90 百老汇音乐剧"制片人"
DATE=8-27-01
TITLE=THIS IS AMERICA - "The Producers"
BYLINE=Nancy Steinbach
VOICE ONE:
A new musical play opened a few months ago on Broadway in New York City. It is called "The Producers".
"The Producers" was first seen as a movie in Nineteen Sixty-Eight. It was written by Mel Brooks. But it was not a (1)musical. A few years ago, Mister Brooks decided to write the story again as a musical for the stage. He also wrote all the songs.
I'm Sarah Long. Today, Shirley Griffith and I report about "The Producers" on the VOA Special English program, THIS IS AMERICA.
((CUT ONE: MUSIC FROM OVERTURE TO "THE PRODUCERS"))
VOICE TWO:
Mel Brooks says the musical show "The Producers" is his way to honor the Broadway shows he loved in the past. He calls it a (2)traditional musical (3)comedy.
That is true in one way. The show presents a funny story told through songs and dances (4)performed by actors in beautiful clothes. But the story of "The Producers" is very different from other Broadway shows. That is because its songs and dances are about Germany and the Nazis in the Nineteen-Thirties. The show makes fun of German (5)dictator Adolph Hitler and his followers.
Mel Brooks has said that the best way to defeat an enemy is to make fun of him by showing him as stupid. That is what he has done in "The Producers." And audiences are loving the show. All the tickets have been sold until next year.
VOICE ONE:
"The Producers" takes place in New York City in Nineteen-Fifty-Nine. It involves two men, Max Bialystock and Leo Bloom. Nathan Lane plays the part of Max. Max is a (6)theatrical producer. He organizes shows on Broadway. But his latest show was a (7)failure.
Leo Bloom is an (8)accountant. He arrives at Max's office to record the show's losses. Matthew Broderick plays Leo. Leo tells Max how a producer could make more money with an unsuccessful show than with a successful one. For example, a producer could get one-million dollars from investors. He could produce a bad show that only costs one-hundred-thousand dollars. When the show fails, the producer could keep the rest of the money. Max immediately decides to do it. He asks Leo to join him in the (9)plot in the song "We Can Do It."
((CUT TWO: WE CAN DO IT))
Leo hates his accounting job. He wants a more exciting life. He imagines himself as a famous Broadway producer (10)surrounded by beautiful girls as he sings "I Wanna Be a Producer."
((CUT THREE: I WANNA BE A PRODUCER))
VOICE TWO:
Leo (11)quits his job and decides to work with Max. The first step in their plan is to find the worst play ever written, so it will be sure to fail. They choose a musical called "Springtime For Hitler." They are sure it will be so bad that it will close after one performance.
The writer of "Springtime For Hitler" is a (12)former Nazi named Franz Liebkind. He gives Leo and Max permission to produce his show. The two producers then (13)hire the worst (14)director, worst actors and worst production team they can find. Max gets two-million dollars to produce the show from rich old ladies he knows.
Finally, "Springtime For Hitler" opens on Broadway. It includes a huge production number with beautiful dancing girls. Men dressed as Nazi (15)soldiers sing about the glories of Adolph Hitler and Nazi Germany. The song is "Springtime For Hitler":
((CUT FOUR: SPRINGTIME FOR HITLER))
VOICE ONE:
But Max and Leo's plan fails. The worst thing happens. The (16)audience loves the show. They think it is (17)supposed to be funny. The show is a huge success.
Soon, Max is arrested for stealing the (18)investors' money. Leo takes the two-million dollars and (19)flees to Brazil with their office (20)secretary. Alone in (21)jail, Max sings angrily about his situation in this song, "(22)Betrayed."
((CUT FIVE: BETRAYED))
VOICE TWO:
Max is found guilty and is about to be sentenced when Leo returns to admit his part in the plot. Max finally recognizes what Leo means to him. The two men (23)express their feelings of friendship in the song "‘Til Him."
((CUT SIX: ‘TIL HIM))
Leo and Max go to prison. But the governor (24)pardons them. They begin producing successful Broadway shows, for real this time.
((CUT SEVEN: PRISONERS OF LOVE--LEO AND MAX))
VOICE ONE:
Each year, Broadway shows compete for Tony (25)awards. This year "The Producers" won twelve Tony awards. That is the most Tony awards ever given to one show. "The Producers" won the award for Best Musical on Broadway. Nathan Lane won best actor in a musical for playing Max Bialystock. Cady Huffman was named best (26)actress in a musical for her work as the secretary. Mel Brooks won the Tony for best music and (27)lyrics written for the theatre. "The Producers" also won Tony awards for best direction, best dancing, best lighting, best costume design and best sets.
People who have seen "The Producers" say it is great fun. The show's producers reportedly(are (28)considering making the musical into a movie. That way even more people will be able to (29)enjoy it.
((TAPE CUT EIGHT: INSTEAD OF CLOSING THEME, OVERTURE TO "THE PRODUCERS"))
VOICE TWO:
This program was written by Nancy Steinbach. It was produced by Paul Thompson. Our studio engineer was Keith Holmes. I'm Shirley Griffith.
VOICE ONE:
And I'm Sarah Long. Join us again next week for another report about life in the United States on the VOA Special English program, THIS IS AMERICA.
(1) musical[ ?????????? ]adj.音乐的, 悦耳的音乐喜剧
(2) traditional??????????????]adj.传统的, 惯例的, 口传的, 传说的
(3) comedy[?????????]n.喜剧, 喜剧性的事情
(4) perform[?????????]vt.履行, 执行, 表演, 演出v.完成任务
(5) dictator[ ??????????]n.独裁者, 独裁政权执政者, 口授令他人笔录者
(6) theatrical[??????????? ]adj.戏剧性的
(7) failure[???????? ]n.失败, 失败者, 缺乏, 失灵, 故障, 破产, 疏忽, <美>不及格
(8) accountant[ ?????????? ]n.会计(员), 会计师
(9) plot[????? ]n.地区图, 图, 秘密计划(特指阴谋), (小说的)情节.结构vt.划分,
(10) surround[??????????]vt.包围, 环境v.围绕
(11) quit[????? ]vi.离开, 辞职, 停止vt.离开, 放弃, 解除, 停止
(12) former[????????]adj.从前的, 以前的n.形成者, 创造者, 模型, 样板
(13) hire[?????? ]n.租金, 工钱, 租用, 雇用vt.雇请, 出租vi.受雇
(14) director[ ????????????????????]n.主任, 主管, 导演, (机关)首长, (团体)理事,
(15) soldier[ ???????? ]n.士兵, 军人
(16) audience[????????? ]n.听众, 观众, 接见, 拜见
(17) suppose[ ????????]vt.推想, 假设, 猜想vi.料想conj.假使...结果会怎样
(18) investor[????????? ]n.投资者
(19) flee[????? ]vt.逃避, 逃跑, 逃走vi.消散, 逃, 消失
(20) secretary[?????????? ]n.秘书, 书记, 部长, 大臣
(21) jail[?????? ]n.监狱vt.监禁
(22) betray[ ??????? ]vt.出卖, 背叛, 泄露(秘密), 露出...迹象
(23) express[????????? ]adj.急速的, 特殊的, 明确的n.快车, 快递, 专使vt.表达, 表示
(24) pardon[ ???????]vt.原谅, 宽恕n.原谅, 宽恕
(25) award[??????? ] n.奖, 奖品vt.授予, 判给
(26) actress[???????? ]n.女演员
(27) lyric[ 5lirik ]n.抒情诗, 歌词adj.(供)吟唱的, 抒情的
(28) consider[????????? ]vt.考虑, 照顾, 认为
(29) enjoy[???????? ]vt.享受...的乐趣, 欣赏, 喜爱v.满意
91 李.卓维斯最新作品Key Monster
AMERICAN MOSAIC - August 31, 2001
HOST:
Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC VOA's radio magazine in Special English.
(THEME)
This is Bob Doughty. On our program today:
We play music by John Lennon ...
answer a question about eating eggs ...
and tell about a new book written by someone at VOA.
Key Monster
HOST:
Lee Dravis is a (1)studio (2)engineer here at the Voice of America. In fact, he is the engineer who is recording this show. Lee Dravis is also a published writer. His newest book is called Key Monster.Sarah Long has more.
ANNCR:
Lee Dravis says he got the idea for his book from hearing about a (3)mysterious creature in the Chesapeake Bay, near Washington, D-C. This gave him the idea of writing about a man who sees a sea (4)monster but nobody believes him.
The main (5)character in the book Key Monsteris a boat (6)captain named Eugene Winchell, or Winch for short. He tells people about a mysterious sea creature he has seen in the Chesapeake Bay. No one believes him, so he goes to the Florida city of Key West. But the monster moves in that direction too.
Other people also join Winch in the Florida Keys. One is a baseball player who is trying to (7)escape political problems in Cuba. Another is a former scientist who performs in (8)nightclubs wearing women's clothes. Also following Winch to the Keys is the former owner of his boat, who wants it back. Lee Dravis visited Key West while writing the book. He says it is not like anywhere else in the United States.
The Florida Keys are a group of small islands between the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico. Only one road links them. Key West is at the very end of these islands. Lee Dravis says that some of the people who live there are very strange. It was the (9)perfect place for the characters in his book.
Lee Dravis worked on the book for six months. He wrote it during weekends while continuing his job at VOA. He is now writing another book, called Enwick Street. Lee Dravis says he likes writing books for the same reason he likes working in radio. You work alone, yet the product of the work could (10)affect thousands or millions of people all over the world.
鸡蛋对健康的影响
HOST:
(Start at 3'48”)Our VOA listener question this week comes from Vietnam. Truong Ai Hien asks if eating chicken eggs is good for your health.
Eggs contain important protein, (11)vitamins and (12)minerals. These are found in two parts of the egg, the yolk and the white.
The (13)yolk is the yellow part of the egg. It contains a little less than half the protein of the egg. The yolk contains important minerals. And it has more vitamins than the white. These include vitamins A, D and E. Experts say that egg yolks are one of the few foods that contain vitamin D.
The egg white is called the albumen. It contains more than half of the egg protein. It also contains important vitamins and minerals.
For many years, people believed that eating eggs increased the chances of suffering a heart attack or stroke because eggs contain (14)cholesterol. Studies over the past few years, however, have shown that eating eggs is not a serious health concern.
Research has found that (15)saturated fat increases blood cholesterol levels the most. Saturated fat comes from animal products. One large egg contains about two-hundred-fifteen milligrams of cholesterol and five grams of fat. About one-and-one-half grams of that fat is saturated. Experts also say much of the concern about eggs was linked to how they were cooked. Eggs fried in (16)butter or eaten with bacon greatly increase the saturated fat.
The American Heart Association says healthy (17)adults should limit their cholesterol to less than three-hundred milligrams a day. It says a healthy person should eat no more than four eggs a week. All the fat and cholesterol in an egg are in the yolk. So there are no limits for eating egg whites.
Eggs sometimes contain bacteria that make people sick. Such (18)bacteria can be killed by cooking the eggs well. Other kinds of organisms can attach to the outside of the egg. Experts say eggs should be kept in a cold place. Never eat eggs that are dirty, (19)cracked, broken or leaking. Never serve food that includes uncooked eggs. And wash your hands before preparing eggs or any other food.
约翰莱诺的艺术人生
HOST:
(Start at 7'27”)The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland, Ohio has a special show about a famous (20)musician. It tells about the life and music of John Lennon. Shep O'Neal tells us more.
ANNCR:
Music experts say John Lennon did not (21)invent rock and (22)roll. Yet he did more than anyone else to change it, move it forward and add social meaning to its songs. Many experts call him one of the greatest songwriters in the history of rock and roll.
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum organized an exhibit about John Lennon. It opened in October. It honors the sixtieth (23)anniversary of John Lennon's birth in Liverpool, England, and the twentieth anniversary of his tragic death in New York City.
Visitors can see hundreds of objects from Lennon's life. There are reports from his teachers when he was a boy about his school work. More than thirty paintings and drawings he made throughout his life. The suit he wore as a member of the Beatles. His (24)guitars and (25)piano. And the handwritten words for twenty-five of his most famous songs.
John Lennon helped form the (26)Beatles in the Nineteen-Sixties. The group changed the sound of rock and roll music. Here the Beatles sing John Lennon's song Help!//?
((CUT ONE: HELP!))
Later, John Lennon wrote songs that expressed his efforts for truth, peace and human rights. This one is called imagine
((CUT TWO ?IMAGINE))
Recently, a British music (27)magazine asked several songwriters, producers and musicians to name the best songs of the last century. They chose John Lennon's In My Life as the top song.
((CUT THREE ?IN MY LIFE)
HOST:
This is Bob Doughty. I hope you enjoyed our program today. And I hope you will join us again next week for AMERICAN MOSAIC ?VOA's radio magazine in Special English.
This AMERICAN MOSAIC program was written by Shelley Gollust and Nancy Steinbach. Our studio engineer was Lee Dravis. And our producer was Paul Thompson.
(1) studio[ ?????????? ]n.画室, 照相室, 工作室, (无线电或电视节目的)演播室,
(2) engineer[??????????? ]n.工程师, 技师, 火车司机, 轮机员, 工兵
(3) mysterious[???????????? ]adj.神秘的
(4) monster[ ??????? ]n.怪物, 妖怪
(5) character[ ???????? ]n.(事物的)特性, 性质, 特征(的总和), (人的)品质, 字符
(6) captain[???????? ]n.队长, 首领, 船长, 机长, (空军, 海军)上校, (陆军)上尉v.
(7) escape[???????? ]n.逃, 逃亡, 溢出设备, 出口, 逃跑, [植]野生vi.逃脱, 避开,
(8) nightclub[?????????]n.夜总会
(9) perfect[ ???????? ]n.完成式adj.完美的, 全然的, 理想的, 正确的, 熟练的, 精通
(10) affect[??????? ]vt.影响, 感动, 侵袭, 假装
(11) vitamin[???????????????? ]n.维他命, 维生素
(12) mineral[????????? ]n.矿物, 矿石
(13) yolk[ ???? ]n.蛋黄, [生物] 卵黄
(14) cholesterol[ ?????????????????? ]n.胆固醇
(15) saturate[ ?????????? ]v.使饱和, 浸透, 使充满
(16) butter[?????? ]n.黄油, 牛油vt.涂黄油于...上
(17) adult[??????????????? ]n.成人, 成年人adj.成人的, 成熟的
(18) bacteria[ ???????????]n.细菌
(19) crack[????? ]n.裂缝, 噼啪声v.(使)破裂, 裂纹, (使)爆裂adj.最好的, 高明的
(20) musician[ ?????????? ]n.音乐家
(21) invent[???????? ]vt.发明, 创造v.发明
(22) roll[????? ]adj.滚动, 滚转, (使)摇摆, (使)摇晃, 卷起, 卷拢vt.辗, 轧n.(一)卷, 卷
(23) anniversary[????????????? ]n.周年纪念
(24) guitar[ ?????? ]n.吉他, 六弦琴vi.弹吉他
(25) piano[ ???????????????? ]n.钢琴
(26) Beatle [??????]n.<美俚>小妞,(有男子气概的)独立摩登新女性
(27) magazine[ ?????????? ]n.杂志, 期刊, 军火库, 弹药库, (枪、炮的)弹仓,
92 歌曲是捍卫劳动者权利最好的武器
THIS IS AMERICA - September 3, 2001: Labor Movement SongsBy Carolyn Weaver and Jerilyn Watson
VOICE ONE:
Labor Day is an American holiday that (1)honors working people. It is (2)celebrated each year on the first Monday of September. I'm Sarah Long.
VOICE TWO:
And I'm Bob Doughty. Today we play some songs from the American labor movement on the VOA Special English program, THIS IS AMERICA.
(THEME)
VOICE ONE:
The labor (3)movement in the United States has been very successful. It has won many rights for American workers. The (4)struggle for these rights was long and difficult. Yet few people remember the (5)battles. Americans know about them mostly through music. For music was an important part of the (6)campaign for workers' rights. The songs are stories of struggle and (7)pride. Struggle to win good pay and working conditions. Pride in work that is well done. Some of the songs tell of working long hours for little pay. Some tell of the bitter, sometimes violent, struggle between workers and business owners.
VOICE TWO:
Union activists knew that songs could be (8)weapons. The music was a way to help people feel strong and united. So most labor songs express the workers' hope that a (9)union could make life better.
The people who wrote labor songs were workers and activists, not (10)professional musicians. Usually they did not write new music. They wrote new words to old songs.
One example is the song "We Shall Not Be Moved." It uses the music and many of the same words of an old (11)religious song. Here is folksinger Pete Seeger.
((TAPE CUT 1: "We Shall Not Be Moved": CDP 4998)) VOICE ONE:
Many of the best labor songs came from workers in the (12)coal mines of the southern United States. Coal mining was perhaps the most dangerous job in America. There were few health or safety rules to protect workers. The labor movement demanded action. But mine owners bitterly (13)opposed miners' unions. In some areas, there was open war between labor activists and coal companies.
VOICE TWO:
Once in Harlan County, Kentucky, company police searched for union leaders. They went to the home of one man. They did not find him there. So, they waited outside for several days. The coal miner's wife, Florence Reece, (14)remained inside with her children. She wrote this song, "Which Side Are You On?" Again, here is Pete Seeger.
((TAPE CUT 2: "Which Side Are You On?? CDP 338A))
VOICE ONE:
Joe Hill was probably the most famous labor song writer in America. He was born in Sweden and came to the United States in the early Nineteen-Hundreds. He worked as an unskilled laborer.
Joe Hill joined a labor union called the I-W-W, the Industrial Workers of the World. More than any other union, the I-W-W used music in its campaigns. It told its members to "sing and fight."
One of Joe Hill's best-known songs is "Casey Jones." It uses the music from a song about a train (15)engineer. In the old song, Jones is a hero. He bravely keeps his train running in very difficult conditions.
In Joe Hill's (16)version, Casey Jones is no hero. His train is unsafe. Yet he continues to operate it after other workers have called a strike against the railroad company. Pete Seeger and the Song Swappers sing "Casey Jones The Union Scab".
((TAPE CUT 3: "Casey Jones The Union Scab" CDP 2833A))
VOICE TWO:
When labor organizer and songwriter Joe Hill was thirty-three years old, he was (17)accused of (18)murder. Some historians believe that police falsely accused him of murder to stop his labor activities. Others say there was strong (19)evidence that he was (20)guilty.
Joe Hill was (21)executed in Nineteen-Fifteen in the state of Utah. Reports say these were his last words: "Do not waste time feeling sad about my death. Organize the workers." The song "Joe Hill" was written by Earl Robinson and Alfred Hayes. It is sung here by Joan Baez.
((TAPE CUT 4: "Joe Hill" CDP 13025))
VOICE ONE:
Labor historian and musician Joe Glazer says the unofficial song of America's labor movement is the song called "(22)Solidarity (23)Forever." It was written in Nineteen-Fifteen by Ralph Chaplin. He was a poet and organizer for the Industrial Workers of the World union.
Ralph Chaplin wanted to write a song of (24)revolution. He said it should show that workers would always unite to claim their rights.
Here is Solidarity Forever,?sung by the Whiteville (25)Choir. These singers are members of a clothing workers union in Whiteville, North Carolina.
((TAPE CUT 5: "Solidarity Forever" CDP 21989))
VOICE TWO:
To most Americans today, labor songs are part of the past. One reason is that labor unions have gotten smaller. Another reason is that American culture has changed. People do not sing in group meetings as much as they once did.
Still, many workers enjoy hearing and singing labor songs. One popular historical song is called Bread and Roses.? Clothing workers used these words to (26)describe their movement in Nineteen-Oh-Eight. That year, one-hundred-twenty-eight women died in a factory fire in New York City. Fifteen-thousand women (27)marched to protest unsafe conditions in the factory.
VOICE ONE:
Four years later, the words Bread and Roses appeared on a flag carried by (28)textile workers during a (29)strike in Lawrence, Massachusetts. That gave a member of the International Workers of the World the idea for a song. James Oppenheim wrote the song Bread and Roses.? Pat Humphries sings it.
((TAPE CUT 6: "Bread and Roses? CDP 22858))
VOICE TWO:
This program was written by Carolyn Weaver and Jerilyn Watson. It was produced by Caty Weaver. Our studio engineer was Keith Holmes. I'm Bob Doughty.
VOICE ONE:
And I'm Sarah Long. Join us again next week for another report about life in the United States on the VOA Special English program THIS IS AMERICA.
(1) honor[ ???? ]n.尊敬, 敬意, 荣誉, 光荣vt.尊敬, 给以荣誉
(2) celebrate[??????????? ]v.庆祝, 祝贺, 表扬, 赞美, 举行
(3) movement[ ????????? ]n.运动, 动作, 运转, 乐章
(4) struggle[???????? ]n.竞争, 努力, 奋斗vi.努力, 奋斗, 挣扎vt.尽力使得, 使劲移动
(5) battle[?????? ]n.战役(指大规模会战), 战争vi.作战, 战斗, 搏斗, 斗争
(6) campaign[????????? ]n.[军]战役, (政治或商业性)活动, 竞选运动vi.动,
(7) pride[?????? ]n.自豪, 自尊(心), 骄傲, 傲慢vt.使自豪, 使自夸
(8) weapon[??????? ]n.武器
(9) union[????????? ]n.联合, 合并, 结合, 联盟, 协会
(10) professional[??????????? ] n.自由职业者, 专业人员, 职业运动员, 职业艺人adj.
(11) religious[?????????? ]adj.信奉宗教的, 虔诚的, 宗教上的, 修道的, 严谨的n.
(12) coal[????? ]n.煤v.加煤
(13) oppose[??????? ]vt.反对, 使对立, 使对抗, 抗争vi.反对
(14) remain[ ??????? ]vi.保持, 逗留, 剩余, 残存
(15) engineer[??????????? ]n.工程师, 技师, 火车司机, 轮机员, 工兵
(16) version[ ??????? ]n.译文, 译本, 翻译
(17) accuse[?????????]vt.控告, 谴责, 非难
(18) murder[??????? ]n.谋杀, 凶杀vt.谋杀, 凶杀v.谋杀
(19) evidence[????????? ]n.明显, 显著, 明白, 迹象, 根据, [物]证据, 证物
(20) guilty[????????]adj.犯罪的, 有罪的, 心虚的
(21) execute[ ?????????? ]vt.执行, 实行, 完成, 处死, 制成, [律]
(22) solidarity[??????????????]n.团结
(23) forever[???????? ]adv.永远, 永恒, 永久, 常常, 始终
(24) revolution[????????????? ]n.革命, 旋转
(25) choir[??????? ]n.唱诗班, 唱诗班的席位
(26) describe[?????????? ]vt.描写, 记述, 形容, 形容v.描述
(27) march[?????? ]n.行军, 步伐, 进行曲vi.进军, 前进vt.使行军, 使行进n.(March)
(28) textile[?????????? ]n.纺织品adj.纺织的
(29) strike[??????? ]n.罢工, 打击, 殴打vt.打, 撞击, 冲击, 罢工, 打动, 划燃, 到达,
