73 保罗·罗宾逊（一）
DATE=7-22-01
TITLE=PEOPLE IN AMERICA #1831 - Paul Robeson (Part One)
BYLINE=Shelley Gollust
VOICE ONE:
I'm Shirley Griffith.
VOICE TWO:
And I'm Steve Ember with the V-O-A Special English program PEOPLE IN AMERICA.
Today, we tell about Paul Robeson [ROBE a son]. He was a singer, actor, and civil rights (1)activist.
In the Nineteen-Thirties, he was one of the best known and most widely honored black Americans. Later in his life he was (2)condemned for (3)supporting (4)communism and the (5)Soviet Union.
(THEME)
VOICE ONE:
Paul Robeson was born in (6)Princeton, (7)New Jersey in Eighteen-Ninety-Eight. His father was a former slave who became the (8)religious leader of a Protestant (9)church. Paul was an excellent student and (10)athlete.
Rutgers University in New Jersey gave him money so he could study there. He played four different sports while at Rutgers. He also was the top student in his class.
Members of his class believed Paul Robeson would become the leader of black people in America.
VOICE TWO:
Paul Robeson graduated from Rutgers in Nineteen-Nineteen.
He attended law school at Columbia University in New York City.
He was only the third black person to attend Columbia Law School. On the weekends, he earned money by playing professional football. He also acted in plays.
He married Eslanda Cordoza Goode while he was in law school. After he graduated in Nineteen-Twenty-Three, he got a job with a group of lawyers in New York.
However, he left when he experienced unfair (11)treatment because he was black.
He decided not to work as a lawyer. Instead, he wanted to use his ability in (12)theater and music to support African-American history and (13)culture.
VOICE ONE:
Robeson became a professional actor. He joined the Provincetown Players, an acting group linked to American (14)playwright Eugene O'Neill. Robeson was the star in two famous productions by Eugene O'Neill in the Nineteen-Twenties.
They were "All God's Chillun Got Wings" and "The Emperor Jones." Critics praised his (15)performances.
Robeson became the most recognized black actor of his time.
VOICE TWO:
In London, he earned international praise for his leading part in William (16)Shakespeare's great (17)tragic play, "Othello." That was in Nineteen-Thirty.
Thirteen years later, he played "Othello" on (18) Broadway in New York. It was very popular.
In "Othello," Robeson played an African general in (19) ancient (20) Venice. He is married to a young white woman.
Othello kills his wife after being (21) tricked into believing that she loves someone else.
This is how Paul Robeson sounded in "Othello."
(TAPE CUT #1: "MONOLOGUE FROM "OTHELLO")
VOICE ONE:
Paul Robeson also was famous for appearing in the popular American musical play "Show Boat."
He performed the play in London in Nineteen-Twenty-Eight and on Broadway four years later. He played a (22)riverboat worker.
Jerome Kern wrote the music for "Show Boat." Paul Robeson sang the song "Ol' Man River." (TAPE CUT #2: "OL' MAN RIVER")
VOICE TWO:
Paul Robeson appeared in eleven movies in the Nineteen-Twenties and Nineteen-Thirties. However, he realized that his acting was limited by the small number of parts for black actors.
He (23)criticized the American movie industry for not showing the real lives of black people in America.
He stopped making movies and decided to sing (24)professionally instead.
Robeson sang many kinds of music. He sang (25)folk music from many countries.
He sang songs to support the labor and social movements of his time. He sang songs for peace and (26)justice. And, he sang African-American (27)spiritual music. One of his famous songs was this spiritual, "Balm in Gilead."
(TAPE CUT #3:"BALM IN GILEAD")
VOICE ONE:
Paul Robeson was recognized around the world for his fight for civil rights for black Americans.
(28)Separation of black people and white people was (29)legal in the United States. Black people did not have the same rights as white people. They were not treated (30)equally. For example, Robeson could not be served in some eating places in the United States.
(31)Violence against black people was common. Angry mobs of whites sometimes killed black people, (32)especially in the southern United States. VOICE TWO:
In the late Nineteen-Thirties, Paul Robeson became (33)involved in national and international movements that (34)sought peace and better labor conditions.
He also supported (35)independence for African colonies from their European rulers.
He learned the languages and folk songs of other cultures. He said these folk songs (36)expressed the same feelings that were in African-American music. He learned to speak, write and sing in more than twenty languages. VOICE ONE:
Robeson traveled a great deal in Europe during the Nineteen-Thirties. He found that black people were treated better in Europe than in the United States. He met members of (37)liberal political organizations, socialists and African nationalists.
He also met many working people and poor people.
For many years, he performed in concerts in many countries. The songs he sang supported the (38)struggle for racial justice for black Americans, and for civil rights and (39)economic justice for people around the world.
He refused to perform at concerts where the people were separated by race. He said, "The idea of my concerts is to suggest that all men are brothers because of their music."
VOICE TWO:
In Nineteen-Thirty-Four, Paul Robeson made the first of many (40)trips to the Soviet Union. In the Soviet Union, he said, he was treated as an equal of whites for the first time in his life. He declared his friendship for the Soviet Union.
And he spoke about the need for peaceful co-existence between the United States and the Soviet Union.
(41)Conservative groups in the United States strongly (42)opposed his friendship with the Soviet Union and his support for other liberal (43)issues. VOICE ONE:
Paul Robeson went to Spain in Nineteen-Thirty-Eight during the Spanish Civil War. He sang for Spanish civilians.
And he sang for the (44)Loyalist forces fighting for the Spanish republic.
One of the songs he sang was this Spanish Loyalist song, "The Four (45)Insurgent Generals."
(TAPE CUT #4: "THE FOUR INSURGENT GENERALS")
VOICE TWO:
In the Nineteen-Forties, many people in the United States were strongly opposed to Paul Robeson's political beliefs. They said he was too liberal or (46)extreme.
Next week, we will tell you about how opposition to his political beliefs (47)affected the last part of his life. (THEME) VOICE ONE: This PEOPLE IN AMERICA program was written by Shelley Gollust and produced by Lawan Davis. I'm Shirley Griffith.
VOICE TWO:
And I'm Steve Ember. Join us again when we finish the story of Paul Robeson in Special English on the Voice of America.
(1)activist [ ????????? ]n.激进主义分子
(2)condemn [???????? ]vt.谴责
(3)support [ ????????]vt.支持
(4)communism [???????????? ]n.共产主义
(5)Soviet Union 苏联
(6)Princeton [ ??????????]n.普林斯顿
(7)New Jersey [ ???????????? ]n.新泽西州(美国太平洋沿岸)
(8)religious [???????????]adj.宗教上的
(9)church [??????? ]n.教堂
(10)athlete [???????? ]n.运动员, 运动选手
(11)treatment [ ?????????? ]n.对待
(12)theater [?????????]n.剧场
(13)culture [???????? ]n.文化, 文明
(14)playwright [?????????]n.剧作家
(15)performance [ ?????????? ]n.表演
(16)Shakespeare n.莎士比亚
(17)tragic [ ???????? ]adj.悲惨的, 悲剧的
(18)Broadway [ ????????? ]n.百老汇
(19)ancient [????????? ]adj.远古的, 旧的
(20)Venice [ ?????? ]n.威尼斯(意大利港市)
(21)trick [ ???? ] vt.欺骗, 哄骗
(22)riverboat [?????????]n.内河船（如拖轮、大型平底船、划船等的）
(23)criticize [ ???????????]v.批评, 责备
(24)professionally adv.专业地, 内行地
(25)folk [ ???? ] adj.民间的
(26)justice [ ???????? ]n.正义, 正当, 公平
(27)spiritual [ ??????????? ]adj.精神上的
(28)separation [???????????? ]n.分离, 分开
(29)legal [ ????????] adj.法律的, 法定的, 合法
(30)equally [ ???????? ]adv.相等地, 平等地, 公平地
(31)violence [ ????????? ]n.暴力
(32)especially [ ????????? ]adv.特别, 尤其
(33)involve [???????? ]vt.包括
(34)seek [??????]v.寻找, 探索, 寻求
(35)independence [ ????????????? ]n.独立, 自主
(36)express [????????? ]vt.表达, 表示
(37)liberal [ ?????????] adj.自由主义的
(38)struggle [???????? ]n.斗争
(39)economic [ ????????????]adj.经济(上)的
(40)trip [ trip ]n.(短途)旅行
(41)conservative [ ???????????? ]adj.保守的
(42)oppose [????????]vt.反对
(43)issue [ ???????]n.论点
(44)loyalist [ ????????? ]n.忠诚的人, 反对独立者
(45)insurgent [???????????? ]adj.起义的
(46)extreme [?????????? ]adj.极端的, 偏激的
(47)affect [??????? ]vt.影响
74 空气与空间博物馆落成二十五周年纪念日
DATE=7-23-01
TITLE=THIS IS AMERICA #1074 - Air and Space Museum Birthday
BYLINE=Jill Moss
VOICE ONE:
This year, the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D-C (1)celebrates its twenty-fifth birthday. Almost two-hundred-twenty-million people have visited the museum since it opened. The Air and Space Museum is the most popular museum in the world. I'm Shirley Griffith.
VOICE TWO:
And I'm Sarah Long. The National Air and Space Museum is our report today on the V-O-A Special English program, THIS IS AMERICA.
(THEME)
VOICE ONE:
"The Future Takes Off From Here." This is what National Air and Space Museum officials are calling their year-long (2)anniversary celebration. The museum first opened its doors on July first, Nineteen-Seventy-Six. This was three days before the United States celebrated its two-hundredth birthday. At that time, President Gerald Ford called the museum a "perfect birthday gift from the American people to themselves." And what a gift it has been for the millions of people who have visited the museum. About nine-million people visit the Air and Space Museum each year.
VOICE TWO:
Retired United States (3)Marine (4)Corps general and (5)pilot John Dailey is the director of the Air and Space Museum. He says the museum has succeeded beyond everyone's hopes. Now General Dailey says the museum is taking new steps to educate people and support discovery. During the next year, the museum plans to hold several special events. They (6)include free talks by space experts, a (7)series of films, and the release of several new books. General Dailey said the (8)launch of the year-long celebration on July first was a chance for the museum to thank its friends and supporters. There was free food at the celebration, balloons for children, and music by the United States Air Force Band.
(MUSIC BRIDGE)
VOICE ONE:
The National Air and Space Museum is part of the (9)Smithsonian Institution. The Smithsonian includes sixteen museums, the National Zoo and several research centers. Nine of the Smithsonian's museums, including Air and Space, are on the National Mall in Washington. They are between the United States (10)Capitol building and the Washington Monument honoring America's first president.
The Air and Space Museum's (11)collection of (12)historic objects dates back to the Eighteen-Seventies when China gave the United States twenty hand-held kites. A kite is an object that flies at the end of a rope. It is made with a small support or (13)frame, and covered with paper or cloth. During the celebration at the museum, hundreds of children learned how to make their own kites.
VOICE TWO:
One of the most famous objects at the Air and Space Museum is the first airplane. In Nineteen-Oh-Three, Wilbur and Orville Wright built a wood and cloth plane called the Wright Flyer. The plane made its first flight from Kitty Hawk, (14)North Carolina. Orville Wright was piloting the Wright Flyer. It flew thirty-six meters. This historic first flight lasted just twelve seconds. Yet it launched the discovery and development of flying machines.
VOICE ONE:
Visitors can see another famous American airplane at the Air and Space Museum. It is the (15)Spirit of (16)Saint Louis. In Nineteen-Twenty-Seven, Charles Lindbergh became the first pilot in history to fly cross the Atlantic Ocean alone. The trip lasted thirty-three hours. Lindbergh flew from Long Island, New York to Paris, France. He flew more than five-thousand-eight-hundred kilometers without stopping. His successful trip in the Spirit of Saint Louis made Charles Lindbergh a world hero.
VOICE TWO:
The National Air and Space Museum also has the world's fastest airplane. The North American X-Fifteen has a (17)rocket for an engine. In Nineteen-Fifty-Nine, it became the first plane with wings to travel more than four times faster than the speed of sound. Its top speed was more than seven-thousand kilometers an hour.
The heaviest airplane in the world is also at the National Air and Space Museum. The Douglas D-C-Three was built in Nineteen-Thirty-Five. It was the first successful passenger plane to transport people all over the world. This plane weighs more than seven-thousand-five-hundred kilograms. Yet it hangs from the top of the museum as if it were a toy.
The Air and Space Museum was (18)designed to be able to hang airplanes and (19)spacecraft. The museum has steel supports on its roof, which are hidden from the public. To bring airplanes in and out of the building, the glass wall at the museum's west end opens like a huge sliding glass door.
VOICE ONE:
Children of all ages especially love the National Air and Space Museum. For three-year-old Everest from (20)Maryland, the airplanes are the best part of the Air and Space Museum.
(CUT ONE: FIRST LITTLE BOY)
But Ian from New Jersey thought the museum's spaceships and rockets were more exciting.
(CUT TWO: SECOND LITTLE BOY)
VOICE TWO:
One of the most famous spacecraft in the museum is (21)Columbia. It carried Apollo Eleven astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins to the moon in Nineteen-Sixty-Nine. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were the first humans to step foot on the moon. Their historic success led to more Apollo trips to the moon during the late Nineteen-Sixties and early Nineteen-Seventies.
The last Apollo trip to the moon was in Nineteen-Seventy-Two. Astronauts brought back a piece of the moon. Visitors to the Air and Space Museum can touch this moon rock. It is almost four-thousand-million years old.
The museum also has many games and (22)educational areas for children to learn more about space. This song, for example, teaches children about space and the planets in our (23)solar system.
(CUT THREE: SONG)
VOICE ONE:
Visitors usually enjoy all the objects at the National Air and Space Museum. But there was one airplane that caused much (24)criticism. From Nineteen-Ninety-Five to Nineteen-Ninety-Eight, the museum (25)displayed the Enola Gay. This American B-Twenty-Nine airplane dropped a (26)nuclear bomb on (27)Hiroshima, Japan during World War Two.
When the museum first (28)announced its plans for the (29)exhibit, former American soldiers and some members of (30)Congress (31)denounced it. They said the (32)proposed exhibit would have showed the Americans as (33)aggressors and the Japanese as (34)victims. They said it would have (35)provided too much information about nuclear war and not enough about the (36)bravery of American soldiers.
After much public criticism, the Air and Space Museum changed its plans. But other critics (37)criticized the resulting exhibit as a limited view of history. The entire (38)incident forced then-director Martin Harwit to (39)resign as head of the museum.
(MUSIC BRIDGE)
VOICE TWO:
The Air and Space Museum is huge. Yet it only holds about ten percent of the museum's historic collection of objects. Another ten percent is on (40)loan to other museums around the world. The remaining eighty percent of the collection is in a building in Maryland. The objects will be moved to a new (41)structure (42)currently being built near Washington Dulles International Airport in (43)Virginia. It will cost an (44)estimated two-hundred-forty-million dollars to build.
This new Air and Space Museum is expected to open in Two-Thousand-Three. It will show more than two-hundred airplanes, one-hundred-thirty-five spacecraft, and many other historical objects. Most of these objects have never been shown to the public. About twelve-million people are expected to visit the new museum each year. These visitors to the new Space Museum will be able to see many more interesting objects that show the exciting history of flight.
(THEME)
VOICE ONE:
This program was written by Jill Moss. It was produced by Caty Weaver. Our studio engineer was Keith Holmes. I'm Shirley Griffith.
VOICE TWO:
And I'm Sarah Long. Join us again next week for another report about life in the United States on the V-O-A Special English program, THIS IS AMERICA.
(1)celebrate [ ???????????]v.庆祝
(2)anniversary [ ???????????? ]n.周年纪念
(3)marine [ ??????? ]n.舰队
(4)corps [ ??? ]n.军团
(5)pilot [ ????????]n.飞行员
(6)include [ ??????????]vt.包括
(7)series [????????? ]n.系列
(8)launch [??????????????? ]n.发射
(9)Smithsonian Institution史密森学会
(10)capitol [ ???????? ]n.国会大厦
(11)collection [ ????????? ]n.搜集
(12)historic [?????????? ]adj.历史上著名的, 有历史性的
(13)frame [ ??????]n.结构
(14)North Carolina [ ???????????????? ]n.美国北卡罗来纳州
(15)Spirit [ ????????]n.精神
(16)Saint Louis n.圣路易(位于北美)
(17)rocket [ ?????? ]n.火箭
(18)design [ ????????]v.设计
(19)spacecraft [????????????? ]n.航天飞机
(20)Maryland [??????????? ]n.马里兰
(21)Columbia [ ????????? ]n.哥伦比亚
(22)educational [ ???????????????? ]adj.教育性的
(23)solar [ ?????? ]adj.太阳的
(24)criticism [ ??????????????]n.批评
(25)display [????????]vt.展览
(26)nuclear [ ????????? ]adj.[核]核子的, 原子能的, 核的
(27)Hiroshima [ ????????????]广岛[日本本州岛西南岸港市]
(28)announce [???????? ]vt.宣布
(29)exhibit [????????? ] n.展品
(30)congress [ ???????? ]n.(代表)大会, [C～] (美国等国的)国会, 议会
(31)denounce [ ???????? ]vt.公开指责
(32)proposed被提议的
(33)aggressor [??????????]n.侵略者, 攻击者
(34)victim [ ????????]n.牺牲者
(35)provide [ ?????????]v.提供
(36)bravery [ ??????????]n.勇敢
(37)criticize [ ???????????]v.批评
(38)incident [?????????? ]n.事件
(39)resign [ ??????? ] v.辞职
(40)loan [????? ]n.贷款
(41)structure [?????????? ]n.建筑物
(42)currently [?????????]adv.现在, 当前
(43)Virginia [ ???????????? ]n.维吉尼亚
(44)estimate [ ????????? ]v.估计, 估价
75 种植烟草的农民改行捕鱼
DATE=7-24-01
TITLE=AGRICULTURE REPORT - Tobacco Farmers Going Fishing
BYLINE=George Grow
(Start at 1'01")This is Bill White with the VOA Special English AGRICULTURE REPORT.
Many farmers in the United States face (1)financial difficulty. Prices for crops have been low for several years. Costs for energy, (2)fuel, (3)fertilizers and farm (4)equipment are rising. Across the country, producers of traditional crops are looking for ways to earn a bigger (5)profit.
The state of (6)Kentucky is the second leading producer of (7)tobacco plants in the country, after (8)North Carolina. Each year, Kentucky farmers earn more than five-hundred-million dollars growing tobacco.
However, more and more tobacco growers are exploring other ways to earn money. They note rising production costs and increases in foreign tobacco (9)imports. Also, many Americans (10)object to smoking for health reasons.
Some tobacco farmers are now raising (11)catfish. John Murdock is one such farmer. He says catfish farming is becoming more common and profitable in western Kentucky. Recently, Mister Murdock and forty other local farmers formed a group to (12)support the development of catfish farming. It is called the (13)Purchase Area (14)Aquaculture (15)Cooperative.
Jessie Lopez heads the cooperative group. He says the group's members wanted to develop a product that would support local growers. He says they also wanted to (16)process and market the product.
For most members of the group, catfish farming is not the only way they earn money. Mister Murdock says western Kentucky still depends on the production of tobacco, grains and other crops. He adds that raising catfish is not as profitable as growing tobacco. However, he says his group will also earn money through the processing and marketing of the fish.
The Purchase Area Aquaculture Co-Op shows the continuing growth of catfish farming and processing in the United States. The Department of Agriculture says ninety-thousand (17)hectares of ponds are (18)currently being used for catfish farming. The Department expects American farmers to add more than two-thousand hectares of new ponds for raising catfish this year.
Agriculture officials say the United States has almost three-hundred-fifty-million catfish ready for market. The fish are worth more than five-hundred-million dollars to catfish farmers (19)nationwide.
This VOA Special English AGRICULTURE REPORT was written by George Grow. This is Bill White.
(1)financial [ ???????????????? ]adj.财政的
(2)fuel [?????? ]n.燃料
(3)fertilizer [ 5fE:ti7laizE ]n.肥料(尤指化学肥料)
(4)equipment [ ???????????]n.设备
(5)profit [ ????????]n.利润
(6)Kentucky [ ???????? ]n.肯塔基州
(7)tobacco [????????? ]n.烟草
(8)North Carolina [ ???????????????? ]n.美国北卡罗来纳州
(9)import [?????????]vt.进口
(10)object [ ???????? ] vi.反对
(11)catfish [???????]n.鲶鱼
(12)support [ ??????? ]vt.扶持, 支持
(13)purchase [ ???????? ] n.买, 购买
(14)aquaculture [ ???????????? ]n.水产业
(15)cooperative [ ???????????? ]adj.合作的, 协力的
(16)process [ ??????? ]vt.加工
(17)hectare [ ????????]n.公顷（等于1万平方米）
(18)currently [?????????]adv.现在, 当前
(19)nationwide [ ??????????? ]adj.全国性的
76 华盛顿国际数学奥林匹克竞赛
DATE=7-27-2001
TITLE=AMERICAN MOSAIC #828-International Math Olympiad
BYLINE=Nancy Steinbach
HOST:
(Start at 0'54") Earlier this month, almost five-hundred young people from eighty-three countries took part in a special (1)contest near Washington, D-C. They were (2)competing in the forty-second yearly International (3)Mathematical Olympiad. Shep O'Neal has more.
ANNCR:
The International Mathematical Olympiad is the top mathematics competition in the world. This was the first year since Nineteen-Eighty-One that the competition was held in the United States. It was held at George Mason University in Fairfax, (4)Virginia. Last year the contest was held in South (5)Korea.
Each country sent a team of teen-age students. During the competition, the students worked alone for nine hours over two days to (6)solve six mathematics problems. They (7)presented their (8)solutions in writing, like reports written by research mathematics experts.
Those experts judged the papers during the next several days. During the judging, the young people visited Washington, D.C. and its museums. They also experienced American life and (9)culture.
The six mathematics problems include (10)algebra, (11)calculus and (12)geometry. They are too difficult to describe here. They are too difficult for many people to understand.
The students taking part in the competition understood them, however. The team from China won the competition. The United States and Russia tied for second place. South Korea was fourth. No third place award was given.
The students were also judged (13)individually and received (14)medals for their (15)performances. One of the members of the United States team became the first four-time gold (16)medalist at the Math Olympiad. Eighteen-year-old Reid Barton answered every question correctly each year for the past four years.
Reid lives in (17)Arlington, (18)Massachusetts. He does not attend a high school. Instead he is taught at home. He will attend college at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in (19)Cambridge, Massachusetts. Reid will not be able to attend another International Mathematical Olympiad. But many other young people who love mathematics are already preparing for the contest next year. It will be held in (20)Glasgow, Scotland.
个人自费太空游成为可能
DATE=7-27-2001
TITLE=AMERICAN MOSAIC #828 - Space Tourism
BYLINE=Caty Weaver
HOST:
(Start at 4'28") Our VOA listener question this week comes from Russia. Denis Vladimirovich Efimov asks if people will pay to take trips to space in the future.
It has already happened. In April, American businessman Dennis Tito travelled to the International Space Station. He paid the Russian space (1)agency twenty-million dollars for eight days in space.
However, the American space agency did not support Mister Tito's trip. NASA officials said a non-professional space traveller should not visit the space station while it is being built. But Russian officials said the money Mister Tito was paying for the trip would help their space program.
The two space agencies finally agreed on terms for the businessman's visit. NASA (2)barred Mister Tito from entering the American part of the space station alone. And Russia made him promise to pay if he damaged anything.Mister Tito flew with two Russian (3)cosmonauts on the Soyuz spacecraft. The cosmonauts were transporting equipment to the space station. Mister Tito's duties on the flight were (4)minor. His trip was for pleasure.
Mister Tito returned to Earth safely on May sixth. He described his trip as the deepest experience of his life -- a dream come true. And he says he plans to support the idea of space travel for pleasure.
He will not be alone. The head of Russia's space agency has expressed his support for the idea. He says Mister Tito's trip has opened up a new period of space exploration that includes pleasure flights. Another Russian space official described the international space station as "open for business."
Reports say Russian officials are considering offers from other (5)private (6)individuals looking for a ride into space. Film director James Cameron is among those interested. The director of the film "Titanic" is among a small group of people who are able to pay the high price for a flight in space.
When will the average person be able to take such a trip? Maybe sooner than you think. The German television production company Brainpool is creating a show in which people compete to win a space flight. Brainpool says it has an agreement to use Soyuz spacecrafts for flights that could begin as early as next year.
印度歌手阿里发行首张专辑
DATE=7-27-2001
TITLE=AMERICAN MOSAIC #728 - India Arie
BYLINE=Lawan Davis
HOST:
(Start 7'55") India Arie (ar-EE) has been writing songs for five years. Her first (1)album was (2)released in March. It is called "(3)Acoustic Soul." Shirley Griffith tells us more.
ANNCR:
The songs on "Acoustic Soul" (4)include messages about loving yourself. The song "Video" is about being happy with what you look like.
((CUT 1 - "Video"))
India Arie (ar-EE) is twenty-five years old. She began playing (5)guitar while in college. In Nineteen-Ninety-Eight, she (6)performed with other female singers on the Lilith Fair tour. Major record companies became interested in her music.
(7)Critics praise her singing. They say the songs on "Acoustic Soul" show how (8)non-electric (9)instruments can add feeling to a song. Listen for guitar, cello and piano on this song, "Ready for Love."
((Cut 2 - "Ready for Love"))
India Arie calls her music soul music because it comes from the heart. She says the message of music has the power to heal. We leave you now with another song from her new album. This one is called "Brown Skin"(stop at 11'53")
(1)contest [????????? ]n.竞赛
(2)compete [ ???????? ]vi.比赛
(3)mathematical [???????????????]adj.数学的
(4)Virginia [ ???????????? ]n.弗吉尼亚
(5)Korea [ ????????????????? ]n.韩国, 朝鲜
(6)solve [ ???? ]vt.解决, 解答
(7)present [ ???????? ] vt.呈现
(8)solution [ ???????????]n.解答
(9)culture [ ??????? ]n.文化
(10)algebra [ ??????????]n.代数学
(11)calculus [ ?????????? ]n.微积分学
(12)geometry [ ?????????? ]n.几何学
(13)individually [?????????????]adv.个别地
(14)medal [ ????? ]n.奖章
(15)performance [??????????? ]n.成绩
(16)medalist [?????????]n.受领奖章的人
(17)Arlington [ ????????? ] n.(美国)阿林顿 (在弗吉尼亚州)
(18)Massachusetts [ ?????????????? ]n.马萨诸塞州
(19)Cambridge [ ?????????? ]n.剑桥(英国城市, 剑桥大学所在地)
(20)Glasgow [ ??????????]n. 格拉斯哥（英国）
(1)agency [???????????]n.代理处
(2)bar [??????]vt.禁止
(3)cosmonaut [ ????????????]n.宇航员, 航天员
(4)minor [??????? ] adj. 次要的
(5)private [????????? ]adj.私人的
(6)individual [ ????????????? ]n.个人, 个体
(1)album [ ?????? ]n.签名纪念册
(2)release [?????????]vt.发表
(3)acoustic [?????????]adj.声音的
(4)include [ ????????? ]vt.包括, 包含
(5)guitar [??????? ]n.吉他, 六弦琴
(6)perform [???????? ]vt.表演, 演出
(7)critic [ ????????]n.评论家
(8)non-electric adj..无电的
(9)instrument [???????????? ]n.乐器
