-million dollars in each of the past two years. Mister Drumta says the deficit is largely because of (19) reductions in money given by European countries. Refugee camps have been most severely affected by the lack of money. Mister Drumta says food and medical supplies have been reduced and living conditions have (20) worsened.
Another concern is the (21) safety of people living in refugee camps. Bill Frelick is the policy director for the United States Committee for Refugees. He says (22) rebels or (23) militias often attack people seeking safety in refugee camps.
For example, Mister Frelick says about two-million refugees fled from areas of war in Africa last year. Later they experienced (24) violence in refugee camps. He says the safety of (25) humanitarian workers is also an issue. During the past nine years, nearly two-hundred U-N aid workers have been killed.
This VOA Special English Development Report was written by Jill Moss. This is Bill White.
(1) United Nations n.联合国
(2) estimate [ ????????? ] v.估计, 估价, 评估
(3) refugee [ ?????????????? ] n.难民, 流亡者
(4) UN= United Nations
(5) agreement [ ?????????? ] n.同意, 一致, 协定, 协议
(6) convention [ ?????????? ] n.大会
(7) status [ ???????? ] n.身份, 地位, 情形, 状况
(8) define [ ??????? ] vt.定义, 详细说明
(9) legal right n.合法权利
(10) negotiate [???????????? ] v.(与某人)商议, 谈判, 磋商
(11) bravery [ ????????? ] n.勇敢
(12) survivor [ ?????????] n.生还者
(13) headquarters [ ???????????? ] n.司令部, 指挥部, 总部
(14) Statue of Liberty n.自由女神
(15) United States Committee for Refugees n.美国难民委员会
(16) financial crisis n.金融[财政]危机
(17) budget [ ??????? ] n.预算
(18) deficit [ ???????? ] n.赤字, 不足额
(19) reduction [ ????????? ] n.减少, 缩影, 变形, 缩减量, 约简
(20) worsen [ ?????? ] v.(使)变得更坏, 恶化, 损害
(21) safety [ ????????] n.安全, 保险
(22) rebel [ ?????? ] n.造反者, 叛逆者, 反抗者, 叛乱者
(23) militia [ ????????] n.民兵
(24) violence [ ????????? ] n.猛烈, 强烈, 暴力
(25) humanitarian [ ??????????????????? ] n.人道主义者
66 成功维修比萨斜塔
DATE=7-12-01
TITLE=SCIENCE REPORT - Leaning Tower of Pisa Repaired
BYLINE=George Grow
(Start at 1'02") This is Bill White with the VOA Special English SCIENCE REPORT.
Engineers are (1)celebrating the completion of repairs to the Leaning Tower of Pisa. Italian officials closed the Leaning Tower for safety reasons eleven years ago. Experts now say the repairs will make the building safe for at least a few more centuries.
The Leaning Tower is famous around the world. Many visitors to Italy travel to the city of Pisa to see the unusual-looking (2)structure. The round tower is more than eight-hundred years old.
The Leaning Tower of Pisa is easy to recognize. The white stone building is sinking, or leaning, on one side. The tower is about fifty-five meters high. Its south side is much lower than its north side.
The Leaning Tower is leaning because it was built on soft sandy soil. The soil cannot support its weight. The tower weighs about fourteen-thousand-five-hundred (3)metric (4)tons. The ground under the tower first started to sink soon after workers began building the structure in the year Eleven-Seventy-Three.
In recent years, the Leaning Tower has continued to sink. Experts (5)expressed concern that the tower might fall suddenly. In Nineteen-Eighty-Nine, a (6)similar tower in the Italian city of Pavia fell. Four people were killed. The following year, Italian officials closed the Leaning Tower of Pisa. People were no longer (7)permitted to walk up to the top.
An international team of building experts began a (8)project to make sure the Leaning Tower does not fall down. The project cost about twenty-five-million dollars.
First, engineers placed eight-hundred-seventy metric tons of lead weights on the north side of the tower. This helped stop additional movement. Also, workers tied strong steel cables around the structure. These wires were connected to large weights in the area.
Next, engineers slowly (9)removed tons of soil from under the tower. They used special (10)drills to remove small amounts of soil over several months. Slowly the tower moved back to where it stood hundreds of years ago. It still leans, but not as much as before the repairs.
Last month, the area around the Leaning Tower opened to the public. However, visitors will have to wait until November before they are permitted to climb to the top. Italian officials say only about thirty visitors will be permitted to climb the tower at one time.
This VOA Special English SCIENCE REPORT was written by George Grow. This is Bill White.
(1)celebrate [??????????? ]v.庆祝
(2)structure [ ????????? ]n.建筑物
(3)metric [???????]adj.公制的
(4)ton [ ??? ]n.吨
(5)express [ ???????? ] vt.表示
(6)similar [ ??????? ]adj.相似的
(7)permit [ ??????????] v.允许, 准许
(8)project [ ??????????]n.工程
(9)remove [ ????????]vt.移动
(10)drill [ ???? ]n.钻孔机
67 吹长笛的岩石雕像
DATE=7-13-2001
TITLE=AMERICAN MOSAIC #826 - Kokopeli
BYLINE=Paul Thompson
HOST
(Start at 0'58') Almost two-thousand years ago, a Native American used a sharp rock to cut a picture into a larger rock. He cut the image of a happy man playing a simple (1)instrument called a (2)flute. Members of the Hopi Tribe called this (3)imaginary man Kokopeli. Shep O'Neal tells us more.
ANNCR:
The old rock images of Kokopeli can be found in an area (4)extending from (5)Mexico to (6)Arizona and further west to (7)California. It is always easy to recognize him, a happy little man playing his flute with both hands. He usually has long hair or (8)feathers that (9)bend back from his head. He usually has one foot in the air. He seems to be dancing. It is very difficult not to smile when looking at the image of Kokopeli.
To the Hopi Indians, Kokopeli (10)represented happiness, joy and (11)fertility. They believed this imaginary little man talked to the wind and the sky. When he played his flute, the sun would come out, snow would (12)melt, grass would grow and birds would sing. The cold of winter would turn to the warmth of spring. All the animals would gather to hear his songs. He was also known to play tricks on people. And he was a teacher and (13)storyteller.
The Hopi believed that Kokopeli visited villages carrying seeds to plant corn. Everyone sang and danced through the night. When people got up the next morning they found the corn was almost full grown and Kokopeli was gone. They might also find that many of the young women of the village were (14)pregnant.
In recent years, the image of Kokopeli has been used to represent the American Southwest. Several different native American (15)tribes from the Southwest make rings, pins and bracelets that carry the image of Kokopeli. There is more than one hotel named Kokopeli. You can buy T-shirts that carry his image. He is also found on women's dresses. An eating place in (16)Virginia that serves southwestern food has an (17)alcoholic drink called Kokopeli Beer. Kokopeli can be found in many different shapes and sizes in almost any gift store in the Southwestern United States.
If you would like to see a picture of Kokopeli, use a computer to search for his name. It is spelled K-O-K-O-P-E-L-I. Again, it is K-O-K-O-P-E-L-I. And when you see his happy little image, you too will smile.
两位电视发明家
DATE=7-13-2001
TITLE=AMERICAN MOSAIC #826 - Farnsworth & Zworykin
BYLINE=Nancy Steinbach
HOST:
(Start at 5'00") Our VOA listener question this week comes in an e-mail from (1)Venezuela. Luis Fernandez asks about two inventors, Philo Farnsworth and Vladimir Zworykin (ZWAWR uh kihn). Both were (2)involved in the development of television.
Vladimir Zworykin was born in Russia in Eighteen-Eighty-Nine. He came to the United States in Nineteen-Nineteen. He worked as a research engineer for the Westinghouse Electric Company. He invented the first successful (3)television camera tube in Nineteen-Twenty-Three. He also invented one of the first television receivers. Later he worked for the (4)Radio Corporation of America. He improved television technology and helped develop the electron (5)microscope. The United States government gave him the National Medal of Science, the highest science award, in Nineteen-Sixty-Six. Vladimir Zworykin died in Nineteen-Eighty-Two.
Philo Farnsworth was born in the western state of Utah in Nineteen-Oh-Six. He was much younger than Mister Zworykin. Yet he also developed an electronic television system in the Nineteen-Twenties. He was the first to show a television image on his system. Philo Farnsworth invented more than one-hundred (6)devices that helped make modern television possible. He also developed early radar. And he worked on developing (7)peaceful uses for (8)atomic energy. He died in Nineteen-Seventy-One.
During the Nineteen-Thirties, Philo Farnsworth and Vladimir Zworykin were involved in a (9)dispute about the invention of television. The Radio Corporation of America began (10)legal action against Mister Farnsworth. It said Mister Zworykin had invented television before Mister Farnsworth. Mister Zworykin was working for R-C-A at the time. The company wanted the right to produce and market televisions. Philo Farnsworth's high school science teacher was able to prove in court that Philo had the idea for television when he was only fourteen years old. So Philo Farnsworth won the legal action and the right to own the invention of television.
However, he did not have the money or support to build a television industry. It was the Nineteen-Fifties before television became a major force in American life. Vladimir Zworykin and R-C-A were the names connected to the new industry.
吉他演奏家柴特·阿特金斯
DATE=7-13-2001
TITLE=AMERICAN MOSAIC #826 - Chet Atkins
BYLINE=Nancy Steinbach
HOST:
(Start at 8'47") American (1)guitar player Chet Atkins died last month of cancer. He was known for his ability as a musician and for his work in the country music industry. Shirley Griffith tells us about him.
ANNCR:
Chester Burton Atkins was born in the southern state of (2)Tennessee in Nineteen-Twenty-Four. His father and grandfather were musicians.
Chet Atkins performed on local radio programs. Then he played for professional singers like the Carter Sisters. He started recording on his own in Nineteen-Forty-Seven. One of his first hit records was the song "Country Gentleman.'
((CIUT 1: COUNTRY GENTLEMAN))
Chet Atkins recorded seventy-five (3)albums of (4)country music. He sold more than seventy-five-million albums. He also played on hundreds of hit records, including those by Elvis Presley, Hank Williams, and The Everly Brothers. His own biggest hit was this song, "Yakety Axe', recorded in Nineteen-Sixty-Five.
((CUT 2: YAKETY AXE))
Chet Atkins is remembered in the country music industry for saving country music after (5)rock and roll became (6)extremely popular. He produced country records that were popular with an (7)expanded audience. He helped many young country music singers, including Dolly Parton, Charley Pride and Waylon Jennings. He also won many awards, including fourteen music industry (8)Grammy awards. We leave you now with the song that won Chet Atkins his last Grammy award in Nineteen-Ninety-Six. It is called "Jam Man."(Stop at 12'32")
(1)instrument [ ??????????? ]n.乐器
(2)flute [ ??????]n.长笛
(3)imaginary [?????????????]adj.虚构的
(4)extend [ ???????? ]v.延伸
(5)Mexico [?????????]n.墨西哥(拉丁美洲国家)
(6)Arizona [ ?????????? ]n.亚利桑那州(美国西南部的州)
(7)California [???????????? ]n.加利福尼亚, 加州
(8)feather [?????? ]n.羽毛
(9)bend [????? ]v.弯曲
(10)represent [ ???????????? ]vt. 象征
(11)fertility [????????????]n.丰收
(12)melt [ ???? ]v.(使)融化
(13)storyteller [ ???????????? ]n.作家
(14)pregnant [ ????????? ]adj.怀孕的
(15)tribe [ ????? ]n.部落, 部族
(16)Virginia [ ?????????????]n.维吉尼亚
(17)alcoholic [ ??????????? ]adj.含酒精的
(1)Venezuela [????????????? ]n.委内瑞拉(南美洲北部国家)
(2)involved [????????? ]adj.有关的
(3)television camera电视摄像机
(4)Radio Corporation of America n.美国无线电公司
(5)microscope [????????????]n.显微镜
(6)device [?????????]n.装置
(7)peaceful [????????? ]adj.和平的
(8)atomic [ ??????? ]adj.原子能的
(9)dispute [ ??????????]n.争论
(10)legal [ ????????]adj.法律的
(1)guitar [??????? ]n.吉他, 六弦琴
(2)Tennessee [???????????????? ]n.田纳西州
(3)album [ ?????? ]n.（音乐）专辑
(4)country music n.乡村音乐
(5)rock and roll n.摇滚乐
(6)extremely [?????????????]adv.极端地, 非常地
(7)expand [????????? ]vt.使膨胀,扩张
(8)Grammy [??????]n.格莱美奖
68 堪德拉·利维失踪案
DATE=7-14-01
TITLE=IN THE NEWS #489 - Chandra Levy Case
BYLINE=George Grow
(Start at 01'07") This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, IN THE NEWS.
The American (1)media is closely following the case of a missing young woman. Chandra Levy (2)disappeared in Washington, D-C, two months ago. New (3)information about the (4)investigation of her disappearance is reported by the media almost daily.
Chandra Levy was last seen April Thirtieth in Washington. She had just completed a (5)temporary job as an (6)intern with the (7)Federal Bureau of Prisons. Mizz Levy was preparing to return home to (8)California when she disappeared. She is twenty-four years old.
Almost one-hundred thousand people are listed as missing in the United States now. The media interest in the Chandra Levy case is so (9)intense because she had told family members she was having a (10)relationship with a (11)Congressman, Gary Condit. The fifty-three year old Congressman is married and has two children. He (12)represents an area in central California where the Levy family lives.
The Congressman's spokesmen (13)denied reports of the relationship. Mister Condit said Mizz Levy was a good friend. Yet, news reports said Mister Condit (14)admitted to police he had a sexual relationship with the young woman. Mister Condit has denied any knowledge of what happened to Mizz Levy. And he has offered reward money for information about her.
Police working on the case have (15)questioned about one-hundred people. The police say Mister Condit is not a (16)suspect in the case. His lawyers say he has agreed to help with the investigation. Earlier this week, Mister Condit (17)permitted police to search his Washington home.
Chandra Levy's disappearance has increased public interest in the interns who work in Washington each year. Most interns are college students who work for no pay or very little pay. An internship offers a chance to experience the excitement of the nation's capital. Some students are considering employment with the government or a public interest group.
Almost every large (18)organization in Washington has interns. Interns work hard to be successful because they hope to be offered full-time employment. Many do work like opening mail and answering telephones that no one else wants to do. Yet their work can put young interns close to powerful people. And experts say that being close to power can (19)influence a person's (20)judgement.
For some interns, the Washington experience can lead to trouble. The most famous intern in the Nineteen-Nineties was Monica Lewinsky. While she was working at the White House, she became sexually (21)involved with President Bill Clinton.
Critics say some people in power (22)misuse interns. But others say interns are adults who can make their own decisions. And most of the thousands of interns in Washington each year praise their experience.
This VOA Special English program, IN THE NEWS, was written by George Grow. This is Steve Ember.
(1)media [ ??????? ]n.媒体
(2)disappear [ ??????????]vi.失踪
(3)information [ ???????????? ]n.消息,信息
(4)investigation [???????????????? ]n.调查, 研究
(5)temporary [ ?????????? ]adj.临时的, 临时性
(6)intern [ ??????? ]n.实习医师
(7)Federal Bureau of Prisons n.联邦监狱
(8)California [???????????? ]n.加利福尼亚, 加州
(9)intense [???????? ]adj.强烈的
(10)relationship [????????????? ]n.关系, 关联
(11)congressman [???????????]n.国会议员, 众议院议员
(12)represent [ ???????????? ]vt.代表
(13)deny [ ?????? ]v.否认
(14)admit [ ?????? ]v.承认
(15)question [ ????????? ] v.怀疑
(16)suspect [ ???????? ]n.嫌疑犯
(17)permit [ ????????? ]v.允许, 准许
(18)organization [ ??????????????? ]n.组织, 机构, 团体
(19)influence [ ??????????] vt.影响
(20)judgement [ ???????????]n.判断力
(21)involved [ ???????? ]adj.有关的
(22)misuse [ ??????????]v.虐待
